This handbook is intended to provide local school personnel, teachers, and parents with guidelines for developing a partnership for improved programs. It is divided into seven sections. Section 1 discusses the range of concepts in school-community partnerships. This section, as well as the next two sections, includes rating scales, worksheets, and items for discussion. Section 2 presents models for group involvement, and models for program development are discussed in section 3. The next section contains examples of forms to be used in monitoring and evaluation of the program. Selected references are listed in section 5, and section 6 is an example of a test to measure behavior of persons in groups. The final section describes the processes a change agent must complete to effect innovation. (RC)