Best Practices / Partnerships / Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Partnerships
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
- Best Practices
- Featured Program Metrics
- Additional Program Metrics
- Organization of Activity
- Activities’ Transition Time
- Staff Positively Guide Behavior
- Youth Relations with Adults
- Youth Relations with Peers
- Space Adequacy
- Overall Socio-Emotional Environment
- Informal Time: General Staff Performance
- Informal Time: Youth Engagement and Behavior
- Youth Feel Challenged
- Supportive Adults Present
- Helps Youth Academically
- Helps Youth Socially
- Social-Emotional Skills
- Measurement
Outlining goals and responsibilities in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is one best practice for organizational partnerships. Check out a sample MOU here, used to facilitate the Boston Summer Learning Community citywide coalition.
Some items to consider including in an MOU:
- Name of participating organizations, the date, and the partnership’s outcome goals
- Responsibilities of each organization (examples: collaborate with teachers, paraprofessional and other school employees; staff of the nonprofit partner; and other relevant individuals in the design and delivery of summer programming; implement common program quality measurement tools and participate in a year-round learning community)
- Acknowledgement of planning guides, work plans, program documentation, etc. (these items should also be attached to the MOU as exhibits)
- Signature page
- If applicable:
- Data sharing and publication (i.e. what, if any, data is shared, which party owns the data, and which party has authority to publish the data)
- Funding (including disbursement amounts, distribution calendar, and benchmark requirements that must be fulfilled to receive the funding)
- Indemnification and limited liability
