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Aligning your LCAP, SPSA, and Community School Plans: The why, how, and when
Your LCAP, SPSA and community school (CS) implementation plans should all be nested together. Here's why.
The CCSPP application deadline is right around the corner
In case you’ve been living under a rock these last few months, the deadline for applications for the next round of the California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) implementation grant funding is right around the corner. Here's why you should consider applying.
When it comes to your needs assessment, do it yourselves
Your needs assessment isn’t just about the product that you create, but about the process of collaboratively looking at data with your team and engaging in conversation with the people most impacted by community school development.
The letter: Chronic absenteeism, missed connections, and me
Chronic absence and truancy are serious warning signs. But an automated form letter alone, absent a meaningful connection outside of it, is a lost opportunity at best, and alienation at worst.
Don’t just write the grant to write it
CCSPP funding can absolutely set the stage for whole-school transformation, but only if you approach it with an actual plan for transformation.
Three things to consider when onboarding a Community School Coordinator
So you’re ready to onboard your Community School Coordinator! Now what?
What we get wrong about Community School Coordinators and the role they play in CS development
Community School Coordinators are the heart of their school communities, and the heart of our movement to rebuild and transform schools. Here's what we get wrong about their roles in our schools and districts.
Community organizing is about more than achieving a win
Community organizing is a mindset – a way of seeing the world. More importantly, it is a set of principles that we can use to totally rebuild and transform our schools.
Three ways to accelerate CS development as you kick off the school year
Some may consider spring to be a time of renewal and reinvigoration, but school and district folks know that that time is really in the fall.
Community-connected learning in community schools: Why it is essential for whole-school transformation
Community-connected learning is more than a different approach to teaching; it is the most effective way to teach.
