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The name of a funder does not a community school make
Community schools are not new; they have taken root across the state long before – and alongside – the CCSPP.
A love letter to planning
If you’re a California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) grantee, right now you have an almost unprecedented opportunity to build the car BEFORE you drive it.
A grant program is not a strategy
If you’re reading this, I’m betting that you’ve recently received a CA Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) grant.
A Community School Coordinator is like an air traffic controller
Too often, we hear Community School Coordinators and Directors described as the ones “in charge” of community school implementation.
Creating a vision for student success is not a solo endeavor
Years ago, I took a job as district Director of Community Schools. The hardest part about that job? Trying to advance a vision of community schools, amidst an organizational culture that, like most school districts everywhere, struggled with programmatic silos and barriers to collaboration.
