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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.
Our traditional public funding parameters don’t fit rural communities
Right now, our state has no measure that helps us understand how to really support the rich ecosystem of rural communities because the only thing we’re using is a yardstick in a forest. And it’s a problem.
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.
Cross-District Partnerships for Rural Community Schools
West Kern Consortium collaborative allows districts to maximize community school resources.
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.
