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Three ways to kick off your first year as a Community School Coordinator

Whether you're brand new to your school – or brand new to the CSC role – take these three tips on how to kick off your first year as a CSC.

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Three things to consider when onboarding a Community School Coordinator

So you’re ready to onboard your Community School Coordinator! Now what?

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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.

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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.

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The Role of the CS Coordinator

The Community School Manager (CSM) in Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) integrates a school’s partnership work with its academic mission.

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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.

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