Curious about community schools but not quite sure where to start?
Community School Essentials is a free, 30-minute webinar that offers a practical introduction to the foundational concepts, principles, and practices that make community schools such a powerful approach to supporting students, families, and communities.
Whether you're new to community schools, exploring the approach for your school or district, or simply looking for a refresher, this session will help you build a shared understanding of what community schools are–and what they are not. Together, we'll explore the core elements of the community school approach, the conditions that help the work thrive, and why community schools are increasingly being embraced as a strategy for advancing whole-child outcomes.
This webinar is a great first step for educators, school leaders, Community School Coordinators, district staff, and community partners who want to learn more before diving deeper into the work.
CSLX’s Community School Essentials webinar is designed to give you an introduction to the skills and capacities needed to set the stage for strong and sustained community school development. You’ll get an overview of the community school strategy, and gain anunderstanding about the foundational elements necessary for community school development to take root.
The Community School Essentials webinar is designed for district, school, county office of education, and community partners who are newer to, or could use a refresher on, the CS strategy and core elements. This session will ground participants in a shared framework for community school development, introduce the fundamental skills and capacities required to build and sustain community schools, and walk through who is involved in this work.
Bring colleagues who work on the ground to lead your community school strategy at school sites. These can be Community School Coordinators, principals, teachers, and/or those at the district level that lead your community school initiatives. You may also consider inviting the people and teams working specifically on attendance at your site or district.
The Community School Essentials is a free, 30-minute webinar. Your registration includes access to the webinar recording and any resources shared during the session.
If you’d like a large team of more than 10 people to go through this training together, contact us at love@cslx.org so we can help you determine what type of opportunity might be the most impactful for you.
The workshop presentation and group community share-outs will be recorded and shared with workshop registrants 3 business days after the workshop.
Registered participants will receive the materials and resources we cover through a page only accessible by registered participants.
No. This is a participatory, introductory session that is designed to give you the tools, strategies, and resources to guide your community school development work. During the workshop, there will be opportunities to share out about your individual contexts during small group breakouts, but no individualized support.
We’d love to hear more! Just send us a note at love@cslx.org so we can discuss other options that might enable us to provide you with more individualized support.
You may cancel your registration by using the Modify Registration link included in your confirmation email. Please note that all cancellations must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM Pacific time on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. If you are unable to access the link by this date, you may request to cancel your registration by emailing love@cslx.org.
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