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.
The Community School Leaders: The Role of the Principal workshop is designed specifically for principals, school leaders, and the school-site and LEA-level practitioners and teams who work with and support them.
The fee is $200 per person. Those coming with their teams should pay a registration fee for each person who is attending.
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 your team.
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.
Cancellation requests must be communicated to CSLX no later than Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in order to receive a refund. Please note that you will be charged a 10% fee for administration costs associated with your cancellation and that partial refunds are not available. You may request a cancellation by emailing love@cslx.org.
While we do not provide individualized support during the workshop itself, CSLX facilitators will stay in the Zoom room after the session to answer questions you might have, related to the content shared during the workshop. Depending on the number of Office Hours attendees, this may also be an opportunity to dig a bit deeper into the concepts covered with your workshop facilitators, with more specificity.
Yes! This workshop is designed for principals at all stages in their principalships and at different stages of community school development, along with the people who support them.
Registered participants will receive the materials and resources we cover through a page only accessible by registered participants.
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 on your assets and needs assessment and asset mapping processes.
No. This is a participatory, introductory session that is designed to give you the tools, strategies, and resources to strengthen your understanding of the role of the CS principal and what it takes to be effective in this position. During the workshop, there will be opportunities to share out about your individual contexts during small group breakouts, but no individualized support. If you’d like more personalized support, we’d love to support you. Send us a note.
The workshop presentation and group community share-outs will be recorded and shared with workshop registrants after the workshop. Breakout group discussions held during each workshop will not be recorded. Recordings will be shared within a week after the workshop and will be available for 30 days.
The community schools approach teaches us that every voice matters, and that authentic transformation comes when students, families, educators, and community members each contribute their perspectives and strengths.
My first few years as a Community School Coordinator (CSC) were, honestly, confusing.
Transformative relationships are formed when we share pieces of our humanity with others, and thus, invite them to do the same.
