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Community Schools
What is a Community School?
Coalition for Community Schools
http://vimeo.com/55401554
Community Schools are Smart Schools
Community
Schools are Smart
Schools
Community
Schools help
students learn
Community
Schools build
strong
communities
What is a Community School?
Partnerships between the school and other community resources
Using public schools as hubs, community schools bring together many partners
to offer a range of supports and opportunities to children, youth, families and
communities
Integrated focus on academics, health and social services, youth and
community development and community engagement
Schools are the center of the community and are open to everyone – all day,
every day, evenings and weekends
Improved student learning, stronger families and healthier communities
Community Schools Include:
• Health and Social Supports
• Engaging Instructions
• Extra Learning Opportunities
• Early Childhood Development
• College, Career & Citizenship
• Community Engagement
• Family Engagement
• Strategic Alignment
• Youth Development
What’s the bottom line?
Community schools are about focusing
joint community and school resources
on student success which leads to
community success.
Community Schools Effectiveness
The findings suggest that when all the conditions for learning are
integrated in a single environment, the benefits are multiplied. In the 20
evaluations reviewed, findings showed the following improvements in:
• Student Learning: Community school students show significant and widely
evident gains in academic achievement and in essential areas of non-academic
development.
• Family Engagement: Families of community school students show increased
stability and are more able to meet basic needs. They communicate more with
teachers and are more involved in their children’s school.
• School Effectiveness: Community schools enjoy improved parent-teacher
relationships and increased teacher satisfaction. School environments are more
positive and community support increases.
• Community Vitality: Community schools promote better use of school
buildings, and their neighborhoods enjoy increased security, heightened
community value and better rapport among students and residents.
Communities in Schools
http://www.communitiesinschools.org/
Video link: http://youtu.be/vtZ49u-b_40
Greenbrier County Communities in Schools –
Communities In Schools of Greenbrier County (CISGC) is a local West
Virginia affiliate of the nation's leading drop-out prevention program,
Communities In Schools. CISGC's mission is "to surround students with a
community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in
life." CISGC links educators with the community to bring local talents and
resources into the schools and create a network of support that keeps kids
in school and engaged in learning. As a result, teachers are free to teach
and students have the opportunity and skills to focus on learning.
Greenbrier County Communities in Schools –
http://www.cisgreenbriercounty.org/who_we_are.aspx
Cabell County Communities in Schools - We are making a difference
in the lives of children. CIS is a local, non-profit organization dedicated to connecting
community resources to the schools and students who need them.
http://boe.cabe.k12.wv.us/CommunitiesInSchoolsofCabellCounty.php
Resources
Coalition for Community Schools
www.communityschools.org
What is community school
http://www.communityschools.org/assets/1/AssetManager/Com
munity%20School%20Definition%20and%20Graphics.pdf
Community school check list
http://www.communityschools.org/assets/1/AssetManager/csasse
ssment.pdf
Communities in Schools
http://www.communitiesinschools.org/
Select WV Resources
WV School Health Technical Assistance Center at Marshall University
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Website: www.wvshtac.org
Email: [email protected]
Services available: technical assistance to support community and school
partnerships for school based health services in areas of primary health care,
mental health and dental health.
WV School Based Health Assembly–
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Website: www.wvsbha.org
Email: [email protected]
Services available: Assist schools interested in new school-based health centers to
find sponsors. Serves as the lead membership organization and unified voice in the
state for the advancement of comprehensive school health services.
Contact Information:
Paula Fields, Coordinator Community Schools
WVDE Office of Healthy Schools
305-558-8830
[email protected]
Teresa Mace, Coordinated School Health Director
WVDHHR
304-356-4225
[email protected]
“I alone cannot change the world,
but I can cast a stone across the
waters to create many ripples.”
― Mother Teresa