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1.
A Motivating Vision:
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Engage the community
> Use data to define desired results and
drive decision-making.
>Keep
schools open before and after the
regular school day and on weekends all
year long.
>Build
and rehabilitate school buildings as
community schools.
>Build
small schools or reconfigure existing
schools to provide more effective learning
communities.
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2.
Connected Learning Experiences:
>Incorporate
the community into the curriculum
as an explicit resource for learning
and improved student achievement.
>Provide
teachers and principals with
professional development to enhance their
ability to use the community as a learning
resource.
>Integrate
in-school and after-school
learning experiences.
>Draw
on youth development resources
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3.
Community Partnerships:
>Create
broad-based, local coalitions to
advance, develop and sustain community
schools.
>Create
ongoing, site-based planning and
decision-making teams.
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>Engage
students, parents, families and
residents.
>Focus
all partners on creating the
conditions for learning.
>Build
sustainable partnerships.
>Develop
knowledge and understanding
among partners and across disciplines.
>Create
interprofessional learning opportunities
in higher education.
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4.
Organization and Financing
>Create
community school coordinator
positions.
>Identify
the lead partner for a community
school with great care.
>Organize
school district funding streams
to support a community schools strategy.
>Modify
policies governing other public
funding streams to support community
schools.
>Organize
private funding streams to
support community schools.
>Develop
joint financing strategies for
school facilities.
>Work
together for increased funding.
>Create
technical assistance capacity to
support the development of community
schools.
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To
learn more about the community schools'
action agenda,
go to Chapter 5 of the full
report.
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