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 2006 National Forum Photos
To view a slideshow of the official photos from the 2006 Community Schools Forum, click on Forum Photos.
Community Schools Online - Community Schools Making the Grade
Following up on the Coalition’s successful National Forum in Baltimore, this issue of our newsletter highlights the schools and communities that received the Community Schools National Awards for Excellence, as well as features a Coalition intern's impressions of the 2006 National Forum. To read more, click on Community Schools Making the Grade. Materials from Community Schools: Creating the Conditions for Learning 2006 Forum Guidebook Community Schools National Awards for Excellence
Three schools and three communities were presented with the annual Community Schools National Award for Excellence at the 2006 Community Schools Forum in Baltimore, MD. These award winners demonstrate the essence of what it means to be a community school -- from their relationships with families and the larger community, to the enduring partnerships that they have formed. They all have unique features that others can learn from. To learn more about these initiatives, read the full Awards Program Booklet or click on each of the links below. School Awards
Stevenson-YMCA Community School, Long Beach, CA
George SUN Community School, Multnomah County, OR
George Washington Community School, Indianapolis, IN Community Awards
Bedford Public Schools Community Education Initiative, Bedford Township, MI
Community Learning Centers Initiative, Lincoln, NE
Chicago Public Schools Community School Initiative, Chicago, IL Forum Schedule  Wednesday, June 14th Pre-Conference Institutes
Community Schools 101
Results-Based Accountability in Community Schools Concurrent Workshops: Session I
Rx: A Road to Success Through Education and Health Partnerships Concurrent Workshops: Session II
A Progressive Education Agenda for a Stronger Nation
Youth Social Entrepreneurship: Empowering Young People To Improve Their Communities
Statewide Afterschool Networks as Policy Portals to Community Schools
Students as Ethical Leaders: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities Keynote Address
U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) shared these comments with conference attendees. Hoyer is the lead sponsor for the proposed Full Service Community Schools Act which would provide federal funding to support efforts in community schools.
To view the video, click here. Thursday, June 15th Concurrent Mini-Plenary Sessions
Schools and Community Building
School Attachment: Factors that Protect Young People from Harm
Cross-Boundary Leadership for Community Schools
Community Schools: Nurturing and Growing from After-School Programs
Research and Evaluation Strategies for Community Schools Concurrent Workshops: Session III
Beyond “Safe Schools/Healthy Students”: Sustainability through Collaboration & Communication
Creating Respectful Climates and Diminishing Bullying: Best Practices
Mandatory Extended Learning: An Emerging Strategy fo Student Development
School, Family and Community Partnerships: A Small City’s Transformation
Concurrent Workshops: Session IV
Developing a Community School Before Funding
Establishing Youth Advocacy & Active Citizenship Initiatives in Community Schools
Integrating Supports for Student and Families: An Effective Delivery System
Making Learning Matter: Service Learning in the School and Communmity
Municipal-Led Community Engagement Strategies: How Cities Collaborate Across
Superintendents as Community Leaders: If So, In what ways?
Friday, June 16thConcurrent Workshops: Session V
Community Schools and Foundations: Working Together To Strengthen Families
Family Support and Involvement in Maryland's 24 Judy Center Partnerships
How Multi-Cultural Leaders Can Increase Family Engagement and Academic Success
A Research-based Approach to Continuous Improvement for Afterschool and Community School
Senior Citizens: The Politics & Programs: Why You Need Them
Universal Design for Learning
A Special Conversation: The Role of School and Community in the Development of Our Young People (coming soon)
Dr. James Comer and Dr. Edmund Gordon, two eminent scholars and educators, dialogue on how school and community must work together to support the education and development of our young people. This is the first time that these two distinguished leaders have talked with each other in this format.
Moderator:
Martin J. Blank, Director, Coalition for Community Schools, Washington, DC
Presenters:
James Comer, M.D., M.P.H., the Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Child Study Center, New Have, CT
Edmund Gordon, Ed.D., Director, The Institute for Urban and Minority Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY Back to top | Pre-Conference Institutes |
 Community Schools 101
Back by popular demand, leaders from multiple community schools models discussed the common and unique features of their work. Back by popular demand, leaders from multiple community schools models discussed the common and unique features of their work.
Jane Quinn, Associate Director, Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania
Joann Weeks, Associate Director, Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania
Louise Reaves, Vice President, Field Operations, Communities In Schools National
Renee Newton, Director, Center for Community School Partnerships, University of California, Davis Results-Based Accountability in Community Schools
Learn how to use results-based accountability to drive your work. Phil Lee, Senior Fellow at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland Back to top | Concurrent Workshops: Session I |
"Rx: A Road to Success Through Education and Health Partnerships"
John Gaudet, University of Oklahoma–Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
Theresa Kiger, Roy Clark Elementary School Union Public Schools, Tulsa, OK
Lindsay West, Roy Clark Elementary School Union Public Schools, Tulsa, OK Back to top Concurrent Workshops: Session II |
"A Progressive Education Agenda for a Stronger Nation"
Cynthia Brown, Center for American Progress, Washington, DC
Elena Rocha, Center for American Progress, Washington, DC "Youth Social Entrepreneurship: Empowering Young People To Improve Their Communities"
Melissa, Youth Venture, Arlington, VA
Audrey, Youth Venture, Arlington, VA "Statewide Afterschool Networks as Policy Portals to Community Schools"
Renee Newton, Center for Community School Partnerships, Davis, CA
Michael Montoya, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, Stanford, CA "Students as Ethical Leaders: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities"
Rielle Miller, Ethics Resource Center, Washington, DC Back to top Concurrent Mini-Plenary Sessions |
"School Attachment: Factors that Protect Young People from Harm"
Introduction:
Daniel Cardinali, President, Communities In Schools National, Alexandria, VA
Presenter:
Robert Blum, Professor and Director of the Center for Adolescent Health at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD - School Attachment Notes | MS | 35kb
"Cross-Boundary Leadership for Community Schools"
Moderator:
Martin J. Blank, Director, Coalition for Community Schools, Washington, DC
Presenters:
Carlos Azcoitia, Principal, John Spry Community School, Chicago, IL
Bob Cabeza, Executive Director, Long Beach YMCA Community Development Branch, Long Beach, CA
Cathlin Gray, Assistant Superintendent of Federal Projects, Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation, Evansville, IN
James Hammond, Superintendent, Tukwila School District, Tukwila, WA
Lolenzo Poe, Director, Multnomah County Department of School and Community Partnerships, Portland, OR
"Community Schools: Nurturing and Growing from After-School Programs"
Moderator:
Steve Parson, Executive Director, National Community Education Association, Fairfax, VA
Presenters:
Walt Mallory, Director of Research, National Community Education Association, Fairfax, VA
Tawa Jogunosimi, Program Manager, Community School Program, Chicago Public Schools
Martha Petty, Director, Flowing Wells Extension Programs Inc., Tucson, AZ
Maxine Russman, Education Consultant, Rock Island Regional Office of Education, Moline, IL "Research and Evaluation Strategies for Community Schools"
Moderator:
Joy Dryfoos, Independent Researcher, Brookline, MA
Presenters:
Kira Krenichyn, Senior Research Analyst, Actknowledge, New York, NY
Helen Nissani, Consultant, Caliber: An ICF Consulting Firm, Fairfax, VA
Susan Siegal, Vice President, Communities In Schools, Alexandria, VA
Sam Whalen, Senior Researcher, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL Back to top Concurrent Workshops: Session III |
"Beyond “Safe Schools/Healthy Students”: Sustainability through Collaboration & Communication"
Jeanne A. Sternad, Garfield Heights City Schools, Garfield Heights, OH
Melissa Thompson, Garfield Heights City Schools, Garfield Heights, OH "Creating Respectful Climates and Diminishing Bullying: Best Practices"
Jo Ann Freiberg, Connecticut State Department of Education, Middletown, CT
Agnes Quinones, Connecticut State Department of Education, Middletown, CT "Mandatory Extended Learning: An Emerging Strategy fo Student Development"
Ayeola Fortune, Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC
David Farbman, Massachusetts 2020, Boston, MA
Joy Dryfoos, Researcher and Author, Brookline, MA "School, Family and Community Partnerships: A Small City’s Transformation"
Lynn Pascoa, Dauphin County MH/MR Program, Harrisburg, PA
D. Mariana Arocho, Dauphin County MH/MR Program, Harrisburg, PA
Gail Ritchie, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, Rockville, MD Back to top Concurrent Workshops: Session IV |
"Developing a Community School Before Funding"
Susan Fort, Greater Homewood Community Corporation, Baltimore, MD
Sylvia McGill, Greater Homewood Community Corporation, Baltimore, MD "Establishing Youth Advocacy & Active Citizenship Initiatives in Community Schools"
Danielle Rembert, Community Law In Action, Inc., Baltimore, MD "Integrating Supports for Student and Families: An Effective Delivery System"
AnnaLisa Prada, Full-service Schools Roundtable, Boston, MA "Making Learning Matter: Service Learning in the School and Communmity"
Jacob Fishbein, The Crossroads School, Baltimore, MD
Lori Andrusic, Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound Schools, Silver Spring, MD "Municipal-Led Community Engagement Strategies: How Cities Collaborate Across Systems to Engage Older Youth"
Lucinda Dugger, National League of Cities, Washington, DC
Jessica Sandoval, National League of Cities, Washington, DC
Bela Shah, National League of Cities, Washington, DC "Superintendents as Community Leaders: If So, In what ways?"
Adele Fabrikant, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Robert Monson, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY Back to top Concurrent Workshops: Session V |
"Community Schools and Foundations: Working Together To Strengthen Families"
Margaret Hunt, Casey Family Programs, Seattle, WA
Dan Torres, Casey Family Programs, Seattle, WA "Family Support and Involvement in Maryland's 24 Judy Center Partnerships"
Valerie A. Kaufmann, Maryland State Department of Education, Baltimore, MD
Cheryl DeAtley, Dr. Samuel Mudd Elementary School, Charles County Public Schools, Waldorf, MD
Cathy Perry, Waverly Elementary School, Frederick County Public Schools, Frederick, MD
Geri Thompson, Judy Center Partnership–Grasonville, Queen Anne’s County Public Schools, Grasonville, MD
Christine Welch, Snow Hill Elementary School, Worcester County Public Schools, Snow Hill, MD "How Multi-Cultural Leaders Can Increase Family Engagement and Academic Success"
Barbara Gurley, Washington Alliance for Better Schools, Bothell, WA
Ron Hertel, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia, WA "A Research-based Approach to Continuous Improvement for Afterschool and Community School"
Duane Rupert, National Community Education Association, Fairfax, VA
Steve Parson, National Community Education Association, Fairfax, VA "Senior Citizens: The Politics & Programs: Why You Need Them"
Barbara Newland, Interages, Wheaton, MA
Kevin Sullivan, KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Cincinnati, OH "Universal Design for Learning"
Curtis Richards, National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth, Washington, D.C. Back to top
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