"How To" Toolkits

In this section you will find resources for planning, launching, and sustaining community schools.

Planning

• Together We Can
• Building A Community School
• Learning Together
• Schools Uniting Neighborhoods Report 
• Doing What Matters

Structural Elements of Community Schools Operations

• Community Leadership
• Intermediary
• Lead Agency - COMING SOON!
• Community School Coordinator

Key Support Functions

• Financing
• Results-based Planning
• Professional development/Capacity building - COMING SOON!
• Communications
• Data & Evaluation
  • Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago, by Tony Bryk

What Happens at a Community Schools

• Adult education and workforce classes
• Community-based learning
• Community building
• Early childhood development
• Extended learning opportunities & Afterschool
• Family engagement
• Health and mental health services
• Family support
• Youth development