California Community School Partnership Program (CCSPP)
Community Schools Needs & Asset Assessments
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Yuba County Office of Education supports all districts that have received funding to implement these supports and strategies through technical assistance, partnerships with various agencies, task force engagement, planning, and program development. In addition to supporting those with grant funding, we work with sites and districts that are seeking to receive funding to plan or implement these strategies and approaches on campus’ and within districts across the county.
What are Community Schools?
Community schools are a “whole child” approach to education and creating the environments with optimal conditions for learning. These conditions include building strong, trusting relationships, engaging in inclusive decision-making, and creating a thriving community within our campus’ and its local neighborhoods.
Community schools’ strategies organize and align resources and supports behind improving student outcomes. For example, consider this analogy, a meal has a little bit of everything all offered onto one plate to create a nutritious dinner or lunch. Community Schools strategies are the plate that holds it all together. Key practices for community schools include powerful student and family engagement, collaborative leadership, shared power, expanded enriched learning opportunities, rigorous community–connected classroom instruction, culture of belonging, safety, care, and integrated systems of support.
The Four Pillars of Community Schools
- Pillar 1: Integrated Student Supports
- Pillar 2: Expanded Learning Time and Opportunity
- Pillar 3: Active Family and Community Engagement
- Pillar 4: Collaborative Leadership and Practices