Bring our proven approach and expertise to your school.
In addition to operating the largest community school network in New York City, we proudly offer consulting, coaching, professional development, workshops, technical assistance, and implementation materials to schools everywhere. We help established community schools set up advisory boards and facilitate meetings, strategize around growth and sustainability, and improve their craft. We help aspiring community schools organize, plan, coach, train, implement, and so much more. Wherever your school is in its trajectory, we can help you move forward.
All of our services are customizable and available in-person at our offices in lower Manhattan, on-site at your facility, or remotely, by email, phone, and video conference.
Core Expertise
We help build the capacity of all stakeholders—districts, school leadership and staff, community school leaders, families, and community-based organizations—through our core competencies:
- Establishing a culture of shared decision-making
- Building trust and investment at all level
- Program development
- Staff/volunteer development
- Educator support (including formal professional development for teachers)
- Community organizing/forging powerful relationships with parents, families, and community
- Establishing innovative relationships with community partners
- School and community Asset Mapping and Needs Assessment
- Cultural Responsiveness and Effective Communication
SERVICES
Workshops & Institutes
Drawn from our extensive catalog of offerings, these formal learning sessions range from 2 hours to a full week and target particular participant types (e.g. principal vs. community school coordinator vs. advisory board member) and skill levels. They are appropriate for both new and existing community school practitioners and can be customized for both content and time to fit your needs. In New York City, we also offer a 4-day summer institute for community school coordinators/directors and 1-day summer institute for principals.
Hands-on Consulting and Technical Assistance
We work one-on-one with practitioners in your organization, assisting with the development and roll-out of needs assessments, convening and then facilitating one or more advisory board meetings, leading planning processes, strategizing around growth and sustainability—in short, bringing our extensive expertise to bear in any way that helps move your organization forward.
Educational Site Visits
Because we operate a diverse cohort of community schools straddling a variety of age groups, geographies, and populations—each with its own unique challenges—we are able to offer targeted school visits that enable you to observe real-life exemplars in the areas most relevant to you and your organization.
Planning & Implementation Materials
From implementation guides to planning manuals, we have years of materials that have been honed through experience so that you don’t have to re-invent the wheel.