Community School Partnerships

Three Grants Opportunities that Could be Integrated into Efforts to Build a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports

There are three currently available grants from the U. S. Department of Education that might be helpful in strengthening a comprehensive system of learning support. In considering these grants, use the opportunity to pull together key staff to review what is being done already and what still is needed to support all students. The question to be explored with respect to these grants is: How might each fit into the core of your learning supports system and help to build capacity and infrastructure that will sustain the work long after the grant period ends?

All three grants are from the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, U. S. Department of Education. Here is an excerpt from the email announcement sent by OSDFS:

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Coalition for Community Schools ARRA GRANT INFO:

The Coalition for Community Schools website provides advice for community school advocates helping them make their case with Race To The Top (RTT) planners. It also is intended to assist RTT planners seeking to construct a bold reform agenda that brings together educators, community partners, and the public – everyone with a stake in the education of our young people.

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Funding Opportunity: MOU Race To The Top Grant
The state of California Department of Education (CDE) would like to invite your participation in the State’s application for federal funding under the Race to the Top initiative. As you are aware, Race to the Top offers an unprecedented opportunity to build on California’s progress to invest in a partnership between the State and local educational agencies (LEAs) to strengthen schools and close the achievement gap. The UC Davis Center for Community School Partnerships hopes that by providing you with this information, you will be able to hold the necessary conversations with the key stakeholders in your LEA in order to determine if it is possible for your LEA to participate in this application.

A statement of intent to participate in this MOU must be submitted via email by December 31, 2009.  A copy of the signed MOU must be submitted in PDF Format by e-mail or fax by January 8, 2010.

To view the MOU and submission procedures to participate in the States Race to the Top grant, click here.

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In this issue:

• New Healthy Start Consultant
• Western Union Foundation Announces New Scholarship Program for Immigrant Families
• Summer of Service Grants
• Study of Harlem Children's Zone Finds Gaps Closing

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In this issue:

• Save The Date: Full Service Community Schools – A Convening of Stakeholders
• New Tool - State Schools Chief Jack O’Connell Offers Education Agencies a New Resource Kit to Combat the Achievement Gap
• CA Afterschool Network - Step Up High School Summit in San Diego
• Coalition for Community Schools - New Publication: High Schools as Community Schools

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Listen! 

Healthy Start Teleconference Pre-Recorded (9/15/09) Discussion:

• Listen to shared best practices on parent and family engagement
• Learn about the 3 different levels of  parent and family
  engagement and the  school site results of their tiered involvement
• Learn how to center engagement on the 3 BIG C’s 

Collaboration - Communication - Connection

In this issue:

• Save The Date - Healthy Start Teleconference
• The Coalition for Community Schools is calling for workshop and field-building dialogue/affinity group proposals.
• How may Title I, Part A ARRA funds be used to support the implementation of a community-school model?
• Photo and Essay Contest

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Special Topic: Providing Support to Families

Learn From Field Specialist – Best Practices For Supporting Families Through Community and School Partnerships.

How to Collaborate and Form Partnerships

Study Circle Article

You can join the call by simply dialing:

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U.S. Department of Education Webinar for Elected Officials and Education Leaders

On Friday, July 24, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will be announcing the launch of approximately $9 billion in new grants to states and school districts. These initiatives are part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and lay the foundation for long-term school improvements across the nation.

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The UC Davis Center for Community School Partnerships, John W. Gardner Center for Youth & Their Communities, Stanford University, Bay Area Partnership for Children and Youth, and California School Health Centers Association have drafted a concept paper for a California Full-Service Community Schools Initiative, funded by federal stimulus funds, to help close the achievement gap and reduce the dropout crisis. Guidance from the U.S.

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