Exploration of Full Service Community Schools

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Exploration of Full Service Community Schools
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What are Full Service Community Schools?
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Everyone in a community has the same goals.
Student Learning
Strong Families
Healthy Communities
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Traditional school and community programs operate
independently to achieve goals.
Student Learning Strong Families Healthy
Communities
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Full Service Community Schools help community
organizations work togetherfor better results.
Student Learning Strong Families Healthy
Communities
Schools
Government
Families
Health care
Faith-based organizations
Business
Social services
Community
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A Full Service Community School is a set of
partnerships that integrate school and community
activities.
Schools
Faith-based organizations
Businesses
Health and social service organizations
Community organizations
Government agencies
Families
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Full Service Community Schools choose from a
variety of activities, based on local needs

• Adult Education
• Arts Education
• Before and After School Programs
• Case Management
• Child Care
• Counseling
• Crisis Intervention
• Cultural Activities
• Dental Services
• Early Childhood Education
• English as a Second Language

• English as a Second Language
• Environmental Education
• Family Literacy
• Family Support Centers
• Health Care Referral
• Home Visits
• Housing Information
• Job Training Programs
• Leadership Training Programs
• Mental Health Services

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Full Service Community Schools History
National-Federal-State-Local
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1935
First formal community school movement- Mott
Foundation provided funding for community school
partnership- Flint Michigan

• Freeman Community School-First community
  school designed and built for community education

1952
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1965

• Head Start established-focus was on providing
  education for pre-school children below poverty
  level
• Article 14 Section 226 of Illinois School Code
  mandated special education through unit
  districts, dual districts, cooperatives or joint
  agreement

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1966National Community Education Association
founded
1970 Congress passes the Community Schools
Act

• 1976
• Illinois Community Education Association founded

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1986
Illinois State Board of Education began the
Truancy Alternative Optional Education initiative
1992
Illinois Project Success worked to develop Full
Service Community Schools statewide through
partnership with North Central Regional
Educational Laboratories (NCREL)
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1994
Sullivan Community Schools began in Central
Illinois with the help of Illinois Community
Education Association

Polk Brothers Foundation began work with 3
Chicago schools to move them to full service
community model through partnership with NCREL
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Full Service Community School takes off
1998 21st Century Community Learning Centers
funded by the U. S. Department of Education
1998 Teen REACH Program created by the Illinois
Department of Human Services

• 1999 Illinois State Board of Education
  established the Summer Bridges Program to help
  elementary students improve basic skills

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2001

• No Child Left Behind Title IV Community Service
  Grant
• Illinois Positive Behavioral Intervention and
  Supports
• Polk Bros. Initiative grew into the Chicago
  Campaign with a goal to develop 100 full
  service community schools in 5 years

NCLB
PBIS
"The Campaign"
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2002

• Southern Illinois Regional Office of Education
  02 received the Illinois Workforce
  Advantage/Federation of Community United States
  grant for Community Learning Center

Department of Human Services and the Illinois
State Board of Education presented the final
report of the Illinois After-school Initiative
Task Force
2003
Illinois After School Initiative
Regional Office of Education Initiative Grant to
develop training for Full Service Community
Schools in Illinois
IARSS
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System of Support
Standards-aligned curriculum, instruction
classroom assessment
Data Analysis School Improvement Plan
Development
Student, Family Community Support Services
Teacher Administrator Enhancement
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Student, Family Community Support Services

• Wrap-around services
• Health services
• Family services
• After-school initiatives
• Specific behavior instruction and support
• Attendance
• Tardiness
• Discipline
• Dropout prevention

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How Full Service Community Schools Create the
Conditions for Learning 1. Schools create
quality learning environments
Research shows that
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• Young people have
• Improved grades and/or test scores
• Higher attendance
• Lower behavioral
• Reduced dropout rates

• Schools have
• Teachers spend more time on class preparation and
  with students
• Improvements in teacher attendance

• Communities have
• Increased use of school facilities

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2. Students engage in
authentic learning
activities in the
community. Research shows that
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• Young people have
• Increased sense of personal control over academic
  success
• Increased sense of attachment and responsibility
  to the community

• Schools have
• Greater resources due to more community
  partnerships
• Increased emphasis on project-based learning
  connected to the community
• Communities have
• Strengthened community pride
• Citizens and students engaged in more school and
  community service.

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3. Student and family physical,
mental, and emotional health needs are met.
Research shows that
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• Young people have
• Increased access to physical and mental health
  services
• Improvement in personal or family situation,
  abuse, or neglect
• Decrease in self-destructive behaviors
• Schools have
• Affirmed that on-site services are an important
  resource
• Families have
• Improved outcomes for basic needs
• Greater knowledge of child development
• Improved adult literacy

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4. Schools and families are
collaborative partners
Research shows that
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• Young people have
• Increased sense of school connectedness
• Schools have...
• Increased parent participation in childrens
  learning
• Improved communication between families and
  schools/teacher
• Families have...
• Increase confidence in their role as their
  childs teacher
• Greater attendance at school meetings
• Stronger sense of responsibility for their
  childrens schooling

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Examples of Full Service Community Schools

• Chicago Polk Bros
• Central Illinois Sullivan Community Education
• Southern Illinois

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The Polk Bros. Foundations Objectives

• Objective 1
• To improve the access of children and families
  to
• recreation
• education
• social service
• health programs
• by developing an integrated and coordinated
  service delivery mechanism at each school.

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The Polk Bros. Foundations Objectives

• Objective 2
• Involve
• school faculty and staff
• students
• parents
• community
• nonprofit representativesin deciding which
  programs and services will take place in the
  school building and monitoring their success.
  

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The Polk Bros. Foundations Objectives
Objective 3 Create a mutually supportive
environment.
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The Polk Bros. Foundations Objectives

• Objective 4 Improve the relationship
• between parents and school staff

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Ensure that the parents contribution to their
childs education is valued and nurtured by
school staff.
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Chicago Coalition for Community Schools

• In 2001, the Polk Bros. Initiative grew into the
  Chicago Campaign. Its goal is to develop 100
  full service/community schools in Chicago in the
  next five years.
• The Campaign is supported by Polk Bros.
  Foundation and the Chicago Public Schools along
  with other foundations, including the Bank One
  Foundation.

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Sullivan Community Education Program

• Sullivan Schools
• Central Illinois
• 1994

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Recycling Program
Litter Program
City Beautification
Toy Clothing Drive
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Mentoring Tech Prep Internship
Tutoring / After School Program
Community Education Seminars Classes
Open Labs Building Access
Hours
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Attendance Rates
Dropout Rates
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ACT Score Comparison
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Community Learning Center

• Southern Illinois

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Southern Illinois
Funding Grant through Illinois Workforce
Advantage and Federation of
Community United States (FOCUS) Purpose To
provide meaningful educational and recreational
after school programs to bring parents, community
members, staff and students together.
Population served Over 400 students and
adults have been impacted by the many programs
offered through this grant.
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Activities in Goreville
Puppet Shows Exercise Crafts
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Massac Teen Reach
Music Hiking Sports
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Shawnee North
Life Safety
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Creating Full Service Community Schools
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The process of creating Full Service Community
Schools has three phases.
Explore
Plan
Implement
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First, schools and
communities explore creating a Full Service
Community School.
Explore
Hold community information meeting
Make commitment to proceed
Hear the idea
Invite community partners
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Hold Community Information Meeting
Explore
Action 3-hour interactive information
session ObjectiveProvide stakeholders with
information to decide whether or not to start a
full service community school
You do
We do
Facilitate meeting
Learn about Full Service Community Schools
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• Stakeholder Checklist

• A desire has been expressed to explore the
  possibility of the concept of Full Service
  Community Schools.
• Participants are sought from various community
  groups for the exploration.
• The Stakeholders are inclusive and diverse in
  population.
• Parents and students are an important
  component.

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• School Staff
• Parents
• Students
• Local Social Services
• Public Health
• Law Enforcement
• Local Business
• Colleges/Universities
• Local Health Services
• Faith-Based Organizations
• Mental Health
• Department of Children/Family Services

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• Cooperative Extension
• Library
• Department of Human Services
• Recreational Organizations
• Local Government
• Public Housing
• Substance Abuse Prevention Providers
• Senior Citizen Organizations
• Others

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And then.
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Make Commitment to Proceed
Explore
Action School / community group obtains more
information (if needed) and decides to create a
full service community school ObjectiveConfirm
stakeholder commitment
We do
You do
Provide tools Site visit list, collaboration
techniques, etc.
Gather more information if needed and make
commitment
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Then comes
Plan
Explore
Implement

• Steering Committee formed
• Planning Training attended by Steering Committee
• Vision Statement created
• Governance Structure selected
• Needs Assessment and Asset Mapping conducted
• Consensus on priorities and goals
• Program Action Plan developed