Community Schools Services

What We Do

The Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES Regional Community Schools team will provide participating districts the following supports in implementing the Community Schools strategy:

Exploring

  • Convene start-up implementation team to conduct exploration activities
  • Define Community Schools approach

Emerging

  • Conduct readiness assessments
  • Develop, conduct and analyze community assets and needs assessment to gather data and feedback about available resources and needs
  • Conduct root cause analysis
  • Assess and identify existing and needed supports and financial resources for staff to implement the Community Schools strategy

Maturing

  • Identify and grow relationships with stakeholders and cultivate champions in the local community
  • Develop a communication plan
  • Explore existing and desired practices/programs with district-based implementation team

Transforming

  • Coordinate orientation and training sessions to support implementation through a professional community of practice
  • Provide ongoing professional training/coaching to ensure the district/site-based Community Schools Coordinator(s) and implementation team(s) are supported.


Stages of Community Schools Development

"The stages of community school development are not linear, a school may be “transforming” in some characteristics or processes and “emerging” in others. External factors, such as leadership changes or funding shifts may disrupt or derail this process."
-Community Schools Forward | Stages of Development (2023)