IntroductionWhat Is a Community School? Community School ResourcesCommunity School Initiatives in TexasMain Page | Bridges Institute Introduction The Bridges Institute improves student achievement by making a difference in educators’ performance and professional growth, while also supporting community school models. Community schools provide intensive community engagement and wraparound social services to "turn around" struggling schools....
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https://youtu.be/VxsYcIQBf7Y Community Schools: Resources General Community Schools Playbook | Partnership for Future Learning(link is external) Successful and Sustainable Community Schools: The Union as an Essential Ingredient Is My School a Community School? A Checklist for Teachers and School Staff Community Schools: Case studies of what works | Albuquerque, New Mexico...
Read MoreCommunity Schools Summit provides inspiration, guidance for struggling schools TRS to hold summer meetings, and we'll be there highlighting the need for investing in health care, pensions AFT members and faith leaders protest the separation of immigrant families at Tornillo...
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The Texas Community Schools Coalition, Austin Voices for Education and Youth, and Save Texas Schools (with support from Austin ISD and Texas AFT) will sponsor our third annual statewide Community Schools Summit on June 6-8 in Austin at Lanier High School. Whether you are new to community schools or already have an effort...
Read MoreInside Video highlights achievements of Houston community schools model Earning respect for support staff through pay increases Our Role = Power: The Texas AFT Support Professionals Conference 2018 We've lost count, but it adds up to tons of fun and learning with our First Book giveaways! Benefit spotlight: Floral arrangements...
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Texas AFT held its biennial convention--with the theme of "Public School Proud"--last weekend in El Paso. The convention included the usual business of electing statewide officers and deciding on resolutions to guide the union in the coming years. (Louis Malfaro...
Read MoreBy Dena Donaldson Texas AFT Community Schools Coordinator Since 1990, the school transformation framework known as “community schools” has become a nationally recognized way of strengthening neighborhood schools. Today, over 5,000 schools nationwide identify themselves as community schools. Texas AFT currently has four locals actively pursuing community school initiatives in...
Read MoreJoin teams from schools across Texas for a three-day summit that will provide tools for building thriving community school efforts! Whether you are new to the idea of community schools or already have an effort underway, you’ll find helpful information, ideas and networking. Sponsored by AVEY, TCSC, Austin ISD, Texas...
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