Community Schools Standards

Partners in the Coalition have been developing voluntary standards for individual community schools and we need your help! The voluntary standards are intended to help stakeholders at new and existing community schools think together about ways to start and strengthen their efforts. 

These DRAFT standards are intended to help community schools foster continuous improvement toward excellence. They are NOT intended for rating.

​Please take a look at the draft standards and complete the survey tell us how to make them even more useful.

These draft standards are organized by the following domains:

Part 1: How a Community School Works

1. Collaborative Leadership: nurtures shared ownership and shared accountability.
2. Planning: incorporates the assets and needs of school, family, and community in the school improvement plan
3. Coordinating Infrastructure: facilitates coordination of school and community resources.
4. Student-Centered Data Management: uses data to guide assistance to individual students.
5. Continuous Improvement: deepens the impact of the community school.
6. Sustainability: ensures ongoing operations of the community school.

Part 2: What Happens in a Community School

7. Expanded Learning: engages students as independent learners.
8. Health and Social Services and Supports: addresses basic needs.
9. Family Engagement: mobilizes family’s assets.
10. Community Engagement: gathers community and neighborhoods resources.