Community Schools in Action Lessons from a Decade of Practice

Name: Community Schools in Action Lessons from a Decade of Practice
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ISBN: 9780195169591

ISBN-10: 019516959X

ISBN-13: 9780195169591

Edition: 2005

Authors: Joy G. Dryfoos, Jane Quinn, Carol Barkin

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Presenting the Children's Aid Society's approach to creating community schools, this volume highlights the work of the CAS in ten neighbourhoods around New York. Contributors explain the theory behind the CAS methods and assess what has been achieved.

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List price: $92.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/24/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.42" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



Preface



List of Children's Aid Society Community Schools


Timeline of the Children's Aid Society Community Schools Initiative



Overview: Rationale, History, and Approach


Introduction




Why the Children's Aid Society Is Involved in This Work




History of the Children's Aid Society Model




Community Schools from a Lead Agency Administrator's Perspective




Core Program Components


Introduction




Parent Involvement and Leadership in Action




After-School and Summer Enrichment Programs




Early Childhood Programs




School-Based Health Services




Mental Health Services




Promoting Community and Economic Development




Leadership, Management, and Governance Issues


Introduction




The Power of Two or More: Partnership from a School Administrator's Perspective




Managing the Growth of Community Schools




Sustaining Community Schools: Learning from Children's Aid Society's Experience




Evaluation of Children's Aid Society Community Schools




National Implications


Introduction




National and International Adaptations of the Children's Aid Society Model




Extended Service Schools as a District-Wide Strategy




Schools as Centers of Community: Planning and Design




Reaching Out to Create a Movement



Looking to the Future




Statement of Support for the Children's Aid Society/Community School District 6 Community School Partnership Plan (Chapter 1)



Sample Responses to Home-School Activity (Chapter 6)



Forms Used in Mental Health Services at CAS Comunity Schools (Chapter 8)



Student Data Form for Evaluation of Children's Aid Society Community Schools (Chapter 13)



Stages of Development of a Children's Aid Society Community School (Chapter 14)