Urban Education Strategy: Community Schools Grant Update
Explore how community schools in urban areas serve as an essential education strategy, addressing challenges like youth violence, poverty, and educational achievement. Discover the impact, partnerships, and priority needs identified, supported by ECGRA grant funds.
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Community Schools: An Essential Urban Education Strategy ECGRA Grant Update September 20, 2018 1
2018 Community Challenges Educational achievement/attainment Youth violence Community disorganization Poverty Economic development Resource alignment/collaboration Coordination of service delivery 2
Eries Public Schools CS Pilot School Edison McKinley SVMS East MS Pfeiffer- Burleigh Grade Levels PreK-5 PreK-5 6-8 6-8 PreK-5 Corporate Partner GE Transport. LORD Highmark Hamot Health Foun Erie Ins. Lead Partner Achieve. Edinboro U. Gannon U. Safe Harbor Family Services Cntr. Principal Kevin Harper Dana Suppa Tim Sabol Diane Sutton Karin Ryan CSD Tami Conway Sonia Rios Katrina Byrd Jamilia Gates Meghan Easter 3
Community Schools are a strategy for organizing the resources of the community around student success Pat Harvey, Former Superintendent St. Paul Public Schools
Pilot update: CSD s hired in January 2017 Data-driven school action plans completed for every community school in October 2017 Partnership agreement implemented in October 2017 Partnerships established with: BTW Center, MLK Center, JFK Center, Boys & Girls Club of Erie, YMCA, PSU Behrend, Second Harvest Food Bank, SSJ and many more Strong backbone support and professional development provided by United Way of Erie County 6
Priority needs identified: Kindergarten readiness Physical, mental and behavioral health support School attendance Educational/capacity-building opportunities for adults Family engagement Managing student mobility Expanded out-of-school time opportunities 7
ECGRA grant funds used to support: Data collection in Erie s Public Schools to ensure data sharing and collaboration Professional development opportunities in Allentown/Bethlehem and National Conf. Furniture/technology for a community school space in each school Funds for Out of School Time Coordinators Leverage for additional federal grants including Promise Neighborhoods and Full-Service CS grant 8
