Community Schools
Community Schools are public schools that emphasize family engagement, strong community partnerships and additional supports for students and families. Community Schools are designed to counter environmental factors that impede student achievement. Fundamentally, Community Schools coordinate and maximize public, non-profit and private resources to deliver critical services to students and their families, thereby increasing student achievement and generating other positive outcomes.
Community Schools Technical Assistance Centers (TACs)
The responsibilities of the TACs include statewide dissemination of information on effective and promising practices in the establishment and ongoing management of Community School strategies through professional development and technical assistance activities designed to:
- Familiarize school personnel across New York State with Community School strategies;
- Increase the knowledge and skills of school personnel and community partners to aid in the implementation, management, and sustainability of Community Schools;
- Promote the establishment and development of Community Schools that incorporate the characteristics of Community Schools strategies listed above: a rigorous academic program with strong supports, a full range of school-based and school-linked programs and services, and partnerships that demonstrate collaboration with the local community;
- Provide school districts with the tools necessary to design and implement needs/resource assessments that will provide the data necessary to effectively target Community School resources;
- Increase statewide capacity to support effective Community School strategies; and
- Identify and evaluate the school districts’ needs within a region in order to provide tailored technical assistance and professional development.
The New York City Community Schools TAC at Fordham University
(Serving Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond Counties)
Phone: (212) 636-6100
Email: cstac@fordham.edu
The Eastern New York TAC at Rockland 21st Century Collaborative for Children and Youth, Inc. (Rockland 21C)
(Serving Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saint Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, Warren, Washington, and Westchester Counties)
Phone: (845) 627-5437
Email: cstac@rockland21c.org
The Central/Western New York TAC at the Research Foundation for the State University of New York at Binghamton University
(Serving Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Erie, Genesee, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates Counties)
Phone: (607) 777-9383
Email: cstac@binghamton.edu
Community Schools Technical Assistance Centers Annual Impact
- NYS CSTACs 2019 Annual Impact Report
- NYS CSTACs 2020 Annual Impact Report
- NYS CSTACs 2021 Annual Impact Report
- NYS CSTACs 2022 Annual Impact Report
Resources
- Self-reported Community Schools in New York State for the 2021-22 School Year
- July 20, 2022
- Note: A more recent list of New York City Department of Education Community Schools is available on their website.
- Note: A more recent list of New York City Department of Education Community Schools
- Foundation Aid Community Schools Set-Aside Guidance - June 24, 2019
- NYS Education Department's Guidance Document on the Foundation Aid Community Schools Set-Aside Pursuant to the 2017-18 Enacted State Budget
- WEBINAR: Community Schools Basics: Getting Started! (Recorded 11/7/16)
- NYSED and The Children's Aid Society's National Center for Community Schools
- Slides ( 533 KB)
- Needs Assessment Toolkit ( 427 KB)
- WEBINAR: The Role of the Community School Coordinator (Recorded 2/3/15)
- Speakers were Lukas Weinstein, Director of Special Projects, National Center for Community Schools, and Nilka Rivera, MS 376 Community School Coordinator, YMCA of Greater New York. Recorded Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015.
- Presentation PowerPoint ( 1,009 KB)
- Community Schools Coordinators Skill Set ( 418 KB)
- The Role of a Community School Site Coordinator/Director ( 186 KB)
- Stages of Development in a Community School ( 455 KB)
- New York State Agency Contacts and Resources
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