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National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Guide on how charter schools can build systems that support student mental health and wellbeing
WestEd
A step-by-step guide that helps charter schools and their overseers figure out what their community actually needs before opening or growing a school
WestEd
A brief that explains the different ways charter school overseers gather and use input from local community members and organizations
National Indian Child Care Association
NICCA toolkit with resources and templates for building a family support services program within a tribal child care or early learning program
National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC)
Resource for charter school operators, in any phase of development, on designing and implementing community partnerships
National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA)
A short case study comparing a charter school application that clearly showed community support with one that didn't, to illustrate why listening to families early on matters
WestEd, Attendance Works
WestEd and Attendance Works brief on the causes of chronic absenteeism among American Indian and Alaska Native students, with evidence-based strategies schools can use to address…
National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC)
A planning guide for people starting a new charter school, including a worksheet for mapping out local community members and families to involve early on
Oklahoma State Department of Education
State framework for building family-school partnerships, developed with CCSSO support
National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) and USDOE
Federal resource package with action guides for improving school climate, written for school and community stakeholders
WestEd
Three real stories of charter school groups going door-to-door and holding community meetings to learn what their neighborhoods actually need
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); ASCD
A widely used national framework that shows schools how to connect physical health, mental health, and learning into one coordinated approach