Resources and Links
NEW: ACEbc 2011: Neighbourhood Learning Centres in British Columbia: Models, Elements and Stages of Development of Schools with Community Engagement (PDF, 36 pages)
- Summary of Models (PDF, 2 pages)
- Summary of Program and Service Elements - Definitions (PDF, 1 page)
- Summary of Program and Service Elements - Graphic
- Summary of Stages of Development (PDF, 1 page)
- NLC Toolkit Part 1 (PDF, 1 page)
- NLC Toolkit Part 2 (PDF, 1 page)
ACEbc Forms and Resources
Articles and Research Papers (to view an annotated version of this list, click here)
- Advocating for Community Education and Community Schools 2010: Now is the Time
- ACEbc AGM 2008 – Researchers Support Community Schools
- Building Healthy, Self-Reliant Communities Using the Community School Model
- Community Schools Research Project - Backgrounder (Sept-04)
- Community Schools Research Project - Phase One Report (Sept-04)
- Community School Research Project - Phase Two Directional Report (Nov-05)
- Community Schools: A Handbook of "Best Practices"
- Investing in Community Schools 2010 – An Economic Perspective
- Principals and Community Schools - ACEbc 2012
- Powerpoint: Surrey workshop with Abe Fernandez, New York Children's Aid Society, Feb 2009
- Surrey Community-Schools Partnership Overview May 2007
- Surrey presentation at Harrison Conference, March 2009
Links and Resources
- BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils
- BC Ministry of Education: CommunityLINK
- BC School Trustees Association
- BC Teachers' Federation
- Coalition of Community Schools
- Directorate of Agencies for School Health BC
- First Call: BC Child & Youth Advocacy Coalition
- Ministry of Education
- Neighbourhood Learning Centres - The Neighbourhood Learning Centres (NLCs) initiative builds on the achievements of community schools and many other successful models of schools working effectively with their community, developing strong partnerships, and responding to the needs of students, families and the whole community.
Here is a link to the Neighbourhood Learning Centre website which includes presentations from the recent NLC Stakeholder Forum held January 27th, 2010.- Education Partners in Vancouver - PDF from meeting held Nov. 3, 2010
- School Community Connections Program
- Sooke Retreat 2011
- Surrey Conference 2010: The Future Lives Here: Uniting Schools and Communities. Keynote speakers were Stephen Lewis and Abe Fernandez (Children's Aid Society, New York)
- “Community Schools – A Strategy, Not a Program” - Surrey Keynote address by Abe Fernandez, Oct 22, 2010.pdf
- “Parent Engagement in Community Schools” - Surrey Workshop by Abe Fernandez, Oct 22, 2010.pdf
- Links to the two reports on chronic absence that Abe Fernandez references in the keynote address:
- Present, Engaged, and Accounted For - The Critical Importance of Addressing Chronic Absence in the Early Grades www.nccp.org/publications/pub_837.html Exec summary and full report available.
Strengthening Schools by Strengthening Families: Community Strategies to Reverse Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades and Improve Supports for Children and Families www.newschool.edu/milano/nycaffairs/publications_schools_strengthening_schools.aspx- Conference brochure click here. Note: Abe Fernandez replaced Dr. Ruby K. Payne who was scheduled to speak on "Creating Success: Providing the Tools that Children and Families Need." Dr Payne was unfortunately delayed by airline difficulties and could not make it to the conference, but presented her Keynote in 2011.
- Vancouver Middle Years Development (MDI) Report 2010