Youth and Family Enrichment Programs - Duluth Community School Collaborative

Description

Offers youth and family programs, including the following: - Active Family and Community Engagement: Engages family at school-based community events, which build bridges between school and home. - Collaborative Leadership and Practices: Include professional learning communities, site-based teams charged with improving school policy and classroom teaching and learning, labor-management collaborations, and teacher development strategies such as peer assistance and review. - Expanded and Enriched Learning Time and Opportunities: Collaborates with community partners to provide learning activities during out-of-school time and summer, using school facilities and other community spaces. Programs vary depending on community priorities and include arts, physical activity, small group and individualized academic support, and hands-on learning activities. - Integrated Student Supports: Coordinates on-site services to support students in overcoming a range of barriers to educational and life success. Services are unique to each school based on the specific needs of the students and community, and may include access to medical, dental, and mental health care services, tutoring, and other academic supports. Schools are also developing restorative practices to reduce punitive disciplinary actions such as suspensions.

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