About Sustaining Staff & Resources
Sustaining staff and resources is essential to maintaining the long-term success of community schools. By ensuring consistent human and financial support, schools can uphold their vision and continue implementing strategies that drive meaningful change. Stability in staffing and funding allows for better alignment across policies and initiatives, promotes coherence in school operations, and supports ongoing progress and improvement. Without sustainability, even the most effective programs risk losing momentum and impact over time.
Resources
County Coordination Grant Guidance
This resource highlights examples from county offices of education across the state to demonstrate how they are working to develop county-level systems to support and sustain the work of community schools.
CA State Investments Crosswalk
Unite-LA’s California State Investments Crosswalk is intended to be utilized by partners in K-12 and higher education who seek to capitalize on state and local funding that advance a cradle-to-career student-success framework.
Community Schools Costing Tool
The Community Schools Costing Tool and accompanying User Guide are resources designed to provide a means of estimating the cost of transforming a traditional school into a community school.
Financing Community Schools
When it comes to financing community schools, leaders must find partners and funding to provide services and resources to support the work of coordination and collaboration, which is referred to as the infrastructure of community schools throughout this brief.
Job Descriptions
This S-TAC Resource is a list of commonly used resources related to job descriptions and staffing below for your reference.
San Diego Unified School District: Community Schools Contract Article
This resource outlines Article 36 of the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) policy, which establishes the framework for the District’s Community Schools Initiative. It serves as a foundational guide for understanding how SDUSD is building equitable, racially just, and community-driven schools through the implementation of evidence-based pillars and practices. The article details the vision, structure, roles, and funding mechanisms that support the transformation of schools into hubs of integrated support, collaborative leadership, and culturally-sustaining education—tailored to meet the unique needs of each school community.