Coherence & Sustainability Webinars
The California Department of Education (CDE) and the State Transformational Assistance Center (S-TAC) invite you to view the California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) webinars.
Each session brings together educators, community partners, and leaders from across the state to explore how aligned systems and collaborative practices can strengthen support for students and families. Through shared learning, real-world examples, and discussion, we’ll highlight strategies for sustaining the vision of community schools—where every student is known, supported, and thriving.
September 2, 2026: Literacy and Community Schools
Starting off the 26-27 school year, our first coherence webinar highlighted how unifying evidence-based literacy instruction with the California Community Schools Partnership Framework creates a coherent approach to whole-child success. Presenters showcased strategies for leveraging state literacy investments—including the Literacy Coaches and Reading Specialists Educator Training (LCRSET) program—to build robust multi-tiered support systems, advance culturally responsive practices, and elevate family and community engagement. Participants explored actionable resources and local implementation examples demonstrating how aligned literacy initiatives and community school strategy work together to eliminate learning barriers and improve outcomes from early childhood through secondary education. Access accompanying slides to this recording HERE.
October 7, 2026: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program and Community Schools
This webinar explores opportunities to strengthen coherence between the Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELO-P) and the California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) to create coordinated, student-centered systems of support. Featuring state partners, county offices of education, and local educational agencies, the session highlights strategies for aligning planning, data, partnerships, and resources to advance shared goals for students and families. Participants will learn from regional and district examples of collaboration and sustainability and identify actionable next steps to strengthen alignment and create lasting impact for students and communities. Accompanying slides to this recording HERE.
March 3, 2026: Special Education
This session explores how special education and the community schools strategy can align to support inclusive, coordinated systems for students with disabilities. Presenters from the California Department of Education, the Ontario-Montclair School District, and Anaheim Union High School District share how integrated supports, family engagement, and cross-grade collaboration create coherent pathways from elementary school through postsecondary transition. Highlights include real examples of how schools are building systems that reduce silos and strengthen outcomes for students and families. Access accompanying slides to this recording HERE.
April 7, 2026: Community Schools Strategy & Family and Community Engagement
This session brought together educators and partners across California to explore how aligning Community Schools and the Community Engagement Initiative strengthens local capacity and supports student success. Featuring insights from CCSPP grantees and CCEE (California Collaborative for Educational Excellence), participants highlighted the role of collaborative leadership, strong partnerships, and authentic engagement in driving sustainable impact—grounded in relationships, coherence, and a shared commitment to community. Accompanying slides to this recording HERE.
November 4, 2025: McKinney-Vento Homeless Education
This session explores how McKinney-Vento Homeless Education goals align with the Community Schools strategy to create more coordinated, sustainable systems of support for California’s most vulnerable youth. Participants will learn from state and local leaders— including Wheatland Union High School District’s Safe Harbor Program—about effective collaboration, data-driven decision-making, and strategies for braiding resources to promote long-term impact. Access accompanying slides to this recording HERE.
February 3, 2026: Early Education
This session focuses on alignment between early education and community schools to support long-term, whole-child outcomes. Presenters from the California Department of Education, Vista and Morongo Unified share how Universal Prekindergarten (UPK), inclusive early learning, and P–3 alignment connect to the Community Schools Framework. Highlights include resources that support coherence, sustainability, and meaningful family & community engagement across systems. Access accompanying slides to this recording HERE.
September 2, 2025: Expanded Learning
Discover how Community Schools and Expanded Learning programs can work together to create lasting impact. In this session, we explore goals and core components, highlight opportunities for collaboration, and share practical strategies for sustainability, including funding approaches. Real-world examples show how successful integration supports students, families, and communities leaving you with actionable insights to strengthen your own programs. Access accompanying slides to this recording HERE.
October 7, 2025: Local Control & Accountability (LCAP)
Explore how Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs) and School Plans for Student Achievement (SPSAs) can align with the Community Schools framework. Learn from local educational agencies about strategies for alignment and sustainability, engage in discussions to share insights, and discover tools to strengthen planning efforts. Walk away with practical next steps to enhance coherence and support the long-term success of community schools initiatives. Access accompanying slides to this recording HERE.
2022 -2025 Webinars
Welcome to our webinar archives. This collection features webinars from the first several years of the State Transformational Assistance Center (S-TAC), offering valuable insights, practical tools, and lessons learned from California’s growing community schools movement.
Archived topics include Exploring the Role of a Community School Leader, Building Flourishing Partnerships, Centering Community-Based Learning, and many more. Through shared learning, real-world examples, and thoughtful discussion, these sessions highlight strategies for advancing and sustaining the vision of community schools, where every student is known, supported, and thriving.
Whether you are a new California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) grantee looking to build foundational knowledge or an experienced practitioner seeking fresh ideas and resources, these archived webinars offer enduring guidance and inspiration to support your community school implementation journey.
May 2, 2024: Transformational Community Schools: Expanded Learning Systems and Structures to Support the Whole Child
Expanded Learning provides opportunities to extend whole-child supports and meaningful learning beyond the traditional school day. This webinar explores how Expanded Learning connects with the California Community Schools Framework to support students’ academic, social, emotional, and physical development. Participants examine approaches to hands-on, engaging, student-centered learning; California’s Expanded Learning Quality Standards; statewide funding sources; and systems that support high-quality programming. Examples from California AfterSchool Network, Fresno Unified School District and Holland Elementary School, and Vista Charter Middle School illustrate Expanded Learning approaches at multiple levels. Access accompanying slides to this recording HERE.
April 18, 2024: Building Capacity for Transformational and Sustainable Community Schools
Transformational Community Schools require more than programs and services. They depend on the capacity to build shared commitment, engage communities, strengthen leadership, align resources, and continuously learn and improve. This webinar explores the revised CCSPP Capacity Building Strategies and their connection to the “why, how, and what” of Community Schools transformation. Participants will examine site- and LEA-level approaches to shared commitment, understanding, and priorities; consider the Annual Progress Report as part of community engagement and continuous improvement; and learn about sustainability planning designed to support Community Schools beyond the grant period. Access accompanying slides to the recording HERE.
March 14, 2024: Collaborations with Community Based Partners, District Partners & Funding Sources
Sustaining Community Schools requires intentional alignment across policies, initiatives, partnerships, staffing, and resources. This webinar explores three capacity-building strategies that support this work: Coherence: Policy & Initiative Alignment, Staffing & Sustainability, and Strategic Community Partnerships. Participants will consider these strategies within the California Community Schools Framework and explore their connection to overarching values of racially just and relationship-centered spaces, shared power, classroom-to-community connections, and continuous improvement. A panel discussion brings perspectives from state, county, and community-based organizations to the conversation. Access accompanying slides to the recording HERE.
February 8, 2024: Shared Understanding & Commitments, Setting Goals & Taking Action and Collaborative Leadership: A Panel discussion with CA Superintendents
Community Schools transformation depends not only on what schools implement, but on how communities build shared commitment, establish collective priorities, take action, and lead collaboratively. This webinar explores these capacity-building strategies within the California Community Schools Framework and examines their connection to overarching values, including racially just and relationship-centered spaces, shared power, classroom-to-community connections, and continuous improvement. A panel of California superintendents offers district-level perspectives on advancing Community Schools transformation. Access accompanying slides to the recording HERE.
September 14, 2023: Collaborative Leadership as a Capacity for Transformation
Transforming Community Schools requires attention not only to what programs and supports are implemented, but also to how the work is carried out and why it is grounded in particular values. This webinar explores collaborative leadership and decision-making as a capacity-building strategy for creating coherence and authentic community engagement. Participants will consider how shared power, racially just and relationship-centered spaces, classroom-community connections, and continuous improvement can shape Community Schools transformation, while learning from field perspectives from Kern County Office of Education and UESF Community Schools. Access accompanying slides to the recording HERE.
November 9, 2023: Centering Community Based Curriculum & Pedagogy
Community Schools transformation reaches into the classroom by connecting teaching and learning to the assets, experiences, and voices of students, families, and communities. This webinar explores community-based curriculum and pedagogy as a capacity-building strategy, with a focus on creating relevant learning opportunities, strengthening classroom-community connections, and building systems that support teacher leadership and agency. Participants will learn from examples at Anaheim Union High School District and UCLA Community School that highlight youth voice and purpose, whole-child approaches, transformational learning experiences, performance-based assessment, and community-based classroom projects. Access accompanying slides to the recording HERE.
April 6, 2023: Advancing Shared Leadership
What does it take to move from community engagement to shared power and shared decision-making? This webinar examines how Community Schools can build leadership structures that center relationships and include the voices of students, families, educators, and community partners. Participants will explore tools, practices, and real-world examples for developing collaborative leadership, creating equitable partnerships, and building the shared ownership needed to support school transformation. Access accompanying slides to the recording HERE.
March 9, 2023: Integrating Student Supports
February 9, 2023: Student Voice: The Heart of the Work
What does it look like when students are not only heard, but empowered to lead? This webinar centers student voice as a critical part of the community schools strategy. Participants hear examples of student leadership in action, learn from students and experts in the field, and explore tools and resources for creating meaningful opportunities for young people to help shape decisions, programs, and school transformation efforts. Access accompanying slides to the recording HERE.