In partnership with Binghamton University, the Children’s Aid National Center for Community Schools has developed the nation’s first on-line certificate program on community schools. The program is designed for school professionals, community-based service providers, or anyone seeking to have measurable impact on people’s lives and their communities.
What are community schools?
Community schools are a strategy for organizing school and community resources around student success. Each Community School is both a place and a set of partnerships between the school and other community resources. Its integrated focus on academics, services, supports and opportunities leads to improved student learning, stronger families and healthier communities. Schools become centers of the community, open to everyone, all day, every day, evenings and weekends. Community schools represent a strategy, not a program.
Learn more about community schools: Frequently Asked Questions.
About the program
- Courses offered entirely online
- Program completion in one year of part-time study
- BA or BS required
- No Graduate Record Exam (GRE)
- No professional licensing and/or certification required
