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University of Central Florida Center for Community Schools certification system for the Community Partnership Schools model

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A UCF Center for Community Schools certification and technical-assistance programme that helps Florida schools implement and demonstrate fidelity to the Community Partnership Schools model through standards, self-assessment, coaching, mentoring, and external review.

Components

  • State certification processes for community schools: Florida's UCF Community Partnership Schools and Georgia's Whole Child Model School certification: Two states support community schools through university- or state-led certification. Florida funds a certification process administered by the University of Central Florida's Center for Community Schools, with $7.1 million in state funding in fiscal year 2022 serving 36 schools; certification rests on 12 standards in the UCF-Certified Community Partnership Schools Fundamental Practices 3.0 and a partnership of a nonprofit, a university or college, a school district, and a health care provider. Georgia's Department of Education created a Whole Child Model School certification process whose "overarching goal ... is to help community schools develop and independently sustain a whole child education model," combining the four community schools pillars with five whole child tenets. (Maier et al. (2023))

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Key Sources

  • Germain, E., Maier, A., Espinoza, D., & Oakes, J. (2025). Community schools certification: An approach for implementation. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/220.412
  • Maier, A., & Rivera-Rodriguez, A. (2023). State strategies for investing in community schools. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/612.402
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