Community is people discovering their mutual interests engaged in joint action.
The focus is upon constructing shared meanings about what education is to be and how the various educators of the community interact to create knowledgeable students. Communities are built when people discover their mutual interests engaged in joint action. The principal's leadership role is as community liaison and as a facilitator who ensures that the school meets the educational needs of the community. The principal generates a participatory climate, which helps redefine the education for children through creating a curriculum, standards, to meet the changing needs of society. The Community-Building effort at Teachers College asserts that functional communities can be created, and that doing so will have great benefits for children growing up in dysfunctional communities.