Garnering Additional Resources and Reducing the Demands on School Staff Schools cannot ignore the needs of the whole child — social, emotional and physical — as they provide academic opportunities that address the full range of learning needs and styles. For most public schools, this challenge is beyond their existing resources. Some may see this as outside the core mission of schools. Community schools, however, with their strategic use of linkages and partnerships, can reach outside their walls to leverage additional services, staff and programs to meet the essential needs of students and enhance the range and quality of their learning. Access to additional resources and the active involvement of community partners support and enhance school efforts to address the facts of life that affect both teaching and learning, such as changing demographics, too much unstructured time for children, transience, violence and unaddressed basic needs. With a shared vision and strategy, community partnerships lessen, rather than increase, the demands made on school staff. Partners share the responsibility for setting high standards and achieving accountability. In many community schools, a full-time community school coordinator, often employed by a community agency, mobilizes community assets and resources. Working on the school leadership team, this individual reduces the burden on the principal by helping cultivate and manage community relationships. This allows principals to focus on improving student learning. Teachers in community schools teach. They are not expected to be social workers, mental health counselors and police officers. Partner organizations, working with no instructional school staff, aid in this work.
Table 2.9: Existing Books at Elerai Sec School and its Deficit Year Enrolment Subject Existing books Required books Deficit Ratio of ST/BK 2010 300 Math 35 100 65 1:6 Biology 35 100 65 1:6 English 40 100 60 1:8 Civic 04 100 96 1:75 Physics 47 100 53 1:6 2011 320 Math 35 106 71 1:9 Biology 35 106 71 1:9 English 40 106 66 1:8 Civic 04 106 102 1:80 Physics 47 106 59 1:7 2012 350 Math 40 117 77 1:8 Biology 40 117 77 1:8 English 50 117 67 1:7 Civic 05 117 112 1:50 Physics 47 117 70 1:7 2013 380 Math 50 127 77 1:7 Biology 50 127 77 1:7 English 50 127 77 1:7 Civic 05 127 122 1:76 Physics 50 127 77 1:7 Source: Research Finding (2014) Table 4.10: Existing Books at Baraa Sec School and its deficit Year Enrolment Subject Existing books Required books Deficit Ratio of ST/BK 2010 200 Math 40 67 27 1:5 Biology 30 67 37 1:7 English 50 67 27 1:4 Civic 06 67 61 1:30 Physics 30 67 37 1:7 2011 280 Math 40 93 53 1:7 Biology 30 93 63 1:9 English 50 93 43 1:6
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