List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. An Introduction to Community-Based Learning
Increase student engagement
Make the curriculum relevant and experiential
Strengthen the connection between the community and schools
The foundation for community-based learning
The levels of community-based learning
Changing the work
2. The Foundation for Community-Based Learning
Learning theory
Learning processes
The social nature of instruction
A vital connection
A new solution to a new problem
3. A Framework for Community-Based Learning
The CBL framework
4. Case Study: Community-Based Learning School
The beginning of community-based learning school
Making progress
Challenges arise
Creating a curriculum
Setback
Exceeding expectations
5. Essential Practices in Community-Based Learning
Drinking the good wine first
Get the right people on the bus
Source your champions
Increase intentionality
Seek transfer
Customization and individualization
Evaluate current partnerships
6. Professional Development for Community-Based Learning
Establish student learning goals
Determine the best practices to achieve those goals
Identify the necessary resources
Decide what teachers need to know and be able to do
Gain the knowledge and skills
CBL needs development
7. Leading Community-Based Learning
Responding to the need for high quality
A tolerance for risk
Situational leadership
Distributive leadership
Mindful leadership
Systems implementation
8. Overcoming Barriers
Time
Large-scale tests
Risk aversion
Partnership peril
Waiting for the right time
Toxic leaders
Facing down detractors
Good to great
Existing structures
Wants over needs
9. Starting Community-Based Learning—Today
For teachers
For principals
For superintendents
For boards of education
For everyone
Appendix: Sample community-based learning unit
References
Index
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