The Office of Community Schools (OCS) offers many exciting learning and networking opportunities for community school directors (CSDs), CBO supervisors, principals, and other community school staff.
For an overview of all upcoming capacity-building events including mode of convening (virtual or in-person), please view this calendar.
For Community School Impact
Listening Circles
Audience: CSDs, principals, other community school staff
Frequency: Twice a year
Listening Circles are hour-long events that provide the space for participants to share their thoughts, experiences, and needs. These events help inform the topics for the OCS Professional Learning Community series and other capacity-building events
Principal & CSD Convenings
Audience: Principals, CSDs
Frequency: Twice a year
The Principal & CSD Convenings are unique spaces that bring together principals and CSDs across school districts and communities twice a year. Through diverse workshop offerings, participants engage in the exploration of exemplary community school practices and strategies. These events also offer an opportunity to share and gather insights and gain inspiration from other like-minded leaders committed to advancing equity at their schools.
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
Audience: CSDs
Frequency: Five sessions, once a month
Professional Learning Communities offer CSDs an opportunity to engage with each other in sessions centered around practical skills-building and tool-sharing to increase impact at their community schools.
To sign up to be a presenter at a PLC event, please review this information.
CBO Leadership Convenings
Audience: CBO supervisors and other members of lead CBO leadership
Frequency: Quarterly
CBO Leadership Convenings provide a space for CBO supervisors of CSDs and other CBO leadership members to come together and network, share promising practices, and learn of high-level updates from the Office of Community Schools.
New York City Community Schools
Get involved in our final school year events! Join a Listening Circle to help plan the June 3rd Resource Exchange, or drop into a Pop-Up Room for collaborative peer support.
Listening Circles
Help plan the June 3rd Resource Exchange — your voice shapes the event.
Pop-Up Rooms
Drop in anytime for collaborative peer support sessions.
