The For Communities section contains information and resources designed for use by communities and entire school districts involved in the local Ready Schools effort.
In this section, you’ll find links to research that has been done on Ready Schools issues, materials that you may use to support your own Ready Schools efforts, and templates or materials that have been developed by others that you can adapt for your own use in your community or school.
You may download the entire Ready Schools Toolkit, Part 2, designed for use by Ready Schools Community-District Teams, in PDF format. You can also select from the following links to visit a specific section of the Toolkit, Part 2 and see the related resources for that topic.
- Up-Front Material
- Getting Started
- Pathway 1: Leaders and Leadership
- Pathway 2: Family, School, and Community Partnerships
- Pathway 3: Transitions
- Pathway 4: Respecting Diversity
- Pathway 5: Engaging Environments
- Pathway 6: Effective Curricula, Instruction, and Child Assessment
- Pathway 7: Teacher Supports and Adult Learning Communities
- Pathway 8: Assessing Progress and Assuring Quality
- Pathway 9: Grassroots Community Building
This section is also the home of the Ready Schools Community-District Team Self-Assessment Tool.