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REV: 12-16-21 RL <br />Exhibit A - Services <br />Redwood City School District Community Schools <br />July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022 <br />Community School Overview <br />Redwood City School District has expanded our full-service community schools from 5 to 7, serving <br />3,777 pre-K-8th graders. The goal of the community school model is to address the barriers of learning <br />by more efficiently coordinating efforts and resources to bolster students’ learning, strengthen families, <br />and promote healthy communities. Community Schools directly align with San Mateo County’s 2025 <br />shared vision around building a healthy, prosperous, and collaborative community. <br />A. General Description of Services <br />1. Building family capacity in the school system, family stability, and at home learning. <br />a.Community School Coordinators work to support our students to achieve wellness in all <br />domains of their development as individuals: social, emotional, physical, and intellectual <br />through collaboration and integration: families, partner agencies, and school teams <br />coming together to fulfill the students’ needs and support their growth. <br />2. Stronger alignment for impact across levels of intervention. <br />a.Integrate the roles of the mental health counselors, community school coordinators, multi- <br />Tier Systems of Support Coordinators (MTSS) to screen, align and provide early <br />interventions across Tier 1, Tier 2, & Tier 3 supports. <br />b.The Mental Health Counseling Program at Redwood City School District consists of 12 <br />Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Social Workers. The goal of the program is <br />to provide Tier 1, 2, and 3 supports to students on campus who are in need of early <br />intervention and mental health services so that in collaboration with other contracted <br />mental health providers on site, all students who could benefit from mental health <br />interventions have the ability to do so. <br />3. Supporting every child: improving individual outcomes and supporting at risk youth. <br />a.Community school coordinators in conjunction with the mental health counselor and the <br />MTSS coordinator will connect with our most vulnerable students (Newcomer <br />students/families) to intentionally outreach and implement specific strategies to support <br />and develop school and community engagement. In addition help to support system <br />navigation and resources, thus lessening their immigration grief. <br />Focus & Strategies <br />Family Center’s Outreach & Support <br />RCSD’s network of full-service community schools provides students and their families with daily- <br />expanded learning opportunities, mental health support, family engagement opportunities, and a wide <br />range of safety net services – all in a coordinated manner. <br />Partnering with teachers and families to support students, coordinators build connections between the <br />home and school. Due to the pandemic, outreach efforts have been and continue to be modified to <br />meet the unique and increased needs of our communities. For example, coordinators are intentionally <br />reaching out to families, via phone calling and home visits (in cases of determined need), to build school <br />home communication as there have been barriers to in-person interactions due to COVID-19 <br />restrictions. When communicating with families coordinators are focusing on identifying needs and <br />providing intervention services to prevent families from losing access to essential needs (health <br />insurance, housing, and employment). <br />ATTY/AGR.2021.326/Redwood City School District (Community Schools FY21-22) (Page 5 of 7)