EDUC 360 - Reimagining Schools

Credits: 4

The COVID-19 pandemic coupled with the ongoing crisis around economic and social inequities has heightened challenges for youth, families, and school staff, creating new opportunities to reimagine schools. This course provides an introduction to Community Schools - a strategy for helping all students, families and communities to thrive. We will use problem-based learning to develop your critical thinking skills, sharpen your problem-solving abilities, and hone your communication skills about the complex issues that come up in schools, and the solutions they demand. This is a designated Community Engaged Learning (CEL) course, meaning you will use what you learn to address real problems in local schools that have been identified through school needs assessments. This course makes explicit connections around Community Schools as a model for sustainable communities; a model for assuring the rights of all constituents through citizenship, rights and cultural belonging; and, as an innovative model that addresses the physical and mental health of youth, families and communities. Cross-listed with CCPA 360. Offered: Fall and Spring.