Los Angeles County is committed to providing quality public education initiatives that are compliant with civil rights laws. To ensure this is achieved, they have implemented a policy that requires technical assistance (TA) to support high-quality implementation of community school initiatives. This includes professional development and mentoring, strategic planning support, and developing partnerships that bring resources to schools. Additionally, county-level cross-sector partnerships can provide a comprehensive set of resources to local schools when strengthened with a shared vision and clear agreement.
New York State has funded regional technical assistance centers for community schools that offer professional development to professionals; on-site visits to provide in-person guidance; a database of partners, programs, and community resources; and regional communities of practice for sharing practices promising and participating in collective problem solving. These measures are designed to help LEAs (including education offices and county districts) and schools implement key features such as Advantage Project California, California Association of School Administrators, Attendance Works, California Association of African American Superintendents & Administrators, California Collaborative for Educational Excellence etc. The federal government has also played an important role in providing emergency response systems when critical national needs arise. This was first seen during the Cold War when Congress passed the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) in response to the launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union.
Los Angeles County is dedicated to ensuring public education initiatives are compliant with civil rights laws. To achieve this goal they have implemented a policy that requires technical assistance to support high-quality implementation of community school initiatives. This includes professional development and mentoring; strategic planning support; developing partnerships that bring resources to schools; county-level cross-sector partnerships; regional technical assistance centers; on-site visits; databases; regional communities of practice; Advantage Project California; California Association of School Administrators; Attendance Works; California Association of African American Superintendents & Administrators; California Collaborative for Educational Excellence etc.
