{"id":61,"date":"2024-07-22T12:42:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T16:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2025-07-25T10:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T14:22:05","slug":"university-assisted-community-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/about-the-center\/university-assisted-community-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"University-Assisted Community Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UACS, as well as community schools in general, are comprehensive neighborhood centers built on partnerships that educate, engage, activate and serve students, their families, and other members of the community. For neighborhood schools to function as community schools, they need additional human resources and support. Universities are particularly well-suited to be a lead partner in the creation, growth, and ongoing development of community schools, including providing academic, human, and material resources.\u00a0 In this way, UACS initiatives bring the land grant mission of their university to life.<\/p>\n<p>As of 2024, BCCS is transitioning from primarily focusing on the operations of community schools to taking on a supportive role for community schools in Tennessee, which includes a renewed focus on community school research, evaluation, professional development, and technical assistance to support the expansion of the community school model in the state and region. We aim to facilitate partnerships between community school lead agencies across the state and university faculty, students, and resources to continue to grow the model in Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-109\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-02-at-15.41.17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-02-at-15.41.17.png 1450w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-02-at-15.41.17-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-02-at-15.41.17-1024x691.png 1024w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-02-at-15.41.17-768x518.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><i><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-110\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-02-at-15.41.33.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-02-at-15.41.33.png 1442w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-02-at-15.41.33-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-02-at-15.41.33-1024x653.png 1024w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-02-at-15.41.33-768x490.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-111\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-02-at-15.41.49.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-02-at-15.41.49.png 1438w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-02-at-15.41.49-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-02-at-15.41.49-1024x837.png 1024w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-02-at-15.41.49-768x628.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>For a history of the UACS movement, click on the timeline icon below to download the UACS Timeline:<br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Knox-County-Community-Schools-Timeline.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-85\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Knox-County-Community-Schools-Timeline-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Knox-County-Community-Schools-Timeline-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Knox-County-Community-Schools-Timeline-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Knox-County-Community-Schools-Timeline-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Knox-County-Community-Schools-Timeline-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/communityschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/08\/Knox-County-Community-Schools-Timeline-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UACS, as well as community schools in general, are comprehensive neighborhood centers built on partnerships that educate, engage, activate and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":74,"parent":50,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-wide.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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