Faqs

You bet! If you wear dual hats, we encourage you to make one profile as an educator and another as a community partner. For example, you might teach at the UofA and want to find community [...]

The Pima County Public Library offers free workshops about how to research and write grants. We will soon be posting here some funding sources that provide small grants to schools, teachers and [...]

No. As a member of CommunityShare we ask community partners to volunteer 4-6 hours of their time per year. Of course, as volunteers they ultimately determine how much time they can actually [...]

No, we want to make things as accessible as possible.

We will very soon be posting some simple tips here on how best to prepare.

Yes, but how much time the partner can commit is up to them.

Before you contact a partner, your experience will be most meaningful if you have a clear idea of how you might integrate their skills and expertise into your classroom work; however, it is also [...]

Bringing diverse community partners into your classroom can support several of the Common Core anchor standards, such as “participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations [...]

As you may have experienced in your own childhood or classroom, community partners can inspire students by helping them see “real-world” applications of what they are learning in the classroom, [...]

It is up to you and the community partner to decide what is doable. If you have never worked with community partners before we suggest starting small. Community partners could speak about or [...]