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Community Educator Learning Hub

Upskill school staff and community members supporting young people with this award-winning asynchronous online learning platform

Prepare caring adults to effectively support young people and help teachers and teams meet the needs of all learners with the Community Educator Learning Hub.

Interactive, self-guided nanocourses break down teaching and learning strategies for the paraeducators, school staff, tutors and community members who help teachers and teams deepen and personalize children’s learning.

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Who it’s for: Schools and systems that are ready to prepare paraeducators, school staff and/or community partners to support student learning.

Ideal users:

Community educators Community members Extended team members Paraeducators and instructional assistants Pre-service teachers School staff

Format: Flexible online learning

Cost: A one-year subscription is included in Implementation for Impact contracts. Annual subscriptions are $2,000 for an unlimited number of users at a single school community, and $1,000 for each additional school in a system.

Participants will...

Access high-quality training

Nanocourses are developed by world-class ASU faculty and community organizations, turning the latest research into actionable strategies for caring adults to utilize in learning environments.

Make progress in just 15 minutes

Nanocourses are short, interactive and focused. Each course is only 15 minutes, with skills and modeling of how to put that concept into action with students. The catalog has over 200 nanocourses on topics from introduction courses on how to work with children to content-specific nanocourses on facilitating problem solving or expanding reading comprehension.

Track learner progress

The administrator dashboard feature allows leaders to track learner progress, assign courses and download data right from the platform.

Prepare support staff to be a part of your team-based models

Provide professional learning for paraeducators, pre-service teachers, tutors and community members to effectively support learning and take on responsibilities that align with your school’s team-based goals.

  • It's a relevant, research-based hub for specific training opportunities and a fantastic resource to call upon for staff needs as well as family engagement.

    Rachael Sotelo Preschool Program Manager, Community Education, Madison School District, Ariz.

  • The Community Educator Learning Hub is unifying our team in a new way by giving us a space to dig into meaty topics, add intentionality to our time together, setting in place that we are all a community of learners.

    Sarah Dolens-Moon Mesa Arts Center

  • We’ve seen excellent results amongst our tutors who have used the new curriculum to build on their strategies to support student learning. Providing additional resources to an already strong base of tutors helps us drive better outcomes for students, providing them with consistent, effective lessons that help bridge gaps and improve overall outcomes.

    Sam Oliveri Chief Executive Officer, Step Up Tutoring

  • The content in this course will empower me to better communicate with my students.

    Justin High-impact tutor

  • We are using nanocourses to supplement pre-service training and individualize learning for each volunteer based on what they need, which had been hard to do in person. I know I can rely on the Hub to find a nanocourse that’s relevant.

    Molly Director of Programming, HandsOn Greater Phoenix

FAQs

Find answers to commonly asked questions about the Community Educator Learning Hub.

If you have additional questions, please reach out to our team at edworkforce@asu.edu.

Yes, a one-year subscription is included in Implementation for Impact contracts. After the first year, the annual subscription fee is $2,000 for one school, and $1,000 for each additional school in a system.

An unlimited number of users at an individual school for school staff, families and volunteers are included in an annual subscription.

The robust catalog of 200 on-demand nanocourses breaks down teaching and learning competencies into easy-to-understand tips and strategies developed by world-class ASU faculty and nationally recognized community organizations. Community educators can learn how to support children in various areas, from reading skills to math strategies to systems thinking to emotional self-regulation. Nanocourses are curated by topic as well as role to help school communities find exactly what they need to support learners.

The Community Educator Learning Hub was created to help caring adults and teens access evidence-based strategies to effectively support children. The catalog of self-guided nanocourses can help paraeducators, pre-service teachers, family members, volunteers, industry experts, tutors, teaching artists, classified staff and many other community educators who support students’ academic and social growth.

Community educators are the family members, tutors, mentors and other community members who complement the work of professional educators by adding capacity to deepen and personalize children’s learning. These caring adults and teens enrich learning environments by forging authentic relationships, sharing expertise and expanding networks.

In Next Education Workforce models, complementing the core educator team are extended team members who include, but are not limited to, community educators, paraeducators, special education teachers, reading interventionists and special area teachers.

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Learn more about the Community Educator Learning Hub and Implementation for Impact professional learning and coaching. Contact us to start planning with a member of the Next Education Workforce team.