In central Texas and regions across the country, community leaders are calling for university-community engagement, including development of structures for community-based research and service learning. Including the community in decision making regarding continuing professional education serves as a link between universities such as Texas A&M University-Central Texas and the needs of the communities they serve. Together, they build on each other's strengths, provide opportunities for research agendas, and address needs critical to regional wellbeing. The College of Education's process to develop a pilot continuing professional education program was based on input from those whom it serves: central Texas school districts.