The Institute For Educational Leadership Inc

Center for family, school and community for more than 25 years, iel has assisted schools, communities, and other key stakeholders in building intentional partnerships that achieve better results for every young person, from early childhood to adulthood. The center's research, policy, and network development focuses on: "identifying and conducting research on school-community connections; "cultivating networks and opportunities for local collaboratives to improve practice, share successes, and improve results for children, families, and communities; and, "developing policies at all levels of government that support joint action to improve outcomes for children, families, and communities. Major initiatives of the center for family, school and community include: the coalition for community schools, in operation since 1997, is a national alliance that brings together school and community leaders to advocate for schools as centers of their communities, with purposeful results-focused partnerships at their heart. With the support of a steering committee representing education, youth development, higher education, child and family services, and local government, iel has helped to make community schools 'central to reform' according to former u.s. Secretary of education, arne duncan. More than 150 communities now have major community school's efforts and are part of a learning community of local initiatives. Through the coalition, iel is leading efforts to have federal and state policy be more responsive to the community school strategy. Together with its coalition partners, iel has developed a results-framework and evaluation toolkit for community schools and conducts research on the effectiveness of community schools and how they are financed. The coalition for community schools also hosts an annual conference which attracts a diverse array of practitioners, advocates, and policymakers looking to deepen partnerships between school and community. District leaders network on family and community engagement (fce) - the district leaders network on family and community engagement (dln) is a group of 225 individuals in district-level leadership positions primarily responsible for the oversight of our district's family and community engagement (fce) initiatives. Dln is a peer-driven knowledge network designed to engage members as both experts and learners through a national structure to support member capacity building activities. The network is unique in purpose, function and design and is grounded in the belief that through dln, members can increase their collective capacity to implement a systemic approach to family and community engagement, resulting in more consistent practice across districts, greater sustainability, and measurable impact on student outcomes and school improvement. Membership is granted exclusively to those who are tasked with oversight of their district's engagement efforts. Community schools x family engagement conference - csxfe: iel has hosted annual national conferences for over 20 years, which have continued to grow in attendance. Most recently, the coalition for community schools and family and community engagement has created a joint conference, with atlanta, ga, being the home of the event in june 2024. With more than 4,700 attendees, this was iel's largest conference to date. Csxfe 9s designed to catalyze collaboration and action through community school and family engagement professionals and advocates with a renewed commitment. People from across the globe who believe all children deserve a safe place to live and opportunities to learn and thrive will come together to discuss practices, partnerships, policies, and provisions that transform systems that achieve and sustain results.

Center for leadership and policy over its more than 60-year history, iel has developed and supported leaders as they enhance their capacity to work across institutional boundaries, increase their professional and policy knowledge and expand their networks. This center's work focuses on: "building and strengthening peer learning and action networks among leaders across sectors to build systemic capacity; "informing leaders to make good policy choices and improvements; and, "enabling leaders to move policy to effective practice. Major initiatives of the center for leadership and policy include: the education policy fellowship program (epfp) - in continuous operation since 1964 - is iel's flagship leadership development program, focusing on participants' leadership, policy, and networking abilities. Over 10,000 leaders across all 50 states from early childhood development, k-12, and higher education have participated in epfp, as well as people from other child, youth, and community support systems. They now serve as leaders in school systems, local, state and federal government, foundations, and community-based organizations. The 2022-23 epfp cohort had 212 fellows across 8 states (ca, ga, mi, mo, ms, nc, oh, sc, tx), and the district of columbia. Leaders of tomorrow (lot) is a leadership program created by iel with a curriculum co-designed by immigrant and refugee youth. The lot program is designed to help immigrant and refugee youth develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to participate in decision-making processes and structures to improve their own lives, as well as the lives of others in their communities. Through the program, youth are equipped to become leaders and agents of change, while also promoting equity and social justice for all children, youth, adults, and families. Iel federal policy institutes present students, faculty members in post- graduate educational leadership programs, and other leaders with a birds- eye view of the national policy process. Leaders from congress, federal agencies - including the department of education, think-tanks, and national association and advocacy organizations help participants understand washington's inner workings and the implications for their work.

Other organizational program expenses this program consists of general overall organizational expenses.