Upcoming Events
Friday, April 5Resource Coordinator Luncheon
12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m. Reavis School 834 E. 50th St.
Chicago, Illinois 60615RSVP with Havilah
Friday, April 12
High School RC Network Luncheon
Please note:
Both RC Luncheons are open to resource coordinators only.
Thursday, April 1821st CCLC 2013 Spring Conference
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Advisory Board Development Tool for Resource Coordinators
The Federation recently published a two-page guide and supplemental tools to support community school advisory board development. Community School Advisory Boards: How Resource Coordinators Can Engage Community Members In Shared Ownership of their Community Schools compiles best practices and strategies shared by resource coordinators who have effectively engaged community members as leaders of their community schools.
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-- We've Moved! --
The Federation is now located at:
33 West Grand
Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60654
We also have new phone and fax numbers:
P: 312-836-0854
F: 312-836-0877
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New Online Forum for Community School Resource Coordinators
The Network is a forum for school coordinators to share ideas and experiences, ask questions and get answers from their peers, as well as have a centralized online location to find resources and tools. Some community schools initiatives have many coordinators to support one another, others may only have a few; either way this network provides a space to make connections so that no one has to reinvent the wheel and folks can learn from each other. Join the network to share your work, to hear what others are doing and to help grow this robust network of coordinators.
Do you belong in the Network?
Do you work in a Community School? Do you act as a coordinator, manager, or liaison responsible for managing school-community partnerships? If yes, then you should become a member of this network.
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Funding Opportunities for Community Schools
School Turnaround AmeriCorps FY13
The School Turnaround AmeriCorps initiative is a collaborative effort by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and the U.S. Department of Education (ED). This partnership will support the placement of AmeriCorps members in persistently underachieving schools across the country. Grants will be awarded to organizations that implement programs that utilize AmeriCorps members to engage in evidence-based interventions to increase educational achievement, high school graduation rates, and college readiness for students in our nation's lowest-performing elementary, middle, and high schools.
A notice of intent to apply, due by April 2, 2013 at 5:00pm EST, is required to be eligible to apply. Applications are due on April 23, 2013. Grants will be awarded by mid-July. Click here for more information.
The Carol M. White Physical Education grant These grants are awarded to LEAs and CBOs to develop new or existing physical education programs - including those which occur afterschool. The application deadline is April 12th. Click here for more information about this grant opportunity, the application process and upcoming technical assistance webinars.
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21st CCLC 2013 Spring Conference on April 18, 2013
Tinley Park, IL
Hosted by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and SEDL, this conference will provide a forum for Illinois 21st CCLC grantees and their partners to network with peers and other afterschool professionals in order to share information about high quality afterschool program practices that work to support student learning, growth, and development. This year's conference theme, "Making the Most of Afterschool" will focus on four key strands: Academics Afterschool, Continuous Program Improvement, Afterschool Enrichment, and Family Engagement.
The meeting is mandatory for all Illinois grantees, requiring at least one representative from each grantee organization to attend. Each grantee organization is encouraged to bring a team of up to five people including project directors, site coordinators, front line staff, teachers, volunteers, and program partners. Participants will be entertained with student performances and receive information from peer presentations, guest presenters, and your ISBE team. The conference will also feature a special keynote address from founder and executive director of the well-known L.A.'s BEST (Better Educated Students for Tomorrow) afterschool program, Dr. Carla Sanger.
For more information, click here. Registration closes on April 1, 2013.
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National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) Conference
Online registration is now open for the National Summer Learning Association's (NSLA) 10th annual Summer Changes Everything™ national conference on summer learning in sunny Orlando, Florida, November 11-13, 2013.
The conference theme, "Advancing Outcomes for Youth: Demonstrating Your Value in a Data-Driven Age," encourages presenters and participants to explore the best ways to collect data, track progress, and make the case for summer learning to funders, policymakers, and the public
To learn more, visit www.summerlearning.org/conference.
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