Everyone: An AdvocateTM

We are excited to announce a new capacity-building suite of services, Everyone: An AdvocateTM. We have listened to your feedback and developed IEL’s Everyone: An AdvocateTM  to provide learning opportunities for those interested in expanding their capacity to advocate for the issues that matter the most to their children, families, and communities.

Everyone: An AdvocateTM offers multi-modal opportunities for IEL and our Coalition for Community Schools networks to increase their policy and leadership capacities through both free and fee-based choices.

Overview:

  • Free: Monthly Policy by the People Education Policy Updates – stay in the know on the latest federal education policy updates (monthly, Sept through June)
  • Free: Register for quarterly cross-cutting education policy webinars. You can save the dates for our future quarterly webinars:
    • December 11, 2024: Education Policy in the New Congress
    • February 12, 2025: Understanding Appropriations and the Federal Budget
    • May 14, 2025: Using Data in Policy Advocacy
  • Asynchronous Online Modules ($100 per person): Participants will learn how to build a coalition, use data to create policy solutions, and employ advocacy tools and tactics to their policy goals. These modules will be made available on-demand starting this winter.
  • Policy by the PeopleTM Synchronous Modules ($245 per person): Participants can dig deeper into the root causes of systemic inequities, learn about policy and coalition building, and receive peer-to-peer learning on developing and strengthening their advocacy strategy. These modules launch in November. Apply now to participate in the synchronous modules – admissions are on a rolling basis. 
Washington Policy Seminar

  • Washington Policy SeminarTM (early bird rate of $745 per person starts November 1 and ends December 31, 2024): We invite you to the 61st annual Washington Policy SeminarTM (WPS), your front-row seat to inside the Beltway, federal education policy, and national trends. WPS takes place March 17-19, 2025, and is open to all IEL and our Coalition for Community Schools’ networks. During this three-day, in-person conference, participants will engage with policy and education leaders from across the country through plenaries, skill-building workshops, innovation sessions, networking events, topping it off with a Hill visit to Congress. Learn more about WPS.now

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The content provided in Everyone: An AdvocateTM is designed for the U.S. policy and advocacy process.  Additionally, all costs associated with accessing the Everyone: An Advocate are provided in U.S. currency and should be paid accordingly.

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Education Policy Fellowship Program History:  60+ Years of Developing the Leaders for Education We Need

The Education Policy Fellowship ProgramTM (EPFP), created in 1964 as a response to the explosive growth of the federal government’s role in education, is a professional development experience for strategic education leaders looking to advance education through policy.

There are over 10,000 alumni across 50 states! 

EPFP Alumni Fireside Chats

EPFP Impact

Evidence from national assessments confirms that EPFP Fellows become informed and skilled leaders and a part of a network that provides long-term benefits to their careers.

like the group's diversity - in many facets - the type of work, background, experiences, and perspectives. It was great to learn from my peers and the external presenters."
2019-2020 Michigan EPFP Graduate
This is a great program that, in my opinion, all school administrators should participate. This program afforded me the opportunity to see how districts across the state and country deal with similar concerns. It also raised my awareness of how schools in rural areas struggle to obtain what most of us would consider normal school supplies."
2020-2021 Ohio EPFP Graduate

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