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. Module topics include:
- Understanding Grassroots Strategy
- Building a Coalition
- Collaborative Advocacy Work
- Using and Developing Toolkits
- Utilizing Research in Policy Advocacy
- Understanding the Role of Sign-on Letters and Letter-Writing Campaigns
- Meeting with Decision-makers
- Using Social Media to Advance Your Advocacy
- Policy by the PeopleTM Synchronous Modules ($250 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 April, 2025. 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
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 11,000 alumni across 50 states! We currently have four affiliate sites in the 2024 – 2025 cohort year: California, Georgia Michigan, and Mississippi.
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.
