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. Join us for the first webinar of the year, Understanding Policy Solutions to Address Chronic Absenteeism, on October 9th from 2:00-3:00 pm ET. You can also 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 to participate in the synchronous modules by October 31st. The Policy by the PeopleTM Modules will take place from 2-3:30 pm ET on the following dates:
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- November 13, 2024
- January 15, 2025
- February 26, 2025
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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.
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 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.
