Community Schools: Effectively and Efficiently Investing In Our Youth

Posted by on March 20, 2011

Upcoming Community Schools Webinar Opportunity:
Community Schools: Effectively and Efficiently Investing In Our Youth

Thursday, March 31st 3pm (EST)
Register NOW!

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&pli=1&formkey=dGNyZnRHSmdrclg2SGJKQkM4QW9zLVE6MQ#gid=0

In a time of scarce resources, it is important to understand how leaders around the country, in statehouses and city agencies, school districts and communities, are maximizing their resources.  A recent report by the Coalition for Community Schools, Financing Community Schools: Leveraging Resources to Support Student Success, highlights several communities that have figured out how to do more with less. The report finds that diversified funding in community schools leverages district dollars 3:1.

http://iel.org/communityschools/docs/finance-paper.pdf

The Coalition invites you to participate in a webinar to learn how two community school initiatives (Evansville, IN and Multnomah County, OR) are successfully leveraging resources – both public and private, to support and improve outcomes for students and their families. These presenters will discuss how through their partnership, they have been able to align, integrate, and leverage resources to finance their community schools work, as well as the benefits of this strategy in transforming their schools.

Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation partners with over 70 community agencies to support the academic, social emotional, and health needs of students and families. In Multnomah County, OR, SUN (Schools Uniting Neighborhoods) Service System aligns over $45 million in resources from school districts, the city, County, and state organizations  to deliver academic support, enrichment, youth development, health, and other services to students, families, and members of the community to increase academic success and family self-sufficiency.

Presenters:

* Cathlin Gray, Associate Superintendent , Center for Family, School, and Community Partnerships, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, Evansville, IN
* Diana Hall, Program Supervisor, SUN Service System, Multnomah County, OR

Space is limited – reserve your spot, REGISTER today, and share this announcement with colleagues and networks!

REGISTER by Wednesday Monday March 28th @ 5 pm EST

You will receive participation instructions after you have registered. There is no fee to participate, but due to capacity restrictions, please limit registrations to one per organization.

Archived Webinars:

Youth Engagement in Community Schools: Promising Practices from the National Beacons Initiative (February 24, 2011)

The Beacons are a community school model that spans four cities and serves over 200,000 youth and adults annually. The strong emphasis on youth engagement as key for youth and community development is the foundation for many common, national strategies. Such strategies include youth leadership and employment programs, intergenerational and inter-cultural community building and social group work. This webinar focuses on the ways in which youth are engaged as partners with adults in Beacons to improve themselves, programs and communities. Intermediaries, direct service staff and young people from Beacon initiatives in New York City, Minneapolis and San Francisco will share promising practices derived from their work.

* To simultaneously view the PowerPoint presentation and listen to the audio webinar, click here.
http://iel.org/communityschools/webinars/archives/rsb53ae9875e03/2011-02-24/

* To download the PowerPoint presentation, click here.
http://www.communityschools.org/assets/1/AssetManager/Beacons%20PPT.pdf

Presenters:

* Matt Kjorstad, Minneapolis Beacons Initiative
* Will Corpuz, San Francisco Beacons Initiative
* Sarah Zeller-Berkman,Youth Development Institute

To access all of the Coalition’s past Webinars click here.

http://www.communityschools.org/multimedia/webinars.aspx