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  Developing and Supporting Leaders

  In education and related fields to grow and refine their capacity to work together across institutional boundaries, increase their professional and policy knowledge base, and expand their networks of support.

  IEL is accepting applications for an exciting new training opportunity for young adults with and parents of individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities in the District of Columbia. The DC Advocacy Partners, also known as Partners in Policymaking, is a nine-month training opportunity designed to strengthen the knowledge and advocacy skills of participants to become policy influencers working to improve disability services in the District. DC Advocacy Partners is a training program supported by the DC Developmental Disabilities Council.

  Learn more.

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  Strengthening School-Family-Community Connections

  To help schools and other key stakeholders build deep, intentional partnerships that achieve better results for every youngster, from early childhood to young adulthood.

  Working to create a community school or to scale-up to multiple community schools? The Coalition for Community Schools’ new interactive guide Scaling Up School and Community Partnerships: The Community Schools Strategy will help your community move forward and improve outcomes for all children. Built on the experience of local community schools initiatives from across the country, the guide outlines a 6-stage process for school and community leaders to build a scaled-up system.

  Access the Guide now.

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  Improving Policies and Systems for Children and Youth

  By conducting, synthesizing, and sharing relevant research; providing tools and technical assistance; and working to develop a comprehensive continuum of services for young people.

  “The Right to Read,” IEL President, Martin Blank’s newest blog featured on The Huffington Post, is a commentary on the need for a collaborative response to the public demand that every child read well. He highlights the successes that the community school movement has had implementing the idea that society has a ‘shared responsibility’ to create the necessary conditions that enable all children to read. Read more.

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