Institute for Educational Leadership

10/05/2026

Happy ! Today we celebrate how teachers are transforming education but also reflect on the support they need to fully deploy their talent and vocation, and to rethink the way ahead for the profession globally:

5 October

10/05/2026

09/30/2026

💡 Help youth turn their goals into meaningful career pathways!
Join a national cohort of youth-serving professionals with IEL’s Academy for Youth-Serving Professionals Module 2: Career Exploration and Planning, a dynamic 2-day virtual training packed with practical tools, peer networking, and strategies you can use to help youth make informed decisions about their futures.

📅 October 28 & 29 | 10 AM–2 PM ET | Zoom

Topics include helping youth identify their strengths, interests, and goals; exploring career pathways; developing individualized career and workforce plans; creating meaningful work-based learning opportunities; and connecting education, training, and employment pathways.

Deadline to register: Oct 23
🔗 Registration: https://s.alchemer.com/s3/7bdf92fd2bd6

09/23/2026

Will we see you this afternoon?

Join us TODAY at 12 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. ET for Ensure Support All Year Long, the fourth webinar in the 2026 Attendance Awareness Campaign series.
Learn how schools and community partners are developing positive relationships, employing prevention-oriented, early interventions along with data-informed supports, including the use of AI, to respond to changes that might occur throughout the school year.
We’ll explore effective practices and approaches for integrating attendance and engagement into the fabric of the school community.
🔗https://www.attendanceworks.org/resources/webinars/


Campaign for Grade-Level Reading | Communities In Schools | Everyone Graduates Center | | Healthy Schools Campaign | Learning Heroes | MENTOR | National League of Cities | United Way | Institute for Educational Leadership

09/23/2026

With a new school year underway, we're proud to share the ninth edition of The Community Schools Chronicle, the first issue of our second volume.

09/18/2026

We're nearing the end of our Coordinators Appreciation Week celebrations, but the work (and our support for Coordinators) is year-round! Keep sharing about the amazing work the CS Coordinators in your schools and districts.

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09/18/2026

📅 Supporting attendance and engagement doesn’t stop once Attendance Awareness Month is over!
Join us Sept. 23 at 12 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. ET for Ensure Support All Year Long, the fourth webinar in the 2026 Attendance Awareness Campaign series.
Learn how schools and community partners are developing positive relationships, employing prevention-oriented, early interventions along with data-informed supports, including the use of AI, to respond to changes that might occur throughout the school year.
We’ll explore effective practices and approaches for integrating attendance and engagement into the fabric of the school community.
🔗https://www.attendanceworks.org/resources/webinars/


Campaign for Grade-Level Reading | Communities In Schools | Everyone Graduates Center | | Healthy Schools Campaign | Learning Heroes | MENTOR | National League of Cities | United Way | Institute for Educational Leadership

09/16/2026

To continue our celebration of Coordinators Appreciation Week (and begin to celebrate ), we're sharing another uplifting story of what it means to be in this role.

This United Way of Central Maryland Community School Coordinator bridges cultural gaps for students in her community:

Baltimore community school coordinator bridges cultural gap for ch...

09/15/2026

The role of a "Community School Coordinator" is so much more than what might fit in its job description.

IEL Regional Director Christa Rowland describes a Coordinator as the conductor of a very important orchestra: https://promisepartnership.org/blog/its-not-a-job-title-its-infrastructure/

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A community school coordinator exists to turn one-off community connections into a system durable enough to outlast that person entirely. For this year's Commun