Monthly Stakeholder meetings are held on the second Friday of each month from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.  All are welcome to attend!  For a complete list of the meeting dates and locations please click here.  

A copy of the agenda and minutes from selected previous Stakeholder meetings can be found below.  For a summary of the professional development presentations from each meeting, please see our Best Practices section located under Program & Implementation.  

November 11, 2009
Federation for Community Schools' Annual Meeting
This year's Federation for Community Schools Annual Open Board meeting was held on November 11^th. Board members and Federation members gathered to hear Executive Director Sue Armato give a presentation of accomplishments for 2009 and upcoming goals for 2010.
 
The Federation is continuing to grow, representing 156 communities state-wide, and the meeting included information on: organizational highlights in four functional areas (Professional Development, Communications, Advocacy and the Elev8 Initiative), goals for the 2010 year (securing funding for community schools, keeping community schools top-of-mind for policymakers, continuing to support the growth and development of highest quality community schools and programs), and a call to action from Executive Director Sue Armato, reminding attendees that this work has been accomplished because of the work Federation members undertook to accomplish community school advocacy and policy goals, and to support highest-quality community school development by sharing your work. Sue noted that together we can do what needs to be done to keep community schools moving forward.

Click here to access the presentation.
Click here to access notes.

January 30, 2009
The Federation convened a meeting of its members to discuss advocacy for community schools. The meeting included a State of the State address by State Rep. Will Burns and Governmental Affairs Consultant Phil Milsk. Three breakout sessions were conducted, one of which was facilitated by the Community Media Workshop. The materials from the packet handed out at the meeting are provided below.  
Agenda
Save the Dates - 2009
One Pager on IL School Code Legislation 2009
ISBE Budget: $5 million appropriation for Community Schools
Talking Points for ISBE $5 million budget request
Community Schools - Student Overall Classroom Performance Improves
Community Schools - Closing the Achievement Gap for Students
Community Schools - Education Model that Works
Community Schools - Improve and Enhance Access to Health Care
Community Schools - Powerful Out-of-School Time
Community Schools - Safe Environments for Children
Basic Talking Points to Legislators and Media

December 5, 2008
On Friday, December 5^th, the Federation for Community Schools and the Illinois Community Educators Association convened a joint meeting in Springfield to learn more about the work going on in Illinois related to community schools, and how we can all work together in this tough funding climate to advocate for public dollars and policies to support our efforts.  Click here for a full recap of the meeting. 

November 14, 2008
An overview of All Kids and Family Care healthcare benefits, eligibility and enrollment processes shared by Callie Dendrinos, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law. For a copy of the presentation itself, please click here to be directed to the Shriver Center Web site.

October 10, 2008
Parent Engagement Strategies shared by the Illinois PIRC team and stakeholder members

September 12, 2008
"Implenting Health & Wellness Strategies in Your Schools" presented by Jean Saunders, Healthy Schools Campaign

February 8, 2008
Agenda
Strategies for Linking In-school and After-school Programming & Engaging the Entire School Administration, Barbara Radner

December 14, 2007
Agenda
Minutes
Benchmarks for Community Schools - WORKING DRAFT
Community School Implementation Timeline