COORDINATORS NEWSLETTER  ●  JANUARY 2017

Happy New Year Coordinators! We hope your 2017 is off to a great start. As we embark upon a new era, the winds of change are among us both socially and politically. In order to stimulate a national conversation around these issues, please join us on Wednesday, February 22^nd, 7:30 PM EST for our first Coordinators Network Twitter Chat. Our focus will be educational equity, the new political climate and the impact on our work using the hashtag #CSchat. We hope you can join us.

Damion Morgan – Co-chair for the Coordinator’s Network

COORDINATOR SPOTLIGHT

Dayna Krannawitter is in her 12^th year as a community school coordinator at Arnold Elementary school in Lincoln, NE. Hear advice from a veteran coordinator on overcoming challenges in your community school in this month’s Coordinator Spotlight.

OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES

Check out the Coalition’s Top 10 of 2016. Thank you Coordinators for all you did last year!

Five Steps for Trauma-Informed Ed. Leadership

Hear from the superintendent who transformed her district into the fist trauma-informed district in St. Louis.

Addressing Hate and Harassment in Schools

Browse this collection of resourcs put together by Learning First Alliance on creating safe and healthy school cultures.

The School Community Journal

Connect to the School Community Network and find free articles and resources in this free online journal.

Mass Incarceration and Children’s Outcomes

Check out EPI’s new report on criminal justice policy impacts education policy.

WHAT’S NEW ON THE COORDINATORS NETWORK WEBSITE?

Videos

Sit back and watch videos profiling different coordinators in communities like Rockville, MD, Lancaster, PA, and New York City.

Join the Discussion

Share your experience as a Trauma-Informed Community School

Check out new opportunities on our updated Opportunities Board

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

·        February 1 - ESSA’s Impact: Views From Districts and Schools Webinar

·        February 22 – Coordinators’ Network Racial Equity Twitter Chat

·        June 22-24 – Family and Community Engagement Conference (San Francisco)

Sincerely,

Your Co-Chairs,

Liz Thacker
Site Resource Coordinator
Northwest Middle Community School
Knoxville, TN

Damion Morgan
Community Schools Director
Compass Youth Collaborative
Hartford, CT

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