Everyone: An AdvocateTM

Welcome to our capacity-building suite of services, Everyone: An AdvocateTM. We have listened to your feedback and developed IEL’s Everyone: An AdvocateTM  to provide learning opportunities for those interested in expanding their capacity to advocate for the issues that matter the most to their children, families, and communities.

Everyone: An AdvocateTM offers multi-modal opportunities for IEL and our Coalition for Community Schools networks to increase their policy and leadership capacities through both free and fee-based choices.

Overview:

  • Free: Monthly Federal Education Policy Updates (September through June) and webinars (register for our May 14 session on Using Data in Policy Advocacy)
  • $150: Build new policy and advocacy skills through 8 self-paced online modules. Earn a badge through an 8 module series designed to empower you with the knowledge, skills, and connections necessary to drive meaningful change in your community. Each module comprises of interactive lessons and practical exercises to enhance your understanding and application of advocacy principles.
  • Coming this fall: Learn in national e-cohorts about policy, advocacy, and coalition building with real-world applications.  
Washington Policy Seminar
  • Washington Policy SeminarTM: During this conference participants will engage with policy and education leaders from across the country through plenaries, skill-building workshops, innovation sessions, and networking events. 

The content provided in Everyone: An AdvocateTM is designed for the U.S. policy and advocacy process.  Additionally, all costs associated with accessing the Everyone: An Advocate are provided in U.S. currency and should be paid accordingly.

Learn more:

Education Policy Fellowship Program History:  60+ Years of Developing the Leaders for Education We Need

The Education Policy Fellowship ProgramTM (EPFP), created in 1964 as a response to the explosive growth of the federal government’s role in education, is a professional development experience for strategic education leaders looking to advance education through policy.

There are over 11,000 alumni across 50 states! We currently have four affiliate sites in the 2024 – 2025 cohort year: California, Georgia  Michigan, and Mississippi.

EPFP Alumni Fireside Chats

EPFP Impact

Evidence from national assessments confirms that EPFP Fellows become informed and skilled leaders and a part of a network that provides long-term benefits to their careers.

like the group's diversity - in many facets - the type of work, background, experiences, and perspectives. It was great to learn from my peers and the external presenters."
2019-2020 Michigan EPFP Graduate
This is a great program that, in my opinion, all school administrators should participate. This program afforded me the opportunity to see how districts across the state and country deal with similar concerns. It also raised my awareness of how schools in rural areas struggle to obtain what most of us would consider normal school supplies."
2020-2021 Ohio EPFP Graduate

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