Melissa Mitchell
Director of Resource Development
melissa@cslx.org • (she/her)
Melissa Mitchell is a community school practitioner with more than fifteen years in the field. Her experiences range from Community School Coordinator to leading the Federation for Community Schools, a Illinois-wide capacity building and policy organization. Melissa has supported community school development in a variety of ways, from providing coaching and direct technical assistance to schools, districts, practitioners and community partners to working with legislators and policymakers to develop supportive-state level policies that advanced community school development across Illinois.
The latest from Melissa Mitchell
Building sustainable community schools: Seven strategies for long-term impact
Effective sustainability planning is not about dollar-for-dollar replacement–and with new state investments in the picture, that’s truer than ever.
California's FY27 budget: What community school leaders need to know
May…a time for transition, a time for celebration, and a time for the state budget May Revision. What do CA school district leaders and site teams need to know about this year’s state budget so far?
Building trusting relationships: Lessons from labor and management collaborations
If you want any kind of school transformation to be successful, you have to spend time thinking about and building trust – and community schools work requires a lot of it. How do you know you’ve built trust?
