Melissa Mitchell
Director of Resource Development
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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
Lights On Afterschool: Seven ways to strengthen school-day and afterschool connections
What’s a great way to celebrate Lights On Afterschool this year? Work on strengthening the connections between school-day and expanded learning teams. Here are a few places to start.
September is Attendance Awareness Month. What will you do to celebrate?
This Attendance Awareness Month, we started thinking about what new routines community school teams might develop to support attendance and, more importantly, belongingness.
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.
