BEFORE WE GET STARTED Please fill out the

BEFORE WE GET STARTED…. Please fill out the surveys on your table to share more with us about what you are doing and what your needs are around socialemotional learning (SEL). THANK YOU!

Community Schools Regional Meetings Chicago--March 5, 2019

AGENDA Policy Updates Messaging Evaluation

POLICY UPDATES 21 st Century RFP Federal funding Healthy Communities Incentive Grants ISBE Budget $20 million afterschool $15 million HCIG $15 community schools **** Outcomes Data Community School Profiles

MESSAGING

ADVOCACY & LOBBYING Non-Lobbying Advocacy • Educating a member of Congress on how a policy affects constituents Lobbying • Asking your member of Congress to vote for or against, or to amend or introduce, particular legislation • Using social media to get the word out about a cause/issue • Emailing members of your group asking them to contact their member of Congress in • Meeting with a government official to explain support of or opposition to legislation or how a particular problem/issue is affecting a pending regulations particular group or organization, the community, etc. • Generating an online petition asking members of your organization (direct lobbying) or members of the public (grassroots lobbying) to contact their legislator(s) to support or oppose particular legislation

SOURCES Information compiled from research coordinated by the Afterschool Alliance and Afterschool Consultants Focus groups One-on-one interviews Online bulletin board (education influencers) National online survey Frameworks Institute Surveys Focus groups

FRAMEWORKS INSTITUTE Views on Youth Education Human Services Helpful Metaphors • Grow up in a dangerous environment with different values • A problem for parents • Pragmatism • Common Good • Global Competition and Workforce Prep • Community and not the individual. • Supporting people through their entire lives. • Construction • Cooking with knowledge

FOCUS POINTS OF ALLIANCE RESEARCH Values What are the values that messaging in support of afterschool should focus on? Audiences What specific messages resonate with specific groups? Conservatives How can we better reach conservatives?

REFRAMING STATEMENTS Original Statement Reframed Participation in afterschool programs inspires children to Having afterschool choices helps learn and connect with each parents keep their jobs, helps students succeed in school and other, provides parents peace of mind while they are at work beyond, and helps ensure knowing their children are businesses can hire the local supervised, and gives students workforce they need to thrive. the skills they need to land the In short, afterschool works for jobs of tomorrow. students, parents, and the Afterschool works! economy. *added piece on safety/supervision

MESSAGING FOR POLICYMAKERS: ENGAGEMENT V. TEST SCORES

MESSAGING FOR POLICYMAKERS: OPPORTUNITIES V. ACHIEVEMENT GAP

REFRAMING STATEMENTS

MESSAGING FOR POLICYMAKERS: REFRAMING STATEMENTS

EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT

CONTACT INFORMATION Faith Knocke ACT Now - Youth Development Associate Knocke. F@actnowillinois. org Susan Stanton ACT Now - Network Lead Stanton. S@actnowillinois. org