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Educational Leadership Colloquium (ELC) In July 2001, Campus Compact and the Education Commission of the States (ECS) sponsored the Educational Leadership Colloquium (ELC) in Philadelphia, PA. Twelve teams of K-12 and higher education policymakers came from across the country. Invited participants developed a statement about the importance of education for democracy and the interdependence of K-12 and higher education in creating active citizens whose involvement in their communities goes way beyond voting. The joint agenda for action included policies, practices, outcomes and guidelines for partnerships. California’s team included Robert Corrigan (President of San Francisco State University and Chair of California Campus Compact), Delaine Eastin (then State Superintendent of Public Instruction), Juanita Haugen (past President, California School Board Association), and Elaine Ikeda (Executive Director of California Campus Compact). While at the Colloquium, the California team conceptualized a similar type of gathering for California, bringing teams of K-12 and higher education policymakers together from around the state. Upon returning to California, the California Department of Education, California Campus Compact, and Youth Service California convened a planning team and met via conference call over the next 8 months to plan the Civic Mission of Education (CME) Forum. The CME was held April 29-30, 2002 in Sacramento, CA. Over fifty K-12 and higher education educators, policymakers, administrators and community leaders attended the event, representing twelve regions from around the state. The regional representatives met and created action plans to implement in their regions. The California Department of Education offered small-scale grants to the regions to implement their action plans during the 2002-03 year. Since April 2002, more than a dozen regional gatherings of K-12 and higher education leaders have taken place throughout California. The California Department of Education and Youth Service California continue to support the regional Civic Mission of Education events through the network of Regional Service Learning Leads (individuals who serve as service learning conveners and resources for each of the 12 regions in the state). In June 2003, California was selected as a demonstration project with Anchoring the Investment (a project of the National Center for Learning and Citizenship through ECS). In July 2002 and July 2003, California sent representatives to the subsequent Educational Leadership Colloquia. The team that attended the July 2002 ELC (in Los Angeles) determined that the next priority for California’s efforts should be around legislative policy. California Campus Compact continues to support and promote the intersection of K-12 and higher education through teacher education service learning programs throughout the state. Most recently, the representatives from the three CME convening organizations (California Campus Compact, California Department of Education, and Youth Service California) were invited to join an advisory group that will provide input and feedback to the Constitutional Rights Foundation’s Civic Mission of Schools project, funding through the Carnegie Corporation of New York. This initiative connects directly to the work that grew out of the first ELC and CME events. |
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