About COMMUNITY SOUP: A Podcast Powered by Community Schools
Captivating conversations that amplify voices and the efforts of key individuals, organizations, and stakeholders that are working to promote the work of Community Schools, a nationally recognized research based school transformational model. Listen to testimonials and stories that boost the Community Schools signal and best practices from the strategy that is transforming schools one relationship at a time.
Knock Down Barriers & Build Coalition | Jenna Smith & Robbie Teel
I sit down with two Community School Coordinators Robbie Teel (Lincoln Avenue Elementary School) & Jenna Smith (O.W. Holmes) who lead transformation efforts at their respective sites in Milwaukee, WI. We get a deep and introspective look into how these two community leaders take on transformation at their schools.
5 Nov 2024
Wisconsin State Coalition Building (ft / Sarita Foster, Jamie Racine, Pancho Sanchez)
Community Schools leaders Sarita Foster, Jamie Racine, and Pancho Sanchez explore the power of statewide coalition building in Wisconsin, unlocking the secrets of Community Schools success.
3 Sept 2024
"Stories of Transformative Youth Voice"
Witness the work in real time! Episode 11 is a unique experience in which we are sharing highlighted snippets taken directly from MCSP's TRANSFORMATIVE YOUTH VOICE presentation in which we led in Atlanta, GA during the Annual National Community Schools & Family Engagement Conference (May 28 - 30) co-facilitated by:
Dr. Julissa Ventura, Professor School of Education, Marquette University
Gianna Holschbach, Community School Coordinator, Browning Elementary - SSNC
Peter Hulbert, Community School Coordinator, JMAC High School - YWCA
Dom Portis, Community Schools High School Manager, United Way
7 Mar 2024
"Time. Talents. & Treasure." | James Wilbern
Recorded in August of 2023; I sit down with James Wilbern, Assistant Executive Director at the Silver Spring Neighborhood Center and lead agency manager for Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership at Browning Elementary located on Milwaukee's Northwest side. Our first sit down with a MCSP lead agency to discuss SSNC programming, history of the Westlawn neighborhood and how synergy and collaboration within the community schools model has helped transform both Browning and the surrounding community.
9 Aug 2023
“Intergenerational Leadership” | AUER Avenue Youth Council
What better way for the Community Schools Youth Council at AUER AVENUE to close out their year than inviting both myself and MCSP Director Glenn Carson into their space to interview us on our current journeys and our outlook on what it means to be a good leader. Youth Leaders - Eniya Gomez, Malaki Brooks, Ta'Laylia Tatum, Merikale Gomez, and Shauntayvia Mitchell-Terry with the support from Community School Coordinator Kim Bikulcius lead us through an engaging intergenerational conversation on leadership.
20 Jun 2023
"Transaction to Transformation" | MCSP
June 7th - June 9th the National Community Schools & Family Engagement Conference took place in Philadelphia, PA where the Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership showed out in large numbers but also had the opportunity to present at the national level some of the great work that is happening right here in Milwaukee.
Briana Fox
Glenn Carson
Pancho Sanchez
Dom Portis
30 May 2023
“Value the Expertise of those at the Table” | Sabrina Sheikh
Sabrina Sheikh holds the title Immigrant and Refugee Leadership Coordinator with the Institute for Educational Leadership; IEL is an organization based in Washington D.C that provides backbone support and technical assistance to Community Schools transformation initiatives throughout the country. Really lending her expertise in supporting youth voice and advocacy, Sabrina joins us to talk through her personal relationship with Advocacy, and what role does IEL play in supporting Community Schools networks.
15 May 2023
"To Engage & Empower" | Pancho Sanchez
Francisco "Pancho" Sanchez is the Community Schools K - 5 Manager with United Way overseeing 6 (six) elementary schools within the Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership. He additionally supports initiative level strategies Policy & Advocacy, and Teacher Training & Retention. We chat about his calling to Community Schools, what the transformation model has the power to change about education and his own educational journey that prepared him to lead transformation for 6 schools.
1 May 2023
"Bring Someone With You" | Gianna Holschbach
Gianna Holschbach serves as the Community Schools Coordinator at Browning Elementary by way of the Silver Spring Neighborhood Center. Gianna talks the historic Westlawn Gardens neighborhood, highlight the synergy and collaboration between school and SSNC, shares the origin story to the Walking School bus initiative and more in our candid conversation.
14 Apr 2023
Emerging Leaders Panel: Community Schools
How Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership is strengthening neighbors families, students, and the community.
A unique episode; we captured the audio from a live event. In partnership with United Way's EMERGING LEADERS volunteer network Community Schools led a panel conversation that really drives home how the COMMUNITY SCHOOLS model uplifts partnership, collaboration and synergy of community, neighboring and partners, families and school personnel to strengthen our schools and the larger community.
Moderator:
Glenn Carson, Director Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership
PANELISTS:
Michael Anderson
Youth Programs Manager, Wisconsin Bike Fed
Mr. Gregory Coleman
Principal, Clement J. Zablocki Elementary School
Cherise Myers
Director of Community Partnerships, Journey House
Brittney Stevenson
School Social Worker, Hopkins Lloyd Community School, MPS
Dr. Raymond Unanka
Principal, Browning Elementary School
James Wilbern
Assistant Executive Director, Silver Spring Neighborhood Center
Shantay McKinley is the Director of the Positive School Center @ University of Maryland School of Social Work; the second largest lead agency of Community Schools in Baltimore City Maryland. She joins Pancho Sanchez (Community Schools K - 5 Manager ), and myself to talk her Milwaukee roots, educational journey, and parallels between the two cities.
20 Mar 2023
"Spreadsheets & Systems" | Briana Fox
Briana Fox serves as the Community Schools K - 8 Manager for the Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership, in addition to supporting 5 schools, she leads initiative level strategies Parent & Family Engagement as well as Partnership Communication.
Briana shares about starting as a High School Coordinator during the Covid frenzy and how that shaped her understanding of the model early on. Originally from Minnesota, a unique K - 12 student experience fueled her passion for building stronger systems in education.
https://unitedwaygmwc.org/Education/Community-Schools
16 Feb 2023
"27 Suspensions & 42 Referrals" | Glenn Carson
Our kickoff episode features Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership Director Glenn Carson as he peels back layers about himself and shares how those experiences have shaped him in how he advocates and leads as a steward of school transformation work within the Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership.
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