2024 Conference: Generating Policy Awareness & Taking Action
At the 11th annual Success Network conference, the Success Network Policy Committee shared the past year’s college and career readiness policy updates and highlights.
Vienna Adopts Policy to Hire Graduates with Education Endorsement
With the teacher shortage affecting schools in the region and around the nation, Vienna High School has taken steps to encourage its graduates to apply as teachers upon completion of their college degree and teacher credentials.
Conference Evaluation
D214’s Practical Architecture Construction Program Builds Student Skill from the Ground Up
When it comes to hands-on learning, it’s hard to top the foundation-to-rooftop and everything-in-between experience that District 214 students gain through the Practical Architecture Construction (PAC) program. Now in its 52nd year, PAC originated as a six-week summer program. Students learned construction concepts and applications through lab-based prefabrication projects. In the mid-80s, PAC shifted to […]
Data Deep Dive: January 24, 2024
The 2024 Data Deep Dive reviewed secondary measures and postsecondary transition data from the updated Illinois Report Card.
Future Teacher Program Highlights
The Southern Illinois Future Teacher Coalition (SIFTC) has aided in the creation of Educators Rising or Future Teachers Clubs in the following 20 southern Illinois high schools: Anna Jonesboro, Cairo, Carterville, Century, Cobden, Dongola, Eldorado, Frankfort, Goreville, Hardin County, Harrisburg, Herrin, Johnston City, Joppa, Marion, Massac County, Meridian, Shawnee, Trico, and Vienna with 386 students […]
Student Advisory Council: Winter 2024 Meeting
In this meeting, the Student Advisory Council discussed the new FAFSA application, dual credit experiences. and the SAC/CTSO research project.
New Memo Outlines Transportation-Related Barriers to Work-Based Learning Access
The Success Network Policy Committee convened a workgroup to explore work-based learning transportation challenges and is now publishing the first of two memos, which shed light on the significant transportation-related barriers students face in accessing work-based learning opportunities. This resource identifies and analyzes challenges impacting in-school youth at the school district, local, and system levels.
Conference Agenda
2023 In Review
In 2023, the Success Network continued to expand its reach and impact through thoughtful convenings, growing the Network, engagement with students, new supports and funding opportunities for Leadership Communities, re-launching our data dashboard, and exploring policy and practice with the Policy Committee: