Leading the Nation in Creating Innovative Educational
Strategies
Believe. Expect. Instill. We Believe our children will go to college. We Expect our children to go to college. We will Instill in our children each and every day that they can and will graduate from college.
Who Are We? The National Coalition for Exemplary Schools is an educational development organization committed to improving the academic and life success of children. Since 2005, we have developed innovative and motivating learning environments and tools for students, staff, schools and other organizations that support them.
The Circle of Impact
serves as the educational foundation of The National Coalition for Exemplary Schools.All strategies and initiatives derived from the Circle of Impact incorporate a Life and Learning philosophy to affect the whole child while transforming the educational environments in which they find themselves. Learn More
The Coalition’smission is to boldly address the diverse needs of our schools by
creating innovative strategies in order to maximize the full potential of our children.
Our Goal The Coalition’s goal is to increase the number of underrepresented students who receive a high school diploma, attend a postsecondary institution and graduate with a college degree.
The Faces of Change Student Leadership Conferences
have impacted the lives of over 15,000 5th grade, middle and high school students
on college campuses over the last 4 years. The conferences provide the inspiration,
motivation and information for our young people to dream and “do” bigger.
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What are people saying about the Coalition’s work? “The Coalition brings innovation and energy like no others.” - High School Principal “This is the best thing since sliced bread for our youth.” - Superintendent “I need to figure out how to get them to work with our staff every single day.” - Board Member “We really needed the Coalition to help us get us to the next level. We couldn’t have done it without them.” - Teacher “We took a vote on whether or not to have the Coalition work with our staff the rest of the year. We had 59 people vote and had 61 “yeses”. Some people voted with two hands.” - Elementary Principal
The Coalition Scrap Book
Four Impact Initiatives We accomplish our goal through the implementation of the following Four Impact Initiatives: 1. Impactful Leadership Development 2. Life and Learning Academies 3. Impactful School Transformation 4. Student Leadership Conferences
Coalition Headlines
• Coalition designated as Sole Source Provider for Whiteriver Unified School District in Arizona.
• 2010-2011 Registration and calendar NOW available for Faces of Change Student Leadership Conferences.
• Communities in Schools of Georgia and Coalition leadership make Life and Learning Academy presentations to Georgia school district leadership teams in Marietta City, Douglas, Muscogee, Richmond, Baldwin and Coweta Counties.
• Coalition designated as Sole Source Provider for Arizona Department of Education Native American Dropout Prevention Grant Initiative.
Boys’ Leadership Conference NC State University Campus Raleigh, North Carolina
Boys’ Leadership Conference University of Memphis Campus Memphis, Tennessee
Walls of Pride Mural Project Alchesay High School Whiteriver, Arizona
Boys’ Leadership Conference University of Georgia Campus Athens, Georgia