School & Main Institute is a nationally recognized training and partnership development organization. We help people and organizations work together across institutional lines and in “uncommon” coalitions to improve their communities and the lives of young people living in them. We bring uncommon coalitions together to create equitable opportunities for young people to thrive.

Education

Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education

  • Better Together Family School Partnership Summit
  • Better Together Family, School, and Community Partnership Fundamentals Online Training Module
  • Massachusetts Family School Partnership Initiative (district leadership team coaching)
  • State-appointed chronically underperforming school receiver for Parker Elementary (New Bedford) and Dever Elementary (Boston)
  • MTSS Leadership Institute and Regional Planning Institutes
  • Leading with Access and Equity Conference
  • Massachusetts Wraparound Zone Initiative and Wraparound Replication Cookbook
  • Urban Leaders Network for School Culture & Student Support and Systems for Student Success Districts
  • Turnaround Leadership Teams Development
  • Mass Tools for Schools Resource Clearinghouse
  • MassGrad Initiative and Community Coalition Challenge (Federal High School Graduation Initiative)
  • Online Learning Initiative for At-Risk Youth
  • Alternative Program Network

Rhode Island Department of Education

  • Confab on Adult Education Partnerships
  • Work-Based Learning Manual

Springfield (MA) Public Schools

  • Organizational Development – Parent and Community Engagement Office
  • Springfield Parent Academy

Fall River Public Schools

  • Fall River Public Schools Fall River Parent Academy and Preschool Early Education Grant

Westerly Public Schools, Rhode Island

  • Westerly Parent Academy

Arkansas Department of Education

Strategic Planning – Career Academy Development Process

Statewide Career Academy Institute

Schools for the Future Secondary School Redesign

Fall River Public Schools Fall River Parent Academy and Preschool Early Education Grant

Boston Campaign for Proficiency

Worcester Public Schools, MA

National Center on Secondary Education and Transition

Workforce Development

Annie E. Casey Foundation

  • National Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential Initiative (postsecondary and employment pathways for opportunity youth)
  • Learning Brief: Making Education and Career Pathways Work for Justice-Involved Youth

Rhode Island Department of Labor & Training

  • Collaborative Case Management Initiative
  • World of Work Initiative

Texas Workforce Commission

  • Training/Technical Assistance (retreats, coaching, content sessions) for all 28 Workforce Boards across the state
  • Development of 12 Training Guides

Workforce Solutions, State Department of Labor, New Mexico

  • Reorganization of Leadership Team
  • Department-Wide Planning Summit

US Department of Labor/New England Region

  • New England Young Adults Confab
  • Youth Investment Summit
  • Peer-to-Peer Learning Exchange

Mississippi Department of Employment Security

  • Partnership Development Series
  • Statewide Training Institute

Center for Workforce Development, Birmingham, AL

Youth Justice

Annie E. Casey Foundation

  • Reimagining Juvenile Justice Initiative, Tuscon, AZ
  • Reimagining Juvenile Justice Certificate Program Pilot
  • Reimaging Juvenile Justice Online Curriculum
  • Learning Brief: Making Education and Career Pathways Work for Justice-Involved Youth

System & Community Partnership

City of Somerville

  • Somerville Learning 2030 Future Visioning, Somerville, MA

Federal Shared Youth Vision Collaborative

  • Federal Shared Youth Vision Partnership Development: U.S. Department(s) of Labor, Education, Justice, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Corporation for National and Community Service, Social Security Administration
  • Statewide Efforts: New Hampshire, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, Rhode Island, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Utah, Arkansas, Vermont, Ohio, Louisiana, Maine, North Carolina, Kansas, Delaware, New Mexico

Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative / Massachusetts Department of Health & Human Services

  • Strategic Partnering – Systems of Care Committees

City of Mobile, Alabama

  • Youth Investment Summit

Boston Compact Case Study

Roxbury Network, Boston, MA

Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing

Minnesota Department of Children and Families