Learning Leaders

We are gathering information on family engagement & volunteer opportunities to share with the LL family and will post later this month. Stay tuned!

It's been our privilege to work with women volunteers from all over the world in our city's schools. Happy !

We have so many great memories from LL gatherings, workshops, celebrations and more! What's your favorite moment? Share your photos with us!

The PS 153 team surprised Felicia Wilson by turning a workshop into a special thank you celebration from the volunteers, principals and teachers. WE LOVE OUR PARTNER SCHOOLS!

Concerned about the future of in ? Here's who to contact.

Learning Leaders Letter to Volunteers

“I was educated in public schools, where arts and culture were valued and recognized and resourced.” -Justin Paul, songwriter for La La Land

#PublicSchoolProud has its Oscar moment as ‘La La Land’ songwriter shouts out his schools The acceptance speech: “I was educated in public schools, where arts and culture were valued and recognized and resourced.”

Chalkbeat New York mentions Carolyn Breidenbach's service & dedication as a Learning Leaders volunteer. "When then-84-year-old Carolyn Breidenbach became the group’s 2013 volunteer of the year, she had been helping at P.S. 198 on the Upper East Side daily for 12 years."

A 60-year-old group that places volunteers in New York City schools is shutting down Learning Leaders’ executive director: “We regret the vacuum that will be created by our closure.”

Learning Leaders Community,

Thank you for all your support! Since we announced our heartbreaking closure, many of you have been sharing your concerns about the future of parent volunteers in NYC public schools. As a family engagement organization, as always, we encourage you to use your voice--here's how!

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“We’re worried...whether parents will be continued to be used as a resource to help schools.” -Learning Leaders Executive Director Jane Heaphy to New York Nonprofit Media.

New York Nonprofit Media: Learning Leaders to shutter The essential news source for New York's nonprofit industry.

Dear Learning Leaders Community: It is only with your dedication and commitment that we accomplished all that we did over the last 60 years. It is with heavy hearts that we announce we will cease operations on March 15 of this year.

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Helping in the kitchen develops far more than basic cooking skills!

There’s No School Like the Kitchen Lorraine Allen writes that by helping in the kitchen kids gain more than simple cooking skills. The process can aid in their cognitive development and in refining their fine and gross motor skills.

Happy ! Our hearts are in the work of helping students succeed.