VOCEL Impact Report 2021-2022
Listening, Learning, and Innovating
As I looked back at how VOCEL has evolved over the past year to better support young children and families, I saw that listening, learning, and innovating has been the key to our success. And then I realized: this has always been true of VOCEL. Listening, learning, and innovating are in our DNA; they are our superpowers.
Join me for a quick trip back to where it all began…
Jesse Ilhardt
Executive Director & Co-Founder
2013
Origins
VOCEL launches as an early childhood center, dedicated to the belief that all children can thrive with the right kind of support.
We saw a need for high-quality early childhood education in historically underserved neighborhoods in Chicago, and so we opened our first early learning center in Austin with the goal of expanding to similar neighborhoods across the city. The center was a huge success, but at the same time:
Chicago started its rollout of universal pre-K, which meant that opening a series of early childhood centers outside the Chicago Public Schools system no longer made strategic sense for VOCEL.
We saw that VOCEL parents themselves found incredible value in connecting with each other and learning from VOCEL’s staff.
Parents would linger outside of the early learning center every day, eager to connect, to find community. By listening to them, we realized that high-quality programming for parents was incredibly scarce in neighborhoods like Austin – even more scarce than high-quality pre-K. When we mentioned parent-tot programs as an option to a VOCEL parent, she thought a moment and said:
“Oh, you mean the classes for parents and babies like they have in Oak Park? We don’t have those here.”
We listened, we learned, and we innovated.
2017
The Child Parent Academy
We closed the early learning center and launched the Child Parent Academy, an early learning accelerator where children ages 0-4 years and their parents learn side-by-side in weekly classes led by VOCEL’s expert staff.
Started in just one school in 2017, the Child Parent Academy now reaches 200 families and their young children through partnerships with 20 schools across the South, Southwest, and West Sides of Chicago. Consistently, 100% of parents say their children are more prepared for school after participating in the Child Parent Academy, and that they would recommend the program to other parents.
The Child Parent Academy is still going strong, but we haven’t stopped listening, learning, and innovating.
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South Side
Bouchet Elementary Math & Science Academy
Bronzeville Classical Elementary School
Joplin Elementary School
Marquette School of Excellence
National Teachers AcademySouthwest Side
Academy for Global Citizenship
Edwards Center for Young Learners
Irma C. Ruiz Elementary School
Mariano Azuela Elementary School
Pasteur Elementary School
Rachel Carson Elementary School
Richard J. Daley Elementary School
Robert Fulton Elementary School
Shields Elementary SchoolWest Side
Morton School of Excellence
The Chicago Academy
Alfred Nobel Elementary School
Belmont Cragin Elementary School
Brian Piccolo Elementary School
Herzl School of Excellence
2019
For Parents, By Parents
After learning about the Child Parent Academy, one school loved the model but wanted their own parents to lead it.
We shared their deep belief in the power of parents.
We listened, we learned, and we innovated.
In 2019, in partnership with Cesar Chavez Multicultural Academic Center, we launched Powered by VOCEL, which equips parent leaders to implement the Child Parent Academy for their peers, with coaching and support from our expert staff. We’ve grown to partner with 4 schools and community organizations, empowering 8 parent leaders and reaching 40 additional families and their young children.
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School Partners
Barry Elementary
Cesar Chavez Multicultural Academic CenterCommunity Partners
Art on Sedgwick
The Community Builders
Our original Powered by VOCEL leaders: Jhoana Medina and Rocio Arambula
Listen to
Our Parents
VOCEL parent leaders share their experiences of growing in community with other parents in this 60-second clip.
2020
For School Leaders
As VOCEL parents graduated from the Child Parent Academy, they kept in touch with us as their children entered pre-school and kindergarten – and they were concerned.
Whereas the Child Parent Academy was built around warm, nurturing interactions, robust communication, and intentional, play-based learning, they saw their children being put in time-outs and completing worksheets.
VOCEL children were prepared for school, but schools weren’t prepared for them.
We started talking to principals and realized the problem: very few of them had any experience in early childhood. Most elementary school leaders taught in the upper elementary or middle grades themselves and were self-identifying their lack of early childhood expertise as pre-k classrooms were opening in their schools.
We listened, we learned, and we innovated.
In 2019, we launched Building Early Learning Leaders (BELL), helping share the same early childhood best practices with school leaders that we had brought to parents and caregivers. We piloted the program in five schools, and expanded to serve 11 schools in the 2021-22 program year. Similar to the Child Parent Academy, participating principals have attested to the program’s impact and eagerly recommend it to other school leaders.
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South Side
Bouchet Elementary Math & Science Academy
Southwest Side
Columbia Explorers Academy
John C. Dore Elementary School
Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy
Tonti Elementary SchoolWest Side
Brian Piccolo Elementary School
Herzl Child Parent Center
Marvin Camras Children's Engineering School
The Chicago Academy
Webster Child Parent CenterNorthwest Side
Daniel C. Beard Elementary School
“VOCEL coming along was a godsend, because it has allowed me to learn in a community of other administrators like me who do not have a background in early childhood.”
– Tai Basurto
BELL participant and
former principal, Dore Elementary
Listen to
Our School Leaders
School leaders reflect on the power of BELL in this 60-second clip.
2021
For Teachers
After launching BELL, we realized that early childhood teachers could use similar coaching and support.
Many of them didn’t have access to the latest and greatest when it came to social emotional learning and play-based learning, and even for those who did, they needed support to implement those practices. When the pandemic hit, it was clear that teachers, especially early-childhood teachers, needed more support than ever as children were facing unprecedented trauma and disruption.
We listened, we learned, and we innovated.
In 2021, we launched the Early Educators for Thriving Children Fellowship, which helps teachers become experts in social-emotional learning and wellness, starting with themselves. We enrolled 20 teachers in the first year, who collectively reach 600 students. In an incredibly challenging year for teachers, it has been even more impactful than we expected.
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Far North Side
Hayt Elementary
Northwest Side
Daniel C. Beard Elementary
Southwest Side
Columbia Explorers Academy
Little Village Elementary School
Pasteur Elementary School
Rachel Carson Elementary SchoolWest Side
Belmont Cragin Early Childhood Center
Brian Piccolo Elementary School
Dvorak Technology Academy
Erie Elementary Charter School
Schubert Elementary School
Suder Montessori Magnet School
The Chicago Academy
West Park STEAM Academy
Listen to
Our Teachers
Early educators speak on the importance of social-emotional learning for our youngest students in this 45-second clip.
Our New Theory of Change
Through listening to parents and caregivers, teachers, and school leaders, we’ve realized that VOCEL’s role in helping young children thrive – the heart of our work – is in supporting the adults who most impact their lives.
We empower an ecosystem of extraordinary adults around every child.
In 2020, we partnered with The Bridgespan Group and put this vision – built on years of listening, learning, and innovating – into writing as our new organizational theory of change, and have spent the last year internalizing this newly defined approach:
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2021–22
The Here & Now
With our theory of change and portfolio of programs now in place, we’ve continued to listen, learn, and innovate over the past year.
Welcoming All
Jeannine Cleary and Frank ten Brink are passionate advocates for children with disabilities and their families. When they learned about the Child Parent Academy, they loved the model but wanted to know: how accessible is the program for families of children with disabilities?
This question was already on the mind of our family support specialists, several of whom have children of their own with various disabilities and complex needs. With Frank and Jeannine’s support, we launched the “Welcome All” initiative in 2021, named for one of VOCEL’s core values. Over the past year, we’ve built a support group for families of children with disabilities, and worked with Aspire Chicago to train our entire program staff around inclusive practices.
We convene champions from every corner; we value a collective of powerful, diverse individuals to inspire one another, collaborate, and create change.
Listen to
Our Supporters
Jeannine Cleary and Frank ten Brink share why they’re proud to invest in VOCEL and our new “Welcome All” initiative in this 3-minute spotlight.
Navigating the pandemic
In 2020, we moved all our programs fully remote in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2021-2022 program year, we consistently heard from families that they weren’t ready to return to an in-person model, given the continued surges that hit their communities particularly hard and the lack of vaccines for young children.
We listened, learned, and innovated.
We refined our Virtual Child Parent Academy, built in the summer of 2020, into a purposeful and impactful virtual program that leverages the possibilities of social connection, virtually. Parents and staff actively share stories, photos, and resources on our purpose-built online family portal. We’ve turned our Brain Bags into resources for both online group activities and continued independent play and learning at home. We continue to offer high-quality weekly classes and opportunities for connection and learning between parents. As a result, our engagement and satisfaction are as strong as ever.
As we look to the year ahead, we know we will be balancing different voices and preferences around in-person and remote programming. We don’t have all of the answers yet – but we know we will need to listen, learn, and innovate.
A new space for VOCEL
As we’ve grown our city-wide impact, we realized we needed a new, more centrally located office. In the fall of 2021, we moved into a new office space at 1550 W. Carroll Ave on Chicago’s Near West Side. Check it out!
In Fall 2021, the VOCEL Village came together to support VOCEL through The Power of Community campaign. Through three virtual conversations –The Power of Parents, The Power of Teachers, and The Power of School Leaders – we celebrated the extraordinary power of the biggest champions in young children's lives and discussed how we can leverage our collective strengths to help them thrive.
The Path Forward
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At the start of our 2021-2022 program year, we finalized a new strategic plan, which calls for us to grow all of our programs over the next three years in order to reach 2,500 young children annually by 2024.
At the same time, we will be building the infrastructure and staff capacity to inform our future growth. As we finalized our plan, some of our biggest supporters committed to three-year gifts to help make it possible.
We have a lot of questions: Which of our programs have the greatest impact? Where can VOCEL fill the biggest need? Some of the answers will lie in the data we gather over the next two years – but we know that a big part of the answer will come through continuing to listen – to VOCEL families, to educators, to our supporters, and to you. Thank you for being a part of this powerful community.
Thank you from everyone at VOCEL!
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Louis Hellebusch
GEM Realty Captial, Inc.
ChairmanJonathon Fellows
Fiducient Advisors
TreasurerPhyllis Lee
Manifold Group
SecretaryIan Coelho, M.D.
Northwestern Community HealthcareChar Damron
Damron AssociatesStacey Gillett
Bloomberg PhilanthropiesLindy Hirschsohn
The Boston Consulting Group, Alumna PartnerLisa Kueng
InvescoCarrie Littman
The Boston Consulting GroupEllen Morgan
Northwestern University, Pritzker School of Law, Former Dean of AcademicsNick Scodro
RBN Insurance ServicesAminah Wyatt-Jones
Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc.
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Jessica Bohorquez
Snap Inc.
PresidentNick Coetzee
Axial
Vice PresidentEmily Shores
Chicago Public Schools
Membership & Recruitment ChairJoe Tereba
RSM US LLP
Fundraising & Events Co-ChairMaddie Wittkowske
Baird
Fundraising & Events Co-ChairNicole Allen
JP Morgan Chase & Co.Olivia Benjamin
LaSalle Investment ManagementRachel Berkowitz
BairdPierre de Smet
The Boston Consulting GroupJake Lewis
GEM Realty Capital, Inc.Connor Murphy
University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, Pre Doctoral FellowJenny Naguit
Noble Network of Charter SchoolsValerie Pokladowski
Early Learning Specialist
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Cristen Brown
Family Support ManagerMaritza Castillo
TeacherRaha Dempsey
Managing Director of Program StrategyClaribel Diaz
Family Support SpecialistGiselle Gomez
Family Support InternAnais Gonzalez Nyberg
Development ManagerJamie Huenink
Manager of Social Work Services & Fellowship CoachJesse Ilhardt
Executive Director & Co-FounderGreg Lowe
Development DirectorNelly Pineda
Early Learning ManagerJulio Rodriguez
Program CoordinatorAlicia Stripe
TeacherMaria Dolores Vaca
Family Support SpecialistKayla Villalobos
Program DirectorSandi Weiskirch
Director of Finance & Operations
Lists as of June 1, 2022. Please see our Staff and Board page for updated lists.
Help VOCEL continue to listen, learn and innovate.
Thanks to all of our supporters!
Power of Community Sponsors
Presenting Sponsors of The Power of Community
Lindy & Michael Keiser
The Power of Parents Sponsor
The Power of Teachers Sponsor
Mary & Paul Finnegan
The Power of School Leaders Sponsor
Lindy Hirschsohn & Chris Coetzee
Leading Sponsors
Supporting Sponsors
Contributing Sponsors
Our Champions
All donors to VOCEL between July 1, 2020 and April 30, 2022. Listed alphabetically.
Individual, Corporate and Foundation
A Better Chicago
AbbVie
Margaret & Anan Abu-Taleb
Stefanie Ackerman
Allison Ackerman-Guberman
Jackie Ader
Elena Aguilar
Anna Akers-Pecht
Hilary Albert
Lisa Allen
Allies for Community Business
Adnan & Kathleen Almaney
Orren Alperstein
Abby Alpert
Grant Alsman
Maril Alsup & Joe Patt
Jennifer Alter-Warden
John Alvarado
AmazonSmile
Michael Anderson
Anonymous Donors (5)
Adam Arents
Arkes Family Foundation
Joe Arlia
Austin Coming Together
Baird
Baird & Warner
Ann Balusek
Gretchen & John Barko
Patty Barbato
Tony & Jean Barbato
Judd Barron
Rachel Bates in memory of Gladys Kuipers
Mark Beckwith
Benevity Causes
Benevolent
Tracey Benford
Lee Benisek
The Catherine J. Benjamin Trust
Marc Benjamin
Olivia Benjamin
Jennifer Benson
Chrissy Berdelle
James F. Bere
Susan Berman
BlackRock
Elana Blank
Mitchell Blasi
Ashley Bloom
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Robert Bocchicchio
Laura Boggioni
Jessica Bohorquez
Reyna Bonaparte
Daniel Bondy
Tessa Bonomo
Boston Consulting Group, Inc
Annie Boyd-Ramirez
Kathleen Dempsey Boyle
Bright Promises Foundation
Pamela Britton
Brock Family Fund
Tracy & Tom Brooker
Debbie & Matthew Brown
Bethanie Buckingham
David & Lisa Burik
Ann Byrne
Jasmine Caccavelli
Amy & Gabe Cahill
Mary Cahill
Canon Solutions America
Paul and Amy Carbone
Lisa Caro
Pamela Carr Beam
John Cassata
Chrystal Chang
Craig & Ana B Channell
Todd & Corin Chapman
Cole Chartash
Tina Chatalas
Ashley Chia
Chicago Community Foundation
Chicago Foundation for Women
The Chicago Public Education Fund
Ally Chrystal
Bart Cima
Nora Clark
Brian & Zada Clarke
Cleary ten Brink Family Foundation
Ian Coelho & Morlie Patel
Gaby Coetzee
Nick Coetzee
Jamie Collins
Nathan Colson
Constellation Brands
Kevin & Linda Conway
Montgomery Cornell
Steve Cray
Crown Family Philanthropies
Henry Crown & Company
Nicole Culver
Katie Czernik
Suzanne Dampier
Char & Larry Damron
Thu Dang
Tim Davitt
Leah Day
Tawanda De Irish
Sue & Doug DeRock
Margaret Devereux
Adrienne DiSabatino
Discover Financial Services
Daniel Dorfman
Jason Drasner
Laura Dribin
DRW Foundation
Barbara Newby Duhaney
Ravae Duhaney
Genevieve Durst
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Matthew & Christina Eaves
Evelin Echeverria
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Barbara Elmer
Envestnet Giving Program
Nancy Erickson
Darcy Evon
Andrew & Lisa Falconer
Riley Fang
Julie Fedeli
Jonathon & Valencia Fellows
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Larry & Marilyn Fields
Mary & Paul Finnegan
Finnegan Family Foundation
Ariel & Dani Forman
Andrew & Alice Fischer Charitable Trust
First Presbyterian Church of La Grange
James & Nancy Flink
Anne Flosi
Fogelson Family Foundation
Lucia Fonseca
Ian Forrest
Fox, Swibel, Levin & Carroll, LLP
Frechette Family Foundation
Stanley & Ruthie Friedell
Erin Fry
Jennie Funk & Brian Jansen
Alfredo Garcia
Sarah Garcia
Erik Gardstrom
Ken & Karen Gardstrom
Terri Gartenberg
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Kristen Gary
James & Louise Gates
Cameron Gearen
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John & Ann Gearen
John A. Gearen & Molly Christiansen
Paul Gearen
GEM Realty Capital
Matthew Gibson
Ellen Gilbert
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Linda Gilkerson
Gwen Gilles
Molly Gilles
Stacey & Gabriel Gillett
The Gochnauer Family Foundation
Goldman Sachs Gives
Yvonne Gomes Coelho
Sonia Gomez, Sebastian Bohorquez & Santiago Bohorquez
Edgar Gonzalez
Good Heart Work Smart Foundation
Jennifer Gorman
Tori Graham
Christopher Grant
Brittany & Jerry Graunke
Mary Grawe
Hannah Green
Matt Green
Lisa Gregg
Carli Gribov
Jeff & Cathy Grimes
Josh & Elena Grotto
GTCR
Guggenheim Partners
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Malcolm Haar
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Jordan & Debra Hadelman
Thomas & Alison Hafner
Kathy Hager
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David & Sara Haufe
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Heavenrich & Company
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HHP Lift
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Honey Butter Fried Chicken
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IG
Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation
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Kent Ilhardt
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA)
IMC
International TEFL Academy
Invesco
Invest for Kids
Susan Izatt
Jackson National Life Insurance Company
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Tiffany Jackson
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The John Buck Company
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JP Morgan
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Merchant Giving Project
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Microsoft
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Levenfeld Pearlstein
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Micro-Tech USA
Share Our Spare
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