Charles Smith, Ph.D. Executive Director, David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality #readyby21
A Standard f A S tandard for or High Quality High Quality Instruction Instruction Higher order engagement through choice, planning, and reflec4on. ENGAGEMENT Peer interac4on through grouping and coopera4ve INTERACTION learning. Suppor4ve environment through SUPPORTIVE welcoming, conflict resolu4on, ENVIRONMENT ac4ve learning, and skill building. Physical and emo4onal SAFE safety is provided. ENVIRONMENT Youth Voice and Program Governance Structures
A S A Standard f tandard for or Continuous Impr Continuous Improvement of Instruction ement of Instruction Standardized Training for Assessment Instruc4onal of Instruc4on Skills Instruc4onal Team‐based Coaching for Planning Individuals with Data
YPQI Reach in 2011 Policy SeFng 70 Networks/Systems Organiza4on >2620 Sites SeFng l >17,030 Staff Es#mate based on mean of 6.5 staff per site in YPQI Study Sample Light Green- full-state implementation Point of Service Dark Green- place-based implementation SeFng Gold- full-state + place-based >222,700 Child & Youth Es#mate based on mean daily a=endance of 85 youth per day in YPQI Study Sample
Quality Improvement Track • Wednesday, April 18 th – 10:45-12:00pm • Leading Indicat Leading Indicator ors (Ext s (Extending the Quality Standar ending the Quality Standard) d) • Coaching Continuous Im Coaching Continuous Impr provement ement – 3:00-4:30pm • OS OST P T Par art I: t I: YPQI Im YPQI Impact Study pact Study & QIS Guide & QIS Guide • Thursday, April 19 th – 10:00-11:15am • OS OST P T Par art II: Quality Im t II: Quality Impr provement Syst ement Systems P ems Panel anel – 11:30am-12:45pm • Meaningful R Meaningful Roles f oles for Y or Youth in Organizational Change outh in Organizational Change • OS OST P T Par art III: Connections t t III: Connections to QRIS and School- o QRIS and School-Age Care ge Care
Ready by 21: Taking the Logic of Standards and ConInuous Improvement to the Community Level
Karen Pittman Co-Founder and CEO The Forum for Youth Investment #readyby21
Moving Forward Together
DURING THE 1950’S, AS SMALLER AND MORE PREMATURE BABIES WERE SAVED WITH INCREASINGLY TECHNOLOGICAL TREATMENTS AND THE INTENSIVE CARE OF THESE INFANTS EXPANDED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SEVERAL PROBLEMS SURFACED. OXYGEN…SAVED MANY LIVES. HOWEVER, ITS UNREGULATED USE … APPEARED TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO SOME BABIES…
Thaddeus’ Daughters
“Recent History Shows Setback” Educa4on Week, 2010 The U.S. graduation rate reached its historical high point at the end of the 1960s, with the graduation rate peaking at 77 percent in 1969.
C = D x V x P Change = DissaIsfacIon x Vision x Plan
Condi4ons for Collec4ve Impact Kania & Kramer • Common Agenda • Shared Measurement Systems • Mutually Reinforcing Activities • Continuous Communication • Backbone Supports
Insight #1 LEADERSHIP INFRASTR LEADERSHIP INFRASTRUCTURE UCTURE MA MATTERS TTERS
…Moving the small gear makes a BIG difference
education Early Literacy Campaign Family, School & Community Leadership Child and Youth Increase School Readiness Improve teacher quality Supports Safe Streets Coalition Groups Outcomes Reduce Teen Pregnancies Increase after-school Neighborhood Councils participation Reduce Youth Violence Youth Network Improve OST program Improve Third Grade Reading Workforce Investment quality Board Reduce Abuse & Neglect Expand learning P-20 Council opportunities Reduce Obesity College Access Network Reform juvenile justice Reduce Bullying programs Substance Abuse Increase On-Time Graduation Coalition Increase mentoring Improve Job Skills Mayor’s Office on Increase child health Children, Youth, Families coverage Increase Civic Engagement Afterschool Alliance Reduce child welfare Reduce Substance Use caseloads Health and Wellness Decrease Youth Idleness Coalition Expand life skills education Increase College Completion
Perinatal Do Right by Task Counselor’s Community America’s Kids campaign Force on Consortium Consortium Comm. Promise Violence Domestic SACSI Rochester Asset Violence Children’s Network Partnership Collab. Domestic Not Me NBN Violence Not Now Early Consortium Community Childhood CCSI Develop I. TIER II MobilizaIon Advocacy N.E.T. Health Juvenile Action Justice Transitions Council City Collab. Violence Interagency Initiative Council PosiIve MCTP Cross ‐ Outcomes for Systems Service Roch. Youth & Rochester‘s Enterprise Change Delivery Child Families Community SDFSCA Zone P. Planning Reclaiming Committees Student Youth Asst. Prof. Youth Greater Roch. 2000 Homeless Area Continuum of care Impl. Team EvaluaIon Best Monroe ConInuous Rochester Cty. Sch OASAS PracIce Effectiveness Improvement Prevention & Comm. Health Ed. Initiative Partnership Network RAEYC Mentoring Round CHANGE PCIC Perinatal YRBS Table Substance Youth Group Homeless Services Abuse HW & Services Quality C. RECAP Coalition Tutoring Children & Network Round Family Serv. Adult Table Subcomm. Services Runaway & CASAS Subcomm. Student Homeless Assistance Providers Youth Ser Prof. Provider Community Board Profile of Community United School Diversion Neighborhood Health Service Health Collaborative Reg. 2 Centers Of Preventive Leadership Board Preventive COLLABORATIONS Services Greater Roch. Team Provid.N Coalition 23
Atlanta’s Partnership Structure Ready by 21 Leadership Council Georgia’s Children's Cabinet • Ga. Dept of Education • CVS Caremark Corp • Annie E. Casey Foundation • Ga. Dept. of Public Health • Children’s Health Care of Atlanta • University of Georgia • Ga. Governor’s Office Children & • Ga. Department of Early Care and • Ga. Afterschool Investment Council Families Learning (GAIC) Georgia Family • Ga. Early Education Alliance for Ready • Ga. Campaign Against Adolescent • Ga. Partnership for Excellence in Connec4on Students (GEEARS) Pregnancy (G-CAAP) Education Partnership Statewide • Ga. Family Connection Partnership • Junior Achievement, Ga. • Voices for Georgia’s Children Strategy • Emory’s Office of Univ. Community • Fanning Institute • United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta Partnerships • Georgia Appleseed • Communities in Schools Georgia Campaign Against Adolescent Pregnancy (G‐CAAP) Partnership Clusters Pre K through Young Adulthood P‐3 funders group Georgia Grade Level School Comple4on Middle Reading Campaign On‐Time Readiness & of College/ School Gradua4on Early Grade Adv. Degree Transi4on Literacy Ga. Early Educa4on Alliance for Ready Students (GEEARS) Adolescent Services Network Neighborhood Focus Alcohol, Tobacco, Teen Pregnancy Turn Around Other Drugs (ATOD ) Schools: Clarkston Gradua4on Atlanta Promise & Banneker High Genera4on Neighborhood Schools & their Childhood Obesity Juvenile Jus4ce feeder paeerns Do=ed lines indicate informal connec#ons
Insight #2. Community Level Objectives Matter
Ready by 21 Leadership Capacity Standards Broader Partnerships Build an overarching leadership council • Align and strengthen coali4ons, commissions and intermediaries • Engage key stakeholders in seFng priori4es and solving problems • Bigger Goals Establish a balanced set of goals and indicators for all children, youth and young adults • Define supports that the full community must provide • Create a big picture, goal‐oriented ac4on plan • Define common terms and communicate core messages • BeUer Data Collect complete data about youth outcomes, community supports and leadership ac4ons • Align and connect data for decision making • Use the best informa4on about what works • Bolder AcIons Improve systems and seFngs • Align policies and resources • Increase demand • Engage youth, families and community members in solu4ons •
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