Race to the Top - District Community-School Partnerships
Road Map Project Goal The Road Map Project goal is to double the number of students in South King County and South Seattle who are on track to graduate from college or earn a career credential by 2020. We are committed to nothing less than closing the unacceptable achievement gaps for low-income students and children of color, and increasing achievement for all students from cradle to college and career. 2
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Race to the Top Grant Overview • In 2012, South King County communities came together to apply for Race to the Top in support of the Road Map Project. • $40 million grant over four years from U.S. Department of Education • Currently in No Cost Extension year • Focus is personalized learning in service of the Road Map Project goals 5
Race to the Top Grant Overview 7 school districts • 264 schools • 86 high-need schools • More than 147,000 students • Nearly 11,000 educators • An MOU was signed by all superintendents, teachers union presidents and school board presidents as part of the grant application • Our application had the full support of more than 30 cities, counties, federal officials, community and national organizations, and businesses • An Executive Committee oversees the grant 6
Race to the Top Projects Start Strong is our emphasis on Early Learning, preK-3 rd grade. STEM Strong addresses the need to strengthen Science, Technology, Engineering and Math skills throughout the region. Stay Strong helps students bridge the connection from high school to post-secondary opportunities and career. Foundational Projects support regional collaboration. 7
Investment Fund for Community- School Partnerships (“Deep Dives”) Goals: • Create intensive school and community partnerships to turn around academic performance in high needs schools • Raise student achievement by replicating existing models • Advancing our region’s knowledge on how to effectively operationalize intensive student-level interventions, in school and out • Produce examples, lessons learned, and models 8
Deep Dive Investments 1. Deep Dive 1 - Kent East Hill $ 895,529 2. Deep Dive 2 - White Center (Highline) $1,148,966 3. Deep Dive 3 Round 1 a.Auburn $ 455,722 b.Renton $ 298,498 c. Seattle $ 315,849 4. Deep Dive 3 Round 2 – Seattle $ 727,893 5. Deep Dive 3 Round 3 a.Federal Way $ 250,000 b.Vietnamese Friendship Assn. (Seattle) $ 211,000 c. St. Vincent de Paul (Kent) $ 250,000 d.Techbridge (Highline) $ 250,000 Total: $4,803,457 9
Example Project: Kent East Hill School Partners: Pine Tree and Millennium Elementary Community Partners: King County Housing Authority, Kent Youth and Family Services, Communities in Schools of Kent Project Elements: • Family Engagement: Parent Academy for Student Success • Afterschool tutoring, support, and enrichment at the Birch Creek Housing site • Afterschool programming at the two schools • Summer School with a focus on reading and shared professional development 10
Example project: Vietnamese Friendship Association (Seattle) School Partner: Seattle World School Serving ELL students Community Partners: Jack Straw Cultural Center and Coyote Central Project Elements: 1. Create additional pathways for gaining credits 2. Academics: tutoring in English, math and science via Saturday School 3. Family Engagement: training and family literacy 4. Enrichment: teaching students 21st century skills, and positive youth outcomes via project based learning 5. Supporting students to take the World Language Test 11
Investment Fund Process • Technical Workgroup created initial criteria • Round 1 RFP process • Feedback with community stakeholders • Additions to round 2 RFP process • Feedback with community stakeholders • Round 3 granted • Additional round granted by Executive Committee with feedback from community stakeholders • Learning from previous funding examples • Design team to lead re-design of investment fund structures 12
Lessons Learned & Course-Corrections • We can't operationalize 'authentic partnerships' if we aren't doing the job to create the conditions for them to get started • Must address barriers in systems, beliefs, and equity • Round 3 redesign: • CBOs could be lead • Funding to support small CBOs in concept development • Technical assistance • More accessible RFI process, not RFP • Interviews • Timeline flexibility 13
What do we mean by partnerships? Integrated Collaborative Coordinated Vendor Authenticity Equity 14
Successes • Birch Creek Summer Splash • Data sharing between Seattle Public Schools and Seattle Housing Authority • Increased mental health, housing supports, case management, academic and enrichment programs and supports for students in all projects • Family engagement strategies and focus in the region • A different level of conversation and engagement from community partners and school leaders 15
Key Learning • Strong coordination and facilitation of partnership is a pivotal role • Capacity is needed at all levels including district, school-building, and community partners • A strength-based approach is important • Systems and structures can get in the way: contracting, data sharing, invoicing • Inclusion of community voice is key when making decisions on focus of partnerships • An equity lens is important to disrupt the status quo and close opportunity and access gaps 16
Creating conditions for building trust, relationships, and authenticity 17
Barriers that get in the way 18
Next Steps • Authentic Partnership Institute August 3 rd & 4 th • Documentation of learning and sharing with regional partners • Continued alignment with regional work and partners • Engaging funders in lessons learned and aligning efforts 19
Student Success Link – CBO Secure Data Portal What’s Prioritized Attendance and Behavior: • Calendar View • Week View • Incidents • Trends Course History: • Courses Program Participation: • Programs students are involved in Enrollment History: • Student’s school enrollment history Assessments: • MAP • Smarter Balanced • Washington State Assessments 20
Student Success Link – CBO Secure Data Portal The Student Success Link Supports the Whole Child The Puget Sound ESD and its Road Map partners are doing this for three simple yet powerful reasons. Access to secure, high-quality data: • Enhances student success: Quality data provide a clearer picture of student attendance, behavior, classwork and other important information to help ensure student success. • Empowers educators and youth providers: access to quality data to inform educators and youth providers’ work student learning improves. • Enables creation of a regional data portal allows for wrap around services for the whole child . 21
Student Success Link – CBO Secure Data Portal How does this help schools and districts? • Increased support and accountability : student success, accountability for program providers who work with students. Communication and alignment with missions. • Family Connections : coordinated and aligned mission with CBOs helps schools since many of the youth program providers have close relationships with families. • Streamlined work : lessens workload for CBOs and for Schools Districts sharing data. • It’s more secure : Data is not printed or emailed. With the Secure Data Portal, information is only available to those who have been given secure access. 22
Student Success Link – CBO Secure Data Portal Benefit to CBOs = Personalization! • More targeted services: Communities have the opportunity to more quickly match students with the right services at the right time . Data sharing between schools and community organizations is the key to making this happen. • Real-time feedback: CBOs will be able to receive data in real-time to optimize their work. • Professional development: A key part of the project is CBO staff training in how to collect, analyze, use and secure the data. 23
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