Our Kids. Our Tomorrow. September, 2012 1
An Overview of Commit! Supporting the Region’s Civic Educational Infrastructure • Commit! will be the backbone organization supporting Dallas County’s “civic infrastructure” for education , privately funded by local corporate and philanthropic support. It is based on the Strive Network national model of collective impact communities, founded first in Cincinnati in 2005. • “Civic infrastructure” simply means how our community organizes all of the moving pieces that impact a child and their family in their journey from birth to a meaningful career successfully. • As the backbone organization for Dallas County, Commit!’s role is to help identify, connect, coordinate, align and support all of our educational e ff orts. • Its goal is to assist our community in participating in “Shared Accountability” , working together with educators to help continuously improve the number of children successfully moving through our educational pipeline who are maximizing their potential in life. • Commit! achieves this goal in part by convening local experts to guide the work and using robust data to define/address the biggest “leaks” in our education pipeline while informing and advocating for the most e ff ective practices and funding to address them. 2
The Vast Scope of the Commit! Community Substantial Number of Parties to Help Coordinate and Align The Need for a Backbone Organization Supporting Collective Impact Across Dallas County 1. Large number of education entities generally operating independently. 2. Collaborative e ff orts rarely used due to lack of funding or internal capacity to execute. 3. Commit! increases collective capacity and coordination of entire sector to spread best practices, use data to strategically align resources, encourage and support collaborative networks to move key indicators of success, etc. 15 School Districts 1,500+ Public Dallas County Community Colleges 80+ Public Charter Schools and Private Entities 14 Four-Year Institutions $4.0bn spent annually Early Childhood K-12 Education Higher Education 230,000+ Children 180,000+ Students 460,000+ Students Various Non-Profits and Community Stakeholders Seeking to Support Including: Parental In School/ Business Teacher and Tutoring College Engagement Out of and Pre-K Health and and Access and Principal and School Foundation Education Nutrition Mentoring Persistence Training Education Programs Community 3
Strive’s Efforts to Scale Civic Infrastructure Nationally Growing Effort Approaching 65 Cities Across the U.S. 4
Achieving a Goal for Post Secondary Completion 60% Required to Compete in a 2030 Labor Market Helping Realize Every Child’s Full Life Potential GOAL 1: GOAL 3: DESIRED GOAL 2: 90% of 75% of RESULT: 90% of H.S. Students Enrolled 60% of H.S. Graduates Graduate Students Students Access from High Complete Achieve Post School Post Post Post Secondary Secondary Secondary Secondary Education Ready Education Degree 90% x 90% x 75% = 60 % 5
Across Texas Public Schools, We’re Far From 90% Goal Outcomes for 9th Grade Cohort Graduating in 2009 High School Class of 2009 Commencing 9th Grade in 2005-06 School Year No. of Students ~269,000 Students Our 300,000 ~60,000 Students Fail Communities Needs to to Graduate in 4 Years Students Help Who are Not Starting 9th Prepared Annually for Grade in Post-Secondary 2005-06 81% of Original Education 200,000 (~308,000) 9th Grade Cohort Graduated 48% of Original Four Years 9th Grade Later 100,000 Cohort Took a College Entrance Exam ~39,000 (13% of 9th Grade Cohort) 0 9th Grade Cohort HS Grads in 4 Yrs. # Taking SAT/ACT # College Ready** ** Source: Texas Education Agency AEIS Report 2010-11. College Ready defined as SAT of 1110 on Reading/Math components or an ACT composite score of 24. Numbers exclude students from numerator and denominator who can be identified as moving outside TX. 6
Commit!’s Founding Strategy Committee Our Challenges Require Collaboration at All Levels Angela Farley J. Puckett Commit!’s founding e ff orts were led by the following community members, providing a broad Director of Education Senior Partner and Managing Director perspective from the early childhood, K-12 and Dallas Regional Chamber Head of Global Educational Practice higher education sectors as well from the workforce Boston Consulting Group Susan Ho ff and foundational communities. We are grateful for Senior Vice President of Community Impact Michele Bobadilla their leadership and wise counsel. United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Sr. AVP - Outreach Services and Dr. Dana T. Bedden Community Engagement Lee F . Jackson Superintendent of Schools UT - Arlington Chancellor Irving Independent School District Trisha Cunningham University of North Texas System Dr. Lew Blackburn Chief Citizenship O ffi cer Alan King, CPA President Texas Instruments Interim Superintendent of Schools Dallas Independent School District School Board Michael Sorrell Dallas Independent School District Dr. Mary Brumbach, CFRE President Dr. Barbara Lerner Executive District Director of Strategic Funding Paul Quinn College Associate Provost for Undergraduate Dallas County Community College District Studies and Academic Partnerships George Tang Dr. David. J. Chard Texas Woman’s University Chief Operating O ffi cer Leon Simmons Endowed Dean and Founding Dean Educate Texas Dr. Michael McFarland Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education Communities Foundation of Texas Superintendent of Schools and Human Development Lancaster Independent School District Todd A. Williams Southern Methodist University Executive Director, Commit! Phil Montgomery Bruce Esterline Founder, Williams Family Foundation President and Chief Executive O ffi cer Vice President for Grants P . O’B. Montgomery & Company Ellen Wood The Meadows Foundation Co-Founder Dr. Dawson Orr Florencia Velasco Fortner Teaching Trust Superintendent of Schools President and Chief Executive O ffi cer Highland Park Independent School District The Concilio 7
Commit!‘s 11 Cradle to Career Indicators Outline of What We’ll Track to Measure Our Community Progress Pct. w/ 1st Year College High School Post 3rd Grade 8th Grade Post Kindergarten Ready Graduation Secondary Commended Commended Secondary Readiness Pre SAT/ Rate Enrollment Reading Science Retention ACT Rate Cradle to Career Educational Pipeline No. and Pct. Post of 11th or Secondary 4th Grade 8th Grade 12th Grade Graduation Commended Commended w/ College within 150% Math Math Ready of Expected SAT/ACT Timing 8
Overview of Commit! as a Regional “Backbone” What Will Be Its Goals and its Benefits? Indicators Our Community Will Measure What Matters via Clear Community Scorecard Collectively Move to Help Every • Move away from simplistic state ratings to measuring what matters Child Realize Their Full Potential • Increased funder confidence in what they’re strategically a ff ecting Kindergarten Readiness • Develop a common language that all stakeholders include in planning 1. 3rd Grade Reading 2. Help Scale Practices Proven by Data as Most E ff ective 4th Grade Math 3. • Periodically convene educators and share data/best practices 8th Grade Science • Use local data to scale practices most e ff ective in improving outcomes 4. 8th Grade Math 5. Help Coordinate/Align Community Resources 10th/11th Grade Pre-SAT/ACT 6. • Support e ff ective existing collaborations and help develop others Pct. of 12th Grade with 7. • Encourage thoughtful resource deployment along Age 0-22 continuum College Ready SAT/ACT High School Graduation Rate Advocate for Entire Community (~10% of State) What Works 8. • Strategic funding for early childhood, K-12, college readiness/access Post-Secondary Enrollment 9. • Amend policies to improve district e ff ectiveness/accountability system 10. 1st Yr. Post-Secondary Retention Rates Engage and Continuously Communicate to Community 11. Post Secondary Graduation • Strategic funding for early childhood, K-12, college • Annual scorecard will reflect community progress/remaining challenges Rates within 150% of readiness and access, etc. • More community urgency to act/support public education given clarity Expected Timing • Amend policies to improve school district e ff ectiveness and accountability system Focus will include closing all achievement gaps based on socioeconomic, ethnic or gender status. 9
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