• Reuben en Jacob obson son, Senior Associate for Research and Strategy, Coalition for Community Schools • Angeline ine Lee/Greg eg Braylock ock, United Way of Greater Toledo, Schools as Community Hubs • Sandra a Portasio sio, Director of School-Community Partnerships, Redwood City School District • Kat Kathlee een n Bideaux ux , Federal Grants Specialist, Ogden School District www.communityschools.org
AGENDA Learn rn about Strat rategies egies for Scalin ing g up School l & Community mmunity Pa Partner tnership ships Learn rn about new efforts ts to scale up communit nity schools ols in Toled edo, o, OH Redwood ood City ty, , CA Ogden, en, UT www.communityschools.org
WHAT IS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL? www.communityschools.org
THEORY OF ACTION: A SCALED-UP SYSTEM OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS www.communityschools.org
WHY IS NO NOW THE TIME TO SCALE-UP? • Growth wth of comm mmuni unity ty schoo ools s across s the countr try • Commu mmunity ty schoo ools s achieve e results ts • Vehi ehicle cle for organizin zing g fragment mented ed services ces and integra grati ting g fundin ding g streams ams • Addres ress changing ing demogra mographi phics cs • Policy cy environ onment ent is ripe: Promise se Neighb ghborhoods hoods, P20 counci cils ls, , SIG SIG • We know how w to do it www.communityschools.org
COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE www.communityschools.org
THE SCALE UP SPIRAL Overview More on milestones Stories from the field How you know if you are making progress Pitfalls
Schools as Community Hubs – Toledo, OH Greg Braylock, Jr., Education Director Angeline Lee, School-Community Partnership Specialist
United Way of Greater Toledo – Our #1 Priority Graduating Kids - Agenda For Change Our chief focus is making sure kids are graduating.
Taking Community Schools to Scale Schools as Community Hubs – Toledo, OH Background Schools as Community Hubs • 5 years of planning and preparing • Toledo Public Schools Transformation Plan • Four Hubs: Leverette Elementary, Pickett Elementary, Robinson Elementary, and Scott High Schools of the Toledo Public Schools District. • Lead Partners: YMCA, Lutheran Social Services of Northwestern Ohio, and The University of Toledo • Hiring of Staff - April 2012
6-Staged System - Taking Community Schools to Scale Schools as Community Hubs – Toledo Ohio – Making Change! • Stage 1: Decision to Scale-Up (Shift of Ownership/Activities) • Stage 2: Development of an Operating Framework (Shared Ownership) • Stage 3: Planning for Scale-Up (System Spread) • Stage 4: Plan for Sustainability (Resources for Growth and Sustainability) • Stage 5: Implement Systemically (Depth of Alignment) • Stage 6: Continue Improvement and Expansion (Fine Tuning)
6-Staged System - Taking Community Schools to Scale Schools as Community Hubs – Toledo Ohio – Avoiding Pitfalls! • Stage 1: Decision to Scale-Up (Shift of Ownership/Activities) • Stage 2: Development of an Operating Framework (Shared Ownership) • Stage 3: Planning for Scale-Up (System Spread) • Stage 4: Plan for Sustainability (Resources for Growth and Sustainability) • Stage 5: Implement Systemically (Depth of Alignment) • Stage 6: Continue Improvement and Expansion (Fine Tuning)
Redwood City School District Sandra Portasio Director of School and Community Partnerships
RCSD: Who we are Pre-Kindergarten through 8 th grade Approximately 9,200 students 16 schools 64.3% Free and reduced lunch 48.6% English-language learners 59% of parents have HS education or less
RCSD: Community Schools 6 schools 3823 students 71.36% ELL 88.11% free and reduced lunch
RCSD Community Schools • Focus on addressing the barriers to learning • Intentional strategies to meet needs in physical, cognitive, social and emotional domains • Partnerships and effective collaboration • Shared leadership • Principals and Community School Coordinators provide leadership to the development of the project
Strategies Coordinated service delivery Comprehensive support through Family Resource Centers Family Engagement Extended Day Learning Integrated with School Day
Collaboration Makes It Possible RWC 2020 • Shared interest in success for all children, youth and families • Complex challenges with limited resources • Focused Leadership • Culture of collaboration • Long-term Commitment
RWC 2020 Agenda Children, youth and families are: safe healthy nurtured in a stable and caring environment Children and youth are succeeding in school and preparing for responsible adulthood Public, private and community partners are consistently working together to support children, youth and families
RWC 2020’s Structure Coordinating Council Cabinet Executive Director/ Adm. Assistant Five Initiative Areas: Community Schools Sequoia Teen Resource and Wellness Center Community Youth Development Wellness Immigrant Integration
MULTILEVEL COLLABORATION STRUCTURE RWC 2020 District Leadership Schools
Where we are headed • Collective impact • Partnership expansion • Constant renewal
Leveraging Resources in Ogden Kathleen Bideaux Ogden School District
Pipeline of Integrated Services Academic Programs Early Childhood Students Proficient Successful JH to High School College/Career Education in Core Subjects HS Transition Graduation Success Indicators: #/% of who exit Indicator: #/% of Indicator: #/% of Indicator: Graduation Indicator: Attendance third grade reading at grade level. students enrolling in rate in high schools students at or above rate of students in post high school # of graduates with #/% grade level according to seventh, eighth, ninth, education & #/% of of graduates meeting ACT 3 rd -8 th grade and high 10th grades & % of 9 th students with post recommended school assessments graders on track for secondary degrees or requirements other credentials graduation. K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 10 Birth Grade Age Family and Community Supports Students Are Students Participate Family-Community Students w/ 21 st Students Participate Healthy in Extra Help & Support Learning Century Learning in Enrichment College Readiness Indicator: # of students Tools Indicator: #/% of students Indicator: #/% of parents accessing a medical Programs Indicator: #/% students who participate in an who participate a minimum of home; # of students Indicator:#/% of with school and home extracurricular activity, after 10 hours in Parent University; receiving mental health students participating in access to broadband and school program, community # stakeholders volunteering in services through tutoring programs and/or connected digital learning ; recreation program, summer a school; #/% of families that partnerships; & #/% of Achievement Center; #/% of students using enrichment camp & #/% of attend CCRP and/or family students who participate #/% of students technology to learn at least elementary students who support events; #/% of in a minimum of 60 participating in specialty once weekly throughout the participate in a minimum of 2 parents working with a minutes of organized coursework; & #/% of school year; #/% of hours weekly of academic parent/community liaison; healthy living activities students who participate students/parents who enrichment instruction such as #/% of parents responding to per week. in college-credit classes. check their grades arts, healthy lifestyles or perception surveys electronically weekly technology 24 Adapted from 2012 Guidance PowerPoint for Promise Neighborhoods Planning Grant
OCSD Leveraging Resources Improve outcomes shared by leaders and members of community RESOURCE LEVERAGING Increase capacity of organizations focused on achieving results Private funding: Ogden School and building a college-going culture in neighborhoods Foundation, United Way of Northern Utah, and St. Benedict’s Foundation, miscellaneous private grants ($500-$15,000) Build continuum of solutions from cradle through college to career Early College/ Federal Funds: Title programs, K-12 Learning Career CTE (Perkins), GEAR UP, and Community Schools Integrate other community supports: housing, health, etc. State Funds: LAND Trust; USOE grants: School Improvement Grants (SIG), USTAR, MSP, Gang Integrate programs and break down agency “silos” Prevention, Technology; USOE allocations: At-risk, Advance Placement, Gifted & Talented, Support efforts to sustain and “scale up” proven, effective solutions Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships: YMCA (21 st CCLC Learn about the impact of Ogden School District’s turnaround grants), Boys and Girls Club, Ogden initiative and about the relationship between particular strategies City, Weber Human Services, and student outcomes Midtown Community Health Center 25 Adapted from 2012 Guidance PowerPoint for Promise Neighborhoods Planning Grant
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