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THE PROMISE CHURCH INITIATIVE MOBILIZING THE VILLAGE TO SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS CHAMPAIGN UNIT 4 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING 2-12-2017 BY KAREN CRAWFORD SIMMS

THE PROMISE ZONE - PROMISE  Imagine a community where every student feels supported by a village, comprised of their schools, congregations, communities, and families.  Imagine every student having a vision of success that helps them achieve their highest academic, interpersonal, and vocational goals.  Imagine an entire community working together to ensure that every student and family in their community is personally, emotionally, spiritually, vocationally and academically successful! This is the vision of the Promise Church Initiative!

THE PROMISE ZONE  A set of objectives that are evidence based and based on best practices that is data- driven & outcome based.  Builds on Consent Decree – Great Campus Scoping Study  “Full Service School Model”  Reflective of the District/District Priorities  Community Schools  Student Success  “Community Success”

MISSION OF THE DISTRICT “Champaign Unit #4 School District, in partnership with the community, is to guide all students in gaining knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to direct their lives, improve a diverse society, and excel in a changing world by providing dynamic, resource-rich learning environments & experiences in which people and life learning are valued.”

BEST PRACTICES  Community Schools Initiative  Cradle to Career Readiness  Developmental Assets/ Risk & Protective Factors- Resiliency Building  Compassionate Schools  Scholar Identity – Gilman Whiting & Donna Ford 'Community building must become the heart of any school improvement effort. Thomas Sergiovanni

COMMUNITY SCHOOLS THE HEART OF THE MODEL  Students are healthy - physically,  Children are ready to enter socially, and emotionally school and attend school  Students live and learn in a safe, consistently supportive, and stable  Students are actively involved in environment learning and their community  Schools are engaged with families and communities  Families are involved with their  The communities are desirable children's education places to live  Students succeed academically

Community Schools are Smart Schools  Most people think of schools today as serving a single purpose: a binary, analog-system of delivery - teachers teach and students learn.  Community schools are more akin to smart phones. Schools and communities connect, collaborate, and create. Children and families have an array of supports from community partners right at their school.  Communities and schools leverage their shared physical and human assets to help kids succeed.  Community schools contain a host of built-in opportunities and supports that give students and parents all the tools they need to learn and grow.

THE WHOLE CHILD APPROACH Each child , in each school, in each of our communities deserves to be healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. That's what a whole child approach to learning, teaching, and community engagement really is.

RESILIENCY BUILDING: STRENGTHENING HEARTS AND MINDS 1. Builds and strengthens their networks of 9. Builds feelings of competence supports – caring adults 10. Nurtures optimism 2. Strong and invested relationships 11. Teaches them to face fear - but with support 3. Encourages goal orientation with scaffolded supports 12. Teaches them how to re frame 4. Let's them know it's okay to ask for help 13. Models resiliency 5. Builds executive functioning 14. Builds trust in others /and themselves 6. Encourages mindful practices 15. Meets them where they are 7. Values youth/student voice – let’s them talk 16. Teaches problem solving 8. Encourages creativity and play

AFRICAN AMERICAN SCHOLAR IDENTITY MODEL GILMAN WHITING – MALE DONNA FORD - FEMALE

CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE & SUSTAINABLE Internal External Love of Learning Strong Family Strong Cultural Identity A Supportive Community Comfort in “One’s Own Skin” Delayed Gratification – A Willingness to Make Sacrifices Mentors Internal Locus of Control A Supportive and Nurturing School Self-Awareness Resources Affect Regulation A Desire for Success

THE PROMISE CHURCH EFFORT The Promise Church Initiative is designed to help individuals, families, schools, and other groups develop a shared vision of achievement and success for students and their families. This shared vision ‘housed’ in a plan that is designed to look at a student’s needs from a “whole child” approach. The goal of the effort is to keep African American youth and other marginalized children safe, healthy, engaged, and thriving at home, at school, in neighborhoods and communities, and in the larger society. The effort is designed to ensure that each student in a targeted area is surrounded by a village of support that can help guide, motivate celebrate, and support their successes . It is also hoped that the effort will connect success-oriented young people with each other, supporting and nurturing an African American scholarly community.

WHO’S IN THE PROMISE ZONE A Promise Community – in a “Promise Zone” composed of:  Promise Church(es)/Congregations  Promise Schools  Promise Mentors  Promise Families  Promise Scholars Organized to Help A Student and their Family achieve health, resilency, success, and wellness!

PROMISE CHURCH’S TARGET POPULATION  African American students and their families (especially those who are underrepresented in gifted & talented and AP and honors programming.  Ideally bounded by geography and community connectedness  The faith community & congregations located in those traditionally under resourced communities  The communities and neighborhoods where these students and families traditionally reside

C ORE ELEMENTS OF THE PROMISE CHURCH PROCESS  Engaged congregations: identifying supports  Meetings and resources for families, scholars &  Trainings mentors  Leadership Development  Family Driven Holistic Promise Plans & Goals  Resources & Information  Strong School and Family Connectedness –  Evaluation and Assessment – a vigorous Collaboration and Coordination CQI process  Strong Community Development and  Community Events and Community Engagement focused on supporting the Education success of all students.  Ongoing School & Community  Leadership Engagement and Development Collaborations

THE PROMISE PLAN Based on the Individual Success Plan or Success Plan Model Slowly becoming the ‘ Gold Standard” “ A key challenge facing educators within this new agenda is implementing supports and activities that ensure all students graduate with the skills and knowledge needed to enter the workforce or complete a postsecondary training certificate or degree. Emerging research has led stakeholders from various perspectives to argue that engaging in the development of learning plans may improve outcomes for students transitioning from high school to college and careers." Massachusetts Rennie Center Brief: https://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/cte/pdf/studentlearningplans.pdf for Students 6-12 Grade For More Information: http://www.renniecenter.org/sites/default/files/2017-01/ILPs.pdf

A PLAN • a method for achieving an end A PROMISE • an often customary method of doing  a declaration that one will do or something refrain from doing something • a detailed formulation of a program of specified action  a legally binding declaration that • an orderly arrangement of parts of an gives the person to whom it is made a overall design or objective right to expect or to claim the • a detailed program performance or forbearance of a 9 specified act  a reason to expect something; Miriam Webster Online Dictionary • especially : ground for expectation of A PROMISE PLAN success, improvement, or excellence  Something that is promised

USES S.M.A.R.T. GOALS What Are Smart Goals?: Specific – think of only one thing/goal you want to accomplish? Measurable – how will you measure if you reach your goal? Achievable – can you reach that goal within your time period. (Stretching is good) Relevant – is this important to you now and why is it important? Time-bound – when will your goal be achieved?

My Educational Goal My Health and Wellness Goal My Social and Emotional Goal All About Me: Goals Dreams Strengths My Recreational Goal My Spiritual Goal Family My Cultural Goal

OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE INITIATIVE  Congregation based “mobile” promise libraries & resource centers  Arts, culture, media, and technology efforts  Leadership and small business development activities in the ‘zone’  Training opportunities to for educational advocacy and civic engagement  Pre-natal and early childhood efforts  Special events  Health and wellness programming And more.

PARTNERS Champaign Unit 4 Schools ROOT CAUSES The Pastor’s Council Meridian K Consulting & Counseling Services The University of Illinois – Psychological Services Center United Foundation for Arts and Technology •