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Martin J. Blank, President, Institute for Educational Leadership & Director, Coalition for Community Schools

Curtiss Sarikey, Associate Superintendent, Family, Schools and Community Partnerships, Oakland Unified School District

Carol Paine-McGovern, Director, Kent School Services Network

June 21, 2012

Provide an overview of the draft regulations for RTT-D

Help local communities and school districts prepare to work together for the application

Recommend strategies to engage all stakeholders in order to strengthen your application

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“RTT-D will reward those LEAs that have the leadership and vision to implement the strategies, structures and systems of support to move beyond one-size–fits-all models of schooling, which have struggled to produce excellence and equity for all children, to personalized, student-focused approaches to teaching and learning that will use collaborative, data-based strategies and 21st century tools to deliver instruction and supports tailored to the needs and goals of each student, with the goal of enabling all students to graduate college- and career-ready.”


Important Dates: ◦ *Note: Guidelines are preliminary

◦ Final guidelines and applications expected mid-July

◦ Applications due October (approx.)

◦ Awards by December 31, 2012

Eligibility Requirements: ◦ Local Education Agencies (LEAs)

All or part of LEA (e.g., could target spec. grade levels)

May join consortium across states

Must serve at least 2,500 participating students

At least 40% of students low-income

Evaluation systems, data systems, FERPA


15 to 20 four-year grants


Number of Participating Students

Budget Range

2,500-5,000 $15-20 million

5,001-9,999 $17-22 million

10,000+ $20-25 million

Local-level competition

Recognizes importance of partners to support personalized student learning

◦ Conditions for Learning

Requires stakeholder engagement

Encourages partnerships with community agencies

Focus on place-based/community school approach


A place and a set of partnerships connecting school, family, and community

Distinguished by an integrated focus on academics, early childhood, youth development, family engagement, health and social services, and community development

Curriculum emphasizes real-world learning

Expanded learning opportunities

Uniquely equipped to develop its students into educated citizens ready and able to give back to their communities.


Learning ◦ Engaging, empowering,

aligned, data-driven, intervention supports

◦ Personalized

Teaching ◦ To support

personalization

Policy & Infrastructure ◦ Stakeholder support

Partnerships support learning ◦ Expanded opportunity & time

◦ Community problem solving

◦ Engaging, motivating, relevant

◦ Aligned with curriculum

◦ Individualized Learning Plans

◦ Multiple people supporting students

Shared data systems for data-informed learning decisions

RTT-D Draft Guidance Community School Strategy

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A description of how families, teachers, and principals in participating schools have been engaged in the development of the proposal

Letters of support from key stakeholders

School-site leadership teams ◦ Established mechanism

◦ Already at the table



*From: B. District Capacity and Success Factors; Reform Conditions; 3) Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement and Support

Results, Resource Alignment, and

Integrated Services


“…the extent to which it [applicant] integrates public and private resources to augment the schools’ core resources by providing additional student and family supports, such as addressing the social-emotional, behavioral, and other needs of the participating students.”

“Coherent and sustainable partnership with public and private organizations” (1a)

Community-wide leadership group ◦ Established mechanism

◦ Already at the table



“Partnership must identify not more than 10 population-level desired results for students…which span from cradle to career, that align with the applicant’s proposal and reform strategy. The results must include both educational results and other educational outcomes…and education and family and community results.” (1a)

Results Framework

Evaluation Toolkit



Students Succeed

Academically

1.Achievement

2.Daily attendance

3.Chronic absence

4.Graduation rates

5.Dropout rates

6.Reading on grade level by 3rd grade

Students live and learn

in stable and supportive

environments

7.School climate (e.g., including positive peer &

adult relationships, safety)

8.Student mobility

Families are actively

involved in their

children’s education

9.Family engagement

Students are healthy:

physically, socially and

emotionally

10.Body mass index; Vision, hearing, and dental

status

Communities are

desirable places to live

11.Safety

“How the partnership would…develop a strategy to scale the model beyond the participating students to at least other high-needs students and communities in the region over time.” (2, iii)

Systems of community schools already scaling up can deepen the work

Scaling Up School and Community Partnerships: The Community Schools Strategy (www.communityschools.org/scalingup)



http://www.communityschools.org/scalingup


“How the partnership will enable…the integration of education and other services (e.g., services that address social-emotional, behavioral, and other special needs) for participating students.” (3)

Alignment and Integration are key functions in a CS system ◦ Practice

◦ Policy

Partnership infrastructure supports alignment and integration at multiple levels



“How the partnership will build the capacity of staff in participating schools by providing them with tools and supports to- ◦ assess and identify the needs

and assets of participating students, school, and community (i & ii)

◦ create a decision-making process and infrastructure (iii)

◦ engage parents and families in decision-making (iv)

Needs and asset mapping

School-site leadership group

Parent, family, and community engagement (infrastructure and practice)



Convene Innovators… ◦ Scaling Up Guide: www.communityschools.org/scalingup

…Engage key stakeholders in planning…

…and Commit to a motivating shared vision ◦ Letters of support next



What? ◦ Share leadership

◦ Broaden perspectives

◦ Dream big

◦ Acknowledge self-interest

◦ Encourage honest, shared exploration

◦ Acknowledge power differentials


Who? Those with:

◦ A sense of urgency

◦ Positive attitude, sense of the possible

◦ Can work with others

◦ Openness to new ideas

School system’s vision

Community partners’ vision

Community’s vision

“Participants become partners”


Develop a broad-based results framework

Develop supportive policies

Prepare a budget to support partnerships ◦ Include joint funding from LEA and partners to support

coordination

◦ Fund a shared data system

◦ Include professional development on using community school partnerships to personalize learning for both educators and partner staff


Curtiss Sarikey, Associate Superintendent, Family, Schools and Community Partnerships, Oakland

Unified School District


Carol Paine-McGovern, Director, Kent School Services Network


All available at www.communityschools.org/rttd

Scaling Up School and Community Partnerships: The Community Schools Strategy

◦ www.communityschools.org/scalingup

Community School Results Framework

Individualized Learning Plans (National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability)

Community-Based Learning

Education and Community Building: Connecting Two Worlds

Growing Community Schools: The Role of Cross-Boundary Leadership

Community & Family Engagement: Principals Share What Works


http://www.communityschools.org/rttd


Martin J. Blank,

Coalition for Community Schools at the Institute for Educational Leadership ◦ [email protected]

◦ (202) 822-8405

Reuben Jacobson,

Coalition for Community Schools at the Institute for Educational Leadership ◦ [email protected]

◦ (202) 822-8405


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