Elevating Achievement Through Innovation

Drawing Time, Talent, and Treasure from the community:Building cross-sector partnerships to support STEM education

Jennifer LiDirector of Strategy and Operations

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Session description & outcomes About SVEF Mining Time, Talent, and Treasure from

partnerships Challenges Building partnerships that work Think-Pair-Share

Agenda

[ Session Description & Outcome ]

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Session Description Building strong cross-sector partnerships has never been more important than in this changing environment of new STEM standards. To best prepare our students for the future, we have to draw upon the complementary strengths of different sectors. Discover Silicon Valley Education Foundation’s innovative approach for partnering with educators, businesses, government, and other nonprofits to mine the Time, Talent, and Treasure needed to promote STEM-capable students.

Session Outcomes Understand how one community draws upon the strengths of cross-

sector partnerships to support students. Develop a strategy for building cross-sector partnerships in his or her

own region.

Expected outcomes

[About SVEF]

Vision

To transform Silicon Valley into a modelfor enhancing public education.

To leverage partnerships and resources for public education, so all students can realize their full potential.

Mission

Silicon Valley Education Foundation is a not-for-profit resource and advocate for students and educators.

We are dedicated to elevating scholastic achievement in the critical areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

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Elevate [Math] to prepare incoming 8th graders for formerly Algebra I, now Common Core Equivalent

Elevate [Science] to prepare incoming 9th graders for Biology

Programs

Key Initiatives • A-G as Default• STEM Education• East Side

Alliance• Common Core• Early Math

Policy briefs Education forums

Learning Innovation Hub (iHub)

iSTEM Teacher Corps STEMpower[ed], a

one-stop shop website for STEM in Silicon Valley

Resources for InnovationAdvocacy

Our Objective and Approach

Silicon Valley will be #1 in the percentage ofhigh school graduates academically prepared to

complete post-secondary education, measured by A-G requirements completion rate.

Objective

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Elevate [Math] prepares more students to take more challenging math courses

What is it? A summer intervention program to prepare and support students for success in 8th grade math. Started in 2008 as Stepping Up To Algebra, the program name was changed to Elevate [Math] in 2014 to align to the Common Core State Standards

Why? • Gatekeeper to college-prep math classes• To be competitive in college apps, students must complete

Algebra I (or equivalent) in grade 8 in order to reach Calculus by grade 12

Who is it for?

Incoming 8th graders who tested at the high basic level on the CST, took pre-algebra in 7th grade, but are going into Common Core 8 or Algebra I with red flags

What does it provide?

• 75 hours of math instruction for students with credentialed teacher and TA,

• 40 hours of professional development for teachers (covering content and math practices),

• Blended learning with technology tools,• College awareness through college field trips & info nights

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[ Mining Time, Talent, and Treasure from Partnerships ]

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What’s needed to affect the ecosystem around the student

District

School

Teacher

Parents

Student

Funding

Access

Content

Technology

Research & Evaluation

Awareness

Communication Tools

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Cross-sector partners address this need

Education

NonprofitCorporate

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Each potential partner has a depth of resources to provide

Time

Talent Treasure

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Strong partnerships depend on building an effective give-get from each partners’ strengths and needs and

GetGive

StrengthsNeeds

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How the education sector helps

Partner Santa Clara County Office of Education

Description Resource to students, parents, school districts, and community

Contribution Time & Treasure

SVEF Gives Opportunities to showcase expertise

SVEF Gets Curriculum expertise, professional development

Partner Santa Clara County School Districts

Description Elementary and high school districts in Santa Clara County

Contribution Talent

SVEF Gives Programs to help their students and teachers be successful

SVEF Gets Access to students, teachers, facilities, data

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How the nonprofit sector helps

Partner Krause Center for Innovation

Description A nonprofit that provides innovative courses and programs for K-12 educators

Contribution Talent

SVEF Gives Opportunities to showcase expertise

SVEF Gets Innovative professional development

Partner WestEd

Description A nonprofit public research, development and service agency

Contribution Talent

SVEF Gives Access to school districts and student data for evaluation

SVEF Gets WestEd’s expertise and experience in evaluating the effectiveness of programs

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How the corporate sector helps

Partner PwC

Description Multinational professional services firm

Contribution Time, Talent, and Treasure

SVEF Gives Opportunity for PwC and PwC employees to get involved in the community through both classroom volunteering and skills-based volunteering

SVEF Gets • Classroom mentors for students in Elevate [Math] program

• Consulting help designing and implementing a streamlined communication system to use with students and parents using Salesforce.com

Partner Dell Wyse

Description End-to-end comprehensive cloud computing

Contribution Treasure

SVEF Gives Case study for use of cloud computing for education

SVEF Gets Computer resources for the classroom

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Each partner provides their Time, Talent, and Treasure as appropriate

Education Nonprofit Corporate

Time • School districts• School

administrators• Teachers

• STEMconnector• CSLNet

• EY• PwC• Wells Fargo

Talent • Santa Clara County Office of Education

• Teachers

• WestEd• Krause Center for

Innovation

• PwC• CapGemini

Treasure • School districts • Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley

• Silicon Valley Community Foundation

• Dell Wyse• Walmart• Flextronics• Wells Fargo• EY• Symantec• Applied Materials• And more!

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Key partnership complement our

work at every level

District

School

Teacher

Parents

Student

Content:• Santa Clara County Office of Education• Krause Center for Innovation

Awareness• School districts, administrators, teachers,• Corporate and community volunteers such as EY

& PwC

Communications Tools• Corporate skills-based volunteering from PwC and

Capgemini

Technology• Dell Wyse

Access:• School districts

Funding: • Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley• Silicon Valley Community Foundation• Walmart, Flextronics, Wells Fargo, EY, Symantec,

Applied Materials, etc.

Research & Evaluation• WestEd (longitudinal study)

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[ Challenges ]

Mission Creep

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Feeling Threatened

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Limited Resources

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Challenges are inevitable – it’s how you tackle them that determines partnership success

• Make sure it fits with your mission and goalsMission Creep

• Be sensitive to other perspectivesFeeling Threatened

• Be creative!Limited Resources

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[ Tools for building partnerships that work ]

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• Fit with mission• Focus on advocacy• Focus on technology• Geographic Boundaries• Financial sustainability

Building partnerships that work: Partnership Fit Test

Our Partnership Fit Test is available at:

http://svefoundation.org/svefoundation/howwehelp/partnerships_our_approach.php#

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Financial Sustainability

Mis

sion

Impa

ctSVEF Portfolio Impact vs. Financial Sustainability

Invest and grow it.

Close

Keep and contain costs

Increase impact

High Mission ImpactLow Sustainability

High Mission ImpactHigh Sustainability

Low Mission ImpactLow Sustainability

Low Mission ImpactHigh Sustainability

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[ Think – Pair – Share ]

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Get into groups of 2 and discuss:

• Who are some of your partners? Or who would you like to become partners with?

• What is the give-get based on your strengths and needs? What about your (potential) partner’s strengths and needs?

• Can you be more creative and come up with new things to do together?

• Can you come up with a matrix that pulls together Time, Talent, and Treasure from the different potential partners in your community?

Think – Pair – Share

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[ Thank You! ]