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2016 Rural Behavioral Health Webinar Series

Examining Community Schools in Rural Communities August 31, 2016

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2016 Rural Behavioral Health Webinar Series Examining Community Schools in Rural Communities

Presenters

Luann Kida, MA, LMSW, Community Schools Director, Broome County Promise Zone Colleen Cunningham Rozelle LMSW, Community School Coordinator, Broome County Promise Zone John Kennedy, YMHFA Coordinator Project AWARE/Community Schools Coordinator Ingrida Barker, Ed. S., McDowell County Schools, Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Education and Planning

Facilitator

Karen Francis, Ph.D., Principal Research, American Institutes for Research

Learning Objectives

Participants in today’s webinar will:

• Learn about the key elements of a Community School

framework;

• Learn how effective partnerships and collaborations

have been aligned in support of the Community School model at a state and local level;

• Learn about the impact of community school initiatives in

West Virginia and in Broome County NY; and,

• Become familiar with strategies used to advance

Community Schools as a way to improve outcomes for young people, their families and communities.

Polling Question #1

In what region of the US is your community located?

• Northeast/Mid Atlantic
• Midwest
• South/Southeast
• West/Northwest/Mountain
• Southwest
• Alaska/Hawaii
• Territories

Polling Question #2

What is your role in your program/community?

• Management/Administration
• Clinician/Service Provider
• Family/Youth
• Community-Based Provider
• Federal, State, or Local Policy Maker
• Faith-based/Advocacy/Community Coalition/
• Other

Polling Question #3

Is your community implementing a Community School Model?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t Know

SUPPORTING COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN RURAL BROOME COUNTY

Luann Kida, MA., LMSW, Community Schools Director, Broome County Promise Zone Colleen Cunningham Rozelle LMSW, Community School Coordinator, Broome County Promise Zone

Broome County Snapshot

Vital Statistics

Broome County School Districts

Total Population (2011 estimated census) 199,031

• White

88.6% 57%- 97%

• African American

5.2% 2% - 26%

• Hispanic

3.5% Public School Districts/Buildings 12 / 53 School Enrollment K – 12 27,000 563 – 5,671 Children living in poverty 25.3% Students With Disabilities 16.2% 12.4% – 17.4% Graduation Rate (2015 cohort) 78% 72% - 97% Median household Income $43,399

What was needed

Community Partnership:

• Better coordination of agencies and schools
• LONG RANGE PLAN: County-wide

infrastructure that is flexible to support children & families as needs and events change

• County Mental Health Department in

collaboration with Schools/University/Partners

Engaging All Partners It’s a big job! We need help !!

Individual Community

One family or organization cannot succeed alone.

Family School

Safe Schools Healthy Students Grant

• 2009: $5.7 Million Safe Schools Healthy Students

Grant

• Regional Advisory Committee
• Core Management Team
• Full time paid Coordinator
• Sharing and integration across county – urban,

suburban and rural areas

• Partnerships to provide services

SHARE Partners

• Broome-Tioga BOCES
• Broome County School Districts
• Binghamton University: Institute of Intergenerational

Studies/Center for Family, School & Community Partnerships

• Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital: Department of Youth Services
• Broome County Mental Health Department
• Including KYDS Coalition
• Broome County Probation
• Broome County Sheriff’s Office
• Integrated County Planning Members

BROOME COUNTY, NEW YORK

12 School Districts

SHARE Model

• Serving Broome County school districts
• Connecting Master of Social Work Interns

to schools for social-emotional support

• Began family engagement work in schools

requesting

• Olweus Bullying Prevention
• Conduit for community resources

Linking NYS Promise Zone Goals with Broome County Initiatives

• Improve attendance
• Decrease school discipline frequency
• Foster family participation
• Enhance school/classroom participation
• Facilitate access to health, mental health, human

services for children and families

• Provide single door portal and service coordination
• Improve academic outcomes
• Utilize a data-driven decision model
• Expand linkages with SUNY (State University of NY)
• Lead change/build capacity

Promise Zones

• Funded through the New York State Office
• f Mental Health
• Build supports and structure around

children to better equip them to be successful in school, work, and life

• Framework and not a specific prescription
• Community Schools Strategy

Results of Community Schools

• Improved academic performance
• Higher attendance rates
• Positive school climate
• Improved school safety
• Greater parent involvement
• Improved student-teacher relationships
• Teachers able to focus on education

Family Engagement Is Key!

• Family Engagement has become

signature to the work we do with schools

• This model has been adapted to a

community project around childhood

• besity as well as food access
• Current community conversations with

United Way reveal that engaging families is the area of need

Family Engagement

• All family engagement opportunities are voluntary.
• Families can be self referred, referred by the school, a friend, a

community agency, or their child.

• Families are invited through multiple forums.
• Patience & persistency, without obligation are important skills to

utilize during this part of the relationship building.

• Flyers
• Phone Calls
• Home Visits
• Postings on School Websites, School & Community Bulletin

Boards

• Presented during School & Community Events

Practice Implications

Developing and implementing family engagement programs - it is critical to:

• Consider and assess the strengths, weaknesses,
• pportunities and constraints of all partners under the

community school model.

– Students, Families, School District, Community & Local Agencies/Organizations/Businesses.

• Consider and assess the impact of intergenerational

poverty, lack of public transportation, social isolation, and minimal access to health services in rural areas.

Relationships

Relationship building & maintenance is essential for successful family engagement work. Fostering relationships between all partners is a must to provide authentic work. Understanding that relationships between multiple partners can be complex and negotiation is a must. Approach must always be strength based.

Student Family Community School Organizations & Agencies Institutions

Family Engagement

• Parent Cafés- A place for parents to connect

with community and school through conversation.

• Parent Mentoring- Brings parents into the

classroom for two hours a week, where they assist teachers with daily tasks.

• Parent Groups- Routine meetings scheduled

with parents (parent driven, educational & Peer support groups are offered.

Process of Engagement

Think with the end in mind.

Open House Outreach Referral Parent Cafe Parent Group Parent Mentoring Forum for Parent Leadership

John Kennedy, YMHFA Coordinator Project AWARE/Community Schools Coordinator

Thinking Outside of the Box – Building Rural Community Schools from a Local, Regional and State Perspective

Michael Martirano, West Virginia (WV) Superintendent of Schools

“Highly effective community schools create strong partnerships with parents, local business leaders, health experts and countless others” “If we are to increase the graduation rate across the state, a key goal in the One Voice, One Focus: All Students Achieving vision plan, everyone within a community must support schools and students”

Resources/Examples

• Website
• Policy
• Resource Guide
• Shared Use
• Early Warning
• Funding (Federal & State)
• Unique Partnerships

WV State Community School Supports

Community School Policy

Policy 2425 – COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: PROMOTING HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELLBEING FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF STUDENTS

The Objectives of WV’s Community Schools Policy

• To provide a framework for schools as they work to

address the complex needs of students.

• To recognize the needs and understand that schools

cannot meet students’ needs alone – (schools must engage the community to ensure that all students’ and family needs are addressed so they can be healthy and ready to learn).

• Prepared as a positive for county boards to embrace

WITHOUT mandates.

Funding

Strengths:

– Innovation Zone Grants (3 year) – SAMHSA Project AWARE (5 years) – Title 1 – The Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA)

Barriers:

– Title 1 use if starting with Innovation Zones (IZ) Grant – Drastic reduction of fuel severance taxes

Unique Partnerships

That include:

• State (education, unions, regional and local)
• Regional Educational Service Agencies

(RESA’s)

• Local Educational Agencies (LEA’s)

Focused on:

• Development – top down (bones)
• Implementation – bottom up and across

systems (details)

Regional Objectives

In WV Regional Education Service Agencies (RESA’s) are strategically position between the State and Local level. Participants will learn of regional efforts to move community schools forward. This will include:

1. Overview of the work of WV Regional Education Service Agencies. 2. Take away examples of regional promotion, support and technical assistance for counties that are inquiring and developing community schools. 3. Review of the interconnectedness of the different systems that support community schools.

RESA System of Supports

• RESA advantage is it’s positioning in the

different levels

• Identification of state and regional resources
• Deliver many typical education supports that

bolster internal elements of school improvement

• Growing awareness of the need to build

regional partnerships with different systems to maximize the effectiveness of community schools model

Community Schools Include Strategic Alignment (including regional and local resources):

• Health and Social Supports
• Engaging Instructions
• Extra Learning Opportunities
• Early Childhood Development
• College, Career & Citizenship
• Community Engagement
• Family Engagement
• Youth Development
• Strategic Alignment

from Coalition for Community Schools

Developing a System of Supports (Internal)

• Needs Assessment:

Strengths/Challenge Asset mapping

• Internal systems

– Strong SAT Teams – Using Early Warning – Procedures are in place to identify and support students with challenges – Counselor’s work aligned with policy

http://mackmcghee.com/

Developing a System of Supports (External)

• External Systems

– Existing partners that align with each – pillar – Casting shared vision – Educate partners regarding CS – Use of RESA

http://www.piperreport.com/

Levels of Development and the their Interconnectedness

• You are building the plane as you fly it
• Each piece is essential to school success
• School, students and community have to

have one common vision

• Systems have to understand cross walking
• Experiencing the synergy

Ingrida Barker, Ed. S., McDowell County Schools, Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Education and Planning

Thinking Outside of the Box – Building Rural Community Schools from a Local, Regional and State Perspective

McDowell County Community Schools

Building infrastructure to support the development of community schools framework:

– Development of partnerships

• RESA
• Reconnecting McDowell
• Others

– County vs. School infrastructure & policy – Identification of local resources (fiscal and human) – Examples of partnerships based on a three-tier model of student supports in schools

CS Work in McDowell

• Southside K8- 3rd Year of an IZ grant
• River View High School- committed and

exploring

• Welch Elementary- committed and

exploring

• Sandy River- exploring

Development of Partnerships One Goal- One Focus

– Collaboration with RESA to maximize resources across state, region and local levels – Strategic alignment to the goals of the community school/district; – Paradigm shifts in working with partners including health providers and community agencies; – Role of the community schools facilitator in developing strategic partnerships to meet the needs of students, families, and community

Identification of Resources One Goal- One Focus

• Asset Mapping (organized by framework

components)

• Community agency involvement as an

advisory body to help develop further partnerships

• Creation of the priorities based on the

community school vision/mission created by the school staff/advisory committee

Identification of Resources

• Openness toward working with multiple

partners on providing similar services – mobilizing human capital to help ALL students in the district.

• Crossing the state lines to invite partners.
• Focusing on the capacity and knowledge

development at school level staff (YMHFA, Handle with Care, SAT referrals, etc.)

Framework/Examples

• Health and Social Supports:

– Several providers secured for the provision of mental health services at schools (3 schools); – SMILES dental provider scheduled to be at every school for preventative and restorative care; – Two existing school-based health centers; planning discussions to secure the third site from another provider.

Three-Tiered Model of Supports:

• Tier 1-

– Universal (Community School, School Climate, PBIS)

• Tier 2 -

– Work with school counselors and principals on a more streamlined student referral system. – Collaboration with Marshall University on the development

• f modules to support teachers in working with students

with mental health issues/conditions. – Employment of school psychology interns to provide group therapy services and social skills building. – Social workers in two schools.

Tier 3 -

– Community partnership for Mental Health Services

What is the role of the community school facilitator to ensure these partnerships exist to meet the goals of the community school?

Role of the Facilitator

• Know the core instructional plan

– What are the supports (internal and external) as students transition in and out? – How can the facilitator support real world application of skills? – How does the facilitator support families to support learning at home?

Role of the Facilitator

• Develop relationships with teachers and school staff

– Identify immediate support needs (e.g. internal and external resources, professional development

• pportunities, volunteers) and set strategies for long

term collaboration.

• Be a part of the team:

– Join the leadership and collaborative teams; – Participate in SAT team meetings; and – Ensure academics and climate/culture work, towards

• verall goals, continues in expanded hours.

Building Structures

• Bimonthly facilitator meetings

– Identification of deliverables – Report on previously discussed deliverables

• Continuous communication with RESA I and State level

stakeholders on the deliverables and resource identification.

• Progress documentation based on the goals of the community

schools

• Dropbox documentation (One Drive would be acceptable as

well) – Follow confidentiality procedures*

• Data, data, data (attendance, referrals, achievement,

behavior, demographics, etc.)

Sample

Outcomes

• Improved School Readiness
• Increased Instructional Time
• Healthier Students are Better Learners
• Increased Parent/Family Involvement
• Expanded Learning (and Teaching) Opportunities
• Enhanced Community Support for Public Education

What’s the bottom line?

Community schools are about focusing joint community and school resources on student success - which leads to community success

Helen Keller

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hazitrxzhPk

Q & A

Upcoming Webinar

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Thank You

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Resources

Coalition for Community Schools - http://www.communityschools.org/ Coalition for Community Schools- Partner Spotlight: Broome County Promise Zones - http://www.communityschools.org/multimedia/partner_spotlight_ broome_county_promise_zone.aspx National Center for Community Schools - http://www.nccs.org/ West Virginia Department of Education - https://wvde.state.wv.us/healthyschools/section1/CommunitySc hools.htm

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