Creating Access and Opportunity through Public/Private Partnerships NPEA National Conference April 28, 2016
Middle Grades Partnership increases opportunities for academically promising Baltimore City public middle school students through public and private school partnerships. 9 School Partnerships 415 Students Rising 6 th -9 th Grades 91% African American 42% Male 87% Free/Reduced Lunch Eligible
At the end of three years of MGP programming students will: – Be prepared for Algebra I – Write clear, convincing and descriptive five paragraph essays – Read for pleasure, cite text and view themselves as readers – Be accepted into top academic entrance criteria high schools Attendance 94% 3 Year Retention 78% 76% accepted into top academic entrance criteria public high schools 14% accepted to Baltimore School for the Arts/parochial/private schools Citywide average 22%
FUNDING MODEL Contributions from private school partners (6%) $ 72,000 ($200 per student) Contributions from public school partners (7%) $ 84,000 ($200 per public school student) Corporations (4%) $ 48,000 Foundations (14%) $ 168,000 Individuals (69%) $ 828,000 TOTAL BUDGET $1,200,000
Partnerships MGP is an Initiative of the Baltimore Community Foundation. School Partnerships: • Afya /Park • Barclay/Calvert • City Springs (boys)/Boys’ Latin • City Springs (girls/Garrison Forest • Hampstead Hill Academy/Friends • Lillie May Carroll Jackson/Academy for College and Career Exploration/Roland Park Country School • Mount Royal/McDonogh • Southwest Baltimore Charter (girls)/Bryn Mawr • Southwest Baltimore Charter (boys)/Gilman
Middle Grades Partnership increases opportunities for academically promising Baltimore City public middle school students through public and private school partnerships. 9 School Partnerships 415 Students Rising 6 th -9 th Grades 91% African American 42% Male 87% Free/Reduced Lunch Eligible
Mission: Achieve provides academic and personal enrichment through a rigorous and engaging six-week summer program and ongoing academic year tutoring and support. Achieve seeks to increase students' academic skills, motivation, and self- confidence and put them on the path to college. History: Began at Nobles in 2008 (internally). One time gift from foundation provided the seed money. Opened with 10 students and 3 faculty.
Program Model: • Recruits motivated, low-income middle school students from Boston Public Schools • 3 summer commitment • Emphasis on Literacy, Math and Lab Science • 3:1 student to staff ratio • Targeted academic instruction/remediation • Culture of high expectations and investment. • Stem summer learning loss • Year Round Graduate Services support through college Saturday Program : SSAT/ISEE Tutoring, Study Skills, High School Application Work and Coaching
Outcomes: – Academic skill development – Placed into high performing college preparatory high schools – Cum. high school GPA of 2.8 or higher at high performing high schools. – I ncreased academic motivation and confidence (PEAR) Attendance 98% 3 Year Retention 85%
Partnerships Achieve shares partnerships with Noble and Greenough School and Boston Public Schools: • 35 Boston Public School Partners • Currently serving 135 students: – 60/40 Female to Male – 100% Free/Reduced Lunch Eligible • 75 Nobles students serve as tutors in academic year program • Faculty come from both public and private institutions
FUNDING MODEL Endowment Draw ( 19%): $69,395 Foundations (6%): $20,000 Individuals (62%): $225,107 Non-Gift Event Revenue (13%): $46,032 Total: $360,534
Mission: The UMass Boston-Noble and Greenough School Math/Science Upward Bound Program (MSUB) is a six-week residential program, serving 72 high school students from the city of Lawrence with promising academic records and a desire to improve their future prospects. MSUB specifically identifies students interested in math and science who wish to pursue advanced study and careers in related fields. History: In 1990 UMass-Boston & Nobles collaborated on initial funding grant. Begun as a 7 day program serving students from Boston Public School sand Lawrence Public Schools. Today, UBMS just serves LPS.
Program Model: • 2-3 summer commitment and 3 year Saturday commitment • Academic day mirrors that of Nobles • Focus on Math/ Science. electives include ASL, Computer Science, Writing. • Evolving to become a Research-Based Program. • College Readiness Saturday Program : SAT Prep/Environmental Science , American Sign Language, College Applications and FAFSA Applications Academic Year: After-School Tutoring (Math, Science, English)
Partnerships UBMA shares partnerships with Noble and Greenough School and Lawrence Public School: • Lawrence High School • 72 High School Students enrolled in our summer and academic year program(grades 10th-12th) • 100% Free/Reduced Lunch Eligible • 10 out of 12 Faculty members in program are from Nobles. • Most of our staff are Nobles’ graduates
Demographics: Hispanic: 91.67% Asian: 5.56% Black or African American: 1.77 % White: 1% Eligibility: Low- Income & First Generation: 81.94% First -generation only: 8.33% Low - income only: 4.17%
FUNDING MODEL Federal Funding: $374,624.16 Nobles Contribution: $73,000 * The Noble and Greenough School’s contribution to the UMBS budget was to sustain the program after budget cuts. The budget cut would have severely limited our abilities to provide programming for students. Like Achieve, the UBMS receives a significant amount of in kind support from Nobles both in service and resources.
Outcomes: - 100% of students have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or better. - 90% of seniors served during the project year will have achieved at the proficient level on state assessments in reading/ language arts and math. - 94% of Participants who graduated from high school during the school year with a regular secondary school diploma will enroll in a program of postsecondary education by the fall term immediately following high school graduation.
Fiscal Challenges MGP - ➢ Competition with private schools development offices ➢ Dwindling public school funds ➢ Funders not wanting to support private school students ➢ Charging private school students to attend Achieve - ➢ Charging private school students to attend ➢ Competing Priorities within Nobles community ➢ Tie to Nobles difficult sell to Foundations and outside donors UMBS - The vulnerability of Federal Funding and federal grants being renewed every5 years ➢ Increased numbers of program are being cut. ➢ Common Fiscal Challenges: ➢ Sustainable Funding after 10 years. ➢ Not the new kid on the block anymore ➢ Foundations giving less ➢ Foundations changing priorities
Challenge #1 You secured a meeting with a foundation before submitting a grant for 15K. During the meeting the foundation is upfront about how your relationship with a private school makes you less likely to receive funding. Do you work hard to sell your organization to the foundation? If so, how? OR, do you decide your time would be better spent building relationships with individual donors and forgo the foundation route? What is the best use of your time? Why?
Challenge #2: One standard you must meet as a program is that 70% of participants who enrolled in a program of postsecondary education, by the fall term immediately following high school graduation, will attain either an associate or bachelor’s degree within six years following graduation from high school. Your program has only had 50% if students meet this criteria. In discussing this issue with graduates of the program, most students have said that money and support are at the heart of this. The Noble and Greenough School has pledged funding to help meet this criteria. What programming /staffing can you create to help graduates of the program?
Challenge #3: Currently, MGP students do not pay to attend the program, whether coming from public or private school. However, we have come upon the challenge that funders do not want to support private school students to attend “summer camp”. We are considering charging the private school families for their students to participate in MGP ($300 a week for 5 weeks). This year we are asking for donations in the amount that MGP costs from our private school families. How would you go about implementing this change? Thoughts? Ideas? Questions?
Contact Information Michael Denning - Head of Upper School, Noble and Greenough School mdenning0f@nobles.edu Edgar DeLeon - Director, Upward Bound Edgar_DeLeon@nobles.edu Stephanie Felton - Director of Development, Middle Grades Partnership sfelton@middlegradespartnership.org Nora Dowley-Liebowitz - Executive Director, Achieve nliebowitz0f@nobles.edu
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