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Opportunities and challenges for school-based community transformation

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 All children growing up in the Austin Promise

Neighborhood have access to effective schools and strong systems of family and community support that will prepare them to attain an excellent education and successfully transition to college and career.

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 Build a continuum of academic and

community supports with strong schools at the center

 Integrate programs and break down silos

between agencies

 Develop the local infrastructure of systems

and resources needed to sustain and scale up proven, effective solutions

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Conduct a comprehensive needs assessment and segmentation analysis

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Develop a plan to deliver a continuum of solutions with the potential to drive results

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Establish effective partnerships both to provide solutions along the continuum and to commit resources to sustain and scale up what works

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Plan, build, adapt, or expand a longitudinal data system that will provide information that the grantee will use for learning, continuous improvement, and accountability

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Engage students, parents, teachers, residents, and leaders in the planning process

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Needs Assessment & Segmentation Analysis

 Purpose

• To collect the baseline Promise

Neighborhood indicators

• To identify the high-, medium-,

and low-need students, families, and areas of the neighborhood.

Potential Partners

• CPS
• WHA
• UIC
• Erikson Institute

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Plan to Deliver the Continuum of Solutions Potential Partners

• All ACT Participants

deemed to have effective programs

• School principals
• LSC members

 Purpose

• To align schools with effective

community programs and services in order to achieve results

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Establish Effective Partnerships

 Purpose

• Establish long-term

programmatic commitments from community partners

• Develop long-term funding

streams from public and private sources

• Sustain and scale-up effective

programs

Potential Partners

• All ACT Participants

deemed to have effective programs

• CPS
• Public agencies at the City,

County, State, and Federal Level

• Foundations and

Corporate funders

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Longitudinal Data System Potential Partners

• All participating ACT

service providers

• CPS Office of

Research, Evaluation, and Accountability

 Purpose

• Develop a community-wide, inter-
• rganizational data system with

student- and family-level data

• Build capacity to track the impact
• f in-school efforts and

community-based programs on academic, health, and development outcomes.

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Community Engagement

 Purpose

• To build support for improving

education in the community

• To ensure parents and families

provide input and feedback for the Austin Promise Neighborhood

Potential Partners

• Westside Health Authority
• South Austin Coalition
• COFI
• Austin Childcare Providers’

Network

• CPS

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 Oversight and management  Coordinating community service providers

with neighborhood schools

 Collecting assessment data in a timely

manner

 Up-front investment of time and resources

from partner organizations

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 Community Engagement

• Present Promise Neighborhood planning process

to school administrators, teachers, and parents

• Build capacity of Education Committee to

manage and oversee the planning process

 Longitudinal data system

• Assess what types of data potential partners

collect regarding their programs

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 U.S. Department of Education

• www2.ed.gov/programs/promiseneighborhoods/index.html

 Promise Neighborhoods Institute

• promiseneighborhoodsinstitute.org

 Harlem Children’s Zone

• www.hcz.org

 St. Paul Promise Neighborhood

• http://www.wilder.org/promiseneighborhood.0.html

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