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Understanding the Network Part 2: Elevating Efforts as an Illinois 60 by 25 Network Leadership Community

Lynne Haeffele, McLean County Darryl Hogue, MORE Edith Njuguna, EdSystems Sam Nelson, ISAC

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ILLINOIS 60 by 25 NETWORK OVERVIEW

What is 60 by 25? “…the P-20 Council’s goal of ensuring that 60%

• f all Illinois adults have a high quality

postsecondary degree or credential by 2025.”

What is the Illinois 60 by 25 Network?

A growing network of communities in Illinois that are committed to reaching the 60 by 2025 goal A community of practice to help local and regional teams accelerate progress towards the goal A powerful peer-to-peer learning network for communities to improve college and career readiness and postsecondary completion rates

Network Organizers

Illinois 60 by 25 Network Leadership Communities

2015 Aurora Regional Pathways to Prosperity East Side Aligned Health Professions Education Consortium of Lake County NW Educational Council for Student Success Peoria Pathways to Prosperity NCI/Starved Rock Region 2016 McLean County MORE in the Mississippi and Rock River Region 2017 Enlace Chicago OAI/Rich Township District 227 Rockford Thrive Chicago Vermilion County 2018 Sangamon County Continuum of Learning 2019 Vandalia ONE

McLean COUNTY

Who is involved?

• McLean County Chamber of Commerce (backbone)
• McLean County COMPACT
• Regional Planning Commission
• Economic Development Council
• Illinois State and Illinois Wesleyan Universities
• Heartland Community College and Lincoln College
• County school districts/Bloomington Area Career Center
• ROE 17
• United Way/other county service organizations
• Career Link
• Various employers

Why did McLean County become a Leadership Community?

• Identified need for workforce development
• Common/overlapping talent pipeline goals across

multiple entities, often competing for participation and resources

• Interest in career pathways development among school

districts

• Previous working experience with the Lumina

Foundation and their 60 by 25 national efforts

Benefits of Becoming a Leadership Community

• Coordinated strategic planning
• New streamlined structures and processes
• Dedicated full-time staffing
• Networking among partners, creating collaborative rather

than competitive efforts

• Example: New employability skills curriculum available through

Heartland Community College to all partners

• Access to grant opportunities and technical assistance

through NIU’s EdSystems Center

• Learning from other Leadership Communities

Strategic Planning: Sample Logic Model

MORE Making Opportunities Real for Everyone in the Rock & Mississippi River Region

60 BY 25 L E ADE RSHI P COMMUNI T Y-

MORE

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• r Eve ryo ne in the

Ro c k a nd Mississippi Rive r Re g io n

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llino is Dixo n, I L to Clinto n, I A

18 HS a t White side Are a Ca re e r Ce nte r, Sa uk

Va lle y CC, Mo rriso n T e c h, Sa uk Cha mb e r, Clinto n Re g io na l De v. Co rp a nd a re a e mplo ye rs

Why be c ome a le ade r ship c ommunity?

Sa w va lue in re g io na l e ffo rts Be lie ve d the impa c t wo uld b e g re a te r with

multiple sta ke ho lde rs

Are a e mplo ye rs ne e de d wo rke rs Sc ho o ls wa nte d to suppo rt hig he r e d a nd

a re a e mplo ye rs Are a e mplo ye rs ne e de d wo rke rs

Be lie ve d HS stude nts c o uld b e ne fit fro m

pa rtne rships

BE NE F I T S F OR L E ADE RSHI P COMMUNI T I E S

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ra ining fo r c o lle c tive impa c t pa rtne rships fro m E d. Syste ms

Re g io na l pa rtne rships impa c te d pub lic e duc a tio n, hig he r

e duc a tio n, e mplo ye rs a nd pa rtne ring c o mmunitie s (Sa uk Re g io n is a kno wn le a de r pa rtne rship a c tivitie s)

Gra nt funde d pro je c ts e xc lusive ly fo r le a de rship

c o mmunitie s (T ra nsitio na l ma th, HS c a re e r pa thwa y e ndo rse me nts, e q uipme nt fo r sc ho o ls, a nd na tio na l wo rkfo rc e c o nfe re nc e s- JF F )

Jo b s fo r stude nts F

illing va c a nt jo b s

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nc re a se d hig he r e duc a tio n e nro llme nt

Pa rtne rships with a re a sta ke ho lde rs ha ve pro duc e d

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