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Early Warning Indicator
System
Community Partnerships
John Traynor, Gonzaga University
Using EWS data to partner
New focus on partnering with community
Annual
Reporting Form for Community Partners
Annual
Report on Community Partnerships to
School Board
Updated
MOU’s to include:
- Data Sharing Agreements
- Parental Consent Forms to Share Data
Using EWS data to partner
Held
3 community meetings involving 50 – 60
representatives from CBOs, Schools, Funders,
Government and School Board (funded by
Priority Spokane – JP Morgan Chase Foundation)
Meeting
Goals:
Identify ways to partner together
Develop
shared data points
Build Trust/Relationships
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2012-13 Tipping Points for 7th and 8th Graders
Tipping Point
Number of Students
Grade 7
Grade 8
Percent of Students
Grade 7
Grade 8
A’s (Attendance)
138
150
6.9 %
7.5%
B’s (Behavior)
239
287
11.9%
14%
C’s (Course
Completion)
344
373
17%
18.6%
• How does your program impact Attendance, Behavior, Course
Completion or more than one of these factors?
• How does your organization currently use data?
• What data do WE ALL want to keep an eye on in order to serve our
kids in ways that support student well-being and success?
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Sample Partnerships
Department of Social and Health Services Foster Care
Children/Youth
Treehouse
Special Programs office (SPS)
Title VII Indian Education
Native Project
Director of Indian Education (SPS)
Achieve Gape Intervention Specialists (AGIS) – Academic
Mentors
Community Attendance Support Teams (CAST)
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Sample Partner Uses
Boys and Girls Club of Spokane
Communities in Schools
Empire Health Foundation
Community Partners for Middle School Success (RFP
requiring use of SPS EWS)
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Key challenges and successes:
Challenges:
Sharing
the data
Engaging
youth
and parents
directly in the
conversation
Using
For
data
evaluation
To case manage
Successes:
United Way funding process
Annual SPS report
New resources
District strategic plan
School Board Member Engagement
Ongoing School-Community Partnership
Committee meetings
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Lessons learned:
Benefit
of building strong
relationships between community
and schools with shared planning
Be
willing to take risks
Be
opportunistic
Sharing
data increases
engagement and partnerships