Transcript Our Mission - Canadian Alliance for Community Service Learning

Mission
To promote health (broadly defined) through
partnerships between communities and
higher educational institutions
At-A-Glance
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Nonprofit membership organization launched
in January ’97
11-member board of directors that follows a
policy governance model
1,800 members from communities and
campuses across Canada, the US & other
countries
Private & public funding
Staff, students & senior consultants
Goals
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Combine knowledge, wisdom & experience in communities
and in academic institutions to solve major health, social and
economic challenges
Build capacity of communities & higher educational institutions
to engage each other in authentic partnerships
Support communities in their relationships & work with
academic partners
Recognize & reward faculty for community engagement &
community-engaged scholarship
Develop partnerships that balance power & share resources
equitably among partners
Ensure community-driven social change central to servicelearning & community-based participatory research (CBPR)
Board Members
Renee Bayer, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Cynthia Barnes-Boyd, Neighborhoods Initiative, University of IllinoisChicago Great Cities Institute
Chuck Conner, West Virginia Rural Health Education Partnership
Diane Downing, Arlington County Dept. of Human Services, VA and
George Washington University, DC
Barbara Gottlieb, Brookside Community Health Center, Jamaica Plain,
MA and Harvard Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston
Ella Greene-Moton, Community-Academic Consultant, Flint, MI and
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Susan Gust, Partners Three Consulting, Minneapolis, MN
Dennis Magill, Wellesley Institute and University of Toronto, Canada
Daniel E. Korin, Lutheran Medical Center, NY
Richard W. Redman, University of Michigan School of Nursing
Douglas Simmons, University of Texas, Houston Health Science Center
Dental Branch
Framework for
Authentic Partnerships
Citation: Achieving the Promise of Authentic Community-Higher
Education Partnerships: Community Partners Speak Out! CCPH, 2007
1. Quality processes
“We are not just talking about a process that involves partners.
There needs to be a process of shared decision making.”
~ Ella Greene-Moton, Flint, MI
Relationship focused…open, honest and respectful….trustbuilding…acknowledging of history…committed to mutual
learning…sharing credit
Framework for
Authentic Partnerships
Citation: Achieving the Promise of Authentic Community-Higher
Education Partnerships: Community Partners Speak Out! CCPH, 2007
2. Meaningful outcomes that are tangible and relevant to
communities
“OK, we can work together on community-based participatory
research, but only if you support our kids in the pipeline. Bring
them to campus for programs, teach them skills they use to be
more marketable, give them academic credit.”
~ Vickie Ybarra, Toppenish, WA
Eliminating health disparities…affordable housing…education,
economic development…
Framework for
Authentic Partnerships
Citation: Achieving the Promise of Authentic Community-Higher
Education Partnerships: Community Partners Speak Out! CCPH, 2007
3. Transformation at multiple levels
“We build social capital when we’re doing this work. We don’t
often talk about that.”
~ Douglas Taylor, Atlanta, GA
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Personal transformation, including self reflection and heightened
political consciousness
Institutional transformation, including changing policies and systems
Community transformation, including community capacity building
Transformation of science and knowledge, including how knowledge is
generated, used and valued and what constitutes “evidence”
Political transformation, including social justice
Principles of
Partnership
CCPH board of directors, 1998 & 2006
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Partnerships form to serve a specific purpose and may
take on new goals over time.
Partners have agreed upon mission, values, goals,
measurable outcomes and accountability for the
partnership.
The relationship between partners is characterized by
mutual trust, respect, genuineness, and commitment.
The partnership builds upon identified strengths and
assets, but also works to address needs and increase
capacity of all partners.
The partnership balances power among partners and
enables resources among partners to be shared.
Principles of
Partnership
CCPH board of directors, 1998 & 2006
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Partners make clear and open communication an ongoing
priority by striving to understand each other's needs and
self-interests, and developing a common language.
Principles and processes for the partnership are established
with the input and agreement of all partners, especially for
decision-making and conflict resolution.
There is feedback among all stakeholders in the
partnership, with the goal of continuously improving the
partnership and its outcomes.
Partners share the benefits of the partnership's
accomplishments.
Partnerships can dissolve and need to plan a process for
closure.
CCPH Strategies
 Create & expand opportunities for collaboration
and information sharing
 Promote awareness about the benefits of
community-campus partnerships
 Advocate for policies that facilitate & support
community-campus partnerships
 Support service-learning & community-based
participatory research in higher education
Multi-Site Change
Collaboratives
 Service-Learning
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Health Professions Schools in Service to the Nation Program
HPSISN Mentor-Mentee Program
Partners in Caring & Community: SL in Nursing Education
Health Disparities SL Collaborative
 Institutional change (e.g., faculty roles & rewards)
 Engaged Institutions Initiative
 Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative
 Faculty for the Engaged Campus
Multi-Site Change
Collaboratives
 Compelling case built on evidence
 Commitment and participation from leaders and other key
stakeholders at institutions that are ready to embark on a
change process
 Neutral convening body
 Funding to support the collaborative process
 Change model
 Effective structures/systems for communication and shared
learning
 Mechanisms for measuring and reporting success
 Guards against “they’re not like us” phenomenon
 Strategic linkages to broader networks for change
“Why do so many transformation efforts
produce only middling results? One
overarching reason is that leaders
typically fail to acknowledge that largescale change can take years.
Moreover, a successful change process
goes through a series of eight distinct
stages. These stages should be worked
through in sequence. Skipping steps to
try to accelerate the process invariably
causes problems.”
John Kotter, Harvard Business School
Kotter’s 8-step Process for Change
Establish Need for
Change & Sense of
Urgency
You’re in an elevator with
a (Univ. board member,
United Way board
member) and she asks
“what is SL and why
should we invest in it
anyway?”
And you say...
Urgency
Kotter’s 8-step Process for Change
Form a Powerful Guiding
Coalition & Equip with
Resources
Who is your guiding
coalition and who else
needs to be engaged?
Coalition
What resources do you
have? What resources do
you need?
Kotter’s 8-step Process for Change
Create a Vision &
Plan for Achieving
It
It’s January 2010 –
what’s the headline
in your local
newspaper?
Create Vision
Kotter’s 8-step Process for Change
Communicate the
Vision
Who knows about
you?
Who needs to know?
How and when will
you let them know?
Share Vision
Kotter’s 8-step Process for Change
Empower Others to
Act on the Vision
How can you support
others to advance the
agenda?
Empowering
Kotter’s 8-step Process for Change
Plan for and Create Shortterm Wins
Short-term Wins
Clearly recognizable victories
within the first year of a
change effort help convince
doubters that the change is
going to be worth the trouble.
What will be your short-term
wins?
How will you celebrate them?
Kotter’s 8-step Process for Change
Consolidate Gains and Produce
Still More Changes
Don’t clear victory too soon –
celebrate short-term wins but keep
the momentum going
Consolidating
Kotter’s 8-step Process for Change
Institutionalize New
Approaches & Anchor in the
Culture
If they are to stick, new
behaviors must be rooted in
the organization’s social
norms and shared values
Show people how the change
has improved outcomes they
care about
Institutionalizing
Community-Campus
Partnerships for Health
We invite you to join a growing network of communities &
campuses that are collaborating to promote health
Email us at [email protected] or
visit us online at www.ccph.info