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The Ready by 21 Challenge
®
To change the odds for youth by
changing the way we do business…
The Essential Role of
School/Community Partnerships
February 19, 2009
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TODAY’S SESSION
The National Partnership
The Key Ideas
Discussion:
The Essential Role of
School/Community Partnerships
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THE NATIONAL
PARTNERSHIP
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Forum for Youth Investment
Nonprofit, nonpartisan “action tank” dedicated to
helping communities and the nation make sure all
young people are Ready by 21 – ready for college,
work and life.
• Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
• 30+ staff headed by prominent national leaders
• Adjunct office in Michigan (Center for Youth Program Quality)
• Staff based in Seattle, Kansas City, Richmond & New York
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The Ready by 21 Partners (as of December 08)
Managing
partner
MOBILIZATION PARTNERS
United Way of America (signature partner)
American Assoc. of School Administrators
America’s Promise Alliance
Corporate Voices for Working Families
National Collaboration for Youth
National Conference of State Legislatures
Signature partner
Mobilization
partners
TECHNICAL PARTNERS
The Search Institute (40 Assets)
Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality
Youth Pathways Consortium
(Child Trends, The Finance Project &
The Aspen Roundtable)
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Technical/
Research
partners
THE KEY IDEAS
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OUR THEORY
OF CHANGE:
Changing the Odds for Youth by
Changing the Way We Do Business
Change the odds
for youth
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Change the landscape
of communities
Change the way
we do business
OUR THEORY
OF CHANGE:
Changing the Odds for Youth by
Changing the Way We Do Business
Educators, Businesses,
The small gear
Public Service Agencies,
makes aProviders,
big
Community
Public Officials,
difference
Funders, Advocates,
Faith Institutions,
Community Catalysts,
Families, Young People
CHILDREN &
YOUTH
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Are they Ready?
Change the odds
for youth
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Change the landscape
of communities
Change the way
we do business
Too Few Young People are Ready
Researchers Gambone, Connell & Klem (2002) estimate that
only 4 in 10 are doing well in their early 20s.
22% are doing poorly in two life
areas and not well in any
• Productivity: High school diploma
or less, are unemployed, on welfare
• Health: Poor health, bad health
habits, unsupportive relationships
• Connectedness: Commit illegal
activity once a month
Doing Poorly
22%
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43% are doing well in two life
areas and okay in one
• Productivity: Attend college, work
steadily
• Health: Good health, positive health
habits, healthy relationships
• Connectedness: Volunteer,
politically active, active in religious
institutions, active in community
In the Middle
35%
Doing Well
43%
Are They Getting the
Supports They Need?
Change the odds
for youth
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Change the landscape
of communities
Change the way
we do business
We Know What it Takes
to Support Development
• The National Research Council reports that teens need:
• Physical and Psychological Safety
• Appropriate Structure
• Supportive Relationships
• Opportunities to Belong
• Positive Social Norms
• Support for Efficacy and Mattering
• Opportunities for Skill-Building
• Integration of Family, School and Community efforts
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Do these Supports Really Make
a Difference? Even in Adolescence?
ABSOLUTELY
Gambone and colleagues
show that youth with
supportive relationships
as they enter high school
are 5 times more likely
to leave high school “ready”
than those with weak
relationships…
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40
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30
25
20
15
10
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SOURCE: Finding Out What Matters for Youth:
Testing Key Links in a Community Action Framework for Youth Development
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Youth with Supportive
Relationships
Youth with Unsupportive
Relationships
Ready by End of 12th Grade
Not Ready
Do these Supports Make
a Difference in Adulthood?
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… and those
seniors who were
“ready” at the end
of high school were
more than 4 times
as likely to be
doing well as young
adults.
SOURCE: Finding Out What Matters for Youth:
Testing Key Links in a Community Action Framework for Youth Development
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20
10
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Ready by 21
Not Ready by 21
Good Young Adult Outcomes
Poor Young Adult Outcomes
Providing These Supports
CAN Change the Odds
Gambone/Connell’s research suggests that if all young people got the
supports they needed in early adolescence, the picture could change…
from 4 in 10
doing well
to 7 in 10
doing well
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Effective leaders
Change the odds
for youth
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Change the landscape
of communities
Change the way
we do business
Business as Usual
… See a Problem, Convene a Task Force, Create a Program…
Has Created a Tangle of Inefficiencies
Children’s Services in Los Angeles County
SOURCE:
Margaret Dunkle
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Collaborations
Task
Force on
Violence
Rochester
Children’s
Collab.
Early
Childhood
Develop I.
Advocacy
Perinatal
Community
Consortium
Counselor’s
Consortium
Domestic
Violence
Consortium
Positive
Outcomes
for youth &
families
Roch.
Service
Enterprise
Delivery
Communit
Community
Mobilization
Rochester
Effectiveness
Partnership
RAEYC
YRBS
Group
RECAP
Communit
y Profile
HW &
Tutoring
Round
Table
Runaway
&
Student
Homeles
Assistance
s Youth
Prof.
Diversion
Ser
Collaborati Provider
ve
Preventive
Services
Coalition
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Juvenile
Justice
Council
Health
Action
Interagenc
y Council
Cross SystemsRochester‘
Change s Child
Reclaimin
g
Youth
Youth
2000
Youth
Services
Quality C.
Monroe
Cty. Sch
& Comm.
Health Ed.
Network
Perinatal
Substance
Abuse
Coalition
Children &
Family Serv.
Subcomm.
Adult
Services
Subcomm.
CASAS
Providers
Reg. 2
Preventive
Provid.N
Student
Asst. Prof.
Greater Roch.
Area
OASAS
Prevention
Initiative
PCIC
CHANGE
Homeless
Services
Network
SACSI
CCSI
TIER II
Continuous
Improvement
Best
Practice
Mentoring
Round
Table
Domestic
Violence
Partnership
Not Me
Not
Now
Transition
s Collab.
SDFSCA
Planning
Committees
Homeless
Continuu
m of care
Impl.
Team
Evaluation
Do Right by
Kids campaign
MCTP
y Zone P.
REE
P
Comm.
Asset
Network
NBN
N.E.T.
City
Violence
Initiativ
e
America’s
Promise
Community
Service
Board
School
Health
Leadershi
p Team
United
Neighborhoo
d Centers Of
Greater
Roch.
Board
of
Health
To Help All of Us Think Differently
the more we focus (on narrow pieces),
the more we fragment (the responses),
the more we fail (our children and youth).
C=DxVxP
Change = Dissatisfaction x Vision x Plan
The Harvard Change Model suggests that the likelihood
of change increases exponentially as any of these factors gets stronger.
But disconnected change efforts may actually dissipate the energy for change.
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Changing the Way We Do Business
Think Differently
focus & prioritize differently with a
BIG PICTURE APPROACH
so that together we can
Act Differently
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SET BIGGER GOALS
BE BETTER PARTNERS
USE BOLDER STRATEGIES
THE BIG PICTURE
APPROACH
Bringing Precision
to our Passion
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A Big Picture Approach
Civic
Outcome
Social
Areas
Emotional
Physical
Vocational
Cognitive
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Ages
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At its best, school only fills
a portion of developmental space
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School
Morning
After
School
...
Times of Day
Night
Insulating the Education Pipeline:
moving beyond afterschool to define and develop a continuum of basic and
enrichment supports to endure that young people are ready for college,
work and life
BASIC SERVICES: e.g., transportation, health, housing, financial
EDUCATION PIPELINE * * * EDUCATION PIPELINE * * EDUCATION PIPELINE
Early
Childhood
Child care
Providers
Post
Secondary
K – 12 System
After-school
Programs
Civic/Social/Work
Opportunities
Social & Strategic Placement
Supports
& Coaching
ENRICHMENT SUPPORTS
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Work &
Career
Big Tent: Who is Responsible for the Rest?
• Families
• Peer Groups
• Schools and Training Organizations
• Higher Education
• Youth-Serving Organizations
• CBOs (Non-Profit Service Providers and Associations)
• Businesses (Jobs, Internships and Apprenticeships)
• Faith-Based Organizations
• Libraries, Parks, and Recreation Departments
• Community-Based Health and Social Service Agencies
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THE BIG PICTURE
APPROACH
An example
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Moving Principles into Practice
ABOUT YOUTH
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Invest early and often.
Support the whole child.
Focus attention on those
most in need.
Build on strengths, don’t
just focus on problemreduction.
ABOUT COMMUNITY
SUPPORTS
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Children don’t grow up in
programs, they grow up in
families & communities.
Support a full range of
learning opportunities,
formal/informal, in school
and out.
Assess and improve quality,
reach and impact across all
the places young people
spend their time.
Recruit, train and retain
good staff.
ABOUT LEADERS
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See youth and
families as change
agents, not clients.
Engage all sectors
and stakeholders.
Coordinate efforts,
align resources.
Inspire and inform
the public.
From Core Principles
to Common Language
Example Language
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From Core Principles
to Common Language
Using a Youth-Centered Closet
Organizer
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Take Aim on the Big Picture
How are Young People Doing?
Pre-K
0–5
Ready for
College
LEARNING
Ready for
Work
WORKING
THRIVING
Ready for
Life
CONNECTING
LEADING
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SchoolAge
6–10
Middle
School
11–14
High
School
15–18
Young
Adults
19–21+
Traditional Approach: Pick One Area
Pre-K
0–5
Ready
for
College
LEARNING
Ready
for Work
WORKING
THRIVING
Ready
for Life
CONNECTING
LEADING
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Children
Enter School
Ready to
Learn
SchoolAge
6–10
Middle
School
11–14
High
School
15–18
Young
Adults
19–21+
But What Happened to the Rest of the Picture?
Children Enter
School Ready
to Learn
Pre-K
0–5
Ready
for
College
LEARNING
Ready
for Work
WORKING
THRIVING
Ready
for Life
CONNECTING
LEADING
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Children
Enter School
Ready to
Learn
SchoolAge
6–10
Middle
School
11–14
High
School
15–18
Young
Adults
19–21+
Alternative:
Learning to Focus Differently
Pre-K
0–5
Ready for
College
LEARNING
Ready for
Work
WORKING
SchoolAge
6–10
Middle
School
11–14
High
School
15–18
Young
Adults
19–21+
Shifting
Red to Yellow,
Yellow to
Green
THRIVING
Ready for
Life
CONNECTING
LEADING
Pre-K
0–5
Ready for
College
LEARNING
Ready for
Work
WORKING
THRIVING
Ready for
Life
CONNECTING
LEADING
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SchoolAge
6–10
Middle
School
11–14
High
School
15–18
Young
Adults
19–21+
Take Stock of Public and Private Community Supports
Using a Common Set of Performance Measures
Setting A Setting B Setting C Setting D Setting E
Safe Places
Caring Adults
Opportunities to Help
Others
Effective Education
Healthy Start
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STARTING POINTS
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The Leadership Engagement Circle
4 key steps to helping leaders increase their effectiveness
ACTION AREAS
CONNECTIONS
Facilitate
connections
Champion
12 action
areas
Improved
leader
outcomes
CRITICAL
TASKS
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Support 12
critical tasks
Provide
leadership
engagement
opportunities
ENGAGEMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Ready by 21 National Partnership
The Action Areas
CHILDREN &
YOUTH
OUTCOMES
ACCOUNTABILITY
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Increase and sustain
school readiness
Improve well-being and
civic engagement;
reduce risky behaviors
Improve college and
workforce readiness
and success
Close performance
gaps
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FAMILY,
SCHOOL &
COMMUNITY
LEADERS
SUPPORTS
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Provide early and
sustained supports
Expand and coordinate
learning opportunities in
school and out
Create alternative
pathways to success
Improve quality, equity &
access
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Increase capacity for
data-driven performance
management
Increase returns on
current investments and
increase targeted, highpayoff investments
Increase youth, family
and public engagement
Strengthen and diversify
coordinating bodies,
partnerships, and leaders
Critical Tasks for Planning & Action
The Forum couples field knowledge with conceptual, practical and “power”
tools to help state and local leaders quickly organize available information
(about youth outcomes, community supports and current initiatives and
resources) to support data-driven “big picture” planning and accountability.
• Take Aim
• Take Stock
• Target Action
• Track Progress
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Precision tools
Take Aim, Take Stock, Plan Action & Track Progress
How are Young People Doing?
How are Communities Doing in Ensuring Supports?
How are Leaders Doing?
Selecting indicators
Developing report cards
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Tracking Participation
Mapping the Program Landscape Diagnostics & Readiness
Assessments
Assessing & Improving Quality
Mapping the Youth Work Workforce
The
Ready by 21
Challenge:
Changing the Odds for Youth by
Changing the Way We Do Business
Remember:
Moving the Small Gear
Makes a BIG Difference
Change the odds
for youth
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Change the landscape
of communities
Change the way
we do business
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Panelist Slides:
Corporate Voices for
Working Families
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New Employer Survey Finds
Skills in Short Supply
On page after page, the answer to the report
– Are They Really Ready to Work? –
was a disturbing “NO.”
Employers ranked 20 skill areas in order of importance.
The top skills fell into five categories:
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Professionalism/Work Ethic
Teamwork/Collaboration
Oral Communications
Ethics/Social Responsibility
Reading Comprehension
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Employers Find These Skills
in Short Supply
• 7 in 10 employers saw these skills as critical for entry-
level high school graduates
8 in 10 as critical for two-year college graduates,
more than 9 in 10 as critical for four-year graduates.
• Employers reported that 4 in 10 high school graduates
were deficient in these areas
Note: Only 1 in 4 of four-year college graduates
were highly qualified.
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