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EDUCATION = EMPLOYMENT

Cradle 2 Career. EDUCATION = EMPLOYMENT. Economic Club of Jackson December 9, 2013. Presenters: Kevin Oxley, Superintendent, Jackson County Intermediate School District Monica Moser, President and CEO, Jackson Community Foundation Irene Ellison LeCrone, Coordinator of Cradle to Career. WHY?.

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EDUCATION = EMPLOYMENT

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  1. Cradle 2 Career EDUCATION = EMPLOYMENT Economic Club of Jackson December 9, 2013

  2. Presenters:Kevin Oxley, Superintendent, Jackson County Intermediate School DistrictMonica Moser, President and CEO, Jackson Community FoundationIrene Ellison LeCrone, Coordinator of Cradle to Career

  3. WHY?

  4. Time for a Culture of True Engagement • Schools are inviting engagement • Community members are realizing the need to accept the invitation • An honest discussion of the challenges and successes is taking place • Defining engagement through actions, not commentary

  5. Making the Case Must be urgency for change around this issue. Key Talking Points: • A direct correlation to economic development • Current approaches need revision and coordination • Potential for additional resources for community • A framework exists (LCANs)

  6. Making the Case

  7. Making the Case: International Comparisons

  8. Making the Case: Earnings and Employment in Michigan

  9. Making the Case: Educational Attainment by Race

  10. Michigan’s Student Pipeline

  11. Degrees That Pay

  12. What is a Valuable Credential and why is it important?

  13. Making the Case for Greater Focus on the School to Career Pipeline • The College and Career Access Center • Partnerships with JAMA, SCMW!, JA and the Career Center • Intentional Local School District/Business Partnerships • Purpose brings motivation

  14. How ? THE COLLECTIVEIMPACT SOLUTION

  15. There Are Several Types of Problems Complex Simple Complicated Educating Youth Following a Recipe Sending a Rocket to the Moon Social sector treats problems as simple or complicated Source: Adapted from “Getting to Maybe”

  16. IT TAKES MORE THAN PROGRAMS Isolated intervention brings only isolated impact Isolated Impact Collective Impact “Collective Impact,” Stanford Social Innovation Review, John Kania and Mark Kramer, 2011

  17. Five Elements of Collective Impact Common Agenda Shared Measurement Mutually Reinforcing Activities Continuous Communication Backbone Organizations

  18. Common Agenda

  19. Shared Measurement

  20. Mutually Reinforcing Activities

  21. Aligning Organizations INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVITIES COLLABORATIVE ACTION ACTIVITIES IN ALIGNMENT

  22. Continuous Communication

  23. Backbone Support

  24. Embracing Emergence Collectively

  25. WHAT IS ?

  26. IT’S A COMMUNITY NETWORK

  27. C2C Goals • Purpose • Preparation • Support • Post High School Education • Ready for the Work Force

  28. HOW DID GET STARTED?

  29. WHO IS ?

  30. Cradle 2 Career Executive Committee Jackson Community Foundation South Central Michigan Works! College and Career Access Center Jackson Citizens for Economic Growth Jackson County Education Association Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Jackson Area Manufacturers Association Jackson County Higher Education Alliance Jackson County Superintendent’s Association • United Way of Jackson County • Community Action Agency • Great Start Collaborative • Jackson District Library • Jackson County ISD • Enterprise Group • Jackson County • City of Jackson • Promise Zone “Common Agenda” Partners

  31. CRADLE 2 CAREER NETWORK

  32. WHAT IS DOING?

  33. Asset Mapping and Data Collection

  34. The Value of Data

  35. School Success Action Teams

  36. GOALS

  37. Early Childhood Success Goal: All children are prepared to enter kindergarten

  38. Elementary School Success Goals: Reading and Math proficiency by 4th grade Improvement in School attendance

  39. Middle School Success Goal: Students will be academically, socially, emotionally and organizationally prepared to be successful in high school & beyond

  40. High School Success Goal: GRADUATE!

  41. Post Secondary Success Goals: Enrollment Valuable Credentials

  42. Early wins:

  43. It Takes All of Us…

  44. Cradle 2 Career Irene Ellison LeCrone (517) 787-1321 ilecrone.c2c@jacksoncf.org www.jacksonc2c.org

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