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1. Network A Plan for Collaborative Action Presentation to 2010
College Goal Sunday Forum
2. Context Jeanna Keller
Lumina Foundation for Education
3. The Situation in the United States Citations:
Eighty percent of students aspire to college (U.S. Department of Education)
Forty-two percent arent sure how to achieve their goals (Alliance for Youth)Citations:
Eighty percent of students aspire to college (U.S. Department of Education)
Forty-two percent arent sure how to achieve their goals (Alliance for Youth)
4. The Situation Internationally Citation: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentCitation: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
5. The Big Goal Similarly, the Obama Administration has set a goal to again be the country graduating the most students from college by 2020.Similarly, the Obama Administration has set a goal to again be the country graduating the most students from college by 2020.
6. Twenty-first Century Students A pool of talented people who will make a difference in America
VS.
Deficit model of under-represented and under-served.
7. Lumina Foundations Strategic Plan Three critical outcomes lead to achievement of
the big goal:
Students are prepared academically, financially and socially for success in education beyond high school.
Higher education completion rates are improved significantly.
Higher education productivity is increased to expand capacity and serve more students.
Notes: KnowHow2GO addresses the first of these three outcomes.
Script: To reach our Big Goal, the nation must produce the three critical outcomes by 2025 that are shown here. Think of these outcomes as the pipeline of services.
The majority of you here today support Outcome #1 students prepared academically, financially and socially for postsecondary education success.
Under #1, we are working in several areas:
To encourage the alignment and assessment of curricula standards
To build statewide networks to support the caring adults infrastructure of direct service programs and to advocate and build public will around policy that supports the Big Goal
To directly address the financial piece of #1 advocate for financial aid of need-based vs. merit
Do you know where your state and local systems fall in supporting access policy issues?Notes: KnowHow2GO addresses the first of these three outcomes.
Script: To reach our Big Goal, the nation must produce the three critical outcomes by 2025 that are shown here. Think of these outcomes as the pipeline of services.
The majority of you here today support Outcome #1 students prepared academically, financially and socially for postsecondary education success.
Under #1, we are working in several areas:
To encourage the alignment and assessment of curricula standards
To build statewide networks to support the caring adults infrastructure of direct service programs and to advocate and build public will around policy that supports the Big Goal
To directly address the financial piece of #1 advocate for financial aid of need-based vs. merit
Do you know where your state and local systems fall in supporting access policy issues?
8. Definition of a Network Script: Our goal is to develop strong and sustainable college access networks in each of KnowHow2GOs 16 states and regions, according to this definition.
A lot of our network design and work is based on a book called Networks that Work by Paul Vandeventer and Myrna Mandell. Paul has a nonprofit called Community Partners in Los Angeles. He has provided technical assistance to our states as they build their networks.Script: Our goal is to develop strong and sustainable college access networks in each of KnowHow2GOs 16 states and regions, according to this definition.
A lot of our network design and work is based on a book called Networks that Work by Paul Vandeventer and Myrna Mandell. Paul has a nonprofit called Community Partners in Los Angeles. He has provided technical assistance to our states as they build their networks.
9. Network-Building Moving forward, KnowHow2GO is focusing more purposefully on creating strong, sustainable college access networks
Networks are built on five dimensions:
An infrastructure that enables members to identify and achieve a shared purpose
Service system cohesion, improvement and sustainability
Data-based decision making about priorities, policies and practices
Expertise in college and success issues, and advocacy for supportive public policies
Creation and dissemination of knowledge within the network and beyond The five dimensions were established by the Academy for Educational Development, which provides both technical assistance for network-building and evaluation of ongoing network development. The five dimensions were established by the Academy for Educational Development, which provides both technical assistance for network-building and evaluation of ongoing network development.
10. Lead Organizations by State KnowHow2GOs 16 state and regional networks are led by various types of organizations including: statewide college access networks, independent college access organizations, state government agencies, institutions of higher education and education-focused foundations.KnowHow2GOs 16 state and regional networks are led by various types of organizations including: statewide college access networks, independent college access organizations, state government agencies, institutions of higher education and education-focused foundations.
11. Potential Tools in the Toolbox Collaboration and network building
Partnership infrastructure (facilitator/convener, space, refreshments)
Incentives for shared proposal submissions
Service clearinghouses
Communications
Strategic communications technical assistance
Public/broad-based media campaigns
Polling, opinion surveys
Convening
On-going monthly or quarterly peer learning series, webinars
Thought leader forums
Information sharing web-portals and social networks
Lumina uses what we call catalytic approaches to our work -- effective practice, public policy and public will building that drive change. The implementation of these catalytic approaches rely on a range of tools at our disposal the tools in the toolbox. Tools like collaboration and network building, communications, convening that have some examples listed here of how data is incorporated in all these strategies. I think that we need to think of data beyond charts and numbers like thought leader forums, service clearinghouses, etc.
Lumina uses what we call catalytic approaches to our work -- effective practice, public policy and public will building that drive change. The implementation of these catalytic approaches rely on a range of tools at our disposal the tools in the toolbox. Tools like collaboration and network building, communications, convening that have some examples listed here of how data is incorporated in all these strategies. I think that we need to think of data beyond charts and numbers like thought leader forums, service clearinghouses, etc.
12. Potential Tools in the Toolbox Grant-making
Direct service programs, student incentives, scholarships, last dollar funds
Intermediary, technical assistance
Capacity building
Mission-related investments
Infrastructure for fee-for-service data analysis systems
Research
Data collection infrastructure
Point-in time analysis (inc. staffing, data management, fees, etc.)
Evaluation
Needs assessment, scans
Formative evaluation to refine strategy
Summative evaluation for case-making
Internal evaluation capacity-building
Other tools that we use include grant-making, mission-related investments, research and evaluation., with some possible intersections with various kinds of data collection, again thinking broadly about the kinds of data that could be collected and formats inventories, surveys, reports.
As other funders we would like to challenge you to find your point of intersection on how you can tackle using data to drive change. Turn it back to Chris to get you involved. Other tools that we use include grant-making, mission-related investments, research and evaluation., with some possible intersections with various kinds of data collection, again thinking broadly about the kinds of data that could be collected and formats inventories, surveys, reports.
As other funders we would like to challenge you to find your point of intersection on how you can tackle using data to drive change. Turn it back to Chris to get you involved.
13. Policy Pyramind
14. Public Will Building Model
15. Potential Network Members Community-based and youth-serving organizations
Local education funds
TRIO, ENLACE and GEAR UP programs
YMCAs
Schools
Faith-based organizations
Higher education
Business
Individual states and regions are working closely with local education funds; TRIO, ENLACE and GEAR UP programs; and YMCAs. Moving forward, we want to formally incorporate these and other types of organizations including faith-based organizations and businesses into the networks were developing across the country.Individual states and regions are working closely with local education funds; TRIO, ENLACE and GEAR UP programs; and YMCAs. Moving forward, we want to formally incorporate these and other types of organizations including faith-based organizations and businesses into the networks were developing across the country.
16. Building a Network Kim Cook
National College Access Network
17. More Potential Members Lenders, guarantors and secondary market providers
Corporations and foundations
Scholarship providers
Policymakers, state and local agencies, and elected officials
Researchers focused on issues and initiatives in college access
State stakeholders in education including:
Organizations dedicated to financial aid and admissions
18. Purposes of a Statewide Network Program support and expansion
Coordination of services
Fundraising collaboration
Technical assistance and professional development
Share data and best practices
Common voice for policy advocacy
19. Potential Network Services
20. Network Benefits to CGS Sites Connections to community-based organizations and your target students
In-kind donations and funding leveraging as sustain your state independently
Linkages with other youth-serving organizations who can continue the access message after FAFSA completion and supplement services
21. Measurement Networks have succeeded in:
Building awareness of the four steps to college
Expanding services for low-income students
Re-granting to local organizations
Leveraging matching funds
Analyzing and advocating for policies related to their purposes This information is taken from the Academy for Educational Developments annual evaluation for 2009.This information is taken from the Academy for Educational Developments annual evaluation for 2009.
22. KnowHow2GO Resources Collateral materials
Public service announcements
Learning Community
Ning
KnowHow2GO.org and Ambassadors
Connections to national youth-serving organizations
23. How Can NCAN Help? Technical assistance
Access Inventory and Gap Analysis
Sharing of models and best practices
Networking
Collaboration-building
Research to practice
Facilitate networking and professional development
24. Bringing College Access Organizations Together In Florida
25. Florida Example Braulio Colon
ENLACE
26. The Value Of A Network: College Goal Sunday Florida
27. Results?
28. Contacts Jeanna Keller
Lumina Foundation for Education
jkeller@luminafoundation.org
Kim Cook
National College Access Network
cook@collegeaccess.org
Braulio Colon
ENLACE Florida
bcolon@enlace.usf.edu