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Diplomas Now City Wide Executive Team: Best Practices. Sketch. Things We Do Together Things We Do Separately Changing Practice Pushing the Envelope Assume: This is work that must be done together. Meet the Team (2011-12). Together. Shared responsibilities
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Sketch • Things We Do Together • Things We Do Separately • Changing Practice • Pushing the Envelope • Assume: This is work that must be done together.
Together • Shared responsibilities • Recruitment, Resourcing, Accountability, District relationship, Long term vision (1-2 years out), Schools not kids • Communication • Sharing resources • Human capital • Meet regularly • Standing Agenda • Progress toward goals (ex. Recruitment, School Data), Building the NY organization, Upcoming Calendar Events, Partnerships, Misc • Plan AllTeam • Coaching performance of teams • Shared language (ex. Off Track v Tiered Interventions) • Break bread
We Wish We Were Doing Together • More regular communication • Better Shared Understanding of Local Politics • Sharing District Relationships • More Clarity in Defining the City Year Roles of ED and Managing Director
What We Need to Do Separately • Manage employees • Interact with national supervisors • Hiring • Spokeperson for own organization locally
Changing Practice • Shared presentations to funders • Reaching out to partners in work (UW, College Summit) • Merging workstreams • CM attending TD curriculum trainings • Data sharing (internally and externally) • Mapping organizational goals to larger DN • Shifting Language/Model Expectations • Data and how it relates to goals and expectations • Each partner’s core interest satisfied by the collaboration
Pushing the Envelope • Do we want a DN office/staff? • How do we run a city-wide financial plan? • What is our endgame in recruitment? • What is the division of labor between national leadership and city wide exec teams? • What messages about the collaboration come from national? • Interaction with the State DoE • How does DN operate in a charter environment? • Endgame in Collaboration – Where is DN in 3 to 5 years?