Harvard Achievement Support Initiative

1. Harvard Achievement Support Initiative

2. Impetus for Partnership Harvard Achievement Support Initiative • DELTAS Triumph Collaborative: Expanded mission • Expanding services and supports to total of 42 schools • 14 schools requiring curriculum support in service to improving OST academic programming • Transitioning HASI SmartTALK: Access & Sustainability • Year 3 of 6 year grant cycle • Program approaching final deliverable form— seeking to transition program to expand access and promote sustainability

3. Smart TALK Program

4. DELTAS-HASI Shared Goals • Partnership Goal • Develop an effective continuous improvement process for meeting shared goals at the service delivery level • Implementation Goals • Implement SmartTALK program in all ten DELTAS sites • Support implementation though collaborative learning community forums and on-site coaching

5. Impetus for partnership dialogue A • What is Impetus for Partner A? • What is current status? • Strategic planning? • Core services? • Funding streams/cycle? • What is Impetus for Partner B? • What is current status? • Strategic planning? • Core services? • Funding streams/cycle? DELTAS-HASI Partnership Mapping Tool B Who is involved in the decision to partner? • Are those responsible for service-delivery at the table during planning conversations? • When is the right time to have detail-oriented dialogue to define the ‘ nitty-gritty’ of accountability (who, what, when, where, how)? • Is it clear what mission/vision conversations, communication forums, collaborative structures, content delivery methods are needed to successfully deliver services? • If some of the above are emergent, how and when will partners systematically and objectively revisit these conversations? Implementing Service Delivery C

6. DELTAS-HASI Partnership Analysis Successes • Gaps Coherence—Mission/Vision Pass 1 Communication & Collaborative Structures Pass 2 Content Delivery Pass 3

7. Revisiting partnership goals: Having courageous conversations to build on successes and address gaps D • Successes • . Coherence: Mission/Vision • . Communication & Collaborative Structures • 3. Content Delivery • Gaps • . Coherence: Mission/Vision • . Communication & Collaborative Structures • 3. Content Delivery E Reframing goals, action plans & assessments DELTAS-HASI Partnership Mapping Tool

8. Medium Medium High Low High Low Example—Coherence: Mission/Vision Indentified Gap DELTAS and HASI have differing organizational structures and scope of work How the above factors affect the pace and degree of implementation at sites were weighted differently by DELTAS and HASI Confusion and tension emerged about implementation expectations Need for clarifying conversation high on radar screen Need for clarifying conversation low on radar screen HASI DELTAS

9. Example—Communication & Collaborative Structures Identified Success Bi-monthly convening of HASI and DELTAS SmartTALK sites as a learning community seen as a strong implementation support by both organizations Build on success of collaborative learning forum 1. Implement a quarterly meeting for front line staff and direct supervisors (team approach) 2. Implement a new coaching forum that meets monthly for DELTAS Assistant Program Directors (APDs) and HASI Coaches

10. Medium Medium High Low High Low Example—Content Delivery Indentified GapLack of clarity about what fidelity to the SmartTALK model looks like. Question to be answered :What are the non-negotiables? Where can there be flexibility in implementation? Emphasis on flexibility: High Emphasis on flexibility: Low HASI DELTAS

11. DELTAS-HASI : Committed to Courageous Conversations Successes • Gaps Coherence—Mission/Vision Pass 1 Communication & Collaborative Structures Pass 2 Content Delivery Pass 3