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Isthmus Montessori Academy

Isthmus Montessori Academy. Advocacy Project. IMA Advocacy Project. Mission : To increase public awareness of Isthmus Montessori Academy, improve community engagement and strengthen partnerships

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Isthmus Montessori Academy

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  1. Isthmus Montessori Academy Advocacy Project

  2. IMA Advocacy Project • Mission: To increase public awareness of Isthmus Montessori Academy, improve community engagement and strengthen partnerships • The long-term goal of the IMA Advocacy Project is to integrate the Isthmus Montessori Academy into the traditional education system, which includes: • Increasing public awareness and support for IMA • Strengthening partnerships within and across sectors • Improving engagement with the community • Attaining charter (or voucher) school status

  3. IMA Advocacy Project • Balancing priorities through partnerships • Impact: Percentage change in indicators of strategic progress • Scale: Begin within IMA and expand to the Madison Metropolitan School District • Offset the achievement gap and lack of diversity by creating a collaborative community that extends access to people of all backgrounds • The ultimate aim is to increase resources and create partnerships for fiscal growth, as well as to increase civic engagement. • Implementers: Mobilizing resources to provide services • Direct aid provision: Partnership and support through governments • Innovation: Coordinating methods for social change by integrating IMA into the consciousness of society • Monitoring: Ensuring resources are used efficiently and producing effective results • Legitimacy: Create social change for viable development • Trust: Accountability measurements

  4. IMA Advocacy Project • Problem Statement • Isthmus Montessori Academy is a nonprofit school that is not a part of the traditional education system, so it does not experience the benefits of public resources and the greater community does not experience the benefits of IMA. • Goal • To achieve economic viability through increasing community engagement and strengthening partnerships.

  5. IMA Advocacy Project • Logistical Reason • Near downtown area • Accessible location for people of diverse backgrounds • Near parks and bus line • High potential for developing relationships with local communities and businesses • Located within social, economic and political environments containing like-minded people who share IMA values.

  6. IMA Advocacy Project • Rationales • IMA is a positive contributor to society. • Increasing community engagement • and strengthening cross-sector partnerships • increase options for viability. • Assumptions • The Association Montessori Internationale method is effective enough • to close the achievement gap. • Integrating the AMI method • into the traditional education system • will create social change.

  7. IMA Advocacy Project Resources Have Need • Staff • Consultants • Volunteers • Technology • Equipment • Materials • Operating Budget • Monetary Resources • Space • Adobe Creative Suites • Interns

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  10. IMA Advocacy Project • IMAAP & NGOs • Partner with NGOs focusing on education reform that are operational and potentially leverage funding through those relationships. • Source grants • Solicit funding • Community outreach • Parent education • Advocacy • Knowledge-sharing • Internship program • Resource mobilization

  11. IMA Advocacy Project • IMAAP & Communities • Community engagement • Identifying and meeting needs • Service learning projects • Coordination of events • Promotion • Awareness • Shared learning network

  12. IMA Advocacy Project • IMA Advocacy Project & Businesses • Solicit funding • Expansion • Development • Integration • Publicity • Discounts • Donations • Dual promotion

  13. IMA Advocacy Project • IMAAP & Governments • Funding • Regulations • Integration • Composting • Recycling • Charter (or voucher) status • Non-profit status(ACHIEVED!) • Extending access to low-income families

  14. IMA Advocacy Project • Research • Track how parents become aware of IMA, as well as the demand for enrollment • Qualitative research on the impacts Association Montessori Internationaleeducation has on communities in terms of civic engagement, public health and the local economy • i.e. Health benefits of organic produce vs. processed foods, fiscal benefits of buying local, mental and physical health, community development, social responsibility, intelligence, etc. • Qualitative research on the impacts of positive communication methods • i.e. Mental and physical health, community development and productivity, social responsibility, intelligence, etc. • Quantitative research which measures outcomes of AMI education vs. traditional education • i.e. Fiscal costs and benefits, civic participation, social responsibility, intelligence, physical and mental health, etc.

  15. Isthmus Montessori academy advocacy project Sara Ann Chopp

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