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Community Partner On-boarding. FALL, 2012 SESSION. www. SprocketsSaintPaul.org. Database and Quality. 22 organizations Cityspan, managed by Wilder Tracks participation and demographic info Aggregate school data for organizations Foundational Skills workshops
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Community Partner On-boarding FALL, 2012 SESSION
Database and Quality • 22 organizations • Cityspan, managed by Wilder • Tracks participation and demographic info • Aggregate school data for organizations • Foundational Skills workshops • Youth Program Quality Assessment • Quality Coaching • After-school cohort
Office of Family Engagement And Community Partnerships Gayle J. Smaller, Special Projects Coordinator gayle.smaller@spps.org
What is a partnership? A mutually beneficial relationshipbetween Saint Paul Public Schools and an external entity with the primary goal of improving learner success.
Why are partnerships important? • Partnerships are essential to learner success: • They provide additional extracurricular activities for our students • They help the community participate in the education of our students • They provide students to culturally rich learning opportunities schools are unable to provide because of a lack of resources
DAT Recommendations Recommendation 1 Recommendation 2 Superintendent as partnership champion: • A cultural shift creating accountability for partnerships, making them strategic and coordinated. • Commitment of financial resources • Establish a community advisory team District-wide infrastructure that includes: • Staffing support • Infrastructure for organizing partnerships • Resources or toolkit to manage partnerships
Infrastructure Includes: • Single point of entry for partnership Intake • New partner routing process • On-boarding process for all partners and internal stakeholders • Single district-wide partnership database (including online portfolios) • Registration process for ALL community partners
InfrastructureObjectives • New Partner routing process • On-boarding process for all partners and relevant internal staff • Single point of entry for partnership Intake • Single district-wide partnership database (including online portfolios) • Registration process for ALL community partners • Align Partners with Strong Schools, Strong Communities
Partnerships should: • Align with SPPS goals • Assist with providing a more holistic education to our students • Support principals, teachers and families with student development
Becoming a partner • Fill out online registration form • Schedule informational interview with partnership team • Review and sign partnership agreement • Partnership team submits PA for superintendent approval • Partnership letter is sent to partnering organization leadership • Organization receives authorization letter within 10 days
Communications, Marketing & Development Julie Schultz Brown, Director Julieschultz.brown@spps.org
Our Role: • Grant development • Letters of support • Routing of MOU’s
Letters of Support • Key Consideration for Letters of Support: TIME - Please notify us at least 10 business days before due
To process a request for a letter of support, you will need to submit: • A draft of the letter of support • A Request for Proposal (the application package for the grant you're applying for) • A draft of the grant • A draft of the budget
Our Department Will: • Review and revise as necessary • Determine the signatures necessary and route paperwork • Return original signed letter according to your directions • Please contact julieschultz.brown@spps.org for help with these requests.
Community Education Lynn Gallandat, Director lynn.gallandat@spps.org
Our Approach When we partner we think about: • The needs and wants of schools, families, students, teachers and community members • Assets and gaps in a community or attendance area • How an organization could enrich and extend programs/services • Specific program, license or grant requirements
Community Education Programs in St. Paul Early learning and parent support programming • Early Childhood and Family Education (ECFE) for parents and their children ages birth to five. Youth development programming • School age childcare—Discovery Club • Service Learning (bringing classroom and community learning together) • 21st Century Community Learning Centers and Youth Enrichment (out-of-school time and summer programs) Adult Learning programming • Adult Basic Education (Adult Academics, ELL, Workforce preparation and GED testing) • Adults with Disabilities (SEED, CLEAR and Culture Club) • Adult Enrichment (educational, recreational and cultural activities/classes) and classes for senior citizens
Community Ed. Contacts • Adult Basic EducationKaren Gerdinkaren.gerdin@spps.org • Adults with DisabilitiesFaye Nortonfaye.norton@spps.org • Adult EnrichmentKristin Kellerkristin.keller@spps.org • Discovery ClubPenny Nielsenpenny.nielsen@spps.org • Early Childhood and Family EducationDonald Sysyn donald.sysyn@spps.org • 21st Century Learning CentersDeb Campobassodeb.campobasso@spps.org • Youth EnrichmentShaun Walshshaun.walsh@spps.org