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Power Up Your Partnerships. The Campaign to Expand School-Community Partnerships in Boston Boston Leaders for the Future of Education Innovation Incubator Proposal Presentation August 26, 2009 Hilary Brayton | James Liou | Lindsey Musen | Katie Sagarin. Statement of Need.
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Power Up Your Partnerships The Campaign to Expand School-Community Partnerships in Boston Boston Leaders for the Future of Education Innovation Incubator Proposal Presentation August 26, 2009 Hilary Brayton | James Liou| Lindsey Musen | Katie Sagarin
Statement of Need RESEARCH: School-community partnerships are important for healthy child development and academic success. NEED: school-level discrepancy in the programs and services available to children in the Boston Public Schools ALIGNMENT:BPS and City of Boston commitment to community partnerships to meet developmental and academic needs
What’s Needed: Connections and Information-Sharing Schools 1 2 3 Partnership Development Tools CBOs
Seizing the Opportunity THE OPPORTUNITY: - promotion of partnership development tools - navigation assistance for school leaders THE INNOVATIVE SOLUTION: Power Up Your Partnerships: The Campaign to Expand School-Community Partnerships in Boston
Overview of Proposal Objectives • Increase awareness of partnership development tools. • Expanduse of partnership development tools. • Enable partnership development through new or strengthened school-based partnerships.
Reaching out to Schools Educating Key Stakeholders Providing Supports Making a Political Case Power Up Your Partnerships Publicity Campaign Target Audience: School Leaders
Implementation Process 1. Gather information & advice from intermediary organizations. 2. Assemble Implementation Team. 3. Develop publicity plan. 4. Create audio, video, and print materials. 5. Carry out campaign & assist schools. 6. Evaluate process and impact.
Suggested Resources • Human resources • Project Manager • Interns: planning, development, delivery • Physical resources • Media equipment • Printing • Meeting space • Partnerships/Support • BPS offices • City Departments • Universities • CBOs • Local Foundations • Fiscal resources • Depends on scale of project and solicitation of in-kind contributions.
Long-term Impact By catalyzing school-CBO partnership development, this campaign offers: • Student benefits • Increased access to programs and services • Healthy child and youth development • Improved academic performance • System benefits • Leverage of existing resources • Improved communications • Sustainable partnerships • Efficiency of school-connected services
Long-term Impact • Advances goals of the Acceleration Agenda: • “Develop partnerships with others to support students’ academic, non-academic, and post-secondary success.” • “Accelerate academic achievement and graduation for all; close achievement and access gaps.” • “Provide effective and efficient operational and fiscal services.” • “Increase the active participation of adults in children’s education and development.” (C) Boston Public Schools, 2008
Thank You Boston Boston Leaders for the Future of Education Mayor Menino and City of Boston Dr. Carol Johnson and Boston Public Schools Tony Siddall Abby Weiss, Full-Service Schools Roundtable Marta Gredler, BPS DELTAS Chris Smith and Patricia McGuiness, Boston After School and Beyond