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Three Unique School Corporations. Teacher Feedback. What is Community Commitment to Education?.
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Three Unique School Corporations Teacher Feedback
What is Community Commitment to Education? Community Commitment to Education is a partnership among Greater Lafayette Commerce, United Way of Greater Lafayette, and our three local community school corporations designed to motivate our community to engage in our students’ academic success.
Phase 1-Read to Succeed Read to Succeed Focus Read to Succeed places volunteers in local schools to focus on improving early grade reading skills • 3rd grade is a focal point because: Until 3rd grade, learn to read; after 3rd grade, read to learn • “Academic success, as defined by high school graduation, can be predicted with reasonable accuracy by knowing someone's reading skill at the end of grade 3 (Slavin et al., 1994).”
Business Opportunities Businesses can choose one or more partnering option. Our partners: • Provide financial support • Allow their employees to volunteer 1 hr/week • Adopt education friendly business policies
Read to Succeed Partners Gold Partners Alcoa City of Lafayette Cook Medical Henriott Group Purdue Research Park Stuart and Branigin The Journal & Courier Wabash National Wal-Mart WLFI TV 18 Bronze Partners CityBus Fairfield Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health Improved Pharma Ivy Tech Community College Kirby Risk Lafayette Savings Bank Purdue Federal Credit Union School Date Books Subaru of Indiana Automotive Silver Partners Caterpillar Inc. Lafayette Bank & Trust
Read to Succeed Partners Advantage Title, Inc. Alorica Arni’s Auto Express Bauer Family Resources Crisis Center & 211 Eight38 Sign Co Evonik Corporation Family Services Inc. Food Finders Food Bank Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Hanna Community Center Indiana University Health Kathy Mayer Writing Lafayette Rotary 3411 Lafayette Transitional Housing Center M.A.I.L. Inc. Manpower Old National Bank Radian Research Red Fox Flowers Regions Bank Riggs Community Health Center Stanley Steemer Tippecanoe County Childcare Tucker Insurance Wabash Center WBAA YWCA
Volunteer Description What is expected of a volunteer? Volunteer one hour per week Attend training Regular attendance Follow instruction of the teacher What are the benefits? Contributing to the betterment of students in our community Developing assets for youth Creating an educated workforce for our community The word of the day is “VOLUNTEER”
Teacher Feedback “It feels wonderful as a teacher to see the community caring so much.”
Teacher Feedback “I think it’s great for people outside of the school setting to learn what is happening in the schools. A lot has changed since they were in kindergarten.”
Volunteer feedback "I love volunteering with Mrs. Huffman’s class! They are a joy and they are the best part of my week!“ “It is so rewarding to give the students encouragement. I get the impression, the way they soak it up, they really need someone to look them in the eye and smile and encourage them.” “Parent involvement is very important and that’s not here all the time. So there needs to be somebody else in that child’s life that needs to push a little and encourage.”
Volunteer feedback “Read to Succeed has been great. I love that it gets me out of my normal environment and helps me to be even more aware of the community.”
Jamie Vollmer The Next Step Vollmer’s List We have added numerous responsibilities to schools without adding a single minute to the school calendar in six decades.
Media Coverage The Next Step
Read to Succeed - Impact on Stakeholders The Next Step • Student • Teacher • Volunteer • Community
Community Commitment to Education is about Alignment The Next Step • No one can do this alone • Working together-collaborating, cooperating, coordinating • Having a clear, simple, widely accepted goal-3rd graders reading • Rallying point for the community-the flag on the hill • To succeed, everyone has to join the fun!