Lenawee Cradle to Career Leadership Team Meeting August 25, 2015
Meeting Objectives:
• Look at C2C work from 2014‐2015 and explore the goal areas that Leadership Team members can complement/add to through their business or personal efforts. • Discuss components of a Trauma Informed Community. • Review upcoming C2C work in 2015‐2016 in each goal area.
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Meeting Agenda:
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** Over 800 preschoolers across County assessed for Kindergarten Readiness with a common assessment tool Spring 2015 ** All Districts in County now using a common ATTENDANCE POLICY as a result of dialogue between District attendance takers, Superintendents, and our County Truancy Officer (Fall 2014‐ Spring 2015) ** Approximately 300 of 2014‐2015 High School Senior eligible for the TIP Scholarship
STUDENT SUCCESS NETWORK Kindergarten Readiness
Highlights from 2014‐2015: •
Granted $3,000 from the Adrian Noon Rotary to train 10 centers in Adrian on the BRIGANCE screener.
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Granted $2,000 from Lenawee United Way to train 7 centers within Lenawee County.
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17 Centers were trained – Adrian, Blissfield, Tecumseh Centers o
10 Licensed daycare/ preschools providers and 7 licensed home daycare/preschool centers.
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On August 12, Great Start held a BRIGANCE Training. In total, 10 centers (27 staff members) were trained in the 3‐5 BRIGANCE III Screener.
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On August 20, Great Start held a second BRIGANCE Training. In total 7 providers (15 staff members) were trained in the 3‐5 BRIGANCE III Screener.
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STUDENT SUCCESS NETWORK READING BY 3rd GRADE
Highlights from 2014‐2015: • Collected K‐3rd grade reading assessment data from all 11 public school districts and Lenawee Christian School • Stan Masters and the Network reviewed the data to ascertain if there are similarities in tools used • Members of the Network reached out to community partners and invited them to join Literacy Coaches in reviewing the data. o the group started the process of identifying a definition for what “proficiency in reading looks like at these grades”; this discussion will continue into 2015‐2016 6
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STUDENT SUCCESS NETWORK READING BY 3rd GRADE
Highlights from 2014‐2015 (continued): • At their August 27 retreat on MSU’s Campus, Superintendents will meet with MSU Early Reading Researchers to hear about findings from the early reading research they are engaged in including “Imagination Library” research in Jackson County over the last three years. • Network meetings will resume in September o Network members will begin to learn about the early reading work that Siena Heights University is starting o MSU Researchers will be invited to meet with this Network
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STUDENT SUCCESS NETWORK READING BY 3rd GRADE New Community Partners Added to the Reading by 3rd Grade Network: • • • • • • • • • •
Department of Housing Services (Lenawee & Monroe) Adrian Public Library Communities in Schools Tecumseh District Library Boys & Girls Club of Lenawee Lenawee Community Foundation Blissfield Public Library Rea Literacy Center Lenawee District Library Good Will industries of Southeastern Michigan 8
STUDENT SUCCESS NETWORK Post Secondary Enrollment ‐ LCAN
LCAN Programming Successes: • 2013‐2015‐Yearly increased participation in college application week o Eight schools "officially" participated in 2014, and three "unofficially“ o Goal for 2015 is to have all Lenawee County HS’s and LISD Tech Center participating.
• All schools in Lenawee County are at a point where they run their own Financial Aid/ FAFSA meetings. o LCAN helped align information for sites on scholarships and other financial information from local credit unions as well.
• Jan‐April 2015 ‐ TIP Initiative for all Lenawee County schools o All schools now have letter of agreement on file with SSG office due to the intervention and support of the LCAN
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STUDENT SUCCESS NETWORK Post Secondary Enrollment ‐ LCAN
LCAN 2014‐15 Highlights: • February 2015 ‐ Awarded WLEN Hometown Hope Marketing Grant o This provided numerous PSA's done by LCAN Leaderships and youth, a remote broadcast held at the Transition Conference, and a month long radio exposure to our community about LCAN and its Common Agenda goals and mission
• February 2015 ‐ Transition Conference for high school juniors. o This conference provided all options to students after high school graduation other than just entering the workforce, with stressing the importance of a credential or degree, and having resources there to give to students on how to apply, who and where to go to achieve a career ready employable education or training. This was held for low‐income, first generation and special population youth and young adults
• May 2015 ‐ College Signing Day events held at four sites, including LISD Tech Center‐ Plans for additional schools to participate in 2016
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STUDENT SUCCESS NETWORK Post Secondary Enrollment ‐ LCAN
Other Highlights: • • • • • • • • • • •
Successful Opening Fall ALL LCAN meetings three years in a row; this event has been hosted alternately by two of our three higher education partners. All schools in Lenawee County support LCAN (Superintendents Association Meeting 2015) Partnership with Lenawee YOUTH Council providing college visits for Lenawee County students Book end partnership in Lenawee County Cradle to Career movement Community CORE team utilizing shared data for the improvement of life in Lenawee County Promoting/practicing/modeling the Collective Impact Model of change change‐Evidenced by membership on Community CORE team Staffing network with part‐time coordinator Added staffing support with shared AmeriCorp staff person with Lenawee Community Foundation Lenawee YOUTH council partnership and support on action teams Continued communication practice between network members Continued backbone support from Lenawee Community Foundation
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Kindergarten Readiness Student Success Network Standard Setting Lenawee Cradle to Career Partnership August 25, 2015
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POP • Purpose • review data collected this spring to describe our current state of kindergarten “readiness” in Lenawee County
• Outcome • develop a baseline threshold and a narrative that will provide context of this community outcome to the various stakeholders
• Procedures • bookmark method approach to data analysis • data dialogue and discussion of four inquiries • collect talking points to describe readiness performance standard
The Five Conditions of Collective Impact • • • • •
Common Agenda Shared Measurement Mutually Reinforcing Activities Continuous Communication Backbone Support
Characteristics of Kindergarten Readiness Data Sets • N= 869 students • Minimum Points Observed = 0 • Maximum Points Observed = 100 • Central Tendency Statistics: Mean= 66 Median = 70 Mode=82.5 • Quartile Statistics: 25th = 54.5 50th = 70 75th = 82.5
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Our Inquiries for the Day • What are the perceived domains of kindergarten “readiness”? • What are the most important targets of kindergarten “readiness”? • What is the impact of age of the student on the targets of kindergarten “readiness”? • What are the minimum expectations for kindergarten “readiness”?
Rank Order of Domains 100.00% 90.00% 80.00% 70.00% 60.00% 50.00% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 10.00% 0.00%
Rank Order of Targets 100.00% 90.00% 80.00% 70.00% 60.00% 50.00% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 10.00% 0.00%
Results from Round 4 • Range of Total Scores: 66.5‐81.5 • 71 appears as the threshold score • Percentage of students “ready” if: • Mean =47% • Median and Mode = 48%
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Results from Round 4 • Characteristics of students that are “ready” • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Knows many of aspects of personal information Knows most of the names of the body parts Demonstrates most gross motor skills correctly Demonstrates some visual motor skills correctly Prints most of one’s personal information correctly Recites most of the alphabet correctly Sorts most objects correctly Counts many numbers by rote correctly Matches some quantities with numerals Determines some totals of two sets correctly Reads most uppercase letters correctly Has some experience with books and text Demonstrates verbal fluency and articulation in most situations
Next Steps • This recommendation was shared with the Executive Committee in July. • The Executive Committee will share with the Leadership Team in August. • When the recommendations are approved: • Students with descriptions will be identified as “ready” • Additional students screened over the summer will be identified as “ready”
• The fall Community Report Card will include the percentage of students identified as “ready”, along with an article describing the context of the data.
Data Dashboard August 25, 2015
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Outcomes Points along the cradle to career education continuum proven to be key levers to achieve the cradle to career vision and goals. Lenawee Cradle to Career – Pathways to Success
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Core Indicators •Specific mileposts used to track progress on moving the community level outcomes •Have an agreed upon to be the main metric that directly measures an outcome.
• Percentage of students identified as “ready” for Kindergarten • Percentage of student proficient on the third grade reading state assessment • Percentage of students proficient on the 8th grade math state assessment • Percentage of students proficient on the 7th grade science state assessment • Percentage of students who graduate from high within four years of entering 9th grade • Percentage of students with post‐secondary enrollment within 12 months of high school graduation • Percentage of students who complete post‐secondary with a valued credential after six years
Lenawee County Community Outcomes Current State Community Outcome
Students of Non‐White Ethnicity
Students with Disabilities
Students Economically Disadvantaged
69%
Hispanic 60% Black 20%
36%
60%
36.9%
Hispanic 23% Black 25%
8%
25%
All Students
Fall 2013 MEAP 3rd Grade Reading Proficiency Fall 2013 MEAP 8th Grade Math Proficiency Fall 2013 MEAP 8th Grade Science Proficiency Class of 2014 High School 4-Year Graduation Rate
22.6%
Hispanic 15% Black 20%
3%
14%
84.4%
Hispanic 76% Black 81%
57%
69%
67.2%
Hispanic 59% Black 50%
33%
Class of 2013 Post Secondary Enrollment within first 12 months
Class of 2008 Post Secondary Completion within 6 years