2. Teacher Feedback Three Unique School Corporations

3. 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.

4. Collective Impact

5. Read to Succeed Focus Read to Succeed places volunteers in local schools to focus on improving early grade reading skills 3 rd grade is a focal point because: Until 3 rd grade, learn to read; after 3 rd 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).” Phase 1-Read to Succeed

6. VolunteersEstimated # of Students ClassroomsSchools Summer 2011 207551 Fall 2011 2331500755 Fall 2012 400360018210 January 2013 416380019411 Projection for Fall 2013 513 est.4400 est.220 est.15 Projection for Fall 2014 650 est.6000 est.300 est.19 Read to Succeed Expansion

7. 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

8. Silver Partners Caterpillar Inc. Lafayette Bank & Trust 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 Read to Succeed Partners

9. 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 Read to Succeed Partners

10. Volunteer Description The word of the day is “VOLUNTEER” 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

11. Teacher Feedback “It feels wonderful as a teacher to see the community caring so much.”

12. 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.”

13. 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.”

14. 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.”

15. The Next Step Jamie Vollmer Vollmer’s List We have added numerous responsibilities to schools without adding a single minute to the school calendar in six decades.

16. The Next Step Media Coverage

17. Community Commitment to Education - Phase 2

18. The Next Step Read to Succeed - Impact on Stakeholders Student Teacher Volunteer Community

19. The Next Step Community Commitment to Education is about Alignment No one can do this alone Working together- collaborating, cooperating, coordinating Having a clear, simple, widely accepted goal-3 rd graders reading Rallying point for the community-the flag on the hill To succeed, everyone has to join the fun!