1 © Strive 2013 Brown County Cradle to Career Community Summit September 16, 2013

22 Brown County Cradle to Career- Background Brown County LIFE Study Findings Misalignment between student preparation- jobs Need effective large-scale effort to prepare kids for school Risk behavior among youth is growing Test performance and graduation trends among low income students needs attention

33 Background continued….. Brown County Vision Summit Education represents a cradle to career approach that utilizes school, community, business, and parent engagement to achieve graduation rates that exceed the mid-point of state average

4 © Strive 2013 CRADLE TO CAREER SUMMIT Your leadership and input in this summit will ensure that all sectors are involved in creating an initiative that will serve the residents of Brown County for generations to come.

55 © Strive 2013 Definition of Collective Impact “ The commitment of a group of important actors from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a specific social problem.” -- John Kania & Mark Kramer, FSG Social Impact Advisors, Stanford Social Innovation Review Winter 2010

66 From Individual Action to Collective Impact A group working towards the same outcome, Looking at student level data, To continuously improve practices over time Individual practitioners working on specific issues Collecting qualitative and quantitative data To demonstrate impact with individual students A group working on the same issue, Sharing program level data To identify best practices and align efforts Collective Impact Coordinated Impact Individual Impact © Strive 2013

77 Collaboration Convene around Programs/Initiatives Prove Addition to What You Do Advocate for Ideas Collective Impact Work Together to Move Outcomes Improve Is What You Do Advocate for What Works © Strive 2013

88 Social Return on Investment (SROI) Ultimate Impact

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11 © Strive 2013 SHARED COMMUNITY VISION A broad set of cross-sector community partners come together in an accountable way to implement a cradle to career vision for education and communicate that vision effectively.

12 © Strive 2013 Evidence Based Decision Making The integration of professional expertise and data to make decisions about how to prioritize a community’s efforts to improve student outcomes

13 © Strive 2013 What defines Collaborative Action? Focus on a specific community/school level objective Prioritize local data to identify what works and verify with national research and local expertise/experience Identify shared action using data that network can take to move the needle on a community/school outcome (i.e. – policy, practice, training) Develop a plan to implement identified action: – Interim measures to track success – Identification of new/existing resources – Capacity building and training requirements

14 © Strive 2013 Composition of an “Ideal” Network Several and diverse partners: Partners represent different sectors, serve different demographics, or differ in overall size – Including community members and organizations Committed partners: All partners demonstrate commitment to network Sufficient scope to impact community-level outcome: Collectively, the network has capacity to improve the overall outcome

15 © Strive 2013 Investment & Sustainability There is broad community ownership for building cradle to career civic infrastructure, and resources are committed to sustain the work of the partnership to improve student outcomes