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2. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement Welcome Kirstin Toth Senior Vice President, GAR Foundation Past Board Chair, Summit Education Initiative

3. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement Our Appreciation

4. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement SEI Board of Directors Mary Anne Beiting Tommy Bruno William H. Considine David Custodio Dan Colantone Belinda Cox John Dearborn Jeff Ferguson Leonard Foster Ramona Hood David James Russell Pry Tia Ramlow Robert Reffner Suzanne Rickards Mike Sherman Kirstin Toth Nicholas Browning, board chair Andy Duff, vice chair Evan Scocos, treasurer David Jennings, secretary

5. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement Thank you! R USSELL M. P RY S UMMIT C OUNTY E XECUTIVE Department of Job and Family Services

6. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement THEIR SUCCESS OUR SUCCESS is Derran Wimer Executive Director

7. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement THEIR SUCCESS OUR SUCCESS is Mission: All students graduate ready for success in their chosen career pathway. Vision: Improving personal and regional prosperity through increased educational attainment.

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9. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement Building on a solid foundation… Among the most populated counties: Summit County is 278 th of 817 in the nation 8 th of 38 in Ohio

10. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement …toward prosperity and success Increased educational attainment means Increased per capita income and average employee wages Decreased unemployment and poverty

11. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement 48,000 Degrees! STARTRETURNSTAYGRADUATE

12. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement THEIR SUCCESS OUR SUCCESS is Matt Deevers Senior Research Associate

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14. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement Transition Skills Summary Growth More than HALF of all programs and about 48% of pre-k students participated in 2014

15. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement Success is a collective effort 20132014

16. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement Tell your friends about kindergarten readiness! About 67% of all children begin kindergarten ready for success each year. 500 additional preschool children are nearly “on track for success” Everyone can help teach the 16 FOR SUCCESS

17. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement Pastor Eugene Norris II Charisma Community Connection Fame Fathers

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19. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement 3 rd Grade Reading: Literacy on the rise

20. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement Tell your friends about 3 rd grade reading! 5% gain in top-performing students: 250 more children on track for success every year, compared with 2012. Another 338 children were 3 or fewer questions from “on track”.

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22. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement Eighth Grade Math

23. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement Tell your friends about 8 th grade math! 8 th grade math achievement is the next frontier for SEI With United Way support: common assessments, coordinated efforts for over 2,000 students Study → Predict → Intervene → Achieve

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25. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement Career & College Readiness

26. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement Tell your friends about college readiness! College readiness has risen 6% since 2012 About 240 more students graduate ready for success each year, compared with 2012. “Ready” graduates are 4X as likely to earn a postsecondary degree in 4 years or less.

27. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement Promoting readiness: more than tests

28. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement Cindy Brown Principal, Green High School Green Local Schools

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30. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement Postsecondary Enrollment & Persistence ↑ Class of 2008 ↑

31. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement Tell your friends about college completion! Almost half of all high school graduates have a degree within 6 years College completion rate is up 6% this generation, but we need it to be higher

32. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement We are the ones we have been waiting for – June Jordan

33. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement THEIR SUCCESS OUR SUCCESS is Derran Wimer Executive Director

34. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement Together it can be done!

35. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement John Garofalo Vice President, Community Investment Akron Community Foundation

36. Summit Education Initiative Align & Engage for Student Achievement David James Superintendent Akron Public Schools

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