Supporting Student Success

1. Supporting Student Success Connecting Schools and Communities Through Effective Partnerships Mary B. Sutton Michigan After-School Partnership 517-371-4360 Ext 17 msutton@uwmich.org

2. Schools cannot be the only magic bullet for kids. They need to be healthy, they need to be in adequate housing, they need their emotional needs met, they need their nutritional needs met. And schools can do that only in partnership with other agencies.                                                        -- Judith Johnson, Superintendent, Peekskill, New York

3. We know that to be successful, all children need to be • Safe • Healthy • Engaged • Supported • Challenged

4. Children spend 20% of their waking hours in school What happens during the remaining 80% is vital to their success.

5. A New Day for Learning We need to re-imagine • How • When • Where Young people learn http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/ANewDayforLearning.pdf

6. 21st Century Vision for learning • builds on a foundation of core academics • leveraging community resources • incorporating strategies such as hands-on learning working in teams problem-solving

7. What does it look like? Whether it is urban, suburban or rural • Expands the definition of School Success • Uses research-based knowledge about how students learn best • Fosters collaboration across all sectors • Integrates various learning approaches and places • Provides new opportunities for leadership and professional development

8. “For every complex issue, there is a simple solution, and it is almost always wrong.”

9. “Change is good…. …You go first.”

10. Why build partnerships? • Collaborations multiply collective strengths • Collaborations can provide answers to many problems • Competition for resources • Disjointed services • Complex community problems • Needs that exceed available resources

11. Everyone benefits • Create win/win relationships • Minimize problems • Maximize results

12. Collaboration is a contact sport

13. Stages of working together • Networking • Cooperating • Coordination • Collaboration

14. How….. Setting a vision Engaging the stakeholders Taking stock Creating links Assessment and continuous improvement

15. Community Partners • Think outside the box • Brainstorm • Assess Community resources • Identify opportunities

16. Community Asset Mapping • Identify Key Components of your community • Strategies of involvement • Strategies to engage traditionally under-represented groups • Identify community expertise and knowledge

17. MASP • A state-wide coalition of state agencies, organizations and local after school collaborations working to ensure our state’s children and youth have quality after school programs that help keep them safe, healthy, educated, prepared for the workplace and to become successful citizens.

18. Resources • MASP – www.miafterschool.org • Afterschool Alliance – www.afterschoolalliance.org • A New Day For Learning http://www.edutopia.org/files/existing/pdfs/ANewDayforLearning.pdf

19. “We are shortchanging our future by ignoring the potential of more time and more people to help our children and communities get ahead. We must maximize every opportunity to compete successfully in the international marketplace of ideas and commerce” - Richard Riley United States Secretary of Education 1993-2001