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In July 2012, the City of Coolidge and the Coolidge Unified School District embarked on a partnership aimed at fostering community involvement and enhancing student success. By brainstorming and engaging key stakeholders, they focused on motivating factors that would lead to a thriving collaboration. The initiative promotes mentoring, career coaching, and service projects for targeted student groups, aiming to improve attendance rates, graduation rates, and meaningful public relationships. This partnership encourages inter-generational connections, ensuring a shared future for both students and the community.
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Developing a Partnership for a Shared Future City of Coolidge and Coolidge Unified School District July 2012
How It Began… • Two people with a similar idea… who brainstormed the “motivating factors” for successful implementation and arranged an introduction with key stakeholders
The Benefits Coolidge Unified School District City of Coolidge Provide Avenue for Succession Planning Encourage Greater Community Involvement Develop Inter-Generational Connections Increase Meaningful Public Relationships Increase Attendance Rates/Motivation for Students Share Skill Sets Increase Meaningful Public Relations Increase Graduation Rates
Brainstorming with Key Stakeholders Possibilities Matched with Purpose: mentoring, career coaching, internship/job shadowing opportunities, service project collaboration
Targeted Student Groups • NJHS/NHS • Student Council • Gifted • Athletics • Special Services
Why These Students?? Group Reason NJHS/NHS Student Council Gifted/Special Services Athletics Service Projects embedded into program Inherent interest in government Programmed requirements in place High Visibility in Community
Possibilities • Partner/Mentor with Homecoming and Cotton Days • Partner with Community Clean Up Days • Mentor 3 high school students and 2 middle school students (volunteer) • Attend Career Days Events • Guest Lecture in Classrooms • Develop Service Learning Projects Together
Implementation Timelines Although the Partnership Leaders will continue to meet on a quarterly basis, the following annual timelines were established: Quarters 1 and 2: • Identify Adult Partners and Target Students/Groups/Classrooms • Formalize Criteria for Success Quarters 3 and 4: Full Implementation