Ready by 21: The Big Picture

1. Dr. Kathy Burkhardt, SuperintendentErlanger-Elsmere Independent School DistrictPolly Lusk Page, Executive DirectorNorthern Kentucky Education CouncilConnie Pohlgeers, Director School Improvement and Community EducationCampbell County School District

3. Ready by 21: The Big Picture The Building Blocks The Insulated Pipeline The Readiness Target Ready Leaders Ready Communities Ready Youth

4. The Northern Kentucky Education Council promotes communication among public and private school systems, post-secondary institutions, the business community, and government agencies about educational issues. The Council serves as a catalyst for collaboration, change, and progress toward regional educational goals. CEO Leadership Board Community Advocacy and Funding Board of Directors Policy Development, Oversight and Guidance Equal Representation of Education, Business and Community Executive Director Organizational Leadership, Direction and Daily Operation Regional Education Goals Reducing Barriers to Student Learning NKY will ensure successful transition for every child and student along the continuum from birth through career. Educator Excellence Educators in NKY meet or exceed national standards for educator excellence. Education Accessibility and Lifelong Learning NKY has system and outreach programs to make educational opportunities available, accessible and affordable to every community member, no matter what age. Business Involvement and Service Learning NKY is recognized for culture of contribution, through service learning in schools and full engagement of business community in schools. Advocacy All education institutions in NKY have the financial resources and program alignment necessary to support the needs of the region. College and Career Ready Academic rigor and relevance of the curricula in NKY P-20 schools will meet student educational career goals and employment needs in the community. Team Co-Chairs Kathy Burkhardt Susan Cook Team Co-Chairs Leshia Lyman Shelli Wilson Team Co-Chairs Karen Cheser Christy Petroze Team Co-Chairs Curtis Hall Judy Gibbons Team Co-Chairs Angie Taylor Dave Schroeder Team Co-Chairs Melanie Frey Ray Hebert

5. Education Pipeline Action Teams Early Childhood Work & Career Post Secondary K – 12 System

6. Northern Kentucky Educational Outcomes All children are prepared for kindergarten All 3rd thru 8th grade students are proficient in reading and math All students graduate from high school All students are ready for college and career All adults are ready for career Ready Children and Youth • All schools promote a culture of contribution • All students are hopeful, engaged and thriving

7. Enhanced Gallup Student Poll • Northern Kentucky selected as national pilot site by the Ready by 21 National Partnership • The Northern Kentucky Education Council serves as the lead agency for coordination and administration of the two-year pilot • In partnership with United Way of Greater Cincinnati and Vision 2015

8. Enhanced Gallup Student Poll (contd) • The Enhanced Poll allows communities to:   • Administer the poll outside of school • Track individual progress over time • Opportunity to integrate with existing individual student data • Tracks individual progress around a composite hope, engagement and wellbeing score called “Ready for the Future”. • Students who are Ready for the Future are hopeful for the future, engaged at school and thriving in life

9. Enhanced Gallup Student Poll Hope| ideas and energy we have for the future | Double Hope Engagement| involvement in/enthusiasm for school | Build Engaged Schools Wellbeing | how we think about and experience our lives | Boost Wellbeing

10. Northern Kentucky 2012 GSPi Participation and Methodology • The Gallup Student Poll was live from Tuesday, February 21, 2012 through Friday, April 23, 2012. • 81 schools, representing 14 school districts participated. • One school from the Cincinnati Public Schools and the Brighton Center Step Up Program were included • In 2011, 49 schools, representing 13 school districts participated • A total of 25,430 total students participated in the GSPi. • 24,586 students participated in Northern Kentucky alone • 3,771 elementary school students, 10,461 middle school students and 11,198 high school students participated. • In 2011, a total of 21,239 students participated in the GSPi. • In 2011, 20,552 students in Northern Kentucky alone participated.

11. Enhanced Gallup Student Poll The Gallup Student Poll is a 20-item measure of hope, engagement, and wellbeing. Gallup researchers targeted these three variables because they met the following criteria: • They can be reliably measured. • They have a meaningfulimpact on educational outcomes. • They are malleable and can be enhanced through deliberate action. • They are not associated with FARL status or family household income. • They are not measured directly by another large-scale survey or testing program.

12. Enhanced Gallup Student PollYear 2 • Included the 20 core items, a 9 item, Parent & Non-Parent Involvement Index • Administered in 80 schools representing 13 Northern Kentucky public school districts, one Cincinnati public high school and the Brighton Center • A total of over 25,000 completed the Poll in grades 5 through 12

13. Race/Ethnicity for Northern Kentucky GSPi Total n for 2012 Northern Kentucky GSPi = 24,586 Note: Population based upon student responses to the race/ethnicity demographic item. Students may choose not to answer.

14. Living Arrangement for Northern Kentucky Schools Participating Student Population by Living Arrangement Total n for Northern Kentucky Schools Overall = 24,586 Note: Population based upon student responses to the living arrangement demographic. Students may choose don’t know/does not apply.

15. Northern Kentucky Hope, Engagement and Wellbeing by County Note: Due to rounding, percentages may add up to 100% +1%

17. Parent and Non-Parent Involvement Index • My parents talk with me about what I’m doing in school. • My parents ask if I’ve gotten my homework done. • My parents give me the help and support I need to succeed in school. • My parents would know if I did not come home when I was supposed to be home. • When I am not at home, one of my parents knows where I am and who I am with. • Other than my parents or step-parents, an adult has made an important positive difference in my life. • There are people in my neighborhood who notice when I am doing a good job and let me know. • There are people in my neighborhood who encourage me to do my best. • There are people in my neighborhood who are proud of me when I do something well.

18. Northern Kentucky Schools — Spring 2012 Parent and Non-Parent Involvement Item Means & Percentage 5s by School Level

20. Regional Supports • Shared analysis tools for using data • Professional Learning Communities for School /District Leaders and Counselors • Northern Kentucky Education Council: Action Teams • Northern Kentucky Youth Advisory Board: Children, Inc. • Postsecondary Education involvement • Operationalize school and community supports • Create “Northern Kentucky Promising Practices” guide • Administer Year 2 Program Landscape Survey

21. It is the mission of the Erlanger-Elsmere Schools to embrace and attend to the individual needs of our students, regardless of the obstacles.

23. Sample Analysis of Hope

24. Sample Analysis Hope Individual Items

25. Assessing Individual Student Needs • Individual student goal setting • Needs assessment at the school and district level • Mentoring- (College and Career Readiness) • Individual Learning Plans (ILP) grades 6-12 • Student Voice: NKY Student Advisory Board • Intentional Counseling • Increasing service learning opportunities • Triangulating cognitive and noncognitive data for Response to Intervention(RTI)

27. Triangulating the Data Tell Survey Data

28. Intentional Alignment, Developing & Location of Programs at all Schools • Truancy Diversion • One-to-One • Lunch Buddies • Big Brothers/Big Sisters • Mentoring • Children’s, Inc. Service Learning • YMCA After School Programs • Clubs

29. Middle School After School Program • Tutoring • Computer Classes • Health and Fitness Activities • Service Learning Project • Homework Assistance • Games • Art Programs • Snack and Dinner Community Partners Boys and Girls Club Brighton Center YLD City of Erlanger City of Elsmere Police Department of Erlanger Police Department of Elsmere

30. In today’s world, educators are charged with much more than increasing academic rigor and providing high quality instruction. Barriers to learning now play a much larger role in the lives of our students. Educators cannot always remove the barriers to learning that exist beyond the school walls.

31. We must assist our students in becoming resilient and we must provide them with the support and strength needed to climb over those obstacles.

32. Our children are worth every ounce of our efforts. The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it!

34. Gallup Poll Data Follow General Process Model for Data-Based Decision Making Describe the Problem Commit to Yearly Benchmarks Generate Vision Data Identify Where and How To Intervene Monitor Problem Data Evaluate Interventions Select Interventions

35. The CCS Process • Receive the data- district level • Request data in EXCEL to manipulate student “Ready for the Future” Scores • Pull School Score Card • Analysis

36. Analysis • Share school scorecard with administrators and counselors • Reviewed the meaning of hope, engagement and well-being • Prepared to “mine the data” (See Gallup Student Poll Manual to link which questions go with hope, engagement and well being) • Certified Analysis Tool

37. Analysis Tools • Certified Staff

38. Ready for the Future Scores • Requested Excel file so that RFF scores could be manipulated • 5th to 6th • 8th to 9th • Compare data for Spring 11 to Spring 12 • Merge with beginning of the year PtGT report • Merge with MAP data by SSID #

39. Classified Inclusion

40. Classified Inclusion

41. Huddle Cards • Shared with administrators • Shared with counselors • Data-Based Decision Making Teams will continue to “mine the data” to identify how and where to intervene with both school-wide and individual interventions • “Huddle Cards” provided by Gallup will provide a starting point • Interventions for 6-12 will be loaded into the ILP Intervention Plan Module

42. Evaluation of Interventions • Persistence to Graduate (PtGT Reports)- each trimester • Attendance • Discipline • MAP Data • K-PREP/EPAS/Quality Core Data • Student Survey • Spring 2013 GSP Results (Yearly Benchmark)

43. Gallup Poll Data Follow General Process Model for Data-Based Decision Making Describe the Problem Commit to Yearly Benchmarks Generate Vision Data Identify Where and How To Intervene Monitor Problem Data Evaluate Interventions Select Interventions

45. “Data-based decision making, using existing evidence to identify possible interventions and evaluating interventions and programs creates success.” Evidence-Based School Counseling: Making a Difference With Data Drive Practices, (2007) The GSP Data helps us to do just that!