Virginia Foundation for Educational Leadership Virginia Department of Education Webinar Series 2012

1. Virginia Foundation for Educational Leadership Virginia Department of Education Webinar Series2012 Welcome to Webinar 5

2. Virginia Foundation of Educational Leadership (VFEL) Webinar Faculty: Dr. Roger E. Jones Dr. Carol C. Robinson

3. An Opportunity to explore Eight Elements of Successful High Schools • (http://www.centerii.org/handbook/Resources/Appendix_High_school_improvement.pdf) • Rigorous Curriculum and Instruction • Assessment and Accountability • Teacher Effectiveness and Professional Growth • Student and Family Supports • Stakeholder Engagement • Leadership Development • Organization and Structure • Sustainability

4. Do Not Overwhelm Your Staff • Help them see the “big picture” and interrelations of the elements • Every school has its own DNA • Assess the elements in your school as foundation for developing a plan

5. Today’s Agenda • Welcome • Research regarding Element 5 - Stakeholder Engagement • Reflection/Next Steps

6. Objectives • Participants will be able to connect with community stakeholders to determine tiered-level needs and implement prevention and intervention strategies

7. Stakeholder Engagement (Element 5) • Multiple stakeholders are engaged in high school improvement strategies and initiatives • Partnerships with stakeholders are fostered to enhance teaching and learning opportunities • Multiple communication strategies are implemented

8. Benefits of Stakeholder Engagement • Cooperation means having extra help for student assistance • Coalitions with community entities aid universal prevention efforts • Coalitions with community agencies help individual students • Memoranda Of Understanding (MOU) define working relationships • Effective student assistance involves parents and guardians

9. Stakeholder Examples • Area schools, public and private • Businesses and business groups • Churches, synagogues, mosques and other faith-based groups • Government entities (e.g. Department of Motor Vehicles, et. al.) • Law enforcement • Hospitals and public health agencies • Prevention and treatment agencies • Probation services • Social service agencies • Youth service organizations

10. Community Service Examples • Academic tutors • Al-Anon, Alateen and Alcoholics Anonymous • Community Service Boards • Employee assistance programs (school or corporate) • Health care providers and health departments • Mental health, family and substance abuse services • Religious groups, counselors and leaders • Shelters for the homeless/Food banks • Social services departments • Parks and recreation departments • Youth outreach and after-school programs (i.e., YMCA, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Boy/Girl Scouts) • Youth sports organizations

11. Engaging Stakeholders • A community has a stake in its schools and mission • Collaboration is mutually beneficial • Community-School Prevention Councils • Community-school universal-level planning • Selective and indicated-level collaborative services

12. Engaging Stakeholders • Steps to community-school universal-level programming success: • Form coalitions with groups most likely to help schools • Assess needs based on objective data • Establish goals that can be measured • Fill gaps in prevention services • Evaluate efforts to adjust programming

13. Engaging Stakeholders • Know the people and groups with whom to collaborate • Know how community agencies function • Schools and stakeholders share information back and forth to better coordinate efforts • Support stakeholder initiatives

14. Engaging Stakeholders • Develop Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) together • Clarify expectations and roles • Communication and coordination • Confidentiality • Monitoring and evaluation • Review periodically and adjust

15. Summary • Students benefit from programs designed by schools that provide smooth transitions, foster safe and respectful school climates, and encourage and support family participation. • Students benefit from the involvement of multiple stakeholders through partnerships and support services. • Multiple communication strategies are key in building relationships that encourage student attendance and academic endeavors.

16. Collaboration Examples of Community–School Collaborative Student Assistance Programming • Collaboration with Masonic Organization-Masonic SAP Model • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv8HgNN9AWQ • Nantucket High School • http://www.plumtv.com/videos/nantucket-student-assistance-program

17. Community Stakeholders efforts Parent efforts Department efforts Administrative organizational efforts Efforts in stakeholder engagement that are NOT based on student needs will NOT raise your graduation rate. Feeder school efforts Central Office efforts

18. Next Steps • What are your defined practices related to stakeholder engagement and are they effective? • What is your process to identify and engage the various stakeholders in your community?

19. Resources for Element 5 • Daniel L. Duke: The Challenges of School District Leadership • Mike Fullan: All Systems Go • Carol Dweck: Mind Set: The New Psychology of Success • Mike Schmoker: Focus: Elevating the Essentials To Radically Improve Student Learning • Douglas Reeves & Elle Allison: Renewal Coaching: Sustainable Change for Individuals and Organizations • Reeves and Austin: Personal Coaching • Megan Tschannen-Moran: Trust Matters and Evocative Coaching: Transforming Schools One Conversation at a Time • John Kotter: Leading Change: Why Transformative Efforts Fail

20. Resources for Element 5 • National Registry of Effective Practices and Programs: http://nrepp.samhsa.gov • Hamilton Fish Institute: http://gwired.gwu.edu/hamfish/Programs/ • IES What Works Clearinghouse- Drop-Out Prevention: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/reports/advancedss.aspx • National Dropout Prevention Center: http://www.dropoutprevention.org/home • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Programs: http://www.ojjdp.gov/mpg/ • Promising Networks on Children, Families and Communities: http://www.promisingpractices.org/programs_outcome.asp

21. Resources for Element 5 • National High School Center http://www.betterhighschools.org • National School Climate Center: http://www.schoolclimate.org/about/ • Find Youth Info: http://www.findyouthinfo.gov/index.shtml • Safe and Supportive Schools: Engagement, Safety, and Environment: http://safesupportiveschools.ed.gov/index.php?id=01 • Americas Promise: http://www.americaspromise.org/Our-Work/Grad-Nation/Building-a-Grad-Nation.aspx • Center for Innovation and Improvement: http://www.centerii.org • National Center For School Engagement: http://www.schoolengagement.org/ • Center For Mental Health In Schools: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/

22. The ultimate goal in school improvement is for the people attached to the school to drive its continuous improvement for the sake of their own children and students. Dr. Sam Redding