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Presented by chairs: Megan Lee and Morrie Pongratz. Community Partnerships Strategic Planning Committee. Morrie Pongratz 3x Megan Lee 3x Dawn Venhaus 3x Chris Hazard 1x Kim Selvage 3x Linda Daly, YMCA, 1x Judge Kirk, 1x Sharon Marinuzzi, JJAB 1x Kay Willerton, UNMLA 2x
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Presented by chairs: Megan Lee and Morrie Pongratz Community Partnerships Strategic Planning Committee
Morrie Pongratz 3x Megan Lee 3x Dawn Venhaus 3x Chris Hazard 1x Kim Selvage 3x Linda Daly, YMCA, 1x Judge Kirk, 1x Sharon Marinuzzi, JJAB 1x Kay Willerton, UNMLA 2x Kay Massengale, UNMLA, 1x Katie Watson PEEC Paul Pogorzelski 1x Bernadette Lauritzen Gerry Washburn(recently invited) Steve and Barb Stoddard(recently invited) Advisors: Bill Wadt and Gene Schmidt 3x Membership
Met three times as a group, Developed SWOT and drafted goals Researched data to support goals Came to consensus on four goals Small subcommittee wordsmithed goals and created draft strategies Will meet on 9/15 to finalize goals and review initial actions/strategies towards goals Status of committee
Kids in seats: all kids at all schools will be in seats for all day • We will try to reduce unexcused absences toward zero over the next five years, so that the number of habitually truant students will be 2% or less. • Leveraging community resources to create diverse learning opportunities for students including service learning and vocational • We will put in place processes to match for all student’s their interests and needs with community resources • Empowering parents to be engaged in student success by providing increased two-way communication, training, and support • Especially across major transitions from elementary to middle and from middle to high school. • Every student will have the opportunity to develop an adult mentor RELATIONSHIP other than a parent to provide appropriate and constructive support and guidance Four Draft Goals
High Impact Kids in seats: all kids at all schools will be in seats for all day, i.e., we will try to reduce unexcused absences toward zero over the next five years, so that the number of habitually truant students will be 2% or less. Goal #1 Improved attendance
Analyze the existing truancy and attendance data for LAPS, including disaggregation by school, grade level, and AYP demographics. Develop public awareness campaign and communication plan with parents. Develop necessary tools to gather more data on the reasons for unexcused absences. Analyze open campus policy for LAHS – basis for leaving campus. Actions(tentative)
High Impact Leveraging community resources to create diverse learning opportunities for students including service learning and vocational, i.e., we will put in place processes to match for all student’s their interests and needs with community resources Goal #2 Utilizing resources and creating more meaningful opportunities for all students
School Match data indicated LAPS vocational opportunities were at the 10% and counseling resources were at 48%. Many LAPS students are engaged in learning opportunities provided by the community, e.g., music and dance, but do not get any credit or support from LAPS. Providing students a more diverse set of learning opportunities will increase motivation and student performance. Rationale
Engage the County on the design, programming, and size of the Teen Center. • Hire a coordinator who would work with LAPS to: • Develop a plan for increased course offerings for innovative vocational programs in • Improve coordination of programming with UNMLA for credit recovery and alternative course options for students • Develop a database that matches student interests and needs with community resources and opportunities. • Develop a collaborative problem solving model including an ongoing process to do integrated, strategic resource planning across the community to meet key student needs • Develop a service learning requirement including work study for students to be more engaged in the community. Strategies(DRAFT FORM)
Medium Impact Empowering parents to be engaged in student success by providing increased two-way communication, training, and support, especially across major transitions from elementary to middle and from middle to high school. Goal #3 INCREASING PARENT EMPOWERMENT AND COMMUNICATION
Parent engagement falls off significantly when students move to middle school and recovers modestly when they move to high school. Action: Making parents aware of tutoring opportunities and strategies. Increase parent trainings offered Rationale
Medium Impact Every student will have the opportunity to develop an adult mentor RELATIONSHIP other than a parent to provide appropriate and constructive support and guidance Goal #4 RELATIONSHIPS
Action: Develop program to train, vet, and coordinate mentors Reach out to students directly in student oriented venues Rationale
Finalize goals and initial and secondary goals Continue to fill out template identifying resources, schedules, resources needed, etc. Next meeting on September 15, 2011 at 1:00. Questions? Next steps