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COMMUNITY SCHOOLS in ROCHESTER. A Conversation with roc the future Presented by: the farash foundation in partnership with ccsi , school #17, east H.s. and rcsd Thursday, May 18, 2017. Goals for Today. Increase knowledge about community schools Understand national and state trends
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COMMUNITY SCHOOLS in ROCHESTER A Conversation with roc the future Presented by: the farash foundation in partnership with ccsi, school #17, east H.s. and rcsd Thursday, May 18, 2017
Goals for Today • Increase knowledge about community schools • Understand national and state trends • Understand how community schools are funded • Updated on community schools work at School #17, East H.S., and other RCSD schools • Understand how ROC the Future’s goals and workgroups are aligned with the community schools model • Lay groundwork for further discussion about ROC the Future support
“Could someone help me with these? “I’m late for math class.” Scott Spencer
What is a Community School? • A STRATEGY for organizing the resources of the community around student success (not a program) • Integrated academics, services, and supports • Responsive community partnerships • CS staff integrated into governance and decision-making bodies • Both a PLACE and a SET OF PARTNERSHIPS between the school and other community resources • School is the hub of the neighborhood, and the access point • Services are based on child, parent, family and community needs • Partners are part of the school; not vendors • Characterized by: extended services; extended hours; extended relationships
Just like smart phones, community schools have an infrastructure, or operating system, that makes all of the apps work in a synchronized manner
What is a Community School? Students in Oakland explain…. • http://www.communityschools.org//aboutschools/video_what_is_a_community_school.aspx
Core Elements of a Community School • Rigorous Instruction & High Expectations • Extended Learning Time • Early Childhood Education • Parent and Family Engagement • Adult Education and Workforce Development • Health and Mental Health Services • Social Services • Youth Development
DEVELOPMENTAL TRIANGLE KEY TO SUCCESS: Circles = Integration Coordination Alignment core instructional program educational & cultural enrichment services that remove barriers to learning • physical health • dental health • mental health • social services
Why Community Schools? • 30 Years of Foundational Research: • Non-School Time Matters (Reginald Clark; Milbrey McLaughlin; Deborah Vandell) • Executive Function (Jack Schonkoff; Judy Willis; Sam Wang) • Whole Child Approach & Developmental Knowledge (Jacqueline Eccles; James Comer) • Parents’ Active Role (Epstein; Henderson and Mapp; Harvard – FINE Network); NCPIE) • Coordinated Services (Fritz Ianni) • Consistent Adult Guidance and Support (Werner/Benard (resilience theory))
Why Community Schools? • Recent Community Schools Research: • Anthony Bryk: • Principal is the driver of change; inclusive leadership is best practice • Real family and community engagement • Ability to build professional capacity • Student-centered climate • Coherent curriculum • Charles Basch: • Causal links between health issues and educational achievement • Ellen Galinsky: • Mind in the Making: 7 Essential Life Skills • Paul Tough: • Character qualities matter more: grit, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism • Joanne Larson & Kara Finnegan, Warner School
Why Community Schools? They Pay Off! Social ROI Studies: • Every dollar spent returns between $10.30 and $14.80 of value http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/files/CASE%20STUDY%20final.pdf • Every dollar spent returns $11.60 of value https://www.communitiesinschools.org/media/uploads/attachments/CIS_2.pdf • It’s the Right Thing to Do! ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL #17 A BEACON IN THE CENTER OF AN URBAN VILLAGE
What Does a Successful Community School Look Like? • Children are ready to enter school - at kindergarten & every day; teachers are able to focus on education • Higher attendance rates for students and teachers • Students are actively involved in learning and their community • Families are increasingly involved with their children's education • Schools are engaged with families and communities – strong student-teacher relationships • Students succeed academically • Students are healthy - physically, socially, and emotionally • Students live and learn in positive, safe, supportive, and stable environments, and communities are desirable places to live
National and State Landscapes • Urban and rural school districts across the U.S. have been embracing Community Schools for the past 25 years • Promise Neighborhoods • Promise Zones • Major Cities • NYC; LA; Chicago; Cincinnati; Boston; Albuquerque; Oakland; Baltimore; St. Paul; Buffalo; Salt Lake City; Nashville; Providence; San Francisco; Toledo; Philadelphia • New York State – leading the country in funding: • NYC – 215 schools serving 108,000 students • Buffalo – 13 schools this year • Rochester, Syracuse, Yonkers, Albany and over 200 other NYS districts received state funds this year
Funding Community Schools Blended, Braided, and Leveraged Funding • Federal: Title I, Title IV, 21st C. Community Learning Centers • United Ways • Philanthropy • New York State: • 2016-17: $7.6M for Rochester • 2017-18: $9.94M for Rochester • $1.2M for 3 Regional Technical Assistance Centers (RFP this fall)
East H.S. – Community Schools Focus • Focus on Education • Extended Hours / Expanded Learning Opportunities • Family and Community Engagement • Partnerships with Service-Providing Agencies • Holistic, Continuous Approach to Student Success and Wellness • Focus on Sustainability
East Work to Date • Addressing social service, health and mental health needsof students in the school and their families in order to help students arrive and remain at school ready to learn • Social workers • School counselors • Health center • Expansion of dental (smile-mobile and clinic) • Strategic community partnerships (Villa of Hope, Center for Youth, Ibero, etc.) • Providing access to nutrition services, resources or programs to ensure students have access to healthy food and understand how to make smart food choices • Food and resource pantry (and nutritional information) • Food-link
East Work to Date, cont’d. • Offering access to career and technical education as well as workforce development services to students in the school and their families in order to provide meaningful employment skills and opportunities • Educational programs (Vision Care/Optics, TLI, Culinary, Information Technology, etc.) • Community agencies (Hillside Work-Scholarship, College Prep Center, RTS, RYCE, etc.) • Offering expanded learning opportunities that include afterschool, summer school, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math programs (STEAM) and mentoring and other youth development programs • Step to College Program • Mentoring Programs • Equity in Access Programs • 8th Grade Washington, D.C. Trip • College Tours
School #33 Partnership Goal of the partnership is to create a true feeder pattern between School #33 and the East - Educational Partnership Organization (EPO), while building on the Community School Model.
The Time is Right at East…. Rochester Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative (RMAPI) Greater Rochester Health Foundation Taskforce on Trauma Informed Care Connected Communities Having Opportunities for Motivation, Engagement and Support (HOMES)- HillsideFamily of Agencies
Enrico Fermi School #17Year 1: 2016-17 Work to Date • Lead Agency and Site Coordinator • RFP • Alignment between agency expertise and student/family needs (trauma, homeless services, SPOA) • Increasing Behavioral & Mental Health Services & Supports • Increased therapeutic services – Hillside partnership – Medicaid reimbursable • Added adult therapist at attached health clinic • Added a school social worker • Added a de-escalation room (fight or flight) • Instituted Restorative Justice framework • Implementing case management system & data tracking system • Streamlining and Redesigning Health Services • Developed relationship with attached health clinic • School Based Health Center services under exploration • Aligned family enrollment into health insurance with services available at school • 80% of students are patients of the dental clinic
#17 Work to Date, cont’d. • Increasing Coordination & Communication with County • Child Protective Services • Juvenile Justice • Improving Out-of-School Time • Expanded and better aligned partnership with City Rec • Full summer programming July 2017 • Building Infrastructure for Agency Alignment • 57 partner agencies • Regular working meetings – workgroups increasing cohesion & cross-agency work • MOUs – shared vision and goals & delineation of roles and responsibilities • Focusing on Parents and Partners • New Parent Liaison – opened Family Center • New functioning PTO • Parents have “graded” the school
#17 Early Results • Increased average daily attendance & exceeding district average • Significant improvements in school safety • Over 40% reduction in suspensions • 68% reduction in serious violent incidents • On track in ELA and almost on track in Math – Receivership Indicators • Teachers Report Increases in: • Distributive leadership and collaboration • Project based learning • Culture and climate • Parent contact and presence at school • Quality of relationships (students, teachers and parents)
#17 Barriers and Lessons Learned • Family and Community Engagement are HARD • Principal’s Time – adding the community schools work is too much • Site Coordinator & Principal Relationship – partner, not supervisor • Technical Assistance: • Documentation, compliance requirements & project management • Independent evaluation • Subject matter expertise • School District Barriers: • High rates of mobility, student placement process & choice policy • Special education
Areas of Focus that Drive Our Improvement Every student by face and name. Every school, every classroom. To and through graduation. PRIORITIZING EDUCATIONAL EQUITY BUILDING RELATIONAL CAPACITY NURTURING INNOVATION CREATING COHERENCE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ACTION RESULTS
Four School Pioneers Shaping our Work • “Beacon at Center for Urban Village” Coordinated Care Services, Inc (CCSI) is Lead Agency case-management • Expanded day w/partners Gandhi, Ibero, Center for Youth, Earthworks & City Rec among others • Onsite family medicine clinic • External funding and partnerships with City of Rochester & Farash • Increased community use of building • Community service / social justice frame for students and staff, tiered supports. • Expanded day, also hosts after-school program onsite w/ Baden Settlement • Onsite health clinic, Via Health • Hired community school site coordinator in 16-17SY • Partners closely with Nazareth College, as well as Brockport for summer programming • Relationships with families is a key strength, offering very personalized supports School 17 PreK - 8 Orchard St. School 9 Prek - 6 North Clinton Ave. All have been building relationships, identifying needs & assets and making strategic connections to remove barriers. School 22 PreK-6 Temporarily @ Franklin, Norton Ave. School 45 PreK - 8 Clifford Ave. • Vision = HELP2 establishes common language for all stakeholders to support students • Expanded day w/ Community Place and Baden Street • Works closely with Monroe County to address chronic absence • Anthony Jordan Heath Center engaged as the school plans its move to Upper Falls location. • Community Site Coordinator hired 16-17SY and working to inventory partnerships, needs and assets. • Vision = Growing leaders at the student, family, school and community levels. • Center for Youth is Lead Agency, hired coordinator, and successfully wrote for 21st Century Learning Grant • Expanded day and after-school onsite w/ Boys and Girls Club. • Has established an internal referral process for students and families, and has cultivated new partners for enrichment and self-sufficiency supports.
