Partnerships for Success
InnovateED believes that sustainable school improvement requires community-based support through the alignment of resources from colleges/universities, businesses and community organizations. School districts that embrace this concept recognize that ensuring all students attain college and career readiness attributes necessitates community-based support. Three primary outcomes define the partnership structure:
- Creating a culture of “college and career readiness for all”
- Creating support structures that ensure all students attain college and career ready attributes
- Creating multiple pathways into college toward viable careers
InnovateED’s role in the Partnerships for College and Career Success is to serve as a convener, facilitator and consulting partner. A four step process is used to move from initiation to sustainable implementation.
Phase One: InnovateED consults with the district to create an executive team that drives the initial visioning process and creation of strategic goals and outcomes.
Phase Two: Community partners identified and are brought together to form work groups focused on developing a community-oriented culture of college and career readiness, designing student support structures at critical K-14 transition points, and creating seamless pathways to college and careers.
Phase Three: District and school leaders assess current academic programs to prioritize and implement action steps needed to create a continuum of student support from middle school, through the senior year of high school and into the freshman year of college.
Phase Four: InnovateED provides consultative support to develop the capacity of the Partnership Executive Team to measure progress through bi-annual meetings and coordinate community-based work group activities.
The impact of the Partnership for College and Career Success is measured by the increase of college-going rates without need for remediation as well as the leading indicators of this outcome at transition points in elementary, middle and high school.
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