YDI-Elev8 ® Full-Service Community School Initiative Elev8ing Kids, Elev8ing Lives Elev8® seeks to: • Remove barriers to learning • Ensure high school graduation and beyond Elev8®’s history • Founded in 2007 by The Atlantic Philanthropies • Located in Baltimore, Chicago, New Mexico and Oakland o 16 middle schools, 1 high school • YDI became Elev8 ® lead agency in 2010. YDI- Elev8®’s Partners • ABC Community School Partnership • Albuquerque Public Schools • American Psychiatric Foundation • Community Dental Services, Inc. • Corporation for National & Community Service—NM • Fidelity Investments • Lowe’s • National Council of La Raza • New Mexico Alliance of SchoolBased Health Care • NM DOH Office of School and Adolescent Health • Presbyterian Medical Services (PMS) • Reading Works, Inc. • School-Based Health Alliance • Unidos Project • University of New Mexico • Watch DOGS (Dads of Great Students) • YMCA of Central New Mexico • Numerous community supporters who are committed to family stability Why Elev8 ®? • Brings together schools, families and community partners in low-income areas to ensure that students succeed in middle school and beyond • Extends learning beyond the classroom • Provides high-quality school-based health care • Encourages parents to be actively involved • Promotes families’ economic stability, good health and continuing education. YDI-Elev8 ®’s Hallmark: Family Engagement • Family Resource Centers serve as “caring hubs” where trained community engagement coordinators cultivate students, parent and family relationships, develop partnerships • ABC Homework Diner ® literacy nights support student and family learning • AmeriCorps VISTAs bolster parent and family engagement YDI-Elev8® Aligns with 2013 New Mexico’s Community Schools Act • Focused on organizing community resources to ensure student success while addressing students’ whole needs, partnering to improve the coordination, delivery, effectiveness and efficiency of services to children and families and coordinating resources to align and leverage community resources and integrate funding streams • School-based or linked health a key component. SBHCs are entry points for full-service community schools SBHCs provide onsite primary, preventive and behavioral health services to students while: • reducing lost school time • removing barriers to care • promoting family involvement • advancing health and educational success. How SBHC and Community School Goals Align From Coalition for Community Schools Academic Indicators Related to Health • Early Chronic Absenteeism • Tardiness • Safety • School discipline referrals Healthy Students Make Better Learners Poor health has a direct and negative impact on student success Health and education are inexorably linked SBHCs decrease school absences SBHCs keep kids in their seats. From 2010 NASBHC Presentation by Coalition for Community Schools, Institute for Educational Leadership How SBHCs Support Learning 1. Support the school 2. Respond to the community 3. Focus on the student 4. Deliver comprehensive care 5. Advance health promotion activities 6. Implement effective systems 7. Provide leadership in adolescent and child health From 2010 NASBHC Presentation by Coalition for Community Schools, Institute for Educational Leadership Is Your School Ready to be a Full-Service Community School? • If answer is “Yes”: The need exists to organize fragmented services, permit scare dollars to generate greater impact • If answer is “Yes”: Parents, families and school staff want to engage in effective collaboration to meet local needs • If answer is “Yes”: The school partners with various community groups, like the United Way, to create favorable conditions for learning • If answer is “Yes”: Funding streams exist in the district or through community partnerships to support a site coordinator • If answer is “Yes”: The school shares accountability for results. Exercise: Take the Coalition for Community Schools “Indicators of Capacity” assessment http://www.communityschools.org/assets/1/AssetManager/I ndicators%20of%20Capacity%20%20Results%20Framework.pdf Is Your SBHC Ready? • If answer is “Yes”: The SBHC has a healthy working relationship with the school and school community based on shared goals • If answer is “Yes”: The SBHC is effective in targeting health needs that affect students’ participation and success • If answer is “Yes”: The SBHC is valued by the school. One reason YDI-Elev8 supports SBHCs: High schools with SBHCs could see a 5% improvement in graduation rates! Attracting support for a full-service community school Expand your circle Develop succinct rationale • Engage school leaders • Reach out to families • Identify colleagues whose community standing and resources can strengthen your collaborative work • Scope out stakeholders: How does a community school align with existing work? • Think regionally • Meet regularly • Highlight ongoing work at school using experiences, voices of principals, teachers, community partners, students and families • Spotlight the advantages: What’s in it for us? • Emphasize that a full-service community school initiative is compatible with school’s core mission and values Importance of Community School Site Coordinator • Works with a lead agency • Jointly plans with school staff • Ensures parents and families have an active role, voice in their children’s education • Mobilizes partners • Coordinates resources, ensures responsiveness of community resources to students’ and families’ documented needs • Manages site-level programming • Helps parents improve their lives YDI-Elev8 ®’s community engagement coordinator at Albuquerque’s Wilson Middle School, far right, is pictured with members of the school’s School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) Financing a Full-Service Community School From Coalition for Community Schools: http://www.communityschools.org/assets/1/AssetManager/finance-paper.pdf What Funding Supports Your School? Exercise: Worksheet available at http://www.communityschools.org/assets/1/AssetManager/finance-paper.pdf, page 38 For more information on community schools: Jacob Sanchez, YDI-Elev8 Associate Director [email protected], 505-331-8956 Ruth Williams, YDI-Elev8 Public Policy Director [email protected], 505-577-6798 Coalition for Community Schools [email protected], 202-822-8405 ext. 111 ABC Community School Partnership [email protected], 505-468-1668 Communities in Schools [email protected], 505-954-1880
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