Joint Collaborative Meeting 11/9/16 By 2025, we will double the number of West County children and youth who earn a degree or certificate.

Agenda Introductions & Networking College Access report out Out of School Time report out Additional Collaborative work Policy Team Update & Activity Collaborative wins & updates

Our Goal We are committed to nothing less than every West County child graduating from high school prepared for college, career and life. By 2025, we will double the number of West County children and youth who earn a post-secondary degree or certificate.

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Networking Activity Shining Moments Look back over the past 8 or 240 years and write down 2-3 shining moments or movements. Political Achievements Laws Supreme Court Rulings Etc. look back over their work careers and find three events, activities, accomplishments, collaborations, or moments of recognition by others that were shining or important to them. I think of these as career highlights. Provide ten or so minutes for the participants to think about and jot down ideas before you ask them to share their shining moments with their small group. Share with goup

Goal Area 1: Prepared for Post-Secondary Success Goal: West County youth will graduate from high school prepared for post-secondary success

College Access: Indicators Percentage of students that complete financial aid applications for college Percentage of students that complete A-G coursework Number of students that enter college without the need for remedial coursework Number of students completing 6-units or more of college credit while in high school Percentage of students graduating with GPAs above 3.0 Number of students having worked based learning experience

Financial Aid Completion Financial Aid Workshops and Completion at Getting Ready for College Conference Cash for College Nights at 5 comprehensive high schools so far: 293 students, 232 parents District completed GPA Upload to CSAC Kennedy College Bound Network completed financial aid workshop with over 200 seniors attending Richmond Promise hosting community workshops for financial aid. So far: 51 students and 26 parents Through October 28th, 221 FAFSA applications submitted by seniors from the 6 comprehensive high schools (number does not include CA Dream Applications)

A-G Completion A-G student workshop at GRFCC A-G information included in parent workshop at GRFCC EAOP First Step Summit held with emphasis on how to be A-G eligible for 9th and 10th graders on campus at UCB. ~100 participants

Avoid Remediation Over 200 juniors at Kennedy have received 1st writing session from WriterCoach Connection to prepare for April EAP testing. Session #2 beginning today.

Work Based Learning Indicator 6: Number of students having worked based learning experience. Chamber – 100 interns East Bay Career Pathways Consortium – East Bay Region New Work Based Learning Coordinator for WCCUSD

What’s up next for CA: Strategic focus on helping all students with financial aid applications Action Team Meeting: December 7th at 9:30am Begin school-by-school understanding of what’s in place, what’s working well, challenges and needs of school

Goal Area 2: Out of School Time Goal: Underserved and underrepresented West County children and youth will have greater access to high quality Out-of-School Time (OST) programming that builds knowledge, shapes attitudes, and strengthens relevant skills through active and engaged learning

OST Indicator • Capacity/Enrollment: The [#/%] of OST CBO and District programs that are being utilized as measured by enrollment and average daily attendance for elementary, middle school, and high school experiences • Quality: The [#/%] of West County OST organizations that are participating in a formal quality improvement process

OST Mapping Project Action team requested a mapping of available afterschool and summer programs. In the summer of 2016, the Ed Fund and Richmond Community Foundation conducted a community scan of available OST programing for kids 0-12 yrs. of age.

Need vs. Kids Served

Gaps – Elementary, School Year

Gaps – Elementary, Summer

Gaps – Middle, School Year

Gaps – Middle, Summer

Call to Action Out of School Time Collaborative & Literacy Coalition Goal: Ensure 1,000 additional children are enrolled in summer programming for summer 2017 What’s Next for OST: Joint summer planning team.

Goal Area 3: Family Engagement Goal: OST and College Access Programs will align their efforts to create the space, opportunity and structure for West County families to engage with and support their children’s success in school, college and career. October: Getting Ready for College Conference: 119 Parents Cash for College Nights, 232 parents Parents as Partners Conference Richmond Promise Community Workshops College Information Day at Cal - EBC

Goal 4: Achieve Post-Secondary Success Partners have expressed interest in starting this action team.

Collective Impact Vision Strive realized, “Fixing one point on the educational continuum—such as better after-school programs—wouldn’t make much difference unless all parts of the continuum improved at the same time. Instead, their ambitious mission became to make improvements at every stage of a young person’s life, from “cradle to career.” Partnership between Ed Fund & RCF Birth through College

Literacy Coalition Reading proficiency by third grade is the most important predictor of high school graduation and career success. Yet every year, more than 80 percent of low-income children miss this crucial milestone. Campaign focus areas: Early Learning/School Readiness Chronic Absence Out of School Time (summer and after-school programs)

Progress Richmond A critical mass of Richmond and North Richmond adults who currently live below the self-sufficiency threshold and face systemic barriers to economic mobility to be employed and advancing in career-track jobs in the ICT or other high growth sectors. 1000 low income residents within 3 years 2000 within 5 years.

Collaborative Policy & Strategy Team

Policy Team Members Tammeil Gilkerson – Contra Costa College Kathleen Harris – Oakland Unified School District Amy Lee – Peralta College James Lee – Richmond Chamber of Commerce Kathleen Maloney – Irene Scully Foundation Nia Rashidchi – WCCUSD Jessie Stewart – Richmond Promise Marsha Jaeger – UC Berkeley Veli Waller, Robert Bunce, and Joel Mackey – Ed Fund, Backbone Organization

Team’s Identity & Purpose Identity and Purpose “The role of the policy team is to address barriers that inhibit the work of the collaborative in fulfilling the common agenda goal” Common Agenda Goal By 2025, we will double the number of West County children and youth who earn a post-secondary degree or certificate What have the CBO’s, District, etc. identified as the barriers that impact success toward fulfilling the goal? What is the data that the policy team needs that will help it identify what needs to be done to overcome the barriers

Benchmarks & Barriers What are key benchmarks students must meet to achieve success in college, career, and life? 2. What are the barriers that prevent students from achieving success in college, career, and life? 3. Who is working on the benchmarks/barriers?

Identify Key Data Points Relevant to Policy Team Role The Following might be data points relevant to the Policy Team’s work in addressing barriers that the Collaborative member’s face in moving forward the common agenda goal and indicators How many students by the end of the ninth grade are on track to complete the A-G requirements How many students actually complete the A-G by the end of high school How many students are reading at grade level by 3rd grade How many students are taking Algebra I by 8th grade What are the baseline indicators for proficiency in math and English by 8th grade   Thus, for example, if x% were identified as being on track by the end of 9th grade, but only y% actually completed the A-G by the end of high school, what accounts for the disparity? What are the gateway markers that every student needs in order to succeed at every key milestone in their educational development (e.g. Pre-K, 3rd Grade, 6th Grade, 8th Grade, etc.)? What are the barriers to success? What are the key benchmarks that identify what a college-going student looks like at 3rd grade, 6th grade, 8th grade, and 10th grade? E.g. standardized tests, other tests or indicators?

Collaborative MOU Collaborative MOU is ready for! Link to MOU will be sent to you later this week.

Soaring To Excellence Awards Collaborative Partner of the Year How has a partner has contributed to 2025 goal? Collaborative Excellence Award How has a group of partners worked together to forward the 2025 goal? Nominate at: http://edfundwest.org/program/awards/

More Collaborative Wins 185 WCCUSD students participated in EAOP’s BerkeleyGO event. 1050 juniors and seniors were on campus at Berkeley on November 1st Greenwood Collaborative

Greenwood Collaborative Collaborative approach to support Greenwood students in post-secondary readiness and decision-making.  1-on-1 advising Cohort Workshops (Including Financial Aid) Partners: BACR, Richmond Promise, RYSE, CCC, City of Richmond, Greenwood Academy, Ed Fund

True Collaboration - GRFCC! Bay Area Community Resources Michael Trevino, College Application Expert Boys & Girls Club of El Sobrante Making Waves Foundation Richmond Library City of Richmond Richmond Promise City of San Pablo RYSE Contra Costa College Students Rising Above East Bay Consortium The College Place Gladeo Upward Bound UC Berkeley Kim Glosson, Laney College West Contra Costa Unified School District Leslie Cohen, College Consulting WriterCoach Connection

Collaborative Updates & Announcements Richmond Promise Near-peer Ambassador program is recruiting Ambassadors. EAOP starting 9th grade recruitment this month. Also, 100 spots for EAOP SAT Academy. Making Waves CAP application due December 12th

Next meetings College Access Action Team December 7th, 9:30 -11:30 at Richmond Community Foundation Out of School Time Action Team December 14th, 9:30 -11:30 at Richmond Community Foundation Next Full Collaborative Meeting February 15th, 9:30 -11:30