Great Lakes Bay Region IV Collaboration Prosperity Region 5

What makes collaboration possible? RELATIONSHIPS and TRUST Timing Prosperity Regions

Why collaborate? We want to be THE education thought leaders in the region Five brilliant minds Leverage Resources

Collaboration…Who are we? 1. Wayne RESA274,971 students 2. Oakland Schools186,249 students 3. Macomb ISD133,842 students 4. Kent ISD107,301 students 5. GLB Collaborative 78,364 students Bay-Arenac ISD16,894 Clare-Gladwin RESD 7,353 Gratiot-Isabella RESD13,271 Midland County ESA12,259 Saginaw ISD28,587 Source: from mischooldata.org

Challenges… Work together, but retain our identities Leverage resources to benefit students Time Structural Differences

Current ISD Collaboration Regional Preschool Partnership – Gratiot-Isabella RESD, Midland ESA, Saginaw ISD GLB Instructional Services Consortium – BAISD, CGRESA, GIRESD, MCESA, SISD Technology Services – Saginaw ISD and Midland County ESA Pupil Accounting Data Specialist – Gratiot-Isabella RESD and Midland County ESA

Our Latest Project STEM – Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance Education Committee – The Dow Chemical Company Sponsorship $500,000 STEM study commissioned – Create a STEM-Talent Pipeline

STEM Talent Pipeline Requirements Define STEM skills and competencies and communicate demand needs to education providers – Specify needed technical and workplace skills and competencies for high-demand positions – Forecast and aggregate short term employer demand

STEM Talent Pipeline Requirements Improve technical training and workforce programs so graduates meet or exceed employer requirements – Align programming and curriculum with employer requirements – Scale STEM experiential learning opportunities

STEM Talent Pipeline Requirements Enable and empower students to pursue STEM careers – Improve 5 th – 8 th grade math achievement – Supplement K – 12 curriculum with STEM-aligned programming – Enhance out-of-classroom STEM experiential learning

STEM Talent Pipeline Requirements Increase job seeker and student interest in STEM careers – Change perceptions and increase interest in STEM – Eliminate barriers and incentivize students and job seekers to pursue STEM careers

Collaborative network - a network consisting of a variety of entities that are largely autonomous, geographically distributed, and heterogeneous in operating environment, culture, social capital and goals, but that collaborate to better achieve common or compatible outcome

The Great Lakes Bay Business and Education Collaborative Network is a coalition of businesses and educational institutions working together with the community to create a regionally networked educational system that provides: – every student with the educational opportunities that will ensure them a successful future and – businesses with the workforce of the future

Create Value Focused Purpose Facilitate Connections Balance Interests Innovation

Bay Arenac ISD Career Center – Bay and Arenac Counties – Saginaw – Midland

Clare-Gladwin RESD

Gratiot-Isabella RESD Millage – ability to invest Mount Pleasant Tech Center Relationship with Central Michigan Manufacturers Association Jan Amsterburg

Midland County ESA Countywide System – Collaboration – Consortium – Career Development Programmatic Innovation through Partnerships – GMCA Partnership Skilled Trades Programming Camps – Coleman Agriscience Linkage to Workforce – WIOA – Career Fairs – Scale WBL

Saginaw ISD Kids to Bay-Arenac ISDs Career Center Saginaw Career Center (run by Saginaw Public Schools) Learn to Earn collaboration with GMCA Hartley Outdoor Education Center Great Lakes Bay Early College Head Start/Early Head Start Millet Learning Center Transitions Postsecondary Programs Recognized School to Work Program College Access Advisors

It has already begun Prosperity Region 5 Presentation at Governor’s Conference – Award STEM Impact Initiative Career Cruising – Career Development Initiative Sharing Students – MCESA – CGRESD – Saginaw – BAISD – Midland - BAISD GLB STEM Strong Grant Proposal

STEM Strong Proposal Increase math and science achievement Strengthen math literacy birth to 5 Improve elementary teacher science and math knowledge and pedagogy Improve access to career information Data-based decisions Connect classroom and industry through teacher internship programs

East Central Michigan Prosperity Region (Region 5) (Arenac, Bay, Clare, Gladwin, Gratiot, Isabella, Midland, and Saginaw)

Focus Students Collaborative Network Regional Hubs of Excellence – GMCA – Merrill Institute – Delta College – Mid-Michigan Community College – Central Michigan University – Saginaw Valley State University Transportation

Key Success Factors A compelling set of goals or principles that make the case for collaboration High-level sponsorship and a long-term commitment Identification and utilization of regional networks Structure that articulates clear and achievable objectives and includes measurable standards An organization with the mission, staff and resources to implement and sustain the effort

Strategic Focus Strategic Stakeholder Great Lakes Bay Business and Education Collaborative Network Students Address why we are ‘turning kids off’ to school by providing passion enabling activities and experiences Provide career exploration and development opportunities and align a regional CTE system Connect Early Childhood, K-12 and Postsecondary through collaboration to create a seamless ‘system’ Teachers Support professional development through collaboration with the GLB Instructional Consortium to teachers across the region including Hands on and PBL PD Support teacher externships in businesses Enhance the professional image of teachers through meaningful partnerships and professional experiences Businesses Align and reinvent the CTE system regionally Leverage CEPD Directors Network to align K-12 with postsecondary systems Increase the number of industry certifications provided through the CTE system Provide a more dynamic and responsive CTE system for the region that is demand driven Community Provide a forum for businesses to impact the direction of the educational system at a regional and local level Facilitate communication and collaboration between business and education across the region