1. Advancing Quality Partnerships
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Advancing Quality Partnerships
BPS School-Community Partnerships
August 30th, 2016

2. Objectives BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Learn about BPS Strategic Implementation Plan and BPS School-Community Partnerships
Gain a better understanding of the dynamic and complex BPS partnership landscape
Explore PartnerBPS: The BPS Partnership Platform
Identify ways for your organization to strengthen partnership effectiveness for SY16-17

3. Agenda BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BPS Strategic Implementation Plan & School-Community Partnerships Update
BPS School-Community Partnership Landscape
Exploring PartnerBPS
Partnership Effectiveness Assessment
Partnership Effectiveness Action Planning

4. BPS Strategic Implementation Plan
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BPS Strategic Implementation Plan

5. A Plan to Foster Equity, Coherence, and Innovation
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A Plan to Foster Equity, Coherence, and Innovation
Equity
Eliminating system bias and providing authentic learning opportunities for all students; developing our future leaders into self-determined, independent learners, who are able to pursue their aspirations.
Coherence
Focusing BPS’ business model on teaching and learning, and building an efficient way to deliver resources to students, families, teachers, and staff.
Innovation
Building a culture of change; generating new solutions, not just relying on current operational models.

6. BPS Instructional Theory of Action
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BPS Instructional Theory of Action

7. The Implementation Focus Areas
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The Implementation Focus Areas
Implement an inclusive, rigorous, and culturally/linguistically sustaining PK-12 instructional program that serves the development of the whole child.
Attract, develop, and retain a highly effective instructional team that is responsive to the diverse racial, cultural, and linguistic needs of Boston youth.
Engage students, families and community organizations as advocates and partners for equity, access, and results for all students
Develop and deliver a coordinated system of high-quality support, customer service, and communications centrally and at schools.
Build a sustainable financial system that invests resources equitably and strategically.

8. School-Community Partnerships within Strategic Implementation Plan
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School-Community Partnerships within Strategic Implementation Plan
Focus Area
Engage families and community organizations as advocates and partners for equity, access and results for all students.
Initiative
Increasing equitable access to high quality partner opportunities
PartnerBPS
Opportunity Portfolio
Opportunity
Fund
Policy
Capacity
Building
Increasing equitable access to high quality partner opportunities
Milestones

9. School-Community Partnership Landscape
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School-Community Partnership Landscape

10. BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
How many Partner Organizations provide school-based services in BPS?
Write it down.
Shout it Out.
And the answer is….
Almost 700!

11. Breakdown of School-Community Partnerships by School
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Breakdown of School-Community Partnerships by School
Key Takaways:
Over 3,000 unique school-based partnerships
Number of school-based partnerships ranges widely from 1 to 70 per school
Average of 24 partnerships per school

12. PartnerBPS features include:
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PartnerBPS:
PartnerBPS is a collaboration platform that aims to leverage effective school-community partnerships to help close opportunity and achievement gaps and support the improvement of school quality; it’s serves as key BPS strategy for ensuring equitable access to school-community partnership opportunities.
PartnerBPS features include:
Partners create school-based program profiles,
Schools create family-friendly comprehensive school-based partner profiles
Schools and partners utilize PartnerBPS search features to broker school-based partnership
Families and students access school-based partner programs
Enables district leadership to identify and help
Close inequities and opportunity gaps.
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13. Exploring PartnerBPS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Find a partner with a computer and go to
Find your organization & program profile
Search for a school profile of one of your partner schools
Learn about two other programs that partner with that school
Find three programs working in the same Program Area as you
Find the PartnerBPS User Guide
Identify something on the website that should to be changed or improved

14. Strengthening Partnership Effectiveness
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Strengthening Partnership Effectiveness

15. Defining Effective Partnerships
Effective School-Community Partnerships are intentional collaborations between schools and service providers to provide high-quality learning opportunities and supports to positively impact holistic outcomes for students, families, and/or schools.
Strategic Alignment
Effective Communication
Coordinated Services
Results Driven
Shared Accountability
Elements

16. Shared Accountability Effective Communication
Examining the Elements
Principal and partner engage the voice of the school community
Process exists for using data
Selection process is in place
Strategic Alignment
Process exists to ensure alignment
System exists for knowledge of partner services
Process exists for student referral
Coordinated Services
Agreements are in place
The school and partners are held accountable
Resources are allocated appropriately
Shared Accountability
School and partners use data
A process exists to analyze impact
A process exists for continuous improvement
Results Driven
There are formal scheduled meetings between partners and school
Communication is based on transparency and trust
Two-way communication is well facilitated
Effective Communication

17. Steps for Strengthening Partnership Effectiveness
Assess partnership effectiveness
Analyze results to identify strengths & key areas for improvement
Plan Action for strengthening partnership effectiveness

18. Elements Self Assessment BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Strategic Alignment
Identify a specific school partnership you seek to strengthen in SY16-17
Take the Self Assessment…
Score it…
Analyze it…
Identify your strengths & areas for improvement…
Elements
Strategic Alignment
Effective Communication
Coordinated Services
Results Driven
Shared Accountability

19. Action Planning BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Group
Discuss areas for improvement
Brainstorm best practices
Pair
Establish focus areas(s) for your group
Create action steps and action plan
Share

20. BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Feedback & Questions