1. Celebrating Success The Importance of Small Wins
September 6, 2018
Tracy McDaniel
ECAP Coordinator
United Way of Central New Mexico
Angelo Gonzales
Chief Strategy Officer
United Way of Central New Mexico

2. Small Wins
What are they?
Why do they matter?

3. Working toward long-term change
People
Tasks
Goal
Small Wins
Progress points on your way toward a big goal

4. Why celebrate small wins?
Continuous improvement
Build morale
Sustain momentum
Team-building
Recognize individual contributions

5. Examples from today's conference
Teri
Increased interest and participation
Selena
Overcame unforeseen technology problems with the help of the team
Emily
Made updates to the Every Day Matters attendance awareness page
Megan 
Used prior experience to build a process map for attendance work
Derek
Learned how to merge quarterly attendance data into a year-long file for analysis
Anne
Managed staffing changes at the Convention Center

6. Small Wins in Attendance Improvement

7. Two Types of Wins Team Wins Student Wins Tasks People
Events
Individual student interventions
Using data to conduct a root cause analysis
Short-term projects
Completing a survey or focus group
People
Team participation
Team composition
Expanding the reach of your team to the “non-usual” suspects
Educating all school personnel about chronic absenteeism and why it matters
Student Wins
Small attendance victories
Evidence of deeper engagement in school community
Solved a problem or challenge
Provided input into the school’s attendance plan

8. Identifying Small Successes

9. Group Discussion 1: “Timelining” Your Small Wins

10. Group Discussion 2: Recognizing Student Wins
Given your overall attendance improvement plan, brainstorm potential student wins and how you will recognize them this school year.