1. Collective Impact: The Great Cities Model

3. Adult Education Great Cities Summit Barrera Team Barbara Garner, Project Co-Manager Cristine Smith, Project Co-Manager Margaret Doughty, Coalition-Building Manager Kimberly Scott, Coalition Builder Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education Cheryl Keenan, Director, Adult Education and Literacy Christopher Coro, Leader, Innovation and Improvement & Best Practices and Dissemination Team National Institute for Literacy Daniel Miller, Acting Director

4. Anticipated Outcomes for City Teams If you are having technical difficulties at this time, please call 1-866- 229-3239. Reference Event Number 643090737 City Team Outcomes Summits 1,2,3,4,5 Site Visits 1,2,3,4,5 Webinars 1,2,3,4,5

5. What drives higher literacy? Isolated Impact Collective Impact Understand that social problems – and their solutions – arise from interaction of many organizations within larger system Cross-sector alignment with government, nonprofit, philanthropic and corporate sectors as partners Organizations actively coordinating their action and sharing lessons learned All working toward the same goal and measuring the same things

6. What drives higher literacy?

8. HOUSTONLOS ANGELES CHICAGO MIAMI NEW YORK CITY Next Steps: Building on Lessons Learned If you are having technical difficulties at this time, please call 1- 866-229-3239. Reference Event Number 643090737

9. Common Agenda Shared Measurement Mutually Reinforcing Activities Continuous Communication Backbone Organizations What drives higher literacy?

10. Houston Team Sheri Suarez ForemanHouston Center for Literacy President and CEO Dr. David JoostHouston Community College Director, Adult Education Dr. Laveria HutchesonUniversity of Houston Professor Tina AngeloHouston Independent School District Literacy Specialist Roosevelt WeeksHouston Public Library Deputy Director

11. Houston Initiatives Literacy Awareness Campaign Advocacy City-Wide Capacity Building Develop Statewide Database Statewide AmeriCorp Literacy Program

12. Miami-Dade County Public Schools Adult & Workforce Education Miami Dade College Adult Education Miami-Dade Family Learning Partnership Miami-Dade Public Library System Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust Miami Team

13. Miami Initiatives Convened forum for broad, multi-agency partnership Developed shared vision of adult education relevance Created strategic plan for district & college programs Linked to regional economic & workforce plans Designed process to sustain long-term development

14. City University of New York, Language and Literacy Programs Literacy Assistance Center Neighborhood Family Services Coalition New York City Department of Education, Office of Adult and Continuing Education New York City Department of Youth and Community Development New York City Team

15. GED Campaign to Finish Common Core Workgroup New York City Coalition for Adult Literacy New York City Initiatives

16. Chicago Team Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition City Colleges of Chicago Illinois Community College Board Illinois Department of Human Services Chicago Workforce Investment Council

17. Chicago Initiatives Joint Effort to Increase Literacy Services in Underserved Areas City Colleges of Chicago working with Illinois Community College Board to produce open source Lesson Plans for Bridge Programs Development of Referral Plan from Literacy Coalition Providers to City Colleges Bridges

18. Los Angeles Team Centro Latino for Literacy Jewish Vocational Services Los Angeles Public Library Los Angeles Unified School District ESL/CBET & Citizenship Program Division of Adult & Career Education

19. Los Angeles Initiatives Deliver high quality reading training to reform literacy instruction for adult learners Ensure literacy is a high priority in Los Angeles Reform the system for accessing and appropriating literacy resources PRESENT DAY: State fiscal crisis cut funding from $750M to $300M. State Budget looking to shift from K-12 to community colleges

20. What’s next? CHICAGO ♦ HOUSTON ♦ LOS ANGELES ♦ MIAMI ♦ NEW YORK An independent initiative building upon the national Adult Education Great Cities Summit Adult Education Great Cities