1. www.nlc.org Promising Practices: Municipal Leadership for Postsecondary Success Stakeholder Map (Degree Phoenix) Indicators of Student Success (Portland’s All Hands Raised) Loss-Point Analysis (San Francisco) Tracking Progress Publicly (Riverside) Strategies to Increase Matriculation and Persistence (Philadelphia)

2. DEGREE PHOENIX Stakeholder Map The partnership: higher education, policy makers, foundations, CBOS, Latino Advocacy Institutions, high school, employers. Most influential: family, parents, teachers, mentors, advisors/counselors Target Population: Latino youth (students & disconnected youth )

3. Indicators of Student Success

4. Where we are losing students? 9 th Graders 5,500 Drop Out/ Leave 1,500 Graduate High School 4,000 Don’t enroll in any post- secondary 1,000 Enroll in post- secondary 3,000 910 are placed into remedial Math or English at City College SFUSD Loss Point 2: Not Successfully Transitioning Loss Point 1: Not Completing SFUSD High School Loss Point 4: Not Completing City College Loss Point 3: Remediation at City College SFUSD students at City College All SFUSD students SF State University= 420 Other 4-year colleges= 1,270 Other 2-year colleges = 310 City College= 1,000 650 do not complete at City College within 5 years 350 complete at City College within 5 years

5. www.nlc.org How Riverside will track progress The “report card” A public statement Easy to grasp Community wake-up Sets the vision States clear goals Utilizes official data Measurable results Data team updates annually Demonstrates accountability Catalyst for conversation and media coverage

6.  In 5 th year of rewarding deserving Philadelphia High School Students with tickets to sporting events across the city as an incentive to achieve academic excellence.  Over 6,000 tickets distributed, with 90 high schools participating. Strategies to Increase Matriculation Office housed in City Hall offering information and referrals Reached out to over 25,000 Philadelphians of all ages through presentations and workshops, since 2010. PhillyGoes2College website has been accessed over 166,000 times Trained over 4,156 Coaches through 303 workshops, since Sept 2010. Eight Anchor agencies engaged to reach into their communities to recruit adults to be trained as coaches. Additional outreach to faith-based and other organizations that engage youth.

7. Philadelphia’s Strategies to Increase Matriculation Mayor’s Returning to Learning Partnership Tuition discount program encouraging city employees to pursue a college education Twelve area colleges and universities offer a 25% discount to employees Hosts annual college fairs for city employees Citywide Financing College Campaign Coordinated series of programs and services throughout the city assisting college-bound students and parents in financially preparing for college Over 50 FAFSA Completion Workshops offered from January through April 10% increase in FAFSA completions from 94,082 in 2008 to 103,254 in 2012 Moved from unranked to 2nd nationally in completed Gates Scholarship applications The College Countdown Center A collaboration between the Mayor’s Office and the School District housed in Parent, Family, Community Services Office helping parents, families, adults, immigrant and faith-based communities support their children in preparing for college and pursue a postsecondary education for themselves Held first college fair for parents and adults

8. Strategies to Increase Persistence Mayor’s College Completion Committee o Membership - 12 area colleges and universities and School District of Philadelphia o Formed a “community of practice” devoted to data-driven decision-making to increase Philadelphia student persistence and completion at their respective institutions o Used findings from OMG Pathways to Completion Report to:  Facilitate dialogue to grow analytic capabilities among member institutions  Sponsor Success and Risk: Using Data to Assess Philadelphia College Students’ Success Convening  Reach consensus on definitions and fields on revised template for IHE data request o Utilizing their internal institutional research on college success indicators, higher education partners will share findings to inform college preparation practice in K-12 community o Assisting School District with curriculum alignment to PA Common Core Standards and determining “college readiness” indicators

9. www.nlc.org Five Strategies in Ten Cities Public-private partnership Workforce & Economic Development Leverage Data Expand Supports Leverage Intermediary Support BostonX XXX Chicago X LouisvilleX X Memphis XX New Haven X PhiladelphiaX XX Phoenix X Portland X Riverside XX San AntonioX XX From “Mayoral Leadership for Postsecondary Success and Career Readiness”, Kenneth K. Wong, NLC, 2012.

10. www.nlc.org Lessons Learned: Education-Workforce Alignment City Examples: Boston: Internships San Francisco: Career and Technical Education Dayton: Online career tool; internships Riverside: Community college representation on WIB Phoenix: Internships; training simulations; mentors

11. www.nlc.org Selected NLC Postsecondary Success Resources Municipal Action Guide: Municipal Leadership for Postsecondary Success: Getting Started http://www.nlc.org/Documents/Find%20City%20Solutions/IYEF/Education/m unicipal-leadership-for-postsecondary-success-getting-started-oct-2012.pdf http://www.nlc.org/Documents/Find%20City%20Solutions/IYEF/Education/m unicipal-leadership-for-postsecondary-success-getting-started-oct-2012.pdf Municipal Action Guide: Conducting a Scan of Local Efforts to Promote Postsecondary Success http://www.nlc.org/Documents/Find%20City%20Solutions/IYEF/Education/c onducting-a-scan-of-local-efforts-to-promote-postsecondary-success-oct- 2012.pdf http://www.nlc.org/Documents/Find%20City%20Solutions/IYEF/Education/c onducting-a-scan-of-local-efforts-to-promote-postsecondary-success-oct- 2012.pdf Municipal Action Guide: Using and Sharing Data to Improve Postsecondary Success http://www.nlc.org/Documents/Find%20City%20Solutions/IYEF/Education/u sing-and-sharing-data-to-improve-postsecondary-success-oct-2012.pdf http://www.nlc.org/Documents/Find%20City%20Solutions/IYEF/Education/u sing-and-sharing-data-to-improve-postsecondary-success-oct-2012.pdf Mayoral Leadership for Postsecondary Success and Career Readiness http://www.nlc.org/Documents/Find%20City%20Solutions/IYEF/Education/m ayoral-leadership-for-postsecondary-success-career-readiness-oct-2012.pdf http://www.nlc.org/Documents/Find%20City%20Solutions/IYEF/Education/m ayoral-leadership-for-postsecondary-success-career-readiness-oct-2012.pdf