2014 Educate Texas Leadership Forum

February 23, 2015

Pathways to College Completion and Meaningful Careers

College and Career Summit

About Educate Texas

Improving the public education system so that every Texas student is prepared for success in school, in the workforce, and in life.

VisionStrengthen the public and higher education system so that every Texas student is prepared for educational and workforce success.

MissionIncrease postsecondary readiness, access and success for all students by building partnerships, leading innovation and scaling practices and policies.

Four Key Impact Areas

College-Ready Standards and PracticesPromoting college-ready standards and practices throughout Texas schools to improve teaching and learning

Postsecondary Access and SuccessChampioning policies and programs that increase postsecondary access, success and completion for all Texas students

Human Capital StrategiesAdvancing innovative human capital strategies to attract and retain top-quality teachers, principals and superintendents

Collective ImpactDeveloping concrete action plans that align regional K-12, higher education and workforce needs to achieve common outcomes

Our Partners

The Educate Texas public-private partnership includes: the Texas Education Agency; Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; Office of the Governor; Texas Legislature; Communities Foundation of Texas; Michael & Susan Dell Foundation; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Greater Texas Foundation; Houston Endowment; The Meadows Foundation; National Instruments and Texas Instruments Foundation.

Greater Texas Foundation

Texas College Access Network TxCAN

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Texas College Access Network Overview and Goals

Texas is a National College Access Network (NCAN) member and is developing the Texas College Access Network (TxCAN)

EdTX and its public-private partnership will work together to:

Establish a sustainable Texas network of agencies and organizations designed to increase student access and success in

post-secondary education

Create a platform for aligning national, state, and local organizations activities and core competencies

http://www.collegeaccess.org/

Our Focus

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Given historical investments at the secondary level and the challenges students face in postsecondary completion, Educate Texas through TxCAN is increasing its focus on addressing:

Postsecondary Access – Developing the Texas College Access Network (TxCAN) to identify and connect effective organizations committed to driving greater postsecondary access

TxCAN has Three Primary Areas of Focus

Awareness

Alignment

Impact Measurement

TxCAN mission will focus on increasing college readiness, access and completion

by building awareness, alignment and impact measurement

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Who is doing what in college access and success?

What does a student need to have “college access”?

How do we know if what we are doing is working?

TxCAN Will Answer Three Fundamental Questions

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KEY QUESTIONS: POTENTIAL TxCAN OBJECTIVES:

• Awareness: transparency of college access services across state/region

• Alignment: common college access “standards“ and/or goals aligned with regionally provided services

• Impact measurement: more accessible data on college access and performance measurement

Who is doing what in college access?

What does a student need to have “college access”?

How do we know if what we’re doing is working?

If these are the right questions, what should be the TxCAN objectives?

Regions in Texas

DallasRio Grande ValleyEl PasoSan AntonioTylerHouston AustinCorpus ChristiLubbock Amarillo Abilene

Increase the access, retention and success of students from TX

Collaborate, partner and network with community, government, business and others

Champion the cause of college access, retention and completion

Become a clearinghouse and filter for information

Support and improve resource and staff development including sharing best practices

TxCAN’s success will be dependent on the engagement and participation of key stakeholders

Our Shared Goals TxCAN (illustrative)

Philanthropy

P-16 Councils ISDsWorkforce

IHEs

Community Orgs

5 Key Criteria Identified to Support TxCAN Objectives Primary Criteria: Questions Considered for Each Region:

• What are the current trends, based on available data, in college access and success?

• Is there a demonstrated interest in a college access network?

• Does region have sustainable leadership?• Is local leadership well-connected to wider region?• Is there a commitment to a successful network?

• Are partnerships well-established with a diverse representation?

• What type of data is collected and analyzed?• Does data inform decisions and regional strategic

efforts?• How sustainable is data management and analysis?

• What support systems are in place to ensure sustainability?

• What is the financial support in place?

Need for college access support

Leadership

Partnerships

Data systems & capability

Sustainability

TxCAN – Next Phase of Work

• Representatives from 8 regions around the state will convene on March 5th

• Initial conversation on collaborating ideas to increase College Access for Texas students• College Readiness

Assessments (TSI, SAT, ACT)

• Apply Texas Completions• FAFSA/TASFA Completions

• Create High Strategy Impact inventories to share across the state network

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In 2012, RGV FOCUS was launched to transform college readiness, access, and completion across the four counties of Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, and Willacy.

VISION: All RGV learners will achieve a degree or credential that leads to a meaningful career.

http://rgvfocus.org/

Collective Impact Initiative

RGV FOCUS – A Collective Impact initiative established by a cross-sector group of leaders, the “Leadership Team”, meet regularly to: • identify assets and needs in

the RGV, • adopt a common vision,

establish shared goals, strategies, and metrics

RGV FOCUS – 2015 FAFSA/TASFA Targets

2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015 Target

2013 2014 2015 Target

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

6% 6% 7%

28% 29%

51% 51%

3% 3% 3%

37% 37% 40%

64%60%

70%

RGV Counties FAFSA Completion %Performance and Targets

Texas RGV Counties

January

March

December

Notes and Sources: Data from U.S. Department of Education. Data limited to high school seniors as defined by the DOE. There is no Texas state target for FAFSA completion %. Data is portrayed for 1/31/2013, 1/30/2014, 1/30/2015, 3/28 of displayed years and 12/31 of displayed years.

RGV Super Saturday

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Awareness

Alignment

Impact Measurement

Texas College Access Network (TxCAN)Partners

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2ND FAFSA/TASFA SUPER SATURDAY

Financial Aid Workshop – Pinkston High School

TxCAN & RGV FOCUS Working Towards the Same Big Goal

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http://www.luminafoundation.org/goal_2025

To increase the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to

60 percent by the year 2025.

http://www.texascollegeaccess.org/

https://twitter.com/TxCollegeAccess

More Information on TxCAN

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Alma Garcia, Program OfficerEducate Texasagarcia@cftexas.org

Denise Davis, Associate Program OfficerEducate Texasddavis@cftexas.org