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Alliance for Regional Alliance for Regional Collaboration to Heighten Collaboration to Heighten
Educational Success Educational Success (ARCHES)(ARCHES)
A Vision Whose Time Is Now.
California Alliance of Pre K-18 California Alliance of Pre K-18 PartnershipsPartnerships
CAPP funded a two-year study of seven partnerships conducted through the College of Education at California State University, Long Beach, and the guidance of an Advisory Board composed of a statewide group of experts.
This study concluded that This study concluded that partnerships:partnerships:
Provide an effective strategy for enhancing student achievement; and,
Promote efficient and effective use of resources around shared institutional goals.
Improve Alignment Across Educational Segments; Increase Incentives and Resources for School-University
Collaboration; Encourage Cross-Institutional Exchange of Faculty, Staff, and
Students; Effectively Use Student Achievement Data Strengthen Accountability for Student Preparation for Higher
Education
Simply:Simply:The bottom line for partnership efforts is the same as the bottom line
for all of California education: to prepare all students for success in college and careers, and; to close the achievement gaps between racial and socioeconomic
groups.
The ICC began promoting regional partnerships in 2000.The Alliance Project validates that partnerships are an effective
strategy for attaining these goals.UC’s strategic review panel report “Forging California’s Future
Through Educational Partnerships” adds further weight to the growing consensus supporting partnerships.
On December 22, 2004, Superintendent Jack O’Connell announces his intention to establish a new statewide P-16 Council to better coordinate and integrate education in California -- from preschool through college.
Superintendent Jack Superintendent Jack O’Connell’s P-16 CouncilO’Connell’s P-16 Council
Membership Ackerman, Arlene Richard AlonzoAndreason, DaveAllen, Carrie Atkin, Catherine Barbara, MannyCanter, Marlene Chu, Dorothy Clifton-Bacon, Sandy Couch, John D'Amico, Judy Davis, Shelley
Drummond, Mark Fischer, Herb Gordon, Jack Graf, Jody Greenwood , M.R.C. Guardino, Carl Hart, Gary Hasson, Dian Jackson, Bill Lansing, Sherry Levine, Harold Loss, Jo
Marantal, Manny Martel, Patty Meno, Lionel Murphy, Stanley Murray, Linda Nguyen-Lam, Kim Núñez, Fabian Penry, Martha Perata, Don Plotkin, Scott Rava-Treat, Carol Rios-Kravitz, Rhonda
Rodriguez, Luis Seigel, Alan Siri, Diane Stanton, Anne Stevens, Carroll Stewart, Jack Tacheny, Suzanne Tomlinson-Keasey, CarolThorp, Peter Vaught, Kendall Ann Washington, Curtis Whitebook, Marcy Wright, Joyce
Superintendent Jack Superintendent Jack O’Connell’s P-16 CouncilO’Connell’s P-16 Council
Goals– Improve student achievement at all levels and eliminate the
achievement gap;– Link all education levels -- from preschool, elementary, middle, high
school, and through higher education -- to create a comprehensive seamless system of student learning;
– Ensure all students have access to caring and qualified teachers; – Increase public awareness of the link between an educated citizenry
and a healthy economy.
Meeting Dates– May 17th Sacramento– July 20th Palo Alto– September 20th Los Angeles
ARCHESARCHESThe Assessment PhaseThe Assessment Phase
In the summer and fall of 2004, approximately 70 Californians who have been involved at either policy or programmatic levels in education were interviewed.
The Assessment PhaseThe Assessment PhaseThe individuals interviewed included: Leaders of all education segments:
Public Schools Community Colleges California State University University of California Independent Colleges and Universities
Business executives Participants in existing educational partnerships Elected officials and policy leaders Community-based organization executives and advocacy
organizations.
The Assessment PhaseThe Assessment PhaseThese interviews yielded a wealth of information including: Support for the recommendations of the California
Alliance of Pre K-18 Partnerships report; Support for a statewide network of partnerships; Support for the inclusion of the business community,
private sector, community alliances, and faith-based organizations;
Support for incentives -- rather than mandates – as the mechanism for expanding existing partnerships and developing new ones;
The Assessment PhaseThe Assessment Phase
Support for connecting measurable goals identified by partnerships including:
recruitment and retention of qualified teachers; professional development; preparation for college of all students; improving student achievement; and, high school reform.
Having access to, and using, data to inform the direction and assess the effectiveness of partnerships was regarded as critical; and,
Opportunities for partnerships to share their best practices are needed.
AllianceAlliance
Harnessing the knowledge, experience, and strength that characterizes each partnership into a statewide network offers the potential to increase substantially the base of expertise and to develop significant synergy in the state.
RegionalRegional
The prevailing wisdom is that the state is naturally divided into approximately 30-40 regions that have their own unique set of educational issues that would benefit from a regional approach based upon:
unique student populations;
geographic characteristics;
cultural richness; and,
leadership relationships.
CollaborationCollaborationInvolving all stakeholders and joining forces involves:
•the commitment of human and fiscal resources;
•the willingness to set aside institutional or organizational imperatives;
•the patience to learn the culture, language, and idiosyncrasies reflected in all the collaborators; and,
•the trust to be candid in sharing and using data to identify issues and assess effectiveness for the benefit of all students.
Heighten Educational Heighten Educational SuccessSuccess
The effectiveness of each regional collaborative and ARCHES will be measured in terms of:
the extent to which student achievement is enhanced; and,
the opportunity and resources gaps that lead to persistent achievement differentials are closed.
ARCHES will encourage regional collaboratives to disaggregate data in developing their action plans in order to focus on the unique needs of their different populations of students.
ARCHESARCHESARCHES, then, is envisioned as a
voluntary confederation of collaboratives whose sole purpose is to improve student success and close the achievement gap among groups of students. To be clear, the collaborative is a means to an end; the end, or goal, both individually and collectively of ARCHES and its members, is greater student academic achievement, opportunity, and equity in California.
ARCHES ARCHES Regional CollaborationRegional Collaboration
Value AddedValue Added
Pre-K K-8 High School College/Training
measures measures measures
Shared Measures
Shared Outcomes
Continuous Improvement
Student Results
CAREER
P-16 Partnerships Connect Measurable Goals Across Programs P-16 Partnerships Connect Measurable Goals Across Programs from Childhood to College and Careersfrom Childhood to College and Careers
Preschool and Kindergarten
Elementary School
Middle
School
HighSchool
College:2,4-yr, grad
Adult work and family roles
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Head Start
First 5 California
CSMP
KATU
Kids Around the University
GEAR UP
COSMOS
EAOP MESA
Upward Bound AVID
CAL-SOAP
DEEP
ASSIST
Puente
Center for Adaptive
Optics
P16/ P-20 Regional Partnerships and Alliances
(Slide courtesy of Catherine Cooper)
• Examples of Regional Partnerships in California
North State College OPTIONS
Central Valley Higher Education Consortium
Monterey Bay Educational Consortium (MBEC)
Santa Barbara and Santa Ana ENLACE
San Diego-Imperial County College Going Initiative
San Bernardino and Riverside K-16 Councils
Long Beach Educational Council
• Examples of State and National Alliances
ARCHES, Ed Trust K-16 Councils, ENLACE P-20 Councils, GEAR UP, Pathways to College Network, CCSESA, BMWA
• Superintendents’ key role: “we have a thirst for data”
California’s Regional PartnershipsCalifornia’s Regional Partnerships Work in State and National Alliances Work in State and National Alliances
(Slide courtesy of Catherine Cooper)
California’s P-16 Regional Partnerships are Aligning Science, Policy, and Practice
Examples of
P-16 Regional
Partnerships
Theories of Change Demographics
Rural/Urban
Home Language
Services
Families & Students
Schools,
Comm organizations
Connecting P - 20 Outcomes
for Students, Partnerships
North State
College
OPTIONS
Social Capital:
college-going culture
Rural
English, Hmong,
others
F, St, S, Co workshops St: Math, English, A-G, College enrollment
CCC transfer
P: Leveraging funds
MBEC
Monterey
Bay Educational Consortium
Sociocultural
Bridging Multiple Worlds
Planned Behavior
Organizational Change
Rural and urban
English, Spanish, Vietnamese,
others
Regional Vertical teamsCEOs & site admin
/P-20 faculty, staff
/Undergrad/Grad students / P-12 Students
St: API, Algebra, A-G
College enrollment
CCC transfer
Graduate degrees,careers
P: Aligning curriculum
Leveraging funds
Santa Ana
Santa Barbara
Sociocultural Rural and urban
English, Spanish
F, St, S, Co workshops
Faculty engagement
St: Algebra academies
St: API, Algebra, A-G,
College Enrollment,
CCC transfer
P: Aligning curriculum
Leveraging funds
Imperial
County
Social Capital:
college-going culture
Rural
English, Spanish
F, St, S, Co workshops
St: Algebra academies
St: Algebra, Geometry,
A-G
P: Leveraging funds
(Draft of Collaborative Work in Progress: Slide courtesy of Catherine Cooper)
Regional Partnerships Forge a Learning CommunityRegional Partnerships Forge a Learning Community
• Bringing educators, researchers, and funders together
• Effective, efficient data management systems for state and local use
• Asking common questions about P-16 pathways with long-term data
• Engaging diverse families and communities as full partners
• Common tools help students, families, schools, and programs build pathways to careers and college
(Slide courtesy of Catherine Cooper)
The proposed activities of ARCHES The proposed activities of ARCHES are to:are to:
Develop a plan to provide each school with the opportunity to participate in a regional collaborative. To meet this objective, ARCHES must support the partnership strategies of existing educational organizations, support current regional partnerships, emerging collaboratives, and, when appropriate, the fostering of new arrangements;
Create a web-based clearinghouse to share best practices that includes a website, research library, materials and resources, and information on funding opportunities;
The proposed activities of ARCHES The proposed activities of ARCHES are to:are to:
Convene statewide and regional conferences to facilitate the sharing of information, expertise, and best practices;
Assemble a group of facilitators who have the experience to assist entities to develop and sustain regional collaboratives;
Seek financial resources to develop and sustain regional collaboratives;
The proposed activities of ARCHES The proposed activities of ARCHES are to:are to:
Connect prospective collaborators from various sectors of society; and,
Advocate for state and federal policies that promote regional collaboration.
ARCHESARCHESThe Next PhaseThe Next Phase
Between now and December, the following activities are planned: ARCHES is launched at this conference. Convene Advisory Board. Seek relevant advice from constituencies, including members of
the Round Table and participants at this conference. Garnering information from potential participants statewide. Solicit financial support from educational sectors, private
foundations, and corporations. Develop a Request for Proposals to provide funds to
approximately five new regional collaboratives. Support the goals and activities of Superintendent O’Connell’s P-
16 Council. Collaborate with “California Teach” initiative to improve math
and science education by encouraging more college math and science majors to become teachers.
We invite your ideas,We invite your ideas,celebrate your participation, and celebrate your participation, and
encourage your accomplishments.encourage your accomplishments.
Dave Jolly
Statewide CAPP Director
Office of the Chancellor
California State University
916-966-6533
Penny Edgert
ICC Coordinator
California Education Round Table
Intersegmental Coordinating Committee
916-327-1821
Dennis Galligani and Diane Siri
Executive Directors
ARCHES
A Joint Initiative of the
California Academic Partnership Program (CAPP)
and the California Education Round Table
Intersegmental Coordinating Committee (ICC)