Post on 18-Dec-2015
Collective Impact: The Great Cities Model
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
Anticipated Outcomes for City Teams
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What drives higher literacy?
IsolatedImpact
CollectiveImpact
• 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
What drives higher literacy?
What drives higher literacy?
Next Steps: Building on Lessons Learned
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Common Agenda
Shared Measurement
Mutually Reinforcing Activities
Continuous Communication
Backbone Organizations
What drives higher literacy?
Houston Team
Sheri Suarez Foreman Houston Center for LiteracyPresident and CEO
Dr. David Joost Houston Community CollegeDirector, Adult Education
Dr. Laveria Hutcheson University of HoustonProfessor
Tina Angelo Houston Independent School DistrictLiteracy Specialist
Roosevelt Weeks Houston Public LibraryDeputy Director
Houston Initiatives
Literacy Awareness Campaign
Advocacy
City-Wide Capacity Building
Develop Statewide Database
Statewide AmeriCorp Literacy Program
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 TeamMiami Team
Miami Miami InitiativesInitiatives
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
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 New York City TeamTeam
GED Campaign to Finish
Common Core Workgroup
New York City Coalition for Adult Literacy
New York City New York City InitiativesInitiatives
Chicago TeamChicago Team
Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition
City Colleges of Chicago
Illinois Community College Board
Illinois Department of Human Services
Chicago Workforce Investment Council
Chicago InitiativesChicago 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
Los Angeles TeamLos 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
Los Angeles InitiativesLos 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
What’s next?
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