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Developing School Community Partnerships for Student Success
Fred Schrumpf, Director of On-Time Graduation, Spokane Public SchoolsLyndia Wilson, Division Director, Spokane Regional Health District
Alisa D. May, Executive Director, Priority Spokane
April 29, 2014 / Wenatchee, WA
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Learning Goals
1. How have community partnerships developed with Spokane Public Schools (SPS)?
2. What strategies are used by SPS and partner organizations to address risk factors?
3. Towards what policy and system changes is our community working?
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One in three students DROP OUT in Spokane County!
Vote Yes for Spokane’s Children’s Fund Initiative (2010)
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On-Time Graduation Rate Dropout Rate
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Components of Building Partnerships
Who are we? And why do we partner with SPS?
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www.priorityspokane.org
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Guidelines Used:• Magnitude affected• Below a benchmark or want to preserve• Impacts several aspects of community life• Actionable in next 5 years
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So…WHY is Public Health involved in educational attainment efforts?
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Health Disparities: Differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of diseases and other adverse health conditions that exist among specific population groups.
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Social Determinants: Factors in our social and economic environment
that have been found to affect health, either negatively or positively.
Many of the root causes of community health problems are linked to SOCIAL DETERMINANTS.
H – HOUSINGE – EDUCATION A – ACCESS (to healthy food, parks, sidewalks, safe neighborhoods)L – LABOR (available jobs and the skills to be hired and succeed)T – TRANSPORTATIONH – HEALTHCARE
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Cardiovascular Disease by Education
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Data Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2005-2009
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Public health assessment and evaluation capacity
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Developing School Community Partnerships
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Early Warning System
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School Community Partnership Committee
Data Sharing
PS Community Breakfast
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Gonzaga University
Middle School Evidence –Based Practice Study (June
2010)
Eastern Washington University
Youth Serving Programs (2011)
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Of the dropouts that could be
predicted, 46% could have been identified
before they entered high school.
Dr. Mary Beth Celio Study (May 2012) o Longitudinal studyo 7,000 Spokane Public School students
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Most Significant Dropout Early Warning/Risk Indicators
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A •Attendance
B •Behavior
C •Course completion
Developing School Community Partnerships
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PS Community Breakfast
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Community Breakfast
May 2012
Developing School Community Partnerships
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PS Community Breakfast
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New attitude of collaboration developed through School Community Partnership Committee
SCPC
Community Attendance
Support Teams
Hillyard Children’s
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Community Action TeamCradle
to Career
United Way Bold
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Mentoring Alignment
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Developing School Community Partnerships
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EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
View of the Early Warning System School Dashboard
Unexcused Absences
4+ in 7th grade 4+ in 8th grade
Out-of-school Discipline
In 7th grade in 8th grade
Course Failure F in 8th grade F in 7th grade
Academic Assessments
Low Math Low Reading
Developing School Community Partnerships
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PS Community Breakfast
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Developing School Community Partnerships
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PS Community Breakfast
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Data Sharing for Partnership Building
Tipping Point Number of StudentsGrade 7 Grade 8
Percent of StudentsGrade 7 Grade 8
A’s (Attendance) 138 150 6.9 % 7.5%
B’s (Behavior) 239 287 11.9% 14%
C’s (Course Completion) 344 373 17% 18.6%
2012-13 Tipping Points for 7th and 8th Graders
How does your program impact Attendance, Behavior, Course Completion or more than one of these factors?
How does your organization currently use data?
What data do WE ALL want to keep an eye on in order to serve our kids in ways that support student well-being and success?
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Developing School Community Partnerships
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Grants for Research
Early Warning System
Grant for Collaboration
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School Community Partnership Committee
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PS Community Breakfast
3 Community Meetings
Annual Reports
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Based Organizations with MOUs
or Annual Reports
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Examples of School Community Strategies • Community Attendance Support Teams (CAST)
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Students with 4+ Unexcused Absences who Graduated from SPS
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Examples of School Community Strategies • Weaving Bright Futures – Spokane Regional Health District
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Examples of School Community Strategies
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• Inland Northwest Community Foundation’s project with Shaw and Garry Middle Schools
Policy and System Implications for Attendance
Starting local . . .• Standardizing attendance practice
in schools• Intervening at 4 unexcused
absences• Considering all absences
regardless of excused or unexcused (chronic absences)
• Increasing awareness of importance of attendance based on research
• Expanding from 6 middles schools to district, county, and state
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Today we discussed:1. How community partnerships developed with Spokane Public Schools.
2. Strategies used by SPS and partner organizations to address risk factors.
3. Examples of policy and system changes on which our community is working.
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Contact information:
Fred Schrumpf, Director On-Time GraduationSpokane Public Schoolsfreds@spokaneschools.org www.spokaneschools.org
Alisa D. May, Executive DirectorPriority Spokanepriorityspokane@greaterspokane.orgwww.priorityspokane.org
Lyndia Wilson, Division DirectorSpokane Regional Health Districtlwilson@srhd.orgwww.srhd.org
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