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MAYOR’S OFFICE FOR EDUCATION & CHILDRENPEAK PERFORMANCE REVIEW
JANUARY 24, 2013
FOR THE PERIOD COVERING: SEPTEMBER 2012 – DECEMBER 2012
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Vision/Mission
Vision:– Deliver a City where all children, youth and their
families have the opportunity to succeed.
Mission:– Ensure that Denver’s children and youth have their
basic needs met, are ready for kindergarten, and prepared for academic and professional success.
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Strategy for the Office of Children’s Affairs
• The Office is dedicated to ensuring Denver’s children and youth have their basic needs met, are ready for kindergarten, and prepared for academic and professional success.
• By increasing access, participation and quality for all families in Denver, this mission can be accomplished.
• The strategy is centered on an aggressive continuous improvement process that effectively leverages data, convenes diverse stakeholders, builds strategic partnerships, and funds highly innovative and effective programs.
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Summarizing the Approach
Understand
Listen, Learn, and
Share
Advocate and PartnerInvest
Execute and Evaluate
We are collecting and analyzing data effectively
We are evaluating and assessing results
We are sharing information and learning from communities
We are executing investments in projects, system changes
We are prioritizing and designing investments
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Specific Strategic Objectives with a Specific Activity Designed to Improve Team Performance
Effectively Use Data to Inform Decisions and Elevate Effectiveness
Convene Diverse Stakeholders to
Listen, Share and Learn
Leverage Strategic Partnerships to Influence
and Support Effective Programs and Services
Design and Invest in Innovative Initiatives
Implement and Evaluate Innovative
Initiatives
Implement a High Performing and
Accountable Culture
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Key Areas of Focus
Education Compact
•All kids ready for kindergarten•Students graduate prepared for a postsecondary
pathway•Students can access and complete a
postsecondary pathway
Children’s Cabinet
•Align publicly funded early childhood programs•Reduce the number of disconnected youth•Reduce childhood obesity
Children’s Affairs
•School readiness•Education•Youth success•Health
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End of 2012 Focus
1. Identify baseline measures for key initiatives – near completion
2. Begin to implement tracking mechanisms – 2013 underway
3. What’s new:
Infrastructure Programmatic
New Strategic Plan Head Start data collection system revision
New Organizational Structure – TBA
Data-driven advocacy (gaps inform strategy)
Goal-driven work plans for everyone
Wallace Foundation Grant – Out of School Time (OST)
New Education Compact Director Walmart Foundation Grant – At-risk afterschool meals
Contracting financial management to Controller’s Office
Children’s Cabinet work groups developing action plans
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Denver Children’s Cabinet Established through Executive Order 139
– Develop and provide policy guidance– Coordinate and integrate services across City agencies
and key partners – Develop strategies to take advantage of opportunities
and remove the barriers for Denver children and youth– Variation of the Collective Impact Model
• Common Agenda: Reduce obesity, reduce the number of disconnected youth, and align early childhood programs and services
• Shared Measurement: Collect data and measure results, shared accountability
• Infrastructure: Office of Children’s Affairs
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Support Working Families
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-year averages. 2007-2011
Goal will be set by the work group
Strategically align publicly funded child care programs (includes Early Head Start, Head Start, CCAP, CPP, DPP, and DPS ECE)
Preschool Attendance by Denver Neighborhood
3- and 4-year old children attending preschool
0% - 20%
20.1% - 40%
40.1% - 60%
60.1% - 80%
80.1% - 100%
Denver_Neighborhoods
No Data
Support working families by increasing the number of children who have access to quality child care by xx% by xx year.
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Disconnected YouthSub-populations of disconnected youth can include youth who are:
• Young unmarried parents• Immigrants• Homeless • Incarcerated• In foster care • High school dropouts• Disabled
Denver Neighborhoods
0% - 6%
7% - 17%
18% - 33%
34% - 61%
62% - 87%
Low Number of Events
2008 2009 2010 20110%
5%
10%
15%11%
8%
Teenagers Ages 16 to 19 Who Are Not In School And Not Working
Denver Colorado
Year
Pe
rce
nt
In 2011, 3,000 Denver teens (ages 16-19) were not in school or working.
Reduce the number of disconnected youth in Denver to no more than 8 percent by 2017 (from 11 to 8 percent in 5 years)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2006-2010, 2011
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Healthy KidsCountyOverweight
or obese children
Garfield 17%Eagle 17%
Summit 17%Teller 18%
Larimer 18%Douglas 19%
Broomfield 19%Boulder 19%
Jefferson 24%Mesa 24%
Fremont 24%Arapahoe 24%
Routt 26%La Plata 26%
Montezuma 26%Elbert 26%
Montrose 27%Delta 27%Weld 28%
Adams 29%El Paso 29%Pueblo 32%
Denver 34%Morgan 40%Logan 40%
Source: 2012 Kids Count in Colorado! Report, Data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Health Statistics Section, 2008-2010 Child Health Surveys
Goal: Reduce the number of overweight and obese children in Denver by 5 percent by 2017 (from 34 to 29 percent in 5 years)
34% of Denver children were overweight or obese. (3 year average, 2008-2010)
Being overweight or obese can be closely related to poverty.
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School Readiness: Denver Great Kids Head Start
Denver Great Kids Head Start is a quality early learning program that prepares children to enter kindergarten confidently with the social, physical, emotional, and cognitive skills and competencies necessary for continued school success.
• The City of Denver is a federal Head Start grantee that:
• Manages $8.8 million• Oversees 6 community
providers• Serves 1,153 children
and their families
2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-20120
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
Children Served in Denver Great Kids Head Start
Over Income
Homeless
Foster Children
Public Assistance
Below Poverty
School Year
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Denver Great Kids Head StartFall 2012 Baseline Student Assessment Data: Teaching Strategies Gold
Social
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Physic
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Physic
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Mot
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Lang
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Cognit
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Mat
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Spanis
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y0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Preschool- Age 3Meeting or Exceeding Expectations
Development and Learning Dimensions
Per
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Social
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Physic
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Physic
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Mot
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Lang
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Cognit
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Spanis
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y0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Preschool - Age 4 Meeting or Exceeding Expectations
Development and Learning Dimensions
Per
cen
tMeasures the knowledge, skills and behaviors that are most predictive of school success.
DGKHS Goal: 1.25% growth for all Head Start children from fall 2012 to spring 2013.
The total number of children included in these assessments in the fall was 802.
• 329 (41% of those tested) were 3-year-old children
• 465 (58% of those tested) were 4-year-old children
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Denver Great Kids Head StartQuality Measures: Teacher Qualifications
Goal:Ensure that each delegate agency has a least 70% of classroom teachers with a bachelors degree or higher
2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-20120%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
DGKHS Teachers with a BA or Higher
School Year
Per
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each
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0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Delegate Agency Teachers with a BA or Above: 2012-2013
Delegate Agency
Per
cen
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DGKHS Goal: 70%
Head Start Requirement: 50%
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Denver Great Kids Head StartData System: Revision Timeline
January 2013
• Assess current data system:• data collection
and report timeline
• indicators and definitions
• delegate and DGKHS staff needs
• applicability to DGKHS goals
February 2013
• Compile feedback from DGKHS staff, delegate agencies, and consultant.
• Define DGKHS goals
• Align goals with data collection and timeline and PIR
• Propose updates to current system
March 2013
• Plan implementation
• Report progress of project to Management Team.
• Begin contract negotiations
April, May, June 2013
• Implement• Develop staff and
delegate training of updated system
Goal: Functional system by July 1, 2013
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The goal for the 2012-2013 program year (October 1 – August 31) is 40,000 visits.
School Readiness: 5 By 5 Program
2005
/200
6
2006
/200
7
2007
/200
8
2008
/200
9
2009
/201
0
2010
/201
1
2011
/201
2
2012
/201
30
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
Number of Visits to Cultural Venues
School Year
Vis
its
Septe
mbe
r, 20
12
Octob
er, 2
012
Novem
ber,
2012
Decem
ber,
2012
Janu
ary,
201
3
Febru
ary,
201
3
Mar
ch, 2
013
April,
2013
May
, 201
3
June
, 201
3
July,
201
3
Augus
t, 20
130
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
Are we on track? 8,817 cultural visits so far this
school year!
Month
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s
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MY Denver Card– Starting in the fall of 2012, Denver Public School 6-12th
grade students can apply to use their DPS student ID to gain free access to all Denver Parks and Recreation Centers, and use it as their Denver Public Library Card.
Challenges: • Late start – couldn’t take advantage of summer school
registration to promote• DPS does not have a centralized ID system• Process takes too long• Did not know about 2A when idea was born
Next Steps:• Explore city issuing (separate from student ID)• Develop web-based application system• Incorporate program levels (K-5, 6-12)
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Out of School Time: Wallace Foundation GrantMission
– Have a sustainable, citywide OST system that increases access and participation in quality OST programs for all Denver children and youth in order to promote positive youth development, ensure student success, and achieve post-secondary preparation.
Year Two Goals– Post a 20 percent increase in number of new OST Program sites that will participate in the
Youth Program Quality Intervention. • Year 1 baseline was 34 sites - Year 2 goal is 41 sites
– 125 OST agencies that serve Denver Public Schools (DPS) students and participate in the Community Partner System (CPS) will have a DPS Partnership Agreement and/or Data Sharing Agreement as determined by data needs and usage of data in place by 8/2013.
– 125 OST agencies providing services within a Denver Public School will have completed profile entered into the Community Partnership System (CPS) by 8/2013
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Youth Success: Drop In Denver
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110.0%
4.0%
8.0%
12.0%
DPS Dropout Rate
Year
Dro
po
ut
Ra
te
In 2011, 2,292 (6.4%) students dropped out of Denver Public Schools. Source: Colorado Department of Education
http://www.dropindenver.com/index.html
“Drop in Denver” is an initiative spearheaded by Colorado Youth for a Change (CYC)—a non-profit organization dedicated to solving Colorado’s dropout crisis.
This pilot program is being launched in partnership with the Office of Children’s Affairs. Other partners include Denver Public Schools, Colorado Public Television and Donnell-Kay Foundation.
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Youth Success: Youth Commission Mayor’s Youth Commission
– In December 2012 the Commission presented a draft action plan to address the mental health needs of Denver youth to Mayor Hancock. The plan consisted of three main components:
1. PR/social media campaign– Make 3,400 connections (10% of DPS middle and high school students) between
February and June 2013.
2. Youth Conference– Reach 250 youth by participating in a youth conference in the spring of 2013.
3. School specific strategies to increase the use of mental health resources– Focus on Abraham Lincoln High School (survey, action plan to address results)
Mayor’s Youth Awards– The Mayor’s Youth Award honors teenagers between the ages of 13 and 19
who have overcome adversity to achieve person success.– 88 nominations were received through December 15, 2012.– 30 awards will be issued.– The Community College of Denver will again provide scholarships to the MYA
seniors.
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14 city-sponsored food distribution sites served over 60,800 meals to Denver children during the summer.
June (4th-30th)
July (1-31st) August 0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
Summer Food Service Program Meals Served per Month
Breakfast Lunch Snack
Year
Nu
mb
er
of
Me
als
Health: Food and Nutrition
Oct-12 Nov-12 Dec-120
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
5000
5500
Snacks and SupperMeals Served in 20 Rec Center Sites
Monthly Average Goal = 4,800
7 month (November – May goal = 33, 600 meals
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Community Outreach EffortsThe Office of Children’s Affairs provides information to the community through trainings, presentations, and events with students, parents, teachers and community members at-large.
–The Activity Tracking Spreadsheet is designed to capture the important work our staff conducts in the community.
–Tracking began in October, 2012.
–We will continue to track community outreach through the Springs of 2013 to establish a baseline of measurement.
–Once the baseline is identified, we will set goals to improve the number and quality of outreach efforts in the Denver community.
Event Participation: 990
Participation at Presentations: 101
Participation in Trainings: 274
Through activities from October – December 2012, the Office engaged 1,365 students, parents, teachers and community members.
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A Strong Foundation
We have been asked to innovate – be bold.– Must have a strong foundation
Spent the last year, assessing and starting to repair the foundation and set the vision.
We are a few months away from standing on solid ground – operationally and programmatically.
We will then be able to truly be innovative and transformative within our agency and with our city and external partners.
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Next Review
Next Performance Review: May 23, 2013 Strategies and Tactics of focus for next meeting -
– Education Compact goals and strategies– Children’s Cabinet action plans– Summer Food goals– Strategies for increasing number of students served in OST programs
through 2A investment Update on projects and opportunities –
– Officially launch the MY Denver Card program – March/April– Pilot summer STEM academy