Gene Sharratt, Ph.D.Executive Director

genes@wsac.wa.gov

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Happy Holidays

Leadership and Life

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Leaders . . .

Become a vet.

Get an animol.

Move to Orogon.

See King Kong.

Buy a parrott.

Sell the parrott.

Get a wife.

Start over.

Get a new buket .

BUKET LIST

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Politics

Not enemies nor friends,

But allies and opponents.

The Washington Student Achievement Council

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We advance educational opportunities and attainment in Washington.

In pursuit of our mission, the Washington Student Achievement Council:•Leads statewide strategic planning to improve educational coordination and transitions.•Supports Washingtonians through the administration of financial aid, a college savings plan, and support services.•Advocates for the economic, social, and civic benefits of postsecondary education.

Building New Partnerships

Creating New Pathways

Our Vision

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We inspire and foster excellence in educational

attainment.

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By 2023…

Current level of attainment: 50%

At least 70% of Washington adults ages 25-44 will have a postsecondary credential.

Current level of attainment: 89%

100% of adults ages 25-44 in Washington will have a high school diploma or equivalent.

Face big challenges

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Source: State Higher Education Finance: FY 2012; State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO), March 2013

• Total educational revenue is the sum of educational appropriations and net tuition excluding net tuition revenue used for capital debt service.

• Adjustment factors, to arrive at constant dollar figures, include Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA), Enrollment Mix Index, and Higher Education Cost Adjustment. COLA in not a measure of inflation over time

Higher Ed Bears Brunt of Budget Cuts

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Percent change in Near General Fund biennial appropriations, 2007-09 – 2013-15. Higher Education includes Opportunity Pathway account and HECB/WSAC appropriations.

Two-thirds of the budget is tied to constitutional and federal requirements

K-12 Basic Education 42.3%

Debt Service/ Pensions 5.9%

Mandatory Medicaid 10.2%

Other Human Services 13%Higher

Education 9.2%

Corrections 5%Other*

6.5%

*Other includes balance of K-12, legislative agencies, governmental operations, natural resources, transportation, other education, other appropriations

Nursing Homes, DD, Courts 8%

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Demographic Imperative/Support

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Source: Longanecker, D. (2012). Knocking at the college door. Retrieved from http://www.wiche.edu/info/knocking-8th/profile/wa.pdf

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Source: Washington Student Achievement Council Staff Analysis of 2009-2011 American Community Survey 3-year PUMS data file. Wages Include civilian employed WA residents age 25-64. Unemployed rate reflects civilian labor force for WA residents age 25-64.

Education = Lower Unemployment

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By 2018, About Two-Thirds of all Employment Will Require Some College Education or More

Source: Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018. Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, August 2012

What is the College Bound Scholarship?

• Created in 2007, the Scholarship is an early commitment of state financial aid to eligible students who sign up in 7th or 8th grade and fulfill the Pledge.

• CBS encourages students, who might not consider college because of the cost, to dream big and continue their education beyond high school.

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Monitoring CBS Cohorts

Many eligible students are attending college.

CBS students who met pledge requirements are pursuing postsecondary education at higher rates than would be expected.

Washington Student Achievement Council – College Bound Scholarship Program

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Source: WSAC CBS Application Data, class of 2012 verified as graduated per OSPI data, met pledge requirements (n=9,160) and National Student Clearinghouse, 2012-13 (n=6,389). ERDC Research Brief

2010#5. Participation in Postsecondary Education. Washington State High School Graduates, 2008-09.

Bridgeport High School – Class 2013

College Bound Applications Graduating Class of 2017

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A school is . . .

“A building of four walls with

the future inside.”

Lon Waters

Great Schools Consist of . . .

“Great teachers doing

great teaching.”

McKinsey & Company (2007)

We must move students from

knowledgeableto

“knowledge-able” allowing them to become

“meaning-makers”

Teacher’s Comment . . .

“There is always room for improvement. In fact, it is the biggest room in our

school.”

If you cannot

measure it . . .

you cannot

improve it.

What gets measured gets done.

What gets rewarded gets repeated.

As a Leader You Know . . .

We must adjust to changing times,

but cling to unchanging principles.

Miss Julia ColemanPlains High School, Georgia

Optimism

Determination

Belief

Faith

Respect

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Hope

Opportunity

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Attainment

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The Way I See It

There are no limits on how much the heart can hope,

the mind can imagine or the human being can achieve.

Lynne CoxAuthor of Swimming to Antarctica

“I like running the most. Sometimes I feel like I’m flying. Like I can just keep on forever.”

-Sofia Batchelor

Photo Credit: The Columbian

What I live for . . . by George L. Banks

I live for those who love me,

For those who know me true.

For the Heaven that smiles above me,

and awaits my spirit too;

For the cause that lacks assistance,

For the wrong that needs resistance,

For the future in the distance,

And the good that I can do.

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The Washington Student Achievement Council Team

“Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.” Sitting Bull