“It’s a Lock Down”Englewood Education

Retreat

Hosted by Englewood Community Action Council

Saturday, November 17th

9am-2pm

Welcome/Overview Retreat Rules Introductions Review Strategic Plan Lunch Action Planning Identify and Prioritize Goals Next Steps

Retreat Agenda

Serve as a vehicle of empowerment for parents,community members and other stakeholders toimprove the quality of education in theircommunities by creating, submitting andimplementing a strategic plan.

The Mission of CACs

What progress has been made?◦ Completed our strategic planning process ◦ Started parent engagement activities◦ Built strong relationships with educators, parents,

and students. What issues have risen?

◦ Rolling attendance at CAC meetings ◦ Overall planning and logistics ◦ Fewer resources for implementation

The Journey

Start and stop on time 100 mile rule – turn off cell phone and beepers Rank does not have its privileges today Monitor your air time Confidentiality – stuff stays here Agree to disagree Everyone participates, no one dominates Place items not related to the agenda in a “Parking

Lot” All ideas are good Spelling amnesty Have fun

Retreat Rules

Who is in the room today?

Englewood Vision Statement for Education

We seek to transform the current state of education through raising standards, expectations and empowering all community members – students, parents, organizations and businesses to serve as advocates for our youth.

Transform the quality of education in our community

Ensure all youth have access to high quality educational programs and community resources

Enable successful transitions to post-secondary, career development and changing future trajectories.

The Plan

Goal #1:◦ Ensure All Englewood Students Have Access to High Quality

Educational Options from Early Childhood Through High School.

Goal #2:◦ Increase Parental/Caregiver Participation and Expand

Support of the Educational, Social and Emotional Development of Englewood Students.

Goal #3:◦ Ensure All Schools Have Highly Qualified Administrators,

Faculty and Staff Fully Invested in Our Community and Students.

Goal #4:◦ Ensure High Quality Early Childhood Program Options as a

Foundation for Student Learning and Development.

The Goals

Goal #5◦ Implement and Coordinate Middle School Instructional Programs

Which Effectively Prepare Students for Success in High School. Goal #6

◦ Ensure Student-Centered High School Options That Meet Individual Student Needs and Effectively Prepare for Post-Secondary Success.

Goal #7◦ Establish More Inviting, Culturally-Relevant (e.g., race, gender,

etc.) Learning Climates through Collaboration and Coordination of Instructional Programs.

Goal #8◦ Increase Collaboration Between Schools, Community

Organizations, Political Officials, Faith-Based Communities, Businesses, Residents, Parents and Students.

The Goals

Goal #9◦ Support of Youth Empowerment, Character Development and

Active Student Voice in Addressing Educational and Community Development Needs.

Goal #10◦ More Effectively Leverage School and Community Resources to

Provide Safe School Environments, After-School and Extracurricular Supports.

Goal #11◦ Implement Emotional and Health Support Services to Support

Student Learning. Goal #12

◦ All Englewood Schools Utilize State-of-the-Art Technology to Educate Students.

The Goals

Implementation Framework

Parents & Caregivers

Teachers & Administrators

Children & Youth

Community-at-Large

EngageEducate Empower

Implementation Framework: The Approach

AParents & Caregiver

s

Goal 1

Goal 2

Goal 4

BTeachers &

Administrators

Goal 3

Goal 4

Goal 5 Goal 11

CChildren & Youth

Goal 7

Goal 9

Goal 10

DCommunity-at-Large

Goal 1

Goal 6

Goal 8 Goal 12

Goal Implementation

Rationale ◦ Collective responsibility ◦ Supporting distributive leadership

Everyone has a role & there’s a role for everyone! Roles & Responsibilities

◦ Support ◦ Communication

Implementation Team

Parent & caregiver

Teacher & administrator

Children & youth

Community-at-Large

Timeline

Action Planning Time

What are the immediate next steps?◦ Meeting Dates for Action Teams◦ Planning Team for Empowerment Summit in

January◦ Other ideas

What are some long term steps?

Next Steps

Thursday, December 6th

Robeson H.S.6835 S. Normal Blvd.6pm-8pm

Englewood CAC meets every 1st Thursday of the month unless otherwise noted.

Next Englewood CAC Meeting

Thank you all for attending!