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USAdelante A Virtual Peer-to-Peer Professional Development Network

“Students supporting students to excel”

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USAdelante enables college students to graduate by providing the connections and guidance to excel

Overview

�  Objective

�  Create a student-to-student support community for students in college

�  Strategy

�  Connect students to each other to complete development exercises

�  Next Milestone

�  Support 300+ underrepresented college students in 2012-2013

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Traditional Mentorship

Support Models

USA Peer-to-Peer Coaching

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Management Team

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David Lopez Role: Co-founder, Recruitment/Outreach, Chairperson Executive Director at Teach For America – San Diego, Taught bilingual elementary in HISD, 8 years technical sales experience, Electronic Engineering/Management Science Roberto Cabral Role: Director of Operations GE Healthcare, Edison Engineering Development Program Graduate, Raytheon Software Engineer, Electrical & Computer Engineering Mayte Antelo Role: Curriculum Coach Nationally Certified School Psychologist in San Diego Unified School District, Masters in Educational and School Psychology, Masters Harvard Graduate School of Education Sergio Marrero Role: Pilot, Lead Education Pioneers Fellow, Teach For America’s Strategy/Innovation Group, Industrial Engineering, Deloitte Consulting, MBA & MPP, Harvard University We also have several volunteers with backgrounds in teaching and curriculum development from the Harvard Graduate School of Education we are interviewing for positions

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�  Peer-to-peer model is the right way

�  Too much at stake to limit

�  Expanded pilot is critical next step

USAdelante Beta Pilot

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Importance

Why? Belief

How?

�  College for all

�  Underrepresented students at higher risk

�  Additional support required

�  Soft skills needed for success

�  Professional leadership empowers communities

�  Needed to keep US

competitive

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Pilot Structure

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�  Goal �  Is peer-to-peer coaching valuable for

students?

�  How can we improve the model?

�  20 College Students

�  15 Schools

�  12 Weekly Calls & Exercises

Student Student

Completes Weekly Exercise

Weekly Call

Vision Planning Professional Development

Exercise Topics*

Self Assessment Personal Branding

Personal Vision Planning Mock Interview

Elevator Pitch Coping & Wellness

Career Path Mapping Mentor Preparation Call *certain exercises covered over two calls

1 exercise

10-15 questions

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Pilot Metrics

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�  120 hours of professional development (12/student)

�  82% felt they could relate to their partner

�  73% found the feedback from my partner helpful and insightful

�  70% found the exercises contributed to their development

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Proposed Pilot

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�  300+ College Students

�  36 Exercises (4 Introduction)

�  10 Months

Monthly Outline

Intro Exercise Electives

Sample Exercise Topics

Personal Planning

Time Management

Student Leadership

Coaching Through Questions

Coping & Wellness

Elevator Pitch

Presentation Skills

School/Life Choices

Inspiration & Motivation

1 Exercise

10-15 Questions

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Team interaction

Structured Curriculum

Core Competencies*

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Collaboration Across Networks & Leading by Influence

Agility & Adaptability

Initiative & Entrepreneurialism

Effective Written/Oral Communication

Assessing & Analyzing Information

Curiosity & Imagination *The Global Achievement Gap, Tony Wagner

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Pilot Operations

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Goals

�  Is there a positive impact on retention?

�  Does the model maintain the sense of community?

Tools Feedback Loop

�  FreeConferenceCall.com/Skype

�  Google Spreadsheet

�  YouTube

Dial In # and Partner List

Updated

Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri

Call & Feedback

Form

Sat

Reviews Feedback Modify Exercises (if needed)

Weekly Cycle

Forms

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Scaling Strategies

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College College College

High School

Graduating High School Networks

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College Student Groups

2 Leads Identified at: Harvard College Northeastern University Wesleyan University UConn (Training) University of Arizona (Training)

Potential Partners: Yes Prep IDEA Public Schools KIPP

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Next Steps

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Exercises / Feedback

Exercises and project plan for a year-long pilot is being developed to support a sponsor high school

Identify Partner School

Acknowledgements

•  Finalist, MIT 100K Pitch Competition

•  Finalist, Start-Up Weekend Harvard & MIT, iLab

•  Semi-Finalist, Echoing Green Fellowship

•  HBS Summer Social Enterprise Fellowship

High School

Develop Exercises

Online

Fundraise $

Identify & Onboard Students

Launch Pilot in August

Requirements from Partners

•  Identify one lead per school

•  Facilitate initial communication pilot participants

•  Support fundraising for pilot program

•  Attend weekly 1 hour calls with pilot lead

Finalize School Leads

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Pilot Operations

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Introduction & Forum Associates

Senior Associates Ambassadors

Milestones 5 Starter Exercises 10 Exercises +

1 Pay-It-Forward Video + 5 Consecutive Weeks + Rating > 7.5/10

20 Exercises 5 Pay-It-Forward Deliverables + 10 Consecutive Weeks + Rating > 8/10

Director Partner

TBD TBD

Checks Spreadsheet for Pair & Call information

Participates in Peer-to-Peer Coaching

Session

Submits Exercise Feedback

(Advanced Exercises) Submits Deliverable

Update Pairing, Leaderboard, &

Check Deliverables

Member Registers

Email with ID & Info

Sent

Coaching Process

Member USAdelante Google Form

Actions

•  Pair ID •  Date •  Time •  Conference # •  Exercise Link •  Comments

Google Form

•  Member ID •  Partner ID •  Exercise ID •  Exercise Rating •  Partner Rating •  Comments