Event Title
Transforming Education through University School Community Partnerships
Location
Student Union 307
Type of Presentation
50 minute presentation
Audience Type
High school students, High school teachers or counselors, College teachers or advisors, Other
Description
Abstract: This presentation will discuss the expansion of The Education Effect – Booker T. Washington, as a university community school partnership designed to engage urban youth for college and career readiness. The partnership is focused on developing collective impact and capacity for academic achievement, social success and college completion. The partnership aligns university expertise, resources and evidenced based strategies to address educational needs through the improvement of teaching and learning; increase graduation rate and parental involvement.
Theoretical and Conceptual Framework: Evidence suggests that university community school partnerships impact “whole student, whole school and whole community.” Creative solutions and strategic partnerships in education are beneficial to K-12 schools, postsecondary institutions and community organizations. With increasing attention devoted to education reform, college access, and community outreach programs, engaged universities have seized the moment through strategic initiatives to further their mission of reducing disparities in access to higher education. The Education Effect has been developed to support and challenge students to acquire the knowledge, skills and disposition needed to effectively graduate high school and enroll and succeed in credit-bearing, first-year courses at a two-year or four-year postsecondary institution. Furthermore, The Education Effect supports the individual needs of students’ as they reach and grow to their full potential by infusing additional personnel and a culture of high expectations. Additionally, the academic enrichment and educational opportunities provided by The Education Effect will focus on 21st century academic and workforce readiness skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, team work, collaboration, communication, self-direction/personal responsibility, creativity, innovation, and information technology. The Education Effect is funded through a generous foundation committed to urban education and community partnership. Critical to the development of The Education Effect, are the benefits to students, the school, community and university. Broadening educational opportunity to include kindergarten through postsecondary completion is vital to student learning, because it increases success over time, as opposed to fragmented programs in which students are treated for impending “failure.” It is the difference between prevention and intervention after the fact. Potential contribution to the conference: This paper challenges existing ways of understanding equity and inclusion and the institutional response to provide access and support to underrepresented students.
Summary of Presentation Goals and Objectives: This presentation introduces the theoretical and conceptual framework for the implementation and execution of The Education Effect – Booker T. Washington, a University Community Schools Partnership between Florida International University, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Booker T. Washington Senior High and the Overtown community. Influenced by the work of the University of Pennsylvania’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships and the Children’s Aid Society (CAS), the partnership is designed to impact “whole child, whole school, and whole community” through strategic collaborations to increase the collective capacity for all children to succeed and thrive in education. Goal. To increase the number of successful high school and college completions by underrepresented students, through comprehensive wrap around educational opportunities that provide solutions and changes in education. Objective. Bringing university community school partners into the study as a vehicle for change, utilizes the shared knowledge of others to understand problems and create immediate solutions that are beneficial to educational and community stakeholders. Method. Community-based participatory (CBPR) research will be used as an action research (AR) method combining mixed data sources and triangulation to narrate a comprehensive dialogue. Implications. A university community school partnership have the capacity to decrease barriers to college access and increase the likeliness of college completion when evidence based strategies are implemented to impact all stakeholders (including youth, parents, schools, universities, community, social agencies, business, and local governments). It is critical to not only build partnership and shared understanding, motivation, and visions, but also to empower and build the capacity of the next generation to manage themselves. The developmental process of The Education Effect is complex and multileveled and requiring a framework to guide the process. Through the CBPR/PAR approach evidence based strategies can be grounded in research that is student and adult learner centered, experience based, and community development focused in the field of education and in the context of postsecondary completion
Transforming Education through University School Community Partnerships
Student Union 307
Abstract: This presentation will discuss the expansion of The Education Effect – Booker T. Washington, as a university community school partnership designed to engage urban youth for college and career readiness. The partnership is focused on developing collective impact and capacity for academic achievement, social success and college completion. The partnership aligns university expertise, resources and evidenced based strategies to address educational needs through the improvement of teaching and learning; increase graduation rate and parental involvement.
Theoretical and Conceptual Framework: Evidence suggests that university community school partnerships impact “whole student, whole school and whole community.” Creative solutions and strategic partnerships in education are beneficial to K-12 schools, postsecondary institutions and community organizations. With increasing attention devoted to education reform, college access, and community outreach programs, engaged universities have seized the moment through strategic initiatives to further their mission of reducing disparities in access to higher education. The Education Effect has been developed to support and challenge students to acquire the knowledge, skills and disposition needed to effectively graduate high school and enroll and succeed in credit-bearing, first-year courses at a two-year or four-year postsecondary institution. Furthermore, The Education Effect supports the individual needs of students’ as they reach and grow to their full potential by infusing additional personnel and a culture of high expectations. Additionally, the academic enrichment and educational opportunities provided by The Education Effect will focus on 21st century academic and workforce readiness skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, team work, collaboration, communication, self-direction/personal responsibility, creativity, innovation, and information technology. The Education Effect is funded through a generous foundation committed to urban education and community partnership. Critical to the development of The Education Effect, are the benefits to students, the school, community and university. Broadening educational opportunity to include kindergarten through postsecondary completion is vital to student learning, because it increases success over time, as opposed to fragmented programs in which students are treated for impending “failure.” It is the difference between prevention and intervention after the fact. Potential contribution to the conference: This paper challenges existing ways of understanding equity and inclusion and the institutional response to provide access and support to underrepresented students.
Summary of Presentation Goals and Objectives: This presentation introduces the theoretical and conceptual framework for the implementation and execution of The Education Effect – Booker T. Washington, a University Community Schools Partnership between Florida International University, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Booker T. Washington Senior High and the Overtown community. Influenced by the work of the University of Pennsylvania’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships and the Children’s Aid Society (CAS), the partnership is designed to impact “whole child, whole school, and whole community” through strategic collaborations to increase the collective capacity for all children to succeed and thrive in education. Goal. To increase the number of successful high school and college completions by underrepresented students, through comprehensive wrap around educational opportunities that provide solutions and changes in education. Objective. Bringing university community school partners into the study as a vehicle for change, utilizes the shared knowledge of others to understand problems and create immediate solutions that are beneficial to educational and community stakeholders. Method. Community-based participatory (CBPR) research will be used as an action research (AR) method combining mixed data sources and triangulation to narrate a comprehensive dialogue. Implications. A university community school partnership have the capacity to decrease barriers to college access and increase the likeliness of college completion when evidence based strategies are implemented to impact all stakeholders (including youth, parents, schools, universities, community, social agencies, business, and local governments). It is critical to not only build partnership and shared understanding, motivation, and visions, but also to empower and build the capacity of the next generation to manage themselves. The developmental process of The Education Effect is complex and multileveled and requiring a framework to guide the process. Through the CBPR/PAR approach evidence based strategies can be grounded in research that is student and adult learner centered, experience based, and community development focused in the field of education and in the context of postsecondary completion