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Thriving Minds
Erin Offord, director of parent & family engagementFunmi Okunbolade, communications managerSeattle, WAJune, 2009
Building a Responsive System
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Technology Advocacy
Fundraising Curriculum & PD
Communications Research &
Evaluation
Our community
believes
that it’s the relationship
between
a variety of
high quality
creative learning
experiences,
designed to
build over time,
that results in
lasting benefits.
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A Common Vision & Working Strategy
Listen: Build feedback loops
Learn: Use research
Respond: Customization
Overarching Steps
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Listen: Build feedback loops
Overarching Steps
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ResearchSurveys - 5k kids, 2k caregivers, 2k educatorsFamily Interviews
Ongoing Feedback LoopsNeighborhood Leadership TeamsCampus Parent EngagementPartners
Listening
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Learn: Use research
Overarching Steps
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Percent of Student Surveyed Said: This Discipline is “Very Important” to Me
Grades 4-6 Grades 7-8 Grades 9-120
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
29 31 29
1829
24
36 69
33
16 18
Dance Music Theater Visual Arts
Learning: Survey Results Demand
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Arts Learning Opportunities Citywide and By Quadrant
8,257
2,543 2,290 1,758 1,666
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
Citywide Northeast Northwest Southeast Southwest
All Disciplines
31% of Total
28% of Total
20% of Total
21% of Total
Learning: Survey Results Supply
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Arts Learning Opportunities by Age
0500
1000150020002500300035004000
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18Age in Years
All Arts
Middle School
High School
Learning: Survey Results Supply
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Arts Learning Opportunities Excluding School Courses by Age
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18Age in Years
All Arts
Middle School
High School
Learning: Survey Results Supply
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When families engage in creative activities together:
Homes become hubs for learning & sharing
They learn about one another & their heritage
They develop skills they value
They have skills & products they can contribute to their communities
Learning: Family Interviews Preliminary Findings
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Learning: Family Interviews Preliminary Findings
Dallas families want creative learning but some struggle
Young people use creativity 24 / 7
There are new ways to reach parents & caregivers
Timing of information is important
Materials should appeal to students
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Respond: Customization
Overarching Steps
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Personal Experience: Connect message to real experiences
Education: Provide access & information
Involvement: Neighborhood Leadership Teams
Advocacy: Mobilize parent leaders
Awareness: Craft message & spread the word
AwarenessPersonal
Experience Education Involvement Advocacy
Responding: Parent Engagement Pathway
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Meet with
Neighborhood
Leaders
Share
Research
&
Learnings
Reach
Community
Consensus
on
Values &
Goals
Identify
Neighborhood
Resources
& Gaps in
Services
Host
Community
Orientation
&
Summer
Planning
Meeting
with
NLT Members
& Community
Providers
Allocate
Funds &
Implement
Summer
Programs
for
Kids &
Families
Information
Session
with
Community
Providers
Document
& Report
Partnership
Impact
Review
Program
Delivery
to Kids
Look at
Overall
Summer
Process
Develop
Neighborhood
Plan &
Identify
Target
Programs
Responding: Neighborhood Leadership Teams
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School Board
Superintendent
City Council
City Manager
Private Funders
Business Community
Community Boards
Arts Commissioners
Parents
Dallas ISD
City of Dallas
Park & Recreation
Police
Library System
Churches
CBOs
Parents
Fine Arts Specialists
General Classroom Teachers
Cultural Providers
Individual Artists
Park & Rec Staff
Librarians
Childcare Workers
Church staff
CBO staff
Trained Volunteers
Parents
All Dallas children
Parents
Influencers Implementers Instructors Beneficiaries
Responding: Partners
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Responding: Customization
Customized plans @ the neighborhood level
Customized plans @ the campus level
Communication tools
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Additional Discoveries
OST is a goldmine of opportunity
Schools are the neighborhood hubs
Need to be culturally responsive on a systemic level – not just programmatic
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Access & Quality Distribution
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Access & Quality Distribution
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Access & Quality Distribution
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Access & Quality Distribution
Neighborhood problems Wasting time, unproductive activities Unsafe outdoor play Low achievement, over-emphasis on
testing Vandalism
Creative learning solutions Multi-age programs Programmatic pathways fostering
progressive learning Mentorship & leadership opportunities Community building & networking
Parent Demand Survey
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Parents: Key Learnings
Where learning takes place varied informal settings
How learning takes place broad definition of arts
How learning is delivered school & OST must be linked
Why families take part beyond learning a skill
What kids need programs that are diverse, relevant, multi-age
Programmatic challenges uneven quality, availability, sequencing, inequity
Accessibility challenges lack of info & advice, cost, transportation
Who’s needed teachers, role models, supportive family, transporters, facilitators
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Importance of Arts in OST
Improved engagement in learning & school attendance
Increased academic achievement
Kids handle conflict more effectively
Students at greatest risk show greatest gains
Keeps kids safe, healthy & on track for success
Helps working families
Improved engagement in learning & decreased drop-out rate
Increased academic achievement
Helps decrease involvement in delinquent behavior
Helps students overcome obstacles of disadvantaged backgrounds
Improves attitudes about themselves & the future
Benefits of Afterschool Learning Benefits of Arts Learning
http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/after_out.cfm
Working for Children and Families: Safe and Smart After-School Programs, U.S. Department of Education, April 2000
Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning, President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities and the Arts Education Partnership
Involvement in the Arts and Success in Secondary School by James S. Catterall, Ph.D.
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Importance of Arts in OST
Quality arts education can help students develop the four C's:
Cognition think critically, solve problems, analyze & synthesize information, evaluate & make decisions
Culture understand people, traditions & symbols … bridge gaps in a diverse & complicated world
Communicationuse sights, sounds & movement to convey meaning beyond words. …interpret & understand complex symbols
Creativitydevelop imagination, invention & innovation…. linked to scientific discovery, business planning & negotiation
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/After_School_Programs/Arts_Programs.html
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Creative Citizens
Pre-Professional Creatives(Students)
(Unincorporated)Professional-level Creatives
Professional Teaching Artists
Creative Workforce Enhance Skills
Sharing Your Creativity
How People Learn
Planning Learning Experiences
Sharing with Groups
Working in Schools, After Schools & Community
settings
Special Issues in Sharing Creativity
Culmination Team Volunteers
Guides/ Assistants
Low Intensity Workshops
Low - Mid Intensity Workshops &
Residencies
Variety of involvement levels
High Intensity Workshops
& Residencies
Performance/ Exhibition
Training
Responding: Creative Learning Workforce
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Elementary School
Middle School
High School
Library
Rec Center
CBOs ReligiousInst.
Current presence Planned Future
Neighborhood Hubs
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