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Burnsville Promise a community collaborative
Business Leaders, Educators & Community February 25, 2016
What is Burnsville Promise?
Business Leaders, Educators & Community BURNSVILLE PROMISE
● New and important community collaboration ● Partnerships ● Education as the lever to world-class
employment base ● A vibrant Burnsville community
Business Leaders, Educators & Community BURNSVILLE PROMISE
From a dialogue of hope... ● Superintendent Gothard ● Vice Chair Alt ● President Wynes
...to a small planning group.
Partnership and Connection
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In partnership, Burnsville Promise invests in youth to prepare them for
success in work and community life.
Business Leaders, Educators & Community BURNSVILLE PROMISE
Burnsville Promise Mission
Serve as a catalyst for community organizations to connect their constituents to Burnsville Promise strategies.
Business Leaders, Educators & Community BURNSVILLE PROMISE
Burnsville Promise Goals
❏ Identify opportunities and assets
❏ Create community-wide strategies
Business Leaders, Educators & Community BURNSVILLE PROMISE
Partner with employers from Burnsville and the surrounding region to educate and prepare youth for success.
Burnsville Promise Goals
❏ Identify high priority pathways
❏ Identify mutually beneficial outcomes
Business Leaders, Educators & Community BURNSVILLE PROMISE
Burnsville Promise Goals Forge pathways to ensure youth are prepared to obtain the postsecondary training or credential that will allow them to embark on a meaningful career.
❏ Stakeholder design groups
❏ Data rich evaluation
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Burnsville Promise Goals Develop the infrastructure to support and sustain Burnsville Promise.
❏ Governance structure ❏ Key Partners ❏ Funding, communications and
marketing
Burnsville Promise: Cradle and Beyond
Business Leaders, Educators & Community BURNSVILLE PROMISE
In just 8 months ….
Business Leaders, Educators & Community BURNSVILLE PROMISE
★ Secured $15K planning funding
★ Created five-year strategic plan
★ Developed infrastructure ★ Identified committed
Steering Committee
★ Secured $218K staffing funding
★ Initiated evaluation process ★ Identified four Career Fields
(and many pathways!)
★ Aligning all initiatives (ie. Vision One91, Burnsville Promise, etc)
In the NEXT 8 months ….
Business Leaders, Educators & Community BURNSVILLE PROMISE
★ Define action steps to attain goals ★ Engage business and community in Pathway
implementation ★ Share benchmark data on Promise progress ★ Seek additional funding opportunities ★ Hire Burnsville Promise coordinator ★ Create a presence in the community
BURNSVILLE PROMISE STEERING
❖ Eric Norgaard, Co-chair Steering ➢ UTC Aerospace Systems
❖ Gail Morrison ➢ Inver Hills Community College
❖ Hunane Kachman ➢ Fairview Ridges
❖ Jean Lain ➢ Burnsville High School student
❖ Jeff Mortensen ➢ 360 Communities
❖ Kathy Funston ➢ ISD 191
❖ Michael VanKeulen ➢ Open Path Resources
❖ Abigail Alt, Advisory Board ➢ ISD 191 School Board
❖ Abdulahi Salad ➢ Huriye & Associates
❖ Ameet Shah, Co-chair Steering ➢ Shah Corporation
❖ Andrea Ferstan ➢ Greater Twin Cities United Way
❖ Carolina Aguilera ➢ Burnsville High School student
❖ Dave Helke ➢ Burnsville High School
❖ Egie Yilma ➢ Burnsville High School student
❖ Randy Hernandez ➢ Burnsville High School
student
❖ Richard Tucker ➢ Coldwell Banker Burnet
❖ Sarah Shanley ➢ ISD 191
❖ Skip Nienhaus ➢ City of Burnsville
❖ Scott Peterson ➢ YMCA
❖ Veronica Ramos ➢ ISD 191 Cultural Liaison
❖ Vicki Roy ➢ Community Volunteer
Partner
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Business Leaders, Educators & Community BURNSVILLE PROMISE
“Burnsville is uniquely positioned to address the achievement gap by creating a community-wide partnership that can be used as a model by other districts and communities”
Business Leaders, Educators & Community BURNSVILLE PROMISE
Their Time is Now!
Our
