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Collaboration in Action: Strive
Social Impact Exchange ConferenceJune 17, 2010
Presented by Marcie Parkhurst, FSG Social Impact Advisors
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Overview of Strivewww.strivetogether.org
Faith
Parents/Family
Nonprofit
Philanthropy
Corporate
K-12
Post-SecondaryEarly Childhood
Community Students Media Civic Leaders
• What it is: Large-scale partnership of more than 300 organizations, institutions, and individual leaders in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region
• What it does: Creates a world-class education system where every child succeeds from birth to career
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How It All Began
• Leadership: – Nancy Zimpher, then-President of University of Cincinnati
“The boundaries of the university are the boundaries of the community”
• Support: – Founding members: Northern Kentucky University, Xavier University,
KnowledgeWorks Foundation – Early supporters: GCF, United Way, CPS, Proctor & Gamble
• Evidence:– Research completed at the University of Cincinnati led to creation of the Student
Roadmap to Success (see next slide), which serves as Strive’s organizing structure
• Community engagement:– Organizations and institutions throughout the region were invited to participate in
intervention-specific networks (e.g., tutoring), chaired by Strive leaders– Network members work collaboratively to design their own evidence-based
strategies and monitor progress toward goals
It took 2-3 years for Strive to move from the idea stage to the action stage; each network has also gone through a 1-3 year development stage
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Roadmap to Success: Key Strategies & Outcomes
Key Transition Years
Home Visitation
Community Learning CentersIncorporate student services into learning through networks of high
quality services providers in the following areas:
Resiliency Collaboratives
Community Report Card to monitor progress toward meeting ultimate outcomesStudent Dashboard with academic and student support data to enable personalized learning for each child
College Retention
Ultimate Outcome:
College Gradua-
tion
Portfolio of High Performing Schools
Math & Science and
Literacy
Teacher Quality
College Access
Ultimate Outcome:
College Enroll-ment
Financial StabilityUltimate
Outcome: Percent of
People in Poverty
Workforce Network
Career Pathways in High Demand
Sectors &Hard-2-Hire Network of Employment
Support Services to High Need Populations
Dropout Recovery
After-School
Physical/Mental Health
Arts Education
BusinessP-ships
Family Engage-
ment
Youth Employ-
mentMentoring
1 2 3 4 65 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16Grade: KBirth
Success By 6Ultimate Outcome:
Readiness for Kindergarten
School District Initiatives Ultimate Outcome: 4th and 8th Grade Math and Reading Scores
& ACT Scores
Quality Early Childhood Education
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How It Is Sustained
• Leadership– Strive’s Executive Committee is comprised of 23 CEOs and EDs who are highly
involved with the initiative– Foundation members (including GCF, United Way, Haile/US Bank Foundation)
give priority to education grantees who are affiliated with a Strive network
• Member Time and Commitment– Networks meet bi-weekly to continue work on strategy development/refinement
and activity alignment, to discuss challenges and lessons learned, and to document progress toward their goals
• Infrastructure and Support– Strive has a $2M budget and 8 full-time staff who provide critical functional support
to the networks (e.g., data/analysis, technology, PR/communicationss, TA, etc)
• Public Accountability– Strive publishes a Report Card to the Community each year in which it documents
progress toward its goals (see next slide)
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Goal 1: PREPARED for School
• Percent of children assessed as ready for school
Goal 2: SUPPORTED In and Out of School
• Percent of students with more than 20 developmental assets
Goal 3: SUCCEEDS Academically
• Percent of students at or above reading/math proficiency• Percent of students who graduate from high school
Goal 4: ENROLLS in College/Career Training
• Average score on the ACT• Percent of graduates who enroll in college
Goal 5: GRADUATES and ENTERS a career
• Percent of students prepared for college level coursework• Percent of students who are retained in college• Percent of students who graduate from college• College Degrees conferred
Strive’s Annual Report to the Community:Goals and Outcome Measures
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Lessons Learned:Strive’s Framework for Partnership Implementation
Developing the Cradle to Career Education Pipeline
and Partnership
Evidence Based Decision Making
Community Based Collaboration and Capacity
Building
Investment and Sustainability
Engaged leadership Community level outcomesCreate network of providers
around each priorityInnovation & Impact Fund
Community vision Scan of existing resources Six Sigma action planning Partnership sustainability
Governance structure Select priority strategies Data management system Community engagement
Communications plan
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Strive: Implementation & Development Sites
Arizona State University
Mesa, Arizona
California State University – East Bay Hayward, California
University of Houston
Houston, Texas
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia
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University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Portland State University Portland, Oregon
California State University – FresnoFresno, California
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Strive - University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio
University of Memphis Memphis, Tennessee Implementation
Site (EPIN)
Development Site (EPDN)
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Additional Information about Strive
Presented by FSG Social Impact Advisors
www.fsg-impact.org
• Breakthroughs in Shared Measurement and Social Impact – Shares key findings from FSG’s research on the development of innovative and coordinated web-based approaches to reporting performance, outcome and impact measurements over multiple social enterprises and stakeholders. Contains a detailed Strive case study. www.fsg-impact.org/ideas
• Living Cities 2009 Annual Report – Describes Living Cities’ investment in the launch of Strive-like initiatives in five additional citieswww.livingcities.org
• Strive website – Contains the full research report behind Strive’s Student Roadmap to Success, as well as information about Strive’s Six-Sigma-based “endorsement process”www.strivetogether.og