DIPLOMAS NOW PRINCIPALS INSTITUTE

Collaborating with Many Partners for Impact

Robert Whitman, Ed.DPrincipalManual Arts High School

Objectives

• To share best practices for collaborating with school partnerships to improve student achievement.

• To reflect on our current practices and identify new strategies to more effectively collaborate with school partners.

What is your understanding of effective collaboration with

school partnerships?

LAUSD LA’s Promise

Manual ArtsHigh School

DN USCSt. JohnsHealth Clinic

LA Child Guidance

Single Plan for Student Achievement

WellnessCenter

Performance Meter Goals

PartnershipsAt MAHS

Introducing Partnerships to School Stakeholders

• Mobilize key stakeholders and resources to create changes.

• Share current resources or the lack thereof.• Discuss most salient needs of the school.• Articulate the need for partnership support. • Establish buy-in with key stakeholders by

discussing the rationale for a partnership.• Communicate rationale for partnership with the

larger school community.

Cultivating Relationships with Partnerships

• Articulate school’s strengths/weaknesses.• Create trust with school partners.• Establish clear line of communication.• Form common understanding.• Choose an effective group structure for iterative

partnership collaboration with key stakeholders.• Establish benchmarks for ongoing monitoring.• Set up standing meetings between principal and

partnership heads.• Develop vision of long-term, sustainable change.

Aligning Goals of Partnership

Goal 1: 100% Graduation How does/will the partnership support the matriculation/retention of students?

Goal 2: Proficiency for All What curriculum/pedagogical support will the partnership provide to support

students and teachers in ELA/Math proficiency? How will we know they are effective.

Goal 3: 100% Attendance How does/will the partner assist with responding to patterns in student

attendance and recognizing students with outstanding attendance?

Goal 4: Parent & Community Engagement How does/will the partnership work alongside the school to increase parental

engagement.

Goal 5: School Safety How does/will the partnership’s involvement contribute to a positive school culture.

Iterative Communication of Goals & Progress

Instructional

Leadership Team

Department Chairs

Instructional Coaches

Administrators

DN

SLC Leads

LA’s Promise

WellnessCenter

Social Workers

Principal

Counselors

CISNurse

LA’s Promise

LA Child Guidance

InstructionSupports

Social & EmotionalSupports

Importance of Progress Monitoring of Partners

• Ensures accountability • Justifies partner’s existence on campus• Maintains trustful relationships between

partnership and school community • Ongoing reflection of what is going well

and what changes need to occur

Evidence of Program Monitoring

Highlights: 113 Students have received Level Two services (FULL YEAR) 1900 Students have engaged or participated in Level One services (FULL YEAR) 128 Parents have been engaged by CIS (FULL YEAR)

Field Trips: Cultural, College & Career Exploration – THIS SEMESTER

Total CIS Non-CIS Total CIS Non-

CIS 1. Getty Museum

52 0 52 7. Japanese American Museum 52 0 52

2. Korean Cultural Center

39 0 39 8. La Plaza de Culture y Artes 23 7 16

3. African American Museum 40 3 37 9. Cal State Long Beach 52 16 36

4.Center Theater Group 34 9 25 10. The Huntington Library 45 0 45

5. Heal the Bay 30 6 17 11. Dockweiler Beach 55 0 55

6. LACMA 31 0 31

Events / Community Service – THIS SEMESTER

Total CIS Non-CIS Total CIS Non-

CIS 1. Articulation 125 0 125 5. Wellness Center Grand

Opening 58 58

2. Kaiser Permanente’s Educational Theatre 625 0 625 6. FPA Matriculation Celebration 176

3. Parent Conference 57 17 40 7. Ozomatli 300 300

4. Homeboy Ind. 225 0 225

Initiatives / Programs – THIS SEMESTER

Total CIS Non-CIS Total CIS Non-

CIS 1. Attendance weeks 1-

5 439 6. Attendance weeks 10-15 158

2. Attendance weeks 5-10 274 7. Attendance Overall 28

3.Transitional Group 8 8 8.Boys’ Group 9 6 3

4. Honor Roll Party 42 6 36

9. Report Card Conf. week 5 Report Card Conf. week 10

Report Card Conf. 15

274 248

274 All

included

5.SAT Prep 6 6

Parent Engagement – THIS SEMESTER

Total CIS Non-CIS Total CIS Non-

CIS 1. Family Bingo Night 42 3. Family Awards Night (2) 58

(students) 16 42

2. Family Awards Night 42 6 36 4. Articulation 125

Parent Conf. 57 17 40

Reflection ExerciseStart – Stop – Continue

Start Stop Continue

The SSC is a helpful strategy for establishing baseline data and developing a common understanding of stakeholders’ perceptions of the current situation.

Reflection Exercise “Round Robin” & “Gallery Walk” (continued)1) Assemble into groups of four.2) Each member will number off 1 – 4. 3) “Round Robin” – Each group member will share, in one

minute, their practices of collaborating with partners on their campus with their group.

4) Following the “Round Robin,” each group will collectively identify practices of partnership collaboration their respective schools need to “Start,” “Stop,” or “Continue.”

5) The third member of each group will be the designated scribe.

6) Each group will record their responses on chart paper.7) “Gallery Walk” – Each group will observe each other’s

reflective responses to understand varying perspectives of the “Dos” and “Don’ts” of partnership collaboration.