missing school matters kickoff sept. 19, 2012

© 2012 E3 Alliance #missingschoolmatters

Central Texas Student Attendance Campaign


Suzanna CaballeroPresident & CEO, TCDCChair, AARO Community Accountability


Thanks to our Campaign Partners!

http://www.e3alliance.org/index.html


And to our Supporters!

2.4MILLIONNumber of school days Central Texas students miss every year

The Problem

34MILLION

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Amount of money Central Texas school districts would gain if every student attended just 3 more days

Students can learn more

Teachers have more time to teach

Districts have increased revenue

TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE


Unlike teacher quality or curriculum, communities can directly contribute to student

and district success by helping all of our students be in school every day.

Why are We Here?


Susan DawsonPresident & Executive Director

E3 Alliance


E3 Alliance is a Catalyst For Educational Change in Central Texas

E3 Alliance uses objective data and focused community collaboration to align our education

systems so all students succeed and lead Central Texas to economic prosperity

Mission

E3 serves as the Central Texasregional P-16 Council


“The Big Disconnect”

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Overall, too few students• Graduate high school • Go to college, and • Get a post-secondary degree

To meet the needs of our region in a globally competitive economy


Pop Quiz: Cost of Drop Outs

A conservative estimate of the cost to Central Texas of a single class year of drop outs is:

A. A decked-out Lamborghini

B. Total gross of Celine Dion’s Las Vegas Show

C. The cost of the Long Center for the Performing ArtsD. Annual budget of the UT Athletic Dept.


A conservative estimate of the cost to Central Texas of a single year of dropouts

$430 millionAnswer “B” is correct

Celine grossed $400 M over the life of her Vegas show

That would by almost FIVE Long Centers Or FOUR UT Athletics Departments

Or 7,820 teachers!


Elementary Grades

Pre-K & Kindergarten

Early Childhood

Middle Grades

High School Grades

Higher Education Career &

Life

Goal One: All children enter

Kindergarten school ready

Goal Two: Eliminate achievement gaps

whileimproving overall student

performance

Goal Three: All students graduate college & career ready & prepared for

a lifetime of learning

Goal Four: As a community, Central Texas prepares children to

succeed

Central Texas’ strategic plan to build the strongest educational pipeline in the country

E3 Alliance Cradle-to-Career Continuum


Applying Collective Impact:the Regional STEM Pipeline

• Projected 15,000 shortage of Eng/CompSci Workers• Too few local students flow through STEM Pipeline• Regional asset/gap analysis based on data


STEM Pipeline Collaborators

http://www.silabs.com/pages/default.aspx


Enrollment in the STEM Pipeline Exploding!

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½ Central Texas Students Miss 6+ Days/Year & Account for 85% of all Absences

Source: E3 Alliance analysis of PEIMS data at UT Education Research Center.


Central Texas has More Absences than Texas at Every Grade- Especially in HS


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Tim LeagueFounder, Alamo DrafthouseBoard Member, AARO


English PSA


Spanish PSA

We Need You!

• Our goal: increase student attendance by 2 percentage points (average 3 days/student)

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Sarah Harris Founder, InciteVice President, Emmis Communications


Our Work in NYC: Wake Up!• NYC Schools Attendance Challenge• Mayor Bloomberg started WAKE UP! NYC to reach

the 250,000 NYC public school students who miss a month or more of school each year.

• Results. Down by 24% over the previous year in ten elementary schools and by 16% in eight middle schools.


Get Schooled Central TX Attendance Challenge• October 1st-November 30th • Eight School Districts, representing 40,000+ students• “Sizzle and substance” to engage and inspire more

students to attend school. – GAME ON October 1 - October 19– ON THE HUNT October 22 - November 2– RECOGNIZE! November 5 - November 16– WAKE UP! October 1 - November 30


Incite/Emmis Austin Radio Support• 101X, BOB-FM, 107.1 LaZ• Reaching 500,000+ Austinites

– Sept. 24th-Jan. 9th – On-air, Streaming PSA’s– Community Affairs Spotlight-LaZ– On Site at Select Schools-LaZ– Alamo Drafthouse Reward Event w/101X DJ’s


Radio Spot


Rick L’AmieCommunications Director

E3 Alliance


Take Action• Now what?• We need you• www.missingschoolmatters.org

– Resources and information– Communication toolkit

• Targeted messages and action steps• Brochures/flyers• Newsletter articles to cut and paste• Register to get information

http://www.missingschoolmatters.org/


Take Action• Like us on Facebook• Follow on Twitter• Write a blog• Talk to your neighbor,

carpool, boss, church group, your kid, the neighbors kid…

• Invite others!


The Big Idea

• We want to hear from you– 10 minutes– Share one takeaway– Capture on index cards– Circle your favorite– Brainstorm more– Report out: One Big Idea!


Bring Your Ideas Forward!


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Find What You Need• www.missingschoolmatters.org• Facebook.com/missingschoolmatters

– Register for next 2 launch events 9/20 & 9/25!• Twitter.com/missingmatters• www.e3alliance.org

– New web site coming soon!• www.getschooled.com

http://www.missingschoolmatters.org/

http://www.facebook.com/MissingSchoolMatters

http://www.facebook.com/MissingSchoolMatters

http://www.e3alliance.org/

http://www.getschooled.com/


Spread the Word• Kickoff Event Two

– Thursday, Sept 20th

– 4 - 5 pm– Dell Round Rock Campus, Building 8

• Kickoff Event Three– Tuesday, Sept. 25th

– 9 - 10 am– LCRA Dalchau Service Center, Montopolis Drive

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www.e3alliance.org

missing school matters kickoff sept. 19, 2012

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