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Partnering for Impact: Increasing
Postsecondary Success Through
Cross-Sector Collaboration
SREB Go Alliance
October 10, 2019
Yarbrah Peeples
Senior Regional Director
College Advising Corps
Korynn Schooley
Vice President, College Access
Achieve Atlanta
Source: https://opportunityinsights.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Lecture-1-intro-and-mobility.pdf
Low social mobility means that children born into families with lower income have
little chance of achieving income level of higher quintiles as adults
2
Atlanta has one of the country’s lowest rates of social
mobility, with implications for equitable life outcomes
Nationally, a child
born into the
lowest quintile
has 11.7%
chance of moving
into the top
quintile. The
odds are even
lower in Atlanta
- just 4.5%
Postsecondary degree attainment is an important
driver of upward social mobility
A college education dramatically increases likelihood of employment and income level;
this is true for elite colleges, other 4-year institutions, and community colleges2
1. https://www.bls.gov/emp/chart-unemployment-earnings-education.html 2. See appendix; https://www.brookings.edu/ blog/social-mobility-
memos/2018/01/11/raj-chetty-in-14-charts-big-findings-on-opportunity-and-mobility-we-should-know/
$553$730 $802 $862
$1,884
5.6%
2.8%
2.2% 2.1%
1.5%
0%
2%
4%
6%
$0
$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
Masters DegreeBachelors
Degree
4.1%
2.7%
Less than a
High School
Diploma
High School
Diploma
Some College;
No Degree
Associates
Degree
Professional
degree
Unemployment rate
Mean weekly earnings
Unemployment rate and mean weekly earnings by educational
attainment1
3
$1,198 $1,434
Believe. Expect. Achieve.
achieveatlanta.org
VisionAtlanta is a city where race and income no
longer predict postsecondary success and
upward mobility
MissionAchieve Atlanta’s mission is to help APS
students access, afford, and earn postsecondary
credentials
4
Achieve Atlanta builds cross-sector collaboration across a
range of partners
Improve Postsec. Access
Improve Postsec. Affordability
Increase Postsec. Success
Grades 11-12 Postsecondary
11 Higher Education Institutions
5
Achieve Atlanta engages students and families to ensure their experience and feedback inform how supports and services are provided and improved
Increasing
Opportunity for
America’s Students
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7
CAC slide
PARTNERSHIP COMPONENTS
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9
College Access Partnership: Four Key Components
Building a shared vision
Goal setting and management
Building a cross-sector team
Nurturing the partnership
Building a Shared Vision
We exist to
dramatically
increasing the
number of Atlanta
Public Schools
graduates who earn
a postsecondary
degree or credential
To succeed as a partnership, we must all
have the same vision for the work
Goal Setting & Management
Understanding leading indicators is
key to reaching your outcome
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Increase the number of
APS graduates who
seamlessly enroll in
college
Outcome Goal
Leading Indicators
1:1 Student Meetings
SAT/ACT Registration
FAFSA Completion
Three+ College Applications
AA Scholarship Qualifiers
Target-setting should be thoughtful,
rigorous, and include all voices
Set draft targets
Analyze historical and baseline data
Review “profile” of incoming
senior class
Review research and
current models
Discuss draft targets
AA, CAC, OneGoal & APS collaborate to review draft
targets
Edit targets by taking into
consideration school-level
context
Seek approval of targets
District leadership
reviews and approves
district-wide & school-level
targets
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15
Atlanta
Clayton
Carrollton
Cobb
Columbus
Dalton
Dekalb
Fulton
Gwinnett
Marietta
Chatham
Clarke
Henry
Albany
Savannah
Morrow
Toliver
Valdosta
Atlanta
Clayton
Carrollton
Cobb
Columbus
Dalton
Dekalb
Fulton
Gwinnett
Marietta
Chatham
Clarke
Henry
Albany
Savannah
Morrow
Toliver
Valdosta
Atlanta
Clayton
Carrollton
Cobb
Columbus
Dalton
Dekalb
Fulton
Gwinnett
Marietta
Chatham
Clarke
Henry
Albany
Savannah
Morrow
Toliver
Valdosta
Atlanta
Clayton
Carrollton
Cobb
Columbus
Dalton
Dekalb
Fulton
Gwinnett
Marietta
Chatham
Henry
Albany
Savannah
Morrow
Toliver
Valdosta
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40%
44%
48%
52%
56%
60%
64%
68%
72%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
40%
41%
45%
42% 42%
43%
47%
48% 48%
36%
38%
40%
42%
44%
46%
48%
50%
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
The work does not happen in a vacuum;
progress is not always linear
Building a Cross Sector Team
Partnership Success Requires
Stakeholder Engagement at all Levels
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School Counselors CAC Advisers Graduation Coaches
OneGoal Program Directors
APS Office of High Schools APS Counseling Coordinator
APS Data Team Lead AA VP of College Access
CAC Regional Director CAC Program Directors
OneGoal Partnerships Director
APS Associate Superintendents
AA Executive Director CAC Sr Regional Director
OneGoal Executive Director
Direct
Service
Providers
Admin &
Project
Managers
Executive
Leaders
The College Access Working Group (CAWG)
is critical to partnership sustainability
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PURPOSE MEMBERS ACTIONS
Goal Setting &
Management
Problem Solving
Strategy
Development
Communication
Development
Training &
Facilitation
ADMINISTRATIVE &
PROJECT
MANAGERS FROM:
Atlanta Public
Schools
Achieve Atlanta
College Advising
Corps
OneGoal
To assemble a group,
representing all
partners, that possess
the knowledge, skills,
commitment and
decision-making
authority to individually
and collectively
execute the tasks
required to achieve the
goal of getting more
APS students to
college
APS SAT Day is an example of the
CAWG in action
Students waited until their senior year to register for
standardized tests
Once registered, students didn’t show up on test day
Challenge
CAWG members worked together to problem solve
The ultimate solution was the establishment of APS
SAT Day--an in-school test day for students
Action
Results= improved outcomes for students
• 90% of 2019 graduates took the SAT, a 33%
increase over 2018 graduates
• Black student test completion increased 57%
Outcomes
Nurturing the Partnership
Continue to feed and nurture the
relationships over time
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Bring partners in to help set the course
Invest in communications
Identify and recognize the contributions of organizational and individual members
Build relationships outside of the formal structure to build trust
Be responsive to what will propel different stakeholders into action
Lessons learned from four years
of partnership
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Recognize
where you
add value &
what’s within
scope & out
of scope
Build a robust
process for
goal-setting
and tracking
Balance
standardization
with the unique
school context
Reflect on
what’s working
& what’s not.
Be willing to
abandon
things that
aren’t working
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