Community Engagement & Resource Mapping
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Deanna HansonConsultant, Community Engagement916 296-4131; [email protected]
Randy WallaceConsultant, Work-based Learning559 280-6051; [email protected]
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Introduction
• Who are we? • Who are you?• Outcomes• Agenda
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Outcomes• Understand Components of Community
• Understand What is Included and How to Conduct a Resource Mapping Project
•Develop Benefits for Stakeholders
•Pulling it all Together
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Agenda
• Community Engagement – Why? What?• Resource Mapping – What? How?• Community Engagement Planning &
Resources – Who? How?
Why Do We Need Community Engagement?
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Guiding Questions•How many high school students ?•How many business partners do you have now?•How many business partners will you need each year for:
Career Awareness Career Exploration Career Preparation
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Community Engagement Outcomes Defined
• CEO leaders who champion the work and are involved in setting goals
• Employers committing their employees to be involved in WBL activities
• Employers commit to leadership to sustain and build more opportunities for students and teachers
• Employers lead effort to find or develop an “intermediary organization”
What Is Included in a Resource Map?
• WBL Assets and Gaps Analysis• Overview Community Resources• School District Readiness for
Partnerships Including Policies and Practices
• Existing Intermediary Capacities• Community Workforce and Economic
Development Plan
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Community Resources
• Employers by Industry• Industry Associations• Business Organizations• CBOs with “Clout”• Elected Officials• Economic & Workforce Development• Youth Serving Organizations• Other?
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Guiding Questions
• What Information Do You Have?• What Do You Need?• How Does Your District Track
Resources?• How Are You and Your District Involved
in the Community Now?
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Community/Intermediary Support –Who Helps You?Intermediary Functions/Organizations
Chamber of Commerce/ Business Organizations
Workforce Investment Board/Job Training
Community Foundation or Non- Profits
Mayors/Community Committee on Education
Other
Convene local or regional leadership in support of Academy.
Encourage policies that promote and sustain Work Based Learning.
Ensure quality and impact of local/regional Academy effort.
Broker and/or provide services in support of Academy.
Community/Intermediary Support –Who Helps You?
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Community Engagement Planning
• Summarize Key Stakeholders• Need for Intermediary• Recommendation for WBL Policy
Changes• Strategic Plan• Community-wide Convenings• Follow-up
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How Can We Make It Happen?•Community Organization Resources•Foundation Funding•Graduate Students•Academy Students•What else?
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Employer Benefits
• Bottom Line Financial Results– Recruitment Costs– Training Costs– Turnover– Increase Employer Morale and Productivity– Positive Public Relations and Market Exposure
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• Altruistic Factors– Being a Change Agent to Improve Education– Changing the Lives of Students– Giving Back to the Community
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Information Resources
• www.naf.org/wblguide
• www.connectedcalifornia.org/toolkits
• www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2011/Pathways_to_Prosperity_Feb2011.pdf
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Additional Regional Contact Information• Jessica Felix, Central, Academy Development
Manager [email protected]
• Jeanne Friedman, Florida, Academy Development Director [email protected]
• Sarah Hickert, NYC, Academy Development Manager [email protected]
• Morgan Pulleyblank, West, Academy Development Manager [email protected]
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