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Community Building for Better Educational Outcomes – Tampa and Jacksonville
Maggie Gunther OsbornConn Memorial Foundation
Pam PaulJacksonville Public Education Fund
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action
Herbert Spencer
AGENDA
Overview of Tampa and Jacksonville Projects 3:45 – 4:30 Lessons Learned Sustainability & Replication
Table Discussions 4:30 – 5:15 Key Questions for Community Building in Your
Communities Interest in On-Going Learning Agenda
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.
Madame Marie Curie
The Conn Foundation
Where were we funding historically? What was our goal? We invest in people and leadership
as well as our target population Opportunity to focus and go deep
while acting as a catalyst
New way of looking at social change
Sulphur Springs Community Initiative
Existing Assets Indigenous Leadership & Ideas Anchor or Central Point
Sulphur Springs Community Initiative
Community Building
It Takes All Pieces
Residents & Families ChurchesCooperatives, Clubs & OrganizationsGovernmentPhilanthropySystems- Education/Public ServicesBusiness
Elements of Community Building
TRUST Presence and investment POWER differential - empowerment Shuttle Diplomacy Comprehensive change Genuine collaboration GRASS ROOTS – Indigenous Leadership TIME
Honest Broker and Respectful Partner
“I cannot walk in your shoes but I must make an effort to stand beside you and see what you see and listen to what you hear in order to walk with you.”
Jacksonville Philanthropy’s Education Reform Work
The Community Foundation in Jacksonville as catalyst for reform
Quality Education for ALL Ten Year Investment ($2,000,000) Three-Pronged Strategy
Learning Direct Investment Building Public Will
Quality Education for ALL Impact After 4 Years
Created Jacksonville Public Education Fund to provide infrastructure and capacity to drive reform
Created Learning to Finish collaborative to focus on dropout crisis
Key player in bringing Teach for America, KIPP and Gates/CLIP to Jacksonville
Learning to Finish
Unprecedented partnership Duval County Public Schools United Way Jacksonville Children’s Commission The Community Foundation Jacksonville Public Education Fund
Focus on data and candid assessment of the problem
Co-creating new strategies Early Warning System and Strategic Interventions Back on Track Options
Jacksonville’s Insights
On Collaboration: Neutral and transparent convenor Shared leadership = sharing the work Honest about partner needs and try to meet
them Hold accountable for shared goals Trust-building is an on-going process
Jacksonville’s Insights
On Systems Change: Start with data Create a strong Theory of Action Work at multiple levels (school and district) Leverage and align existing resources Use foundation resources as a lever Articulate clear goals and measure progress Start small, show success, take to scale Use data and student stories to tell the story Make long-term commitment
Discussion
Table Discussion Guidelines
Each table discusses one question (on the tent card)
Choose a facilitator and a recorder Use the flip chart to capture key
discussion points Briefly report out to the full group
Roundtable Questions
What role(s) do you or can you play based on the environment and your resources to impact educational outcomes in your community?
What barriers to and opportunities for system change exist? How do you as a funder deal with them?
What effect do stimulus dollars, major initiatives, and federal programs have now and in the future? How should philanthropy respond to these current trends?
What are the challenges of developing, replicating and sustaining best practices for improving educational outcomes?
He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed into angry waves by the wind. Often they roar over his head, often they beat him back and baffle him. Most men yield to the stress of the current. Only here and there the stout, strong heart and vigorous arms struggle on towards ultimate success.
Albert Pike
Thank you
Maggie Gunther OsbornConn Memorial Foundationwww.connfoundation.org
[email protected] Paul
Jacksonville Public Education Fundwww.ltfjax.org