Geneva 2020: Collective Impact

“Collective Impact”  by John Kania and Mark Kramer    Stanford Social Innovation Review, Winter 2011

When a community comes together to support a single cause, the results can be truly transformative.

Geneva 2020 is an important effort to advance the Geneva schools and build a stronger community.

Steering Committee   

Steering Committee                                                                                  •Jose Acevedo, President and CEO of Finger Lakes Health•Greg Baker, Principal of the Geneva High School•Pat Collins, Professor of Education at Hobart and William Smith Colleges•Stu Einstein, Community Lunch Program Coordinator, former Mayor of Geneva •Katie Flowers, Director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning at HWS•Mark D. Gearan, President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges•Jane Gerling, Community Member•Rev. Jim Gerling, Community Member•Louis Guard, Chief of Staff and Counsel to the President, Hobart and William Smith Colleges•Matt Horn, City Manager•Jim MaKinster, Associate Professor of Education at Hobart and William Smith Colleges•Lucille Mallard, President of the Geneva Chapter of the NAACP•Kelly J. Mittiga, Senior Vice President, Director of Deposit and Retail Operations, First Niagara Bank•Alejandra Molina, Director of Office of Intercultural Affairs, Hobart and William Smith Colleges•Victor Nelson, Secretary of the Board of Directors of the African American Men’s Association•Trina Newton, Superintendent of the Geneva City School District•Susan Pliner, Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning and Assessment at Hobart and William Smith Colleges•Karen Springmeier, Executive Director, Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board, Inc.•Montrose Streeter, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs at Hobart and William Smith Colleges•Heather Swanson, Public Information Officer, Geneva City School District•Mark Venuti, Chair of the Board of the Boys and Girls Club of Geneva•Catherine Williams, Vice President for Communications, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Collective Impact

Long-term commitments from different sectors with a common agenda to solve a social challenge.

• Common Agenda• Shared Measurement System• Mutually Reinforcing Activities• Continuous Communication• Backbone Support Organization

Common Agenda

Graduation Rate

Career and College Readiness

Literacy

Three Goals Identified by GCSDas Critical to the Future of our Children

Cited: www.successforgenevaschildren.org

Shared Measurement System

Graduation Rate

Career and College Readiness

LiteracyEnsure that 20% of

students score at the mastery level on NYSED regents exams (85% or

above).

Raise the graduation rate to 90% by 2020

for all students.

Expand GHS alumni outreach efforts.

Mutually Reinforcing Activities“How can we collaborate to ensure progress towards Geneva 2020 Goals? What commitments can we make to support teachers?” http://www.hws.edu/about/geneva2020_priorities.aspx

HWS “mutually reinforcing

activity”

Continuous Communication

Backbone Support Organization

HWS Colleges

Continuous Communication: Geneva 2020 included on map of NY State Cradle to Career Efforts

SUNY views education as a continuum that begins at birth and is carried on through school, college, career, and even into retirement. SUNY's Office of the Education Pipeline is establishing a series of systemic and sustainable regional education networks across the state and bringing together partners who have signed on to strengthen this educational continuum.

http://www.suny.edu/cradletocareer/

"When a community comes together to support a single cause, the results can be truly transformative. Geneva 2020 is an important effort to advance the Geneva schools and build a stronger community."