Management: Strategic Planning: Braving the Journey (Part 1)
1. VISION 2015
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5. Inspired to Learn and Lead: One Grad’s Story Demarcus Cottonham Graduate, 2007 Teaching Assistant, 2009 “ Kids who have been through what I’ve been through – I’d like to be a role model for them, trying to help them if they have questions about how to make school or life easier.”
6. Cultivating Education Leaders: One Teacher’s Story Ventura Rodriguez Master Teacher, 1999 Site Director, 2000-2002 “ When I think of myself as a leader running a school,” Ventura says, “I think back to Aim High, my first experience with a staff, leading a team.”
7. Our vision Growth Serve 1,450 under-resourced middle schoolers by expanding to reach more high need communities spanning 4 Bay Area regions Quality Make targeted investments in professional development, curriculum, and retention of teachers and students to maximize impact Measurement & evaluation Assess our long- and short-term impact on students and share best practices with partners
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9. More Kids Need Aim High Eligible vs. Actual beneficiaries Ravenswood & Redwood City Elementary 3780 128 Oakland Unified 9724 243 SF Unified 8716 0 Marin City & San Rafael Elementary Current Aim High students 5 th -8 th graders Eligible for free/ reduced lunch In target district 836
10. What We Know Summer Learning 2/3 of achievement gap attributable to unequal summer learning opportunities Youth Development Academic confidence and values are key to academic achievement Middle School Adolescence: difficult time, pivotal choices On target for college: middle school achievement better predictor than high school achievement The High School Transition Successful transition to high school predicts matriculation to college
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13. Performance Scorecard Student outcomes Financials ’ 09 Benchmark: 65% ’ 15 Goal: 80% 80% Student retention ’ 09 Benchmark: 92% ’ 15 Goal: 90% 90%+ Positive attitude towards learning Strong 9th grade year ’ 09 Benchmark: 66.5% ’ 15 Goal: 70% 70% GPA improvement or maintaining at least a 3.0 in middle school ’ 09 Benchmark: None ’ 15 Goal: 5% higher +5% On-time high school graduation rate for each ethnic group is higher than their district's rate ’ 09 Benchmark: 83% ’ 15 Goal: 90% 90% Better understand path to college ’ 09 Benchmark: None ’ 15 Goal: ?? +?% Fundraising $ Millions $3.2 M
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16. Financial Snapshot Financial budget (FY) $ Millions Summer program cost per student (dollars) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2,151 2,228 2,179 2,118 2,214 2015 2,207 Students served 930 1,010 1,170 1,280 1,400 1,450 # of Sites 10 11 12 13 14 14 +9.9% +9.3% +0.5% CAGR CAGR = compound annual growth rate
17. Vision 2015 Fundraising Requirements Budget CAGR = 14.0% CAGR = 9.9% Forecast 2.17 Funds raised/ committed to date 0.12 Funding gap assumes $1.5 MM asset balance at F2015 exit $ Thousands, FY Funding Gap = $15 MM
18. A Lifetime of Impact: One Grad’s Story Viviana Montoya-Hernandez Graduate, 1996 Site Director, 2006-present “ Aim High taught me that I could be a leader and that I was good at it. I discovered that education is something I’m passionate about.”
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Notes de l'éditeur
When Demarcus came to live with his aunt and uncle at the age of 10, he could barely read, had no confidence in school, and often said "I don't like to use my brain." By the end of his first summer at Aim High, Demarcus was leading class discussions in every subject. Aim High introduced Demarcus to his love of math and gave him the opportunity to explore his Latino heritage, a side of his identity he knew little about. Now a sophomore at Wallenberg High School, Demarcus maintains a B average and hopes to play basketball in college. He returned to his Aim High campus as a Teaching Assistant in Summer 2009 and is considering a career in social work.
Ventura, a graduate of the prestigious New Leaders for New Schools program and the founder of St. Hope Leadership Academy Charter School in Harlem, New York City, had his first taste of educational leadership when he served as an Aim High Site Director. “When I think of myself as a leader running a school,” Ventura says, “I think back to Aim High, my first experience with a staff, leading a team.” One thing Aim High does powerfully is create a school environment where kids like to be there and adults feel that they are growing and having fun… In education there are a lot of fads, but Aim High has been a constant. Aim High figured out what kind of support is critical for kids and stuck with it.
In 2009, 40% of California school districts cut back or completely eliminated their summer programs. This trend is expected to continue into 2010 at an even higher rate. Already, SFUSD has announced that only middle schoolers designated as “special need” will be eligible for summer school in 2010 1, 2
“ [Middle School is] the point at which children begin to make pivotal decisions regarding their academic and career choices-precisely at a time when they may be distracted or turned off by academic endeavors.” - Supporting Students in their Transition to Middle School (2002). 8th grade academic commitment and achievement outweigh high-school-level performance as an indicator of being on target for college and career readiness. - ACT (2008). The Forgotten Middle. “ Students will be most likely to continue in school and engage fully in learning if they have confidence in their ability to do well and place high value on doing well in school.” Eccles, Jacquelynne S. (2008). Can Middle School Reform Increase High School Graduation Rates? Defined: Youth Development is the acquisition of attitudes, competencies, values, and social skills that will carry youth forward into successful adulthood." -National Research Council “ The transition from middle school to high school is an early indicator of whether students even apply to college, so a bridge program to high school, with a focus on students who are often overlooked, can increase the population of students who find high school success and go on to college. Paek, P.L. (2008, January). Step Up to High School: Chicago Public Schools. “ About 2/3 of the ninth grade achievement gap between lower and higher income youth can be explained by unequal access to summer learning opportunities… As a result, low-income youth are less likely to graduate from high school or enter college.” Alexander, K. Entwisle, D., and Olson, L. (2007). Lasting Consequences of the Summer Learning Gap.
Viviana grew up in San Francisco’s Mission District after her parents emigrated there from El Salvador. She credits Aim High role models with teaching her confidence and respect, and with opening her eyes to new opportunities. “I visited my first college, analyzed my first book, saw my first live band, and performed my first dissection at Aim High.” The first in her family to complete high school, Viviana is now on the path to earning her Doctorate in Education.
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