Academy for Academy for Community Schools Community Schools

Development Development IIIIII

Comprehensive Comprehensive Youth & Family ServicesYouth & Family Services

June 2, 2004June 2, 2004

“If you don’t know where you’re going any road will

do”. The Cheshire Cat

Alice in Wonderland

CYFS Objectives:CYFS Objectives:

• Establish coordinated and integrated services Establish coordinated and integrated services as a best practice of community schoolsas a best practice of community schools

• Link school success with the high impact of Link school success with the high impact of integrated servicesintegrated services

• Identify strategies for developing sustainable Identify strategies for developing sustainable partnerships for CSFY partnerships for CSFY

• Develop key strategies for increasing parent Develop key strategies for increasing parent involvement at school sitesinvolvement at school sites

A comprehensive program of A comprehensive program of school, family, and community school, family, and community

partnerships is a planned, partnerships is a planned, goal-oriented, and ongoing goal-oriented, and ongoing schedule of activities that schedule of activities that

inform and involve all families inform and involve all families and the community in ways and the community in ways

that promote student success.that promote student success.

Joyce EpsteinJoyce EpsteinSchool, Family, and Community PartnershipsSchool, Family, and Community Partnerships

Community Schools TriangleCommunity Schools Triangle

removing barriers and promoting success to learning & development

•health•dental

•mental health•social services

•Parent Involvement•Coordinated services

A comprehensive approach to improving

outcomes for youth & families

includes recognizing, promoting &

supporting healthy behaviors and beliefs

while focusing resources on priority needs.

Source: Integrated County Plan, Rochester-Monroe County Youth Bureau

Five Conditions of LearningFive Conditions of Learning

• Qualified teachers, challenging curriculum Qualified teachers, challenging curriculum and high expectation for studentsand high expectation for students

• Motivated & engaged studentsMotivated & engaged students

• Basic needs of youths & families are Basic needs of youths & families are recognized & addressedrecognized & addressed

• Mutual respect & effective collaborationMutual respect & effective collaboration

• Community engaged and used as learning Community engaged and used as learning contextcontext

Source: Making the Difference, Coalition for Community SchoolsSource: Making the Difference, Coalition for Community Schools

Characteristics of CYFSCharacteristics of CYFS

• Multiple Entry PointsMultiple Entry Points

• Comprehensive Comprehensive Family AssessmentFamily Assessment

• Strong PartnershipsStrong Partnerships

• Joint Planning & Joint Planning & Decision-makingDecision-making

• School/Community School/Community BasedBased

• Preventive, Early Preventive, Early InterventionIntervention

• Flexible & Flexible & ResponsiveResponsive

• Sensitive To Sensitive To Cultural, Gender, Cultural, Gender, Ability & Racial Ability & Racial DifferencesDifferences

• DevelopmentalDevelopmental

• Coordinated & Coordinated & IntegratedIntegrated

In school-linked In school-linked comprehensive strategies, comprehensive strategies,

schools are no longer schools are no longer

isolated providers isolated providers

of a single component – of a single component –

education for children & youth,education for children & youth,

– – but active partnersbut active partners

in a broader effort.in a broader effort.Source: Putting the Pieces Together: Comprehensive School-Linked Strategies for Children & Families. NCRELSource: Putting the Pieces Together: Comprehensive School-Linked Strategies for Children & Families. NCREL

VisioningVisioning

• Vision = where you are headedVision = where you are headed

• Visioning allows you to: Visioning allows you to: – identify direction and priorities; identify direction and priorities; – promote commitment; promote commitment; – build ownership through build ownership through

involvement; involvement; – promote focuspromote focus

Visioning ExerciseVisioning ExerciseIn your site teams, using the work from the In your site teams, using the work from the

visioning exercise:visioning exercise:

• Identify the common key words and phrases Identify the common key words and phrases that each of you used to communicate your that each of you used to communicate your visionvision

• Using those key words & phrases, develop Using those key words & phrases, develop your team’s vision statement on your team’s vision statement on comprehensive services for youth and comprehensive services for youth and familiesfamilies

• Identify the benefits and challenges of Identify the benefits and challenges of comprehensive services for your schoolcomprehensive services for your school

Partnership Quotient Partnership Quotient AssessmentAssessment

• What did you learn about yourself?What did you learn about yourself?

• What did you learn about What did you learn about relationships and partnerships?relationships and partnerships?

• How will this help you improve your How will this help you improve your partnerships?partnerships?

Three Types of TrustThree Types of Trust

• Communication trustCommunication trust

• Contractual trustContractual trust

• Competence trustCompetence trust

Source: Reina, Dennis & Michelle. Source: Reina, Dennis & Michelle. Trust & Betrayal in the WorkplaceTrust & Betrayal in the Workplace. 1999. 1999

Partnership Continuum’s Partnership Continuum’s Partnering ModelPartnering Model

PAST FUTURE

Source: Partnership Continuum, Inc.

Stages of Partnership Development

Stages of Relationship Development

Think of a great Think of a great relationshiprelationship

What brought you together?What brought you together? What made you feel comfortable in the What made you feel comfortable in the

relationship?relationship?

F_______F_______

How do you deal with your differences ? How do you deal with your differences ?

How do you communicate your needs?How do you communicate your needs?S_______S_______

What are some important things you agree What are some important things you agree on, and how do you know this?on, and how do you know this?

How do you make decisions about How do you make decisions about important things and silly/trivial things?important things and silly/trivial things?

How do you know what is ok/acceptable How do you know what is ok/acceptable and what is not in your relationship? and what is not in your relationship?

N________N________

Talk about a time you both did something Talk about a time you both did something together and both of you were at your besttogether and both of you were at your best

P__________P__________

Stages of Relationship Stages of Relationship DevelopmentDevelopment

• FormForm– Coming together to understand Coming together to understand

needsneeds

• StormStorm– Making our needs known and Making our needs known and

working towards win/winworking towards win/win

• NormNorm– Working together to accomplish the Working together to accomplish the

task and building trusttask and building trust

• PerformPerform– Linking my success with yours, Linking my success with yours,

resulting in creativity and synergyresulting in creativity and synergy

Partnership Development: Partnership Development: Moulton School, IowaMoulton School, Iowa

AssessAssess•Understanding Understanding

what you need what you need from and can from and can provide in a provide in a partnershippartnership

Trinity Church observedTrinity Church observed::• Need for before & after Need for before & after

school program; school program; • Safe place for Safe place for

elementary kids - early elementary kids - early dismissal; dismissal;

• Kids hungry;Kids hungry;• Poverty level of working Poverty level of working

families;families;• Middle schoolers Middle schoolers

needing adult mentoring needing adult mentoring and direction;and direction;

• Kids need wanting to Kids need wanting to serve serve

Partnership Development: Partnership Development: Moulton School, IowaMoulton School, Iowa

ExploreExplore• Identifying the Identifying the

right right partnership partnership and and establishing a establishing a win/winwin/win

Trinity Church:Trinity Church:• Gets feedback from Gets feedback from

parents and schoolparents and school• Partnered around non-Partnered around non-

academic needsacademic needs• Responsive & addressed Responsive & addressed

unmet needsunmet needs• Aligned with its mission Aligned with its mission

& resources& resources• Established processes - Established processes -

referral & referral & communicationcommunication

• Created win-winCreated win-win

Partnership Development: Partnership Development: Moulton School, IowaMoulton School, Iowa

InitiateInitiate•Initiating an Initiating an

activity and activity and building building trusttrust

Trinity Church:Trinity Church:• Provides out of school Provides out of school

time programming time programming • Feeding programsFeeding programs• Transition programs Transition programs

gender specific, gender specific, elementary, middleelementary, middle

• Builds trust -capable, Builds trust -capable, caring, committed staff; caring, committed staff;

• Sees strength in Sees strength in families;families;

• Monitor program Monitor program quality and results;quality and results;

Partnership Development: Partnership Development: Moulton School, IowaMoulton School, Iowa

CommitCommit•DetermininDeterminin

g long-term g long-term viability and viability and committingcommitting

Trinity Church:Trinity Church:• Committed to Committed to

community & schoolcommunity & school• Provides opportunities Provides opportunities

for families & school to for families & school to make a differencemake a difference

• Partners with providers Partners with providers to create safety net -to create safety net -CSFYCSFY

• Responsive = relevanceResponsive = relevance• Serves & EmpowersServes & Empowers• Created process & Created process &

systems to support the systems to support the workwork

Taking Your Partnership to Taking Your Partnership to the Next Level - Activitythe Next Level - Activity• In site teams, identify a partnership In site teams, identify a partnership

that you would like to work onthat you would like to work on• Assess where the partnership is nowAssess where the partnership is now• Decide on where you want the Decide on where you want the

partnership to go, partnership to go, – to the next stage or/andto the next stage or/and– to deepen and broaden the partnership to deepen and broaden the partnership

in its current stagein its current stage– what do you need to do to take it to the what do you need to do to take it to the

next levelnext level

Effective Partnership Effective Partnership PrinciplesPrinciples• Plan together from Plan together from

the startthe start

• Clarify the visionClarify the vision

• Take time to know Take time to know each othereach other

• Set ground rulesSet ground rules

• Start small and build Start small and build graduallygradually

• Tend the relationshipsTend the relationships

• Involve parents as Involve parents as partnerspartners

• Clarify roles & Clarify roles & responsibilityresponsibility

• Share decision makingShare decision making

• Prepare team to work Prepare team to work togethertogether

• Stay flexibleStay flexible

• Be strategicBe strategic