Ready by 21: The Big Picture

Dr. Kathy Burkhardt, SuperintendentErlanger-Elsmere Independent School District

Polly Lusk Page, Executive DirectorNorthern Kentucky Education Council

Connie Pohlgeers, Director School Improvement and Community Education

Campbell County School District

Ready by 21: The Big Picture

The Readiness Target

The Insulated Pipeline

The Building Blocks

Ready Youth

Ready Communities

Ready Leaders

CEO Leadership BoardCommunity Advocacy and Funding

The Northern Kentucky Education Council promotes communication among public and private school systems, post-secondary institutions, the business community, and government agencies about educational issues. The Council serves as a catalyst for

collaboration, change, and progress toward regional educational goals.

Board of DirectorsPolicy Development, Oversight and Guidance

Equal Representation of Education, Business and Community

Executive DirectorOrganizational Leadership, Direction and Daily Operation

Regional Education Goals

Reducing Barriers to Student Learning

NKY will ensure successful transition for every child and student along the

continuum from birth through career.

Team Co-ChairsLeshia LymanShelli Wilson

College and Career Ready

Academic rigor and relevance of the

curricula in NKY P-20 schools will meet

student educational career goals and

employment needs in the community.

Education Accessibility and Lifelong Learning

NKY has system and outreach programs

to make educational opportunities

available, accessible and affordable to every community

member, no matter what age.

Team Co-ChairsAngie Taylor

Dave Schroeder

Business Involvement and Service Learning

NKY is recognized for culture of

contribution, through service

learning in schools and full engagement

of business community in

schools.

Team Co-ChairsMelanie FreyRay Hebert

Advocacy

All education institutions in NKY have the financial

resources and program alignment

necessary to support the needs of the

region.

Team Co-ChairsCurtis Hall

Judy Gibbons

Educator Excellence

Educators in NKY meet or exceed

national standards for educator excellence.

Team Co-ChairsKaren Cheser

Christy Petroze

Team Co-ChairsKathy Burkhardt

Susan Cook

Early Childhood

Post Secondary

Work & CareerK – 12 System

Education Pipeline

Action Teams

Northern Kentucky Educational Outcomes

• All children are prepared for kindergarten

• All 3rd thru 8th grade students are proficient in reading and math

• All students graduate from high school• All students are ready for college and

career• All adults are ready for career

• All schools promote a culture of contribution

• All students are hopeful, engaged and thriving

Enhanced Gallup Student Poll

• Northern Kentucky selected as national pilot site by the Ready by 21 National Partnership

• The Northern Kentucky Education Council serves as the lead agency for coordination and administration of the two-year pilot– In partnership with United Way of Greater

Cincinnati and Vision 2015

Enhanced Gallup Student Poll (contd)

• The Enhanced Poll allows communities to: – Administer the poll outside of school– Track individual progress over time– Opportunity to integrate with existing individual student data

• Tracks individual progress around a composite hope, engagement and wellbeing score called “Ready for the Future”.– Students who are Ready for the Future are hopeful for the

future, engaged at school and thriving in life


Hope | ideas and energy we have for the future | Double Hope

Engagement | involvement in/enthusiasm for school | Build Engaged Schools

Wellbeing | how we think about and experience our lives | Boost Wellbeing

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Northern Kentucky 2012 GSPi Participation and Methodology

The Gallup Student Poll was live from Tuesday, February 21, 2012 through Friday, April 23, 2012.

81 schools, representing 14 school districts participated.– One school from the Cincinnati Public Schools and the Brighton Center Step Up

Program were included– In 2011, 49 schools, representing 13 school districts participated

A total of 25,430 total students participated in the GSPi.– 24,586 students participated in Northern Kentucky alone– 3,771 elementary school students, 10,461 middle school students and 11,198 high

school students participated.– In 2011, a total of 21,239 students participated in the GSPi.– In 2011, 20,552 students in Northern Kentucky alone participated.

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The Gallup Student Poll is a 20-item measure of hope, engagement, and wellbeing. Gallup researchers targeted these three variables because theymet the following criteria:

– They can be reliably measured.– They have a meaningful impact on educational outcomes.– They are malleable and can be enhanced through deliberate action.– They are not associated with FARL status or family household income.– They are not measured directly by another large-scale survey or

testing program.

Enhanced Gallup Student PollYear 2

• Included the 20 core items, a 9 item, Parent & Non-Parent Involvement Index

• Administered in 80 schools representing 13 Northern Kentucky public school districts, one Cincinnati public high school and the Brighton Center

• A total of over 25,000 completed the Poll in grades 5 through 12


19,937

1,077

881717 253 223 66 54532

White

Black

More Than One Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish Origin

Asian or Pacific Islander

American Indian/Alaska American

Arab American

Asian Indian

Another Race/Ethnicity

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Race/Ethnicity for Northern Kentucky GSPi

Note: Population based upon student responses to the race/ethnicity demographic item. Students may choose not to answer.

Total n for 2012 Northern Kentucky GSPi = 24,586


Living Arrangement for Northern Kentucky Schools

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14,088

3,537

3,150

890862

830 386 104 92 68 5341

Both Parents

Birth Mother Only

One Birth/Adoptive & One Stepparent

Birth Father Only

Another Arrangement

Relatives

Both Adoptive Parents

Adoptive Mother Only

Friends

Foster Parents

Group Home

Adoptive Father Only

Note: Population based upon student responses to the living arrangement demographic. Students may choose don’t know/does not apply.

Participating Student Population by Living Arrangement

Total n for Northern Kentucky Schools Overall = 24,586

Northern Kentucky Hope, Engagement and Wellbeing by County

County Hopeful 2011 Hopeful 2012 Engaged 2011

Engaged 2012 Thriving 2011 Thriving 2012

Boone 56 57 57 57 71 70

Campbell 54 55 55 53 69 69

Gallatin 51 49 50 51 66 64

Grant 56 50 62 53 65 66

Kenton 55 56 53 57 68 69

Pendleton 52 55 53 51 67 69

Note: Due to rounding, percentages may add up to 100% +1%


Parent and Non-Parent Involvement Index

My parents talk with me about what I’m doing in school. My parents ask if I’ve gotten my homework done. My parents give me the help and support I need to succeed in school. My parents would know if I did not come home when I was supposed to be

home. When I am not at home, one of my parents knows where I am and who I am

with. Other than my parents or step-parents, an adult has made an important

positive difference in my life. There are people in my neighborhood who notice when I am doing a good job

and let me know. There are people in my neighborhood who encourage me to do my best. There are people in my neighborhood who are proud of me when I do

something well.

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Northern Kentucky Schools — Spring 2012 Parent and Non-Parent Involvement Item Means & Percentage 5s by School Level

Northern Kentucky Schools Overall Means

ElementaryMeans

MiddleMeans

High SchoolMeans

Northern Kentucky Schools Overall

Percentage 5s

Elementary Percent 5s

MiddlePercent 5s

High School

Percent 5s

N = 24,586 N = 3,771 N =10,461 N = 11,198 N = 24,586 N = 3,771 N =10,461 N = 11,198

Talk about school 4.11 4.30 4.20 3.96 49 59 54 43

Homework done 4.22 4.75 4.45 3.81 62 86 71 45

Help and support 4.35 4.64 4.46 4.15 62 77 67 52

Supposed to be home 4.57 4.74 4.66 4.41 77 86 81 69

Knows where and who 4.46 4.64 4.56 4.30 69 79 74 61

Adult made positive difference 4.44 4.49 4.48 4.39 68 72 70 65

People notice a good job 3.22 3.55 3.35 2.97 30 38 33 24

People encourage to do best 3.28 3.63 3.42 3.03 32 43 36 26

People are proud of me 3.37 3.74 3.50 3.10 35 46 39 28

Regional Supports• Shared analysis tools for using data• Professional Learning Communities for School /District

Leaders and Counselors• Northern Kentucky Education Council: Action Teams • Northern Kentucky Youth Advisory Board: Children, Inc.• Postsecondary Education involvement• Operationalize school and community supports• Create “Northern Kentucky Promising Practices” guide• Administer Year 2 Program Landscape Survey

It is the mission of the Erlanger-Elsmere Schools to embrace and attend to the individual needs of our

students, regardless of the obstacles.

Sample Analysis of Hope2011 Grand Mean

2012Grand Mean

% Hopeful2011

% Stuck2011

% Discouraged 2011

% Hopeful2012

% Stuck2012

% Discouraged 2012

School 1 4.43 4.29 54 20 26 28 53 19

School 2 4.44 4.31 58 26 16 39 36 25

School 3 4.36 4.44 31 50 19 42 45 13

School 4 4.36 4.51 32 46 22 62 33 5

School 5 4.29 4.35 42 34 24 48 36 16

School 6 4.30 4.32 42 34 24 44 39 17

District 4.31 4.34 44 35 21 48 36 16

Sample Analysis Hope Individual Items

School

School

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60

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Graduate 2011Graduate 2012Adult cares 2011Adult Cares 2012Good Grades 2011Good Grades 2012

Assessing Individual Student Needs

• Individual student goal setting• Needs assessment at the school and district level• Mentoring- (College and Career Readiness)• Individual Learning Plans (ILP) grades 6-12• Student Voice: NKY Student Advisory Board• Intentional Counseling• Increasing service learning opportunities• Triangulating cognitive and noncognitive data for

Response to Intervention(RTI)

Triangulating the DataPersistence

to Graduation

Tool

Gallup Poll Data

AcademicData

Tell Survey Data

Intentional Alignment, Developing & Location of Programs at all Schools

• Truancy Diversion• One-to-One• Lunch Buddies• Big Brothers/Big Sisters• Mentoring• Children’s, Inc. Service Learning• YMCA After School Programs• Clubs

Middle School After School Program

Tutoring Computer Classes Health and Fitness

Activities Service Learning Project Homework Assistance Games Art Programs Snack and Dinner

Community PartnersBoys and Girls ClubBrighton Center YLDCity of ErlangerCity of ElsmerePolice Department of ErlangerPolice Department of Elsmere

In today’s world, educators are charged with much more than increasing academic rigor and providing high quality instruction. Barriers to learning now play a much larger role in the lives of our students. Educators cannot always remove the barriers to learning that exist beyond the school walls.

We must assist our students in becoming resilient and we must provide them with the support and strength needed to climb over those obstacles.

Our children are worth every ounce of our efforts. The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it!

Gallup Poll DataFollow General Process Model for Data-Based Decision Making

Describe the

Problem

Identify Where and HowTo Intervene

Generate Vision Data

Commit to Yearly

Benchmarks

Select Interventions

Evaluate Interventions

Monitor ProblemData

The CCS Process

• Receive the data- district level• Request data in EXCEL to

manipulate student “Ready for the Future” Scores

• Pull School Score Card• Analysis

Analysis

• Share school scorecard with administrators and counselors

• Reviewed the meaning of hope, engagement and well-being

• Prepared to “mine the data” (See Gallup Student Poll Manual to link which questions go with hope, engagement and well being)

• Certified Analysis Tool

Analysis Tools

• Certified Staff

Ready for the Future Scores

• Requested Excel file so that RFF scores could be manipulated

• 5th to 6th

• 8th to 9th

• Compare data for Spring 11 to Spring 12• Merge with beginning of the year PtGT report• Merge with MAP data by SSID #

Classified Inclusion

Classified Inclusion

Huddle Cards

• Shared with administrators• Shared with counselors• Data-Based Decision Making Teams will continue to

“mine the data” to identify how and where to intervene with both school-wide and individual interventions

• “Huddle Cards” provided by Gallup will provide a starting point

• Interventions for 6-12 will be loaded into the ILP Intervention Plan Module

Evaluation of Interventions

• Persistence to Graduate (PtGT Reports)- each trimester

• Attendance• Discipline• MAP Data• K-PREP/EPAS/Quality Core Data• Student Survey• Spring 2013 GSP Results (Yearly Benchmark)

Gallup Poll DataFollow General Process Model for Data-Based Decision Making

Describe the

Problem

Identify Where and HowTo Intervene

Generate Vision Data

Commit to Yearly

Benchmarks

Select Interventions

Evaluate Interventions

Monitor ProblemData

“Data-based decision making, using existing evidence to identify possible interventions and

evaluating interventions and programs creates success.”

Evidence-Based School Counseling: Making a Difference With Data Drive Practices, (2007)

The GSP Data helps us to do just that!

Documents

Ready by 21: The Big Picture