Search

During this Success Planning learning community session, we highlighted three innovative strategies to address young people’s needs and wellbeing—right now and into the future. Guest speakers included Ellen Wingard from Salem Public Schools, Charles Davis from Evolve502, and Rupa Gupta from Sown to Grow. Participants had an opportunity to dive deeper into each approach in interactive breakout groups. This recording covers the presentation portion of the session. View the recording and slides.

This video accompanies the OnTrack Greenville case, which explores OnTrack Greenville's use of school-based teams to implement individualized, community-based interventions to help keep students on track for high school graduation and postsecondary success. Access the video here.

This video spotlights the Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet and its ambitious collective impact agenda focused on early childhood, integrated health and human services, out-of-school learning, and college, career, and civic readiness. The video accompanies the Poughkeepsie case, which dives deeper into their collaborative work. Access the video here.

A Profile of the Poughkeepsie Children’s Cabinet in NY This case study examines the origins of the Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet in NY and its ambitious collective impact agenda focusing on early childhood, integrated health and human services, out-of-school learning, and college, career, and civic readiness. "There are rampant intergenerational inequalities, but there are also a tremendous number of assets in the Poughkeepsie region with the potential to transform realities," says Rob Watson, Poughkeepsie Children’s Cabinet Co-Founder and Director for Partnerships and Community Impact at

Through our Success Plans research project, we examine how personalized plans, tangible tools for identifying children and youth's strengths, interests, and needs and matching them with tailored supports and opportunities, have the potential to reshape our education system. But such plans are largely underemployed in the education field. We launched the Success Plans project to learn how communities can harness this tool to ensure all children and youth grow and thrive. Our research report examines several key questions: What types of personalized plans exist? How are plans being developed and

In this overview, we describe how Success Planning can help kids get back on track when schools reopen. The crisis in schooling during the pandemic has made clear that a one-size-fits-all approach to education won’t work for getting kids back on track when schools reopen. We developed this Success Planning overview to provide guidance specifically for school leaders. Access the full article here.

Through our Success Plans research project, we examine how personalized plans-tangible tools for identifying children and youth's strengths, interests, and needs and matching them with tailored supports and opportunities-have the potential to reshape our education system. But such plans are largely underemployed in the education field. We launched the Success Plans project to learn how communities can harness this tool to ensure all children and youth grow and thrive. Our research report examines several key questions: What types of personalized plans exist? How are plans being developed and

This guide examines the role of data platforms in supporting Success Planning, identifying key considerations for choosing a platform and offering concrete examples. We feature members of the Education Redesign Lab’s By All Means network, including Salesforce in Oakland, Unite Us in Louisville, and an online portal integrated with Google Classroom in southern Illinois. Alos, we include brief spotlights of platforms developed by national student support organizations such as Communities In Schools and City Connects. Finally, we share features of some popular data platforms used by school

Salem Public Schools in MA has embraced a comprehensive and universal approach to family engagement that relies on all teaching staff to utilize the tools available to effectively communicate with families. This approach ensures each family has a point of contact who regularly reaches out to check in and ask if caregivers have what they need to engage in their child’s remote learning experience. The district is calling this role the Family Point Person. These four documents outline and clarify the purpose and process of the Family Point Person calls. Access the full article here.