BrightFuturesBoardPresentation

January2019

Prek-12 Education

Workforce Development

The ConnectionThe Normal Way

Service Learning

Apprenticeships

Mentoring

Basic Needs Met

Soft Skills Development

Capacity B

uilding

Strategic Partnerships

Tutoring

Relevancy

The Bright Futures Way

WhatisBrightFutures?Background- howitallstarted

Joplincommunity

WhoimplementsBrightFutures?

Columbia,Mexico,Joplin(32communitiesinMissouri)

Across8states

FPSispart- notall- oftheinitiative.

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs

Howwearecurrentlymeetingtheneedsofstudents

• Staffsendingemailsoutlookingforresourcesforstudents

• Staffpurchasingresourcesforstudents• Staffpayingforstudent’slunches• Staffbeingaskedtofosterchildren

FRAMEWORK

www.BrightFuturesUSA.org

Bright Futures Framework

The Three Components of the Framework

1. Create communication and resource structures to meet any child's basic needs within 24 hours.

2. Build community capacity to improve problem solving capabilities to address the greater challenges faced by today's youth.

3. Provide service-learning opportunities to provide students and teachers curriculum-based, hands-on service experiences to grow generations of service-minded citizens.

BrightFuturesFramework

1. Create communication and resource structures to meet any child's basic needs within 24 hours.

Bright Futures Framework

2. Build community capacity to improve problem solving capabilities to address the greater challenges faced by today's youth.

Bright Futures FrameworkBuilding Capacity• Advisory Board• Chamber/Rotary• Faith based representatives• Parents as Teachers• Admin/teacher leaders• School board• District families• Law enforcement• City/county officials• Key community members

BrightFuturesFramework

3. Provide service-learning opportunities to provide students and teachers curriculum-based, hands-on service experiences to grow generations of service-minded citizens.

Investment

Onetime$3,000affiliationfee• Website• SocialMedia• Advisoryboardtraining• Cometous…noadditionalcost• Cometoyou…travelexpensesonly

• Socialmediatraining• Accesstothecontentbank• On-goingsupportforaslongasyourdistrictisapartofBrightFuturesUSA

• Networkingopportunitieswithotherleadersfromothercommunities