BuildingaGreatCampusCivicActionPlan

AndrewJ.Seligsohn[@CompactPrez]MaggieGrove

CampusCompact[@Campus_Compact]UMSL,October13-14,2016

• TheActionStatement• ConceptualToolbox• GreatActionPlanComponents

Agenda:BuildingBlocksI

WhyanActionStatementNow?

•30+yearsofbuildingourmovement•Enormousinfrastructureoncampusesandthroughorganizations•Evidenceofimpact•Wemustdomore

Whythis ActionStatementNow

•Participatorynetworkprocess•Clarityaboutsharedvaluesandgoals

Weempowerourstudents,faculty,staff,andcommunitypartnerstoco-createmutuallyrespectfulpartnershipsinpursuitofajust,equitable,andsustainablefutureforcommunitiesbeyondthecampus—nearbyandaroundtheworld.

Weprepareourstudentsforlivesofengagedcitizenship,withthemotivationandcapacitytodeliberate,act,andleadinpursuitofthepublicgood.

Weembraceourresponsibilitiesasplace-basedinstitutions,contributingtothehealthandstrengthofourcommunities—economically,socially,environmentally,educationally,andpolitically.

We harness the capacity of our institutions—through research, teaching, partnerships, and institutional practice—to challenge the prevailing social and economic inequalities that threaten our democratic future.

Wefosteranenvironmentthatconsistentlyaffirmsthecentralityofthepublicpurposesofhighereducationbysettinghighexpectationsformembersofthecampuscommunitytocontributetotheirachievement.

Whythis ActionStatementNow?

•Nosingleapproachrightforeverycampus•CampusCivicActionPlans•Invitationtoredesigntheengine

• Thinkingfromassets• Conceptionsofcommunityengagement• CharacteristicsofgreatCivicActionPlans

Conceptualtoolbox

What’s wrong with this picture?

•Whataretheassetsinthisgroup?•Whatarethedeficitsinthisgroup?

Thinkingfromassets

CommunityEngagementConception1CarnegieFoundationfortheAdvancementofTeachingandLearning:Communityengagementdescribescollaborationbetweeninstitutionsofhighereducationandtheirlargercommunities(local,regional/state,national,global)forthemutuallybeneficialexchangeofknowledgeandresourcesinacontextofpartnershipandreciprocity.Thepurposeofcommunityengagementisthepartnershipofcollegeanduniversityknowledgeandresourceswiththoseofthepublicandprivatesectorstoenrichscholarship,research,andcreativeactivity;enhancecurriculum,teachingandlearning;prepareeducated,engagedcitizens;strengthendemocraticvaluesandcivicresponsibility; addresscriticalsocietalissues;andcontributetothepublicgood.

CommunityEngagementConception2BuildingtheField:

Communityengagementisaprocessthatincludesmultipletechniquestopromotetheparticipationofresidentsincommunitylife,especiallythosewhoareexcludedandisolated,byengagingthemincollectiveactiontocreateahealthycommunity.www.buildthefield.orgg

GreatCivicActionPlanswillsupport...•Systems&policychange•Culturechange•Capacitybuilding

GreatCivicActionPlanswillbegroundedin...•Place•Context• Institutionalgoals

GreatCivicActionPlanswillintegrate...•Engagedteaching•Engagedscholarship•Partnerships• Institutionalaction

• Platformpartnership• Leading/joiningcollectiveimpactnetworks• Signaturemodel

Modelsofintegration

GoBoldTogether

• Understandingyourenvironment• Buildingyourprocess

Agenda:BuildingBlocksII

SOARStrengths,Opportunities,Aspirations,Results

• Howisyourinstitutionalreadyaccomplishingthiscommitment?•Whatresourcesdoyoualreadypossessthatyoucanleverage?• Identifykeyachievements.• Identifypositiveaspectsacknowledgedbythecampusandlocalcommunities

Strengths

•Whatareourbestopportunities?•Whataretheheadwinds?•Whatarethetailwinds?•Whoalreadywantsustotakeactiononthiscommitment?

Opportunities

• Howdoesthiscommitmentconnectwithexistinginstitutionalaspirations?• Howdoesthiscommitmentconnectwithexistingcommunityaspirations?• Howcanthecultureofyourinstitutionbechangedthroughthisprocess?•Whatareyourbesthopesforcontributingtochangeinthecommunityecosystem?

Aspirations

• Howcanyoubuildateamwithperspective,persistence,andpower?• Howwillyouknowyouhavemadeprogress?•Whatsystemswillyouneedtouse(orcreate)tomeasureprogress?• Howcanyourresultsinformbroaderconversationsaboutthepublicimportanceofhighereducation?

Results

• Howdowedecide?• Activity:Onyourown•Maketwolists—internalcontributors,externalcontributors• Calloutexamples

Whoneedstobeintheroom?

• Communityperspective:Whatdocommunityleadershavetosayaboutpriorities?• Institutionalperspective:Whatdostudents,faculty,staff,seniorleadershiphavetosayaboutpriorities?•Wherecanwefinddatatoinformtheseconversations?

Whatquestionsdoweneedtoask?

• Deadline:Oneyearfromsigning;March2017• Timelinefactors• Constantlyvisiblelightatendoftunnel• Sufficienttimeforconversationtodevelop• Takeopportunitytoshareprogress—withinandwithout

• Timelineczar

Howshouldyouthinkabouttimeline?

HowCampusCompactwillhelp

• Initial guidance available: Share with colleagues•Knowledge hubs in partnership with a wide range of

organizations• Template to be used, re-structured, or ignored• http://compact.org/campus-civic-action-plans-home/• State and regional Executive Directors

Thankyou!