The Community Foundation For Greater Atlanta

Metropolitan Atlanta College Access Research & Mapping Project RFP Response Presentation

ASPIREBusiness Solutions Group

In This PresentationYou will learn...

• Our College Access Perspective• Our Understanding of the Project Work

• The Team’s Experience, Roles & Synergy

• Our Proposed Project Work Phases

• The High Level Timeline

Our College Access Perspective

Good News

•Great College Access Projects Are Happening In Metro Atlanta.

•Key Stakeholders Are Already Engaged

Not So Good News

•Previous Attempts To Collaborate Were Not Sustained And Lacked Overall Vision And Cohesion

•At-risk Students Remain Largely Underserved

The Opportunity: Atlanta must work to develop a systemiccollege-going pipeline that createscollege solutions to all students

Our Understanding of the Project Work

Building A Sustainable College Access and SuccessFramework Requires:

• Customization of Best-In-Class Approaches

• Data-Driven Decision Making

• Collective Action to Align Strategies/Resources

The Team

• National College Access Practitioner: Creator of Innovative College Funding Model

• Gaps Analysis Experience: Previous Engagement in College Access Asset Mapping Process in Washington, DC.

• Immediate Access to Resources: Direct Relationships with College Access Initiatives in Other Regions

• Coalition Building Capacity: Local Interaction with College Access Community

Jessica Johnson, Executive Director

The Team

• Expertise In Education/college Access: Over 20 Years of youth program planning and development experience

• Knowledge Of The Philanthropic Sector: Over 12 years of experience working with several local and national foundations to include, TCFGA, United Way of Metro Atlanta , Atlanta Women’s Foundation, Kaiser Family Foundation.

• Strong Project Management Skills: Seasoned project manager and for local and national projects including financial management and reporting.

• Experience Field Researcher: Including evidence based data finding, gap analysis, formulated funding recommendations, strategic and community action plans and program initiatives.

• Expertise in Presentation, Facilitation and Communication: Highly proficient in graphic design, map generation, presentation development and diverse community engagement

Jessica E. Daniels, CEO, Principal Consultant

The Team

• K-12 College and Career Ready Practitioner: Develop College and Career Readiness Programs

• Root Cause Assessments Experience: Previous Engagement in K-12 School Turnaround projects

• Program and Best Practices Researcher: Search, Discover, Interpret and Develop programs and systems using a variety of knowledge bases

• Strategy and Implementation Planner: Create strategic plans along with implementation and evaluation plans

Leah McLeod, Practice Director

ASPIREBusiness Solutions Group

Team Roles

ASPIRE

Project Role: • PROJECT LEAD• Subject Matter Expert• Lead Researcher Strategist• Connector of Key College

Access Stakeholders and Resources

• Liaison for Stakeholders

Project Role: • PROJECT MANAGER• Stakeholder Engagement

Facilitator• Graphic Design and

Presentation Development• The Community Foundation

Liaison.

Project Role: • RESEARCHER/WRITER• Strategist• Stakeholder engagement

documenter and quantitative and qualitative data analysis

• Final deliverables

Synergy Through Experience, Commitment & Passion

Our Proposed Project Work

Setting the Foundation for SUCCESS:

• Meet with (TCFGA) to Listen

• Work collaboratively to develop and finalize a Comprehensive Project Plan and Budget

• Upload plan on all access online project management platform (ie. SmartSheet)

• Develop Comprehensive Stakeholder Database

Phase 1: Project Organization & Framework Development

Our Proposed Project Work

The team will conduct an intense review of the literature and national best practices and models related to post secondary success to:

• Establish a Knowledge Base• Identify Valuable Resources • Reveal Key Challenges

Phase 2: Information Gathering For “Metropolitan Atlanta College Access Literature and Mapping Report”

Milestone 1: Literature Review of Best Practices Theory and Programs

Our Proposed Project Work

Conduct an intense data gathering of Atlanta Metro college access programs

• Review and categorized programs on type and function

• Utilize the Organization and Management Group (OMG) Center for Collaborative Learning Tool “Conducting a Scan of Your College Access and Success System” methodology to drill down program details.

• Descriptions of each asset will be provided and placed in a database.

• On- line mapping tool www.eSpatial.com to chart college access assets in the Atlanta and metro area.

Phase 2: Information Gathering For “Metropolitan Atlanta College Access Literature and Mapping Report”Milestone 2: Metro Atlanta College Access Asset Catalog and Mapping

Our Proposed Project Work

• Qualitative research with key stakeholder groups (students, parents, education administrators, nonprofit leaders, government agencies)

• Research includes focus groups, interviews and survey methodologies. • Participant identification and recruitment from The Scholarship

Academy Database (2,500 Metro Atlanta contacts) and the Stakeholder Database.

• Stakeholder sample will reflect the diversity of the overall stakeholder population.

• Document and analysis of the findings

Phase 2: Information Gathering For “Metropolitan Atlanta College Access Literature and Mapping Report”

Milestone 3: Qualitative Research, Focus Groups and Interviews

Our Proposed Project Work

Three Pronged Approach to Gap Analysis:

1. Cross-reference Asset Map with GA CCRPI

2. Utilize GA College411 data to identify deficiencies along the continuum of needs

3. Identify core pipelines for stakeholders to strengthen college access efforts.

Phase 2: Information Gathering For “Metropolitan Atlanta College Access Literature and Mapping Report”Milestone 4: College Access Gap Identification and Analysis

Our Proposed Project Work

Phase 3: Presentation of Key Findings

• Develop a thorough executive summary of the overall Metropolitan Atlanta College Access Literature and Mapping Report

• Webinar presentation to be presented to key stakeholder groups.

• Stakeholder Group online presentation invitational via GoToMeeting.com.

• Live presentation groups to provide feedback in real time. • Alternative engagement strategies to provide ALL

stakeholders opportunities to review the summary and/or presentation

Our Proposed Project Work

• Convene Stakeholders • Tier 1 – students

• Tier 2 – higher education, community and school based organizations, parents, families, adult mentors, and K-12 education systems and

•  Tier 3 – funding partners, research organizations, advocacy and communications groups, intermediaries and technical assistance providers, business community, and policymakers.

• Build political will and public support around Collaboration and Action

• Develop Action Plan and Recommendations

Phase 4: Development of Action Plan & Recommendations for Comprehensive College Access Support System

High Level Timeline

Proposed Work Phase Projected Dates

Phase 1: Project Organization & Framework Development

Dec. 1-15, 2013

Phase 2: Information Gathering For “Metropolitan Atlanta College Access Literature and Mapping Report”

Dec. 1, 2013- Mar. 31, 2014

Phase 3: Presentation of Key Findings Mar. 1-Apr.1, 2014

Phase 4: Development of Action Plan & Recommendations for Comprehensive College Access Support System

Apr. 1-30, 2014

Questions & Answers

Thank You For Your Consideration!