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1 – Together 6 1 20 ar school ye Smarter Together: Annual Report for School Year 2016–17 Office of Strategic Partnerships School District of Philadelphia July 2017

CONTENTS

1 Introduction

3 About Us Government has got to

4 Using Data open up and engage citizenry

5 Partner Match Highlights as partners.

1 6 Cross-Departmental Collaboration —Cory Booker

7 Aligning

7 Anchor Goal Alignment

9 Communities of Practice Working with other people

10 Leveraging Corporate Resources just makes you SMARTER,

11 Building Capacity it’s been proven...

2016–17 Annual Report • 2016–17 Annual Office of Strategic Partnerships 11 Training and Best Practices We elevate each other.

12 Creating Forums for School/Partner —Lin-Manuel Miranda 2 Collaboration

12 Building Out School-Based Support for Partnerships Coordination

1 Quoted in “A Glimpse of How Cory Booker Wants to Fix the Federal Government,” by Gregory Ferenstein, TechCrunch. com, March 14, 2013. 440 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130 [email protected] 2 Quoted in “Meet Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Genius Behind philasd.org/strategicpartnerships Hamilton, Broadway’s Newest Hit,” by Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, November 12, 2015. Office of Strategic Partnerships• 2016–17 Annual Report 1 mine how we are building capacity building capacity are we mine how vide a short history of the office; the office; of vide a short history Pro data utilize increasingly we Describe how partner efforts; strengthen to align to working are we Discuss how needs; and with schools’ partner strengths Exa change. system-level promoting aimed at In this brief document, we hope to share with share hope to we In this brief document, and our hopes for to-date, our progress you we: Specifically, the future. exemplary identifies In addition, this report our partners. a number of by efforts we that confident are we help, your With educational enhance the to can continue the across our students of experiences and feedback, your welcome We District. in the you with working to look forward come. to years and months We are smarter together, stronger together, together, stronger together, smarter are We our These are successful together. and more principles. foundational Partnerships of Strategic the Office at We to (OSP) see Philadelphia as being home partner of organizations a rich tapestry with in collaboration that, and programs learning vibrant create schools, help to believe We our students. for environments can be an important partnerships lever that their goals and that in helping schools reach a spirit of out of grow partnerships strong all among and understanding collaboration These beliefs guide our work stakeholders. School schools, and other with partners, District Philadelphia (District) of offices. to leverage we continue year, in our fifth Now as and listen partners the support key of This needs. their fundamental schools share connect effectively to more our office allows with our and resources programs necessary the Districtschool communities. Of course, is responsibility the institution with the primary of but in a world students, educate to challenges, it change and increasing rapid from engage leaders sense to makes only philanthropy, business, civic organizations, as many create that and communities in ways our and opportunitiesoptions as possible for people. young Introduction Seventh graders graders Seventh Above: learned about District Career and Technical (CTE) programs Education the CTE Fair through University. Temple held at more See page 8 for Photo information. Joseph of courtesy University. Labolito/Temple G. Tanner Dr. Cover: Elementary Duckrey one School hosted Year hundred City and AmeriCorps members for volunteers 200 over Comcast the April 2017 In total, project. Day Cares were murals new eighty stairwells four created, new and twelve painted, for benches constructed in enjoy to students K–8 . their schoolyard Sixth grade students from Southwark and Hartranft spent the day learning about career opportunities at Philadelphia companies through the Chamber of Commerce's Future Ready program.

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Four years ago, the District established the The key functions of our office are to: Office of Strategic Partnerships (“OSP”) to improve the way the District and Assist schools in identifying key schools engage with the many external need areas where partners can organizations that support, provide provide support; resources, and offer programming and services at no cost to the District or schools. Use data to connect external partners with schools to equitably invest Over the past four years, the scope programs and small donations; and breadth of our efforts have grown In 2016–17 2016–17 Annual Report • 2016–17 Annual Office of Strategic Partnerships the OFFICE of exponentially. The core of our work, Provide partners and schools with tools STRATEGIC however, continues to center around to help establish and maintain PARTNERSHIPS... supporting each school in identifying and healthy partner relationships that ...turned leveraging partner resources to further their align with school priorities and District YEARS 4 OLD mission and progress toward the District’s Anchor Goals; Anchor Goals. This past year, we have ...mapped & mapped and tracked over one thousand Support partners and schools in tracked partner relationships, supported principals navigating District policies to ensure 1,000+ in identifying and strengthening school- partner compliance; and PARTNERSHIPS based partnerships, and successfully ...matched matched partner programs with over Serve as a liaison between partners, 100+ one hundred school communities. schools, and departments within the PARTNER District’s central office. PROGRAMS with SCHOOLS

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l Data a rn te in ive of ALL and dr PARTNER 89% MATCHES were made with schools scoring In the 2015–16 school year, the District's Office of Research and Evaluation and OSP received below 50% on the School Progress Report survey responses from 98% of school principals regarding school needs and external support services housed in District schools. The Support Census identified 1,690 external support relationships, most of which were previously undocumented at the District level. School Progress Report (SPR): Over this past year, OSP has used the Support The School Progress Report is a new tool Census data to match partner resources with designed to help the District support, school needs and to inform our internal process respond to and improve our schools. Key for onboarding partners. features of the SPR: 2016–17 Annual Report • 2016–17 Annual Office of Strategic Partnerships

We continue to focus on distributing resources The SPR looks at schools across equitably and supporting the schools with the multiple dimensions, reflecting and greatest need. To that end, we’ve relied on data appreciating the richness and complexity from the School Progress Report, the District’s of the educational experience. report card for schools and a key indicator of need. Last year, 89% of all partner matches were Among these domains, the SPR made with schools that had overall scores below puts the most emphasis on student 50% on the School Progress Report. growth, reflecting our focus on and commitment to ensuring that all of our students are learning. At the local school level, we mapped existing District-community partnerships alongside local school needs in order to better match The SPR includes useful comparisons generous community resources with local school communities, within “peer group” schools that are and to prepare for a more strategic development of partners’ serving similar student populations. support to further District goals. The SPR is a local management tool that is — William R. Hite, Jr., Ed.D., Superintendent designed to be both fair and actionable. 4 Partner Match Highlights

This past year, we:

Facilitated a meaningful collaboration with RevZilla, a local eCommerce motorcycle gear company. With OSP, RevZilla selected Taggart as a partner school, located near their original store. RevZilla collected teacher wishlists and purchased all items. They supported students on a service learning project, provided library storytime, and led toy and clothing drives. RevZilla helped launch the Friends of Taggart School to maintain the new schoolyard and grow the library.

Partnered with Global Citizen, the Mayor’s Office, Back on My Feet, and RevZilla for the 2017 King Day of Service at Girard College. The project supported school recycling by engaging community and school volunteers in workshops hosted by the District and the city, and creating an environmental messaging campaign.

Facilitated a robust matchmaking process between Harlem Lacrosse, an out-of-school time partner new to Philadelphia, and two Districtschools— Anderson and Finletter—which involved site visits and principal interviews. The benefits that we received by Careful planning between school leadership and Harlem Lacrosse will completing the OSP Partnership position this partnership for success over the three year grant cycle. Census were priceless! The enrollment in our programming Coordinated Girl Scouts Middle Years Program expansion into seven schools has soared and we were able to in Neighborhood Network 4, which provided 344 middle school girls with a reach District principals that were workshop series centered on healthy relationships and self-esteem building. previously unreachable…

– Adrienne Bishop Opera Philadelphia Need Area Addressed #'s Impacted by Partner Match Schools Students* Career Readiness 17 600 College Access and Readiness** 4 318 Financial Aid/FAFSA Completion 14 200 Literacy 28 800 Mentoring 9 819

OST/After-School Programming 10 95 Report • 2016–17 Annual Office of Strategic Partnerships SAT/ACT Prep 1 50 School Climate and Safety 1 712 Total 84 3,594

Need Area Addressed #'s Impacted by Event-Specific Projects Schools Students* Day of Service 18 8,611 Donations 8 2,955 Green Futures (Sustainability) 5 2,204 Student Service-Learning Projects 5 2,221 Total 36 15,991 Opposite page, top: Villa volunteers paint a mural during City Year's * Estimated. day of service project ** This broader category represents programs that provide a variety of (SY16–17) at Ben Franklin support services in the area of college access and readiness. High School. 5 More than one hundred Deloitte employees employees Deloitte than one hundred More transformed the Martin Luther King, Jr. High King, Jr. the Martin Luther transformed School library, adding an alumni office, study study adding an alumni office, School library, spaces, and collaboration rooms and equipping rooms spaces, and collaboration the facility with new furniture and book donations. furniture with new the facility ates a platform to collect necessary compliance compliance collect to necessary a platform ates tablishes a more streamlined and efficient process for process and efficient streamlined Establishes a more with partners, legal agreements executing work, scope of the partnership in contained the information Standardizes Cre the District, and by required documentation process. data-sharing Clarifies the District’s The Support Census findings and subsequent discussions with relevant central District central relevant The Supportdiscussions with and subsequent Census findings to ensure partners for onboarding process for a streamlined the need suggested offices and District policies. law compliance with state from representatives comprised of group working a cross-departmental OSP convened and Strategic Engagement, and Community Family Counsel, General Talent, of the Offices for process onboarding and efficient a standardized developing of with the goal Partnerships, partners. external Partner the School developed we have Counsel, General of with the Office In collaboration which: (SPA) Agreement information consolidates Guide that an Onboarding OSP developed the SPA, complement To and best practices District procedures policies, regarding school partnerships. establishing and maintaining for Cross-Departmental Collaboration Cross-Departmental

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Our enhanced understanding s e Aligning c r of school needs and the partner u o landscape allows us to help s e organizations and system r r ne level partners better align their part investments with District priorities. ...and Anchor Goals The primary objective of the District’s current Action Plan 3.0 is to align Anchor Goal Alignment the work of all employees with four Anchor Goals: In alignment with Anchor Goal 1, we:

1 100% of students will graduate Collaborated with the Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable ready for college and career and the District’s Office of College and Career Readiness—as

2 100% of eight year-olds part of Philadelphia’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid Report • 2016–17 Annual Office of Strategic Partnerships will read on grade level (FAFSA) Completion Grant Challenge—to identify target schools and recruit FAFSA lead coaches to assist in developing school- 100% of schools will have 3 based FAFSA completion strategies. The Philadelphia High great teachers and principals School for Girls was awarded a $5,000 grant after ending the 4 100% of the funding we need for year with the highest FAFSA completion rate of the nineteen great schools, with zero deficit schools targeted in the Challenge* (photos, below and above).

Secured a $10,000 grant from The Wilt Chamberlain Memorial Fund to continue District efforts to increase the FAFSA completion rate.

Photos (this page) courtesy of the Philadelphia * As required by the grant, school FAFSA completion percentages were College Prep Roundtable determined using Federal Student Aid data. 7 Photos (this page) Photos of: courtesy Joseph Labolito/ University Temple , we: Anchor Goal 2 ched Promise Corps, a West Philadelphia Promise Zone Zone Promise Philadelphia West Corps, a ched Promise . their libraries schools reopening assistance to ovided Career and Technical Education (CTE) (CTE) Education Technical and a Career in developing Assisted Scholars and Steppingstone Education of College Temple’s with Fair various the to graders 4 seventh Network Neighborhood expose to careers, and STEM their local high schools at offered CTE programs 300 students campus. Over a local college them to expose and to and toured high school students sixty from presentations heard campus. Temple’s Mat counseling readiness college and career provide to initiative High School. During with Sayre local high school students, to and Career Corps College Promise year, school the 2016–17 and senior students junior, 636 sophomore, provided Ambassadors prep, support SAT including: readiness with college and career writing assistance, post-secondary and essay college application building, college trips resume and families, planning with students senior project support, and academic tutoring. fairs, and career School, where with Mastbaum High Connected College Possible and college exploration prep SAT received students twenty-four to seventy fifty increased scores student support. On average, points cohort eighty in the College Possible putting students points, Mastbaum students. for score the average above of College and with the Office in partnership training, Organized college and District for Naviance—a on metrics Readiness, Career scholarship the Raise.me —and online platform readiness career partner participants organizations. from thirty-three for platform in establishing District program Greatness Supported Capture World Hill-Freedman participants at Clubs. Student Scholarship over awarded Philadelphia High Schools were West & Academy in , and became published authors in college scholarships $37,000 Anthology. Greatness the Capture Pr books; clean and level helped paint, teams volunteer Corporate at and RevZilla Kearny, at Stantec Hartranft, Comcast at e.g. kids in with Sheppard worked Independence Blue Cross Taggart. years two over and program, Partners Power the Philadelphia Reads and built out the school library. overhauled they . This year, programming time literacy Supported out-of-school (POSTLI) Initiative Time Literacy the Philadelphia Out-of-School twelve, and on-going coaching to materials training, provided In alignment with In alignment

Office of Strategic Partnerships• 2016–17 Annual Report 8 OSP does more than just provide the framework for a partnership to begin; it provides ongoing school-based out-of-school time programs. Leading up support, encouragement, and recognition. It to this work, OSP worked with the Department of Human creates a network of organizations that share a Services, which funds both POSTLI and these out-of-school commitment to our city's schools, and serves as time programs, to channel additional investments that a hub, facilitating communication, highlighting aligned with the District’s Anchor Goal 2 and the City’s Read successes, and sharing best practices. by 4th campaign to District schools. Prior to this work, there Martina Mansell was only one District school receiving POSTLI support. RevZilla Presented to the United Way Corporate Volunteer Council with Read by 4th Director Jenny Bogoni, to recruit corporate partners to successful programs like Achieve Now, a literacy nonprofit that uses teams of volunteer reading coaches to tutor individual students. Supported Morgan Lewis law firm in developing a partnership with Comegys Elementary, which included literacy support through the Achieve Now program.

Communities of Practice

Our Communities of Practice (CoP) initiative aims to increase partner collaboration by creating a space for partners with similar impact areas to network, share best practices and resources, and identify solutions to common challenges. These forums also provided various District departments with the opportunity to engage with partners relevant to their work. This year, we engaged seventy-eight partners from fifty-two organizations in three CoP meetings.

Theater partners developed a list of resources and best practices for working with schools and began the process

of mapping the theater ecosystem in Philadelphia in Report • 2016–17 Annual Office of Strategic Partnerships partnership with the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education and the Neubauer Family Foundation.

Partners working with ninth graders learned more about the District's Ninth Grade Academies and efforts to increase ninth grader attendance and quality credit attainment, then brainstormed ways to better align their current models with District priorities.

9 Leveraging Corporate Resources

The relationship between the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey and the District has developed significantly, aligning relationships between the corporate community and schools with their needs and interests, while DAY of SERVICE... promoting equity across schools. Through this partnership, we: ...supported Supported thirty-six schools with Day of Service projects 36 engaging 2,550+ volunteers and benefiting over 15,900 individual students. SCHOOLS ...engaged Aligned partner volunteer projects with Anchor Goals and 2,550+ the Green Futures sustainability plan; e.g. City Year hosted school beautification transformations at Edison, Harding, VOLUNTEERS and Duckrey. ...benefited 15,900+ Prioritized schoolyard development, including greenscape projects at Vare-Washington for the United Way Signature STUDENTS Day of Caring; a Peace Pole installed in Edison’s memorial garden; and the Big Sandbox, Bartlett Tree Company, and Iowa State University supported McKinley Elementary with landscaping. OSP supported community partners plus Capital Programs and Facilities in the processes to build play structures at Sheridan (Wells Fargo) and Elkin (Eagles).

Directed partners to support individual schools’ specific material needs, such as AmeriSourceBergen providing funds to Dr. Ethel Allen and Bache-Martin Schools for PBIS programming. In-kind supply donations came from Students Helping Students, Global Citizen, Colliers Real Estate and Global Indemnity, to support needs at McClure, Gideon,

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School Reform Commission: JOYCE S. WILKERSON, Chair WILLIAM GREEN FARAH JIMENEZ CHRISTOPHER MCGINLEY, Ed.D ESTELLE B. RICHMAN

WILLIAM R. HITE, JR., Ed.d Superintendent

DONNA FRISBY-GREENWOOD President and CEO The Fund for The School District of Philadelphia

Office of Strategic Partnerships: VICKI ELLIS, Executive Director AYANA LEWIS, Partnerships Manager MICAEL NAVARRO LÓPEZ, Partnerships Coordinator SEVERIN TUCKER, Partnerships Manager ELLIE ZIMET, VISTA Partnerships Coordinator

440 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130 [email protected] philasd.org/strategicpartnerships