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YEAR 2 GUIDE April 2013

A RESOURCE GUIDE TO PLANNING FOR YEAR 2It is hard to believe that we are

abouttoreachtheYear1milestoneof ESI. In the course of a year, we

have learned so much. We started

ourlearningwithourSummerSeries

conversa>ons. We have a?ended

Culturally Responsive workshops

provided by COSEBOC, Brotherhood/

Sister Sol, Metro Center, Michelle

Knight,andtheEfficacyIns>tute;We

have a?ended m ath intensives

providedby Metamorphosis; Wehave

p a r> c ip a te d i n C o ll e ge r e ad i ne s s

seminars, to name just a few. And

w e s >l l h av e m or e l ea rn in g

opportuni>estocome:

Youth Summit on June 7th and the

JuneSymposiumonJune20 th.

As we begin to think about the

second year, our mission remains

the same: to drama>cally increase

the number of Black and La>no

young men who graduate highschool college-ready and persist on

t hr ou gh c ol le ge a nd /o r c ar ee r

comple>on. In Year 2, we are

building on s uccess es . We will

con>nue our focus on CRE and the

College Readiness Benchmarks. We

will hone in on Academic and

Personalbehaviors as another lever

to get Black and La>no young men

collegeready.

As part of the prepara>on process

for Year 2, we hope that you willbegin to reflect on the strategies

thathavebeenimplementedinyour

school. During your next ESI or

DesignTeammee>ng,weencourage

youtotake>metothinkabouthow

youwill move this workforward in

Year2andbeyond.Youshouldthink

a bo ut t he c ha ll en ge s a nd t he

obstaclesthatyoufacedintermsofimplementa>on in Year 1. You

should also think about what was

posi>veandsuccessfulandhowyou

willbuildonthosestrategies.

Table of ContentsOurMissionpg.2

Academicand

PersonalBehaviorspg.3

GuidingQues


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T h e g o a l o f E S I i s t o

d r a m a ti c a l l y i n c re a se t h e

number of Black and Latino

young men who complete high

s c h o o l f u l l y p r e p a r e d t o

succeed in college and careers.

ES I i s a ls o h ig hl y i nv este d i n

the post secondary success of

BlackandLatinoyoungmen.

However, we are all familiar

w i th t h e a c h i e ve m en t g apdramat i ca ll y i ll ust rated by the

graphic above. In every category

Black andLatinomales lag behind

their Whites and Asian students.

Much of the research about the

achievement gap, points to weak

c u r r i c u lu m a s a s ou r c e o f

inequality anda strong curriculum

as a means of closing the gap,

espec ia ll y in mathemati cs . Ye t,

The set of issues that contribute

t o t he a ch ie vement ga p g oe s

b ey on d a ca dem ic s . We a l s o

understand that schoo l cul ture

a nd y ou th d ev el opme nt a re

important levers in gett ing our

s tu de nt s t o g ra du at e c ol le g e

ready.

Weseeyouaspartnersinclosing

thisgap. Asweenter Year2, we

want to emphasi ze the metr ics

t h a t o u r i n i t i a t i v e w i l l b e

me as u re d b y. O u r c o ll e ct i ve

success will be judged by our

capacity to reduce dramatically

reduce the number of Black and

Lat ino males students who are

suspended f rom school; By our

abi li ty to substantial ly increase

the number of Black and Lat ino

maleswho completeAlgebraI I;By

mak ing s igni fi cant ga ins in the

n umb er o f B la ck a nd L at ino

students who graduate col lege

readyandcompletecollege.

This is quite an undertaking, but

one that we be l ieve we can

a c c o m p l i s h t o g e th e r. Yo u

creativity, insights, and relentles

dedication are already paying off

Aswe plan for Year 2,we needto

intens ify our e fforts to see ou

mission to fruition. As always, ES

stands available to support you

efforts and to work with you to

increase succe ss fo r B lack and

L at in o male s. We a re l oo kin g

forwardtoanamazingYear2.


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A c a d e m i c a n d

P e r s o n a l

b e h a v i o r s .In Year 2, we are s harpening our

focus on supporting your school to

create s trategies that help Black

and Latino develop academic and

p e r s o na l b e h a v io r s w i t h i n a

C u l tu r al l y R e le v an t f r am e wo r k .

B as ed o n e me rg in g r es ea rc h b y

D av id C on ley a nd Dav id Ye age r,

many Black and Latino males lack

t he se i mp or ta nt b eh av io rs f or

success in high school and beyond.

Thesebehaviors arealsoreferredto

a s n o n- c og n it i ve s k il l s . N o n -

cognitive skills are any skills that

are not cognitive, suchas memory,

attention, planning, language and

thinking skills. Non-cognitive skills

i n c lu d e e m ot i o na l m a tu r it y,

e m p a t h y , p e r s i s t e n c e ,

interpersonalskillsandverbaland

non-verbal communication. Non-

c og ni t iv e s ki l ls i nf lu e nc e t h e

overall behavior of a person. We

will work with you to deepen thework habits of Black and L atino

males.

InYear2,wewouldliketosupport

your work on these key cognitive

s tra te gi es t ha t l ea d t o c ol le ge

readiness . We will host forum s,

p r of es s io n al d e ve l op m en t , a n d

other trainings that wil l deepen

ourknowledgeof how to explicitly

teach t hese skills to Black and

L at i n o y ou n g m e n w i t h i n a

culturallyresponsiveframework.


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In reviewing theachievementdata,what areasdidour Blackand La


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Asyoubegintodevelopthe

budgetforYear2,reflectingon

theYear1budgetshouldbean

integralpartoftheplanning

process.Thingstoconsiderasyou

reflectonyourYear1budget: Didmybudgetmatchthe

goalsofmyYear2work

plan? Howdidmyspending

deviatefrommyoriginal

budget? DidIover/underpricethe

itemslisted? DidIneedtomakea

budgetmodification?Why?

Howmanytimes?

Whendevelopingyourbudgetfor

Year2itiscriticalthatyourDesign

Teamengagesinathorough

examinationofwhatitwillcostto

implementtheproposedYear2

Plan.Ifschoolspresenta

compellingproposalthatwarrants

spendingovertheirallottedbudgetinYear2thatrequestmay

beconsidered.

ContractingwithRFL

Organizations,Consultants,and

AlumniMentors

Theprocessforcontractingwith

approvedRFLorganizationsand

consultantswillremainthesame

inYear2.ContractwithTheFund

forPublicSchools(FPS)areannual

withdatesofservicebeginningJuly1,2013toJune30,2014.

PrincipalsandDesignteam

memberswillnegotiateanagreed

uponScopeofWork(SOW)and

budgetforservicesperformedat

theschool.Thisyear,westrongly

urgeschoolstokeepsustainability

attheforefrontofthe

negotiationswith

partners(seeWorking

withProviders

document).Thedeadline

forcontractingwith

organizations,

consultantsandalumni

mentorsisJuly31st.

Nextstepsfor

contracting

organizationsandconsultants:

MakesurethatyouhavesubmittedyourW-9andsignatoryinformation

toAnnaMayFeigeat

[email protected].

Youmusthavethis

informationonfilebefore

anyothercontracting

processescanbegin.

PleasesubmityourcompletedSOWinWord

version toCharisseTaylor

viaemail

([email protected])andcopythePrincipalor

schoolcontactthatyou

havebeenworkingwith.I

willprovidefeedbackfor

revisionorapproveyour

SOWandwillthensendit

totheFundforPublic

Schoolsforprocessing.

OnceyourSOWhasbeenapprovedbyThe

Fund,AnnaMayFeigewill

sendyouanFPScontracttoreviewandsign.

OnceyouhavereturnedthesignedcontracttoAnna

Mayforprocessing,you

willreceiveanemailfrom

herwithin10businessdays

thatyoucanbeginservices

intheschoolsandstart

invoicingforpayment.

Paymentscannotbegin

untilyourSOWandFPS

contracthavebeen

processedandapproved.

Invoicesmusthaveasignaturefromthe

Principalorauthorized

signatoryattheschool

beforebeingsubmittedto

CharisseTaylorfor

processing.Invoicesshould

alsoclearlystatethedates

ofservice,descriptionofservice,andaremittance

addressatwhichtosend

payment.

NextstepsforcontractingAlumni

Mentors:

Forschoolsthatwillbeemploying

AlumniMentors,FPSrequiresthe

followingdocumentsforeach

memberemployed: CompletedScopeofWork

SignedNon-DisclosureAgreement

CompletedW-9

PleaseseetheExpensePolicies

andPaymentspageontheESI

wikitoaccessthedocumentsand

moredetailedinstructionsfor

submittingformsforcontracting.

FINANCING YOUR YEAR 2

WORK PLAN
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://esinyc.wikispaces.com/Expense+Policies+and+Paymentshttp://esinyc.wikispaces.com/Expense+Policies+and+Paymentshttp://esinyc.wikispaces.com/Expense+Policies+and+Paymentshttp://esinyc.wikispaces.com/Expense+Policies+and+Paymentsmailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Ini


7/8

WHEN WHAT ! WHO5/1 Provider Fair: Vendor Info Session Design Team5/10 Work Plan and Budget Due Design Team5/18 Youth Summit Students/Teachers6/20 June Symposium w/Geoffrey Canada Design Team

7/9 Summer CRE trainings begin School Staff(See Summer Matters Newsletter for dates)

7/15 Academic and Personal Behaviors: School StaffWhat are they? How can we teach it?

7/22 Culturally Relevant Approaches to teaching School Staff

Academic and Personal behaviors

7/29 Creating a College-going Culture: School StaffDispatches from the field

Spring 13 Summer 13 Fall 13

Provider

Fair

May June 13

Work Plans &Budgets Due

5/10

July 13 Aug 13Sept 13

Oct 13

ParentEvent

Summer CRE

Trainings

Begin 7/9

Ongoing CRE Training

SummerBudgetReleased

Fall Kick

OffJune

Symposium

6/20

Youth

Summit

6/7

Summer

Series

7/15

S c o p e a n d S e q u e n c e

C A L E N D A R


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1) ANALYZED ACHIEVEMENT DATA OF BLACK AND LATINO MALES WITH DESIGN TEAM

2) MET WITH DESIGN TEAM TO EVALUATE YEAR 1 USING THE GUIDING QUESTIONS

3) REVIEWED THE ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL BEHAVIORS FRAMEWORK

4) MET WITH DESIGN TEAM TO PLAN STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS

FOR 9TH AND 10TH GRADE .

5) REVIEWED LISTING OF PROVIDERS THAT CAN SUPPORT YOUR STRATEGIES

6) COMPLETE DRAFT OF WORK PLAN AND BUDGET

7) FORMALLY MET WITH HECTOR OR PAUL TO REVIEW WORK PLAN AND BUDGET

8) REVISED WORK PLAN AND BUDGET BASED ON FEEDBACK

9) SUBMITTED FINALIZED WORK PLAN AND TO HECTOR OR PAUL (5/10)

CHECKLIST FOR COMPLETING WORK PLAN AND BUDGET

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