Great Lakes Bay Region IV Collaboration Prosperity Region 5 What makes collaboration possible? • RELATIONSHIPS and TRUST • Timing • Prosperity Regions State of Michigan Prosperity Regions ee n aw 1 Delta Macki nac c Chip p Emmet Charlevoix Grand Traverse 1a. Western UP Prosperity Region 1b. Central UP Prosperity Region 1c. Eastern UP Prosperity Region Benzie Presque Isle Alpena Antrim Otsego Montmorency Leelanau 1. Upper Peninsula Prosperity Alliance e wa 2 Kalkaska 3 Crawford Oscoda 2. Northwest Prosperity Region Wexford Missaukee Allegan Berrien Van Buren Cass Kalamazoo 8 7 Eaton 6 Oakland Livingston 10 Wayne Calhoun Jackson Washtenaw St. Branch Joseph 9 Monroe Lenawee Service Delivery Regions 8/6/2013 Sani lac Bay Saginaw Ionia Clinton Barry 8. Southwest Prosperity Region 5 St. Clai r Ottawa b Gratiot Huron Macomb 4 Arenac Lapeer Tuscola Montcalm 7. South Central Prosperity Region 10. Detroit Metro Prosperity Region Iosco Genesee Mecosta Isabella Midland Gladwin a Muskegon 6. East Michigan Prosperity Region 9. Southeast Michigan Prosperity Region Ogemaw Ingham 5. East Central Michigan Prosperity Region Osceola Clare Hillsdale Oceana Newaygo 4. West Michigan Prosperity Alliance Lake Kent Mason 3. Northeast Prosperity Region 4a. West Central Prosperity Region 4b. West Michigan Prosperity Region Roscommon Alcona Manistee Shi awas see b Luce r Alg e Cheboygan Iron Schoolcraft Marquette a bic Dickinson ge Menomine e Ontonago n Go Baraga Ho ug h to n Ke w Why collaborate? • We want to be THE education thought leaders in the region • Five brilliant minds • Leverage Resources Collaboration…Who are we? • • • • • 1. Wayne RESA 2. Oakland Schools 3. Macomb ISD 4. Kent ISD 5. GLB Collaborative • • • • • Bay-Arenac ISD Clare-Gladwin RESD Gratiot-Isabella RESD Midland County ESA Saginaw ISD 274,971 students 186,249 students 133,842 students 107,301 students 78,364 students 16,894 7,353 13,271 12,259 28,587 • Source: 2014-2015 from mischooldata.org Challenges… • Work together, but retain our identities • Leverage resources to benefit students • Time • Structural Differences Current ISD Collaboration • Regional Preschool Partnership – Gratiot-Isabella RESD, Midland ESA, Saginaw ISD • GLB Instructional Services Consortium – BAISD, CGRESA, GIRESD, MCESA, SISD • Technology Services – Saginaw ISD and Midland County ESA • Pupil Accounting • Data Specialist – Gratiot-Isabella RESD and Midland County ESA Our Latest Project • STEM – Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance Education Committee – The Dow Chemical Company Sponsorship • $500,000 STEM study commissioned – Create a STEM-Talent Pipeline STEM Talent Pipeline Requirements • Define STEM skills and competencies and communicate demand needs to education providers – Specify needed technical and workplace skills and competencies for high-demand positions – Forecast and aggregate short term employer demand STEM Talent Pipeline Requirements • Improve technical training and workforce programs so graduates meet or exceed employer requirements – Align programming and curriculum with employer requirements – Scale STEM experiential learning opportunities STEM Talent Pipeline Requirements • Enable and empower students to pursue STEM careers – Improve 5th – 8th grade math achievement – Supplement K – 12 curriculum with STEM-aligned programming – Enhance out-of-classroom STEM experiential learning STEM Talent Pipeline Requirements • Increase job seeker and student interest in STEM careers – Change perceptions and increase interest in STEM – Eliminate barriers and incentivize students and job seekers to pursue STEM careers Collaborative network - a network consisting of a variety of entities that are largely autonomous, geographically distributed, and heterogeneous in operating environment, culture, social capital and goals, but that collaborate to better achieve common or compatible outcome The Great Lakes Bay Business and Education Collaborative Network is a coalition of businesses and educational institutions working together with the community to create a regionally networked educational system that provides: – every student with the educational opportunities that will ensure them a successful future and – businesses with the workforce of the future Create Value Focused Purpose Facilitate Connections Balance Interests Innovation Bay Arenac ISD • Career Center – Bay and Arenac Counties – Saginaw – Midland Clare-Gladwin RESD Gratiot-Isabella RESD • Millage – ability to invest • Mount Pleasant Tech Center • Relationship with Central Michigan Manufacturers Association • Jan Amsterburg Midland County ESA • Countywide System – Collaboration – Consortium – Career Development • Programmatic Innovation through Partnerships – GMCA Partnership • Skilled Trades Programming • Camps – Coleman Agriscience • Linkage to Workforce – WIOA – Career Fairs – Scale WBL Saginaw ISD • • • • • • • • • • Kids to Bay-Arenac ISDs Career Center Saginaw Career Center (run by Saginaw Public Schools) Learn to Earn collaboration with GMCA Hartley Outdoor Education Center Great Lakes Bay Early College Head Start/Early Head Start Millet Learning Center Transitions Postsecondary Programs Recognized School to Work Program College Access Advisors It has already begun • Prosperity Region 5 • Presentation at Governor’s Conference – Award • STEM Impact Initiative • Career Cruising – Career Development Initiative • Sharing Students – MCESA – CGRESD – Saginaw – BAISD – Midland - BAISD • GLB STEM Strong Grant Proposal STEM Strong Proposal • Increase math and science achievement • Strengthen math literacy birth to 5 • Improve elementary teacher science and math knowledge and pedagogy • Improve access to career information • Data-based decisions • Connect classroom and industry through teacher internship programs East Central Michigan Prosperity Region (Region 5) (Arenac, Bay, Clare, Gladwin, Gratiot, Isabella, Midland, and Saginaw) Focus • Students • Collaborative Network • Regional Hubs of Excellence – GMCA – Merrill Institute – Delta College – Mid-Michigan Community College – Central Michigan University – Saginaw Valley State University • Transportation Key Success Factors • A compelling set of goals or principles that make the case for collaboration • High-level sponsorship and a long-term commitment • Identification and utilization of regional networks • Structure that articulates clear and achievable objectives and includes measurable standards • An organization with the mission, staff and resources to implement and sustain the effort Strategic Focus Strategic Stakeholder Great Lakes Bay Business and Education Collaborative Network Students • • • Teachers • • • Businesses • • • • Community • • Address why we are ‘turning kids off’ to school by providing passion enabling activities and experiences Provide career exploration and development opportunities and align a regional CTE system Connect Early Childhood, K-12 and Postsecondary through collaboration to create a seamless ‘system’ Support professional development through collaboration with the GLB Instructional Consortium to teachers across the region including Hands on and PBL PD Support teacher externships in businesses Enhance the professional image of teachers through meaningful partnerships and professional experiences Align and reinvent the CTE system regionally Leverage CEPD Directors Network to align K-12 with postsecondary systems Increase the number of industry certifications provided through the CTE system Provide a more dynamic and responsive CTE system for the region that is demand driven Provide a forum for businesses to impact the direction of the educational system at a regional and local level Facilitate communication and collaboration between business and education across the region