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The CSAP Development Process Building on a Foundation Our community was fortunate to have a foundation of strong partnerships between public and private schools, city government, philanthropy and community-based organizations. This is evidenced by our community’s Youth Master Plan and Youth Indicators Report. Assembling a Team The 3rd Grade Reading Coalition began meeting in October of 2011. The coalition is comprised of leaders from schools (public and private), local colleges and universities, early childhood organizations, city government, philanthropy, and parent organizations. Early meetings focused on understanding the opportunities in our community through needs assessment and evaluation of 3rd grade reading achievement, summer learning loss, school readiness, and school attendance. A Strong Model for Collaboration The Coalition adopted a research-based collective impact model that identifies five conditions for collective impact: • Common Agenda - shared vision, common understanding of the problem, joint approach with agreed upon actions • Shared Measurement - consistent data measurement to align efforts and hold partners accountable • Mutually Reinforcing Activities - partners activities are differentiated yet coordinated to a common plan • Continuous Communication - consistent open communication to ensure mutual trust, objectives and motivation • Backbone Support - separate organization, staffed with skills to coordinate partners ECEP agreed to facilitate the process and work of the Coalition. Gathering Community Input The Coaltion held a workshop on February 10, 2012, which was attended by over 100 people, including parents, teachers, school administrators, mayor and City Council members, police officers and firefighters, former students, university and college leaders, professors and students, and leaders from business, nonprofit, philanthropy and faith organizations among others. Working the Plan The 3rd Grade Reading Coalition is beginning the implementation process of the CSAP. We will continue to organize around the three core challenges while developing and implementing the strategies we have identified. We also expect to add partners to our coalition and are organizing to share the action plan and engage the entire community. Together we are enthusiastic and confident that we can build a culture that supports 3rd grade reading achievement for each and every student. 3rd Grade Reading Community Solutions Action Plan Executive Summary | Dubuque, Iowa | Page 7
In July 2012, based on this Community Solutions Action Plan, the National Civic League (NCL) named Dubuque an All-America City. The community was one of 14 awardees selected from a field of more than 100 entries. The All-America City awards are given each year by the NCL for outstanding civic accomplishments. Ordinarily, applicants choose their own local projects to showcase, but this year NCL teamed up with the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading to encourage community-based partnerships to improve reading proficiency among young students. Dubuque was also named a Community Solutions PaceSetter by the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading for its exemplary leadership and innovation in addressing the challenges that keep many low-income students from learning to read proficiently. The Community Solutions Pacesetter Honors recognize places that are already developing community solutions to the challenges that can undermine early literacy, such as chronic absenteeism, summer learning loss and a lack of school readiness. Continued support from the Dubuque community will be critical to meet the goals outlined in this plan. The 3rd Grade Reading Coalition would like to thank Alliant Energy, Diamond Jo Casino and the Dubuque Racing Association for their generous support in helping to share this plan with the community.
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