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Huge shoutout for Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative by @GovofCO in @DurangoHerald!
"We are making it easier for high school students to get degrees or receive career training through innovative programs, like the SWCOED Collaborative."
https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/delivering-on-what-matters-most/
Student from the Rural Schools Innovation Zone sharing about their experiences with summer internships in teaching, nursing and education. Each student has plans to now pursue careers in these fields! @RSIZ4GMikeG @VanmatreSteve @bykatsev @EmpowerSchools
HUGE results coming from the @LANSchools, partnership w/ @FortWorthISD & @TexasWesleyan, due to hard work from LAN students, teachers, staff, and collaborative partnership model that enables resilience, responsiveness, and recovery through the pandemic.
https://txwes.edu/academics/school-of-education/leadership-academy-network/news--events/department-news/fort-worth-isd-partnership-with-txwes-pays-dividends/?utm_source=Texas%20Wesleyan%20University&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13410706_Wesleyan%20Flame%208-16-22&fbclid=IwAR0ouNQDUxDJdVSN73pTYXfNp4z0rUEZarujj7GvzfhY2L9_5rLwvYtFvpI
Vote for this important panel about community colleges in Texas, with students sharing their experiences. #txed #CommunityCollegeVoices #FundTXTalent https://twitter.com/Commit2Dallas/status/1557444215822483456
Students are often left out of conversations that impact them the most. Vote to see our panel at @SXSWEDU 2023 to hear from Texas community college students about their work to advocate for policy solutions at the Texas Capitol. #txed #txlege https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/128276
Inspiring to see Dr. Vega at @TEDxMidland on collective impact models in education to develop solutions with Education Partnership of the Permian Basin programs - Early Childhood Action Network and Grow Your Own Action Network teacher models! @educate_pb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRF0tidpLsw
Love seeing programs like @WCCS_Eagles - that connect high school students to high-wage, high-demand career pathways in partnership with community & industry - sustained and expanded through innovative grant funding like the Next Gen SIG from @EducateIN!
https://www.thepostandmail.com/news/wccs-one-of-six-schools-awarded-nearly-4-million-grant/article_5d5050e0-fee8-11ec-a04f-572c8da43a45.html
Opening session for the National @AchieveTheDream Conference with colleges and K-12 partners and organizations including @EmpowerSchools #achievethedream https://twitter.com/AchieveTheDream/status/1519026987712401408
Register for the K–12 Partnerships Institute! This three-day event in Portland will bring colleges and school districts together to explore strategies that increase access and equity in early college opportunities. https://bit.ly/K12PartnerInst
@EmpowerSchools announces a new opportunity-the LeadRural Fellowship-to catalyze rural leaders, bring innovation to their communities, learn new ideas, and connect and network with other rural leaders across the state. Learn more and apply by June 30.https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bhPSUbk1XRinZNBX7z9vq4kjr8bft9DkspNsdZILpKI/viewform?edit_requested=true
We are excited to announce a new opportunity-the LeadRural Fellowship-to catalyze rural leaders, bring innovation to their communities, learn new ideas, and connect and network with other rural leaders across the state. Learn more and apply by June 30.
https://docs.google.com/.../1bhPSUbk1XRinZNBX7z9vq4k.../edit
We are hiring a Senior Manager in Indiana! If you are passionate about equitable school systems, love connecting and collaborating across all levels of stakeholders, and have an eye for developing strategy and execution - learn more and apply below!
https://www.empowerschools.org/careers/
If you are at #CSxFE22 come join us today! https://twitter.com/MisterA/status/1532418656860221442
If you’re at #CSxFE22 come by and see us today at 1:45 in room 405 as we talk about Sharing Power within Comm. Schools. I’ll be with some super smart people like @amled1 @rmkang110 @KyleMWeinberg @amysjunge and @EmpowerSchools
“Every community has large social problems. No one entity can solve it in the community. It’s not accidental that this momentum is taking pace.” On backbone organizations, sharing data and being transparent, and innovative partnerships
“When we give our partners some room in finance and staffing for example, it’s been interesting and enlightening to see what they can do. That’s a benefit of these partnership. They can pilot quickly, within district schools, and can share learning across the district.”
Partnerships have always been key. I lived that with YWLA. Difference is the people standing in the gap. Partnerships met SEL needs & developed parents as advocates. It is not our fight alone, this affects all of us. We will need to work together. -Dr. Hall Crowley ISD board pres
“One of the great examples of partnerships is right here in Fort Worth.” The Leadership Academy Network is a partnership with @FortWorthISD and @TexasWesleyan that uses its partnership to make equitable staff & calendar decisions that are responsive to their schools and students.
Are you a strategic thinker? Take creative approaches to growth and problem solving? Passionate about early college, CTE, or career pathways?
We are hiring a Manager or Senior Manager in CA! Please visit our careers page for more information and to apply.
https://www.empowerschools.org/careers/
The Rural School Innovation Zone:
Unlocking opportunity so students can see and actualize their future.
Transformational.
@EmpowerSchools @Michael42982398 @VanmatreSteve @TxRuralFunders @teainfo @csdewitt https://twitter.com/dougsdawson/status/1486710110751657987
This is a powerful testimonial from a student in the Rural School Innovation Zone! Amazing work by @Michael42982398 and the three districts! #txed #OurStudents #SchoolChoiceWeek @VanmatreSteve @DCATexas
