Fast Tracking Student Success: How RAZ-32 Is Delivering on Indiana’s New Diploma Seal Requirements
In Fast Tracking Student Success, Empower Schools examines how Rural Alliance Zone-32 in East Central Indiana uses cross-district collaboration, shared career pathways, and employer partnerships to help rural students meet Indiana’s new diploma seal requirements.
The case study shows how RAZ-32 brings together school districts, Ivy Tech Community College, employers, and community partners to expand access to high-quality college and career pathways. It highlights shared pathways in health science, early childhood education, welding, media production, precision machining, and other fields, along with work-based learning, student-run enterprises, and credentials of value.
Empower Schools supports the launch, operation, and sustainability of Rural Collaboratives by helping communities build regional partnerships, governance structures, and pathway models that expand student access to college and career opportunities.
In this resource:
How RAZ-32 helps rural districts respond to Indiana’s new diploma seal requirements
How shared pathways allow students to access programs across partner schools
How braided funding, formal governance, and employer co-design support sustainability
How health science and early childhood education pathways connect coursework, dual credit, credentials, and work-based learning
How student-run enterprises create real-world learning opportunities in rural communities
What other rural communities can learn from RAZ-32’s approach to regional collaboration and pathway development
Best for: rural district leaders, state education leaders, policymakers, workforce partners, higher education partners, funders, community partners, and advocates exploring Rural Collaboratives, career pathways, work-based learning, or diploma redesign.
