Improvement
Projects & Teams
Goal 1: Early Care and Education
Children have access to quality, affordable early care and education
Indicators
- % of working parents with children 0-4 have access to child care
Strategies
- Transform early care and education systems to increase access and improve quality
Improvement Initiatives
- Childcare Accessibility Info System (Phase 2)
- ECE Workforce Development Website Career
- Project to address ratios in TK and align curriculum and assessment (TBC)
Goal 2: Kinder-Ready
Children are prepared for kindergarten
Indicators
- Share student-level data, tracking and reporting
Strategies
- Improve screening, treatment and support for parents’ mental health
Improvement Initiatives
- Baseline Assessment of Maternal Mental Health in Monterey County
Strategies
- Expand access to playgroups
Improvement Initiatives
- Expansion of parent-child playgroups
Strategies
- Implement an integrated, holistic, family-centered support system of screening, care coordination, referrals, and services
Improvement Intitiatives
- Integrated Service Collaborative for families and children 0-5 (five pilots)
Strategies
- Scale up home visiting programs for families with young children
Improvement Intitiatives
- Expansion of home visiting
Strategies
- Expand paid family leave, protect and support breastfeeding, and increase other family-friendly business practices
Improvement Intitiatives
- Family-Friendly Business Project
Strategies
- Embed parenting and child development supports in health and other public services
Improvement Intitiatives
- Embedding additional ECD and parenting supports in Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
- Pediatrician supports for ECD and parenting (Health Steps)
Strategies
- Support family, friend and neighbor caregivers
Improvement Intitiatives
- Family Friend and Neighbor Play Groups & Support Network
Strategies
- Provide more effective parenting programs
Improvement Intitiatives
- Family Friend and Neighbor Play Groups & Support Network
Goal 3: Language and Literacy
Children read, write and achieve language proficiency in the elementary grades
Indicators
- % of students performing at or above Level 3 as measured by the Smarter Balanced Grade Three Summative Assessments
Strategies
- Develop Data informed Reading Systems
Improvement Initiatives
- Early Reading Pilot (MCOE Language and Literacy Team)
Indicators
- Establish baseline for # of students participating in Reading Rewards Challenge
Strategies
- Increase Reading and Language Development through Extended Learning Opportunities
Improvement Initiatives
- Reading Rewards Challenge (MCOE Region 5 Expanded Learning, Boys and Girls Club)
Indicators
- Establish baseline for # of Literacy Toolkits adopted by local families and community engagement organizations
Strategies
- Extended Family and Community Resources**
Improvement Initiatives
- Literacy Toolkit (CSUMB Reading Center)
Indicators
- % of students performing at or above Level 3 as measured by the Smarter Balanced Grade Three Summative Assessments
Strategies
- Develop Data informed Reading Systems
Improvement Initiatives
- Early Reading Pilot (MCOE Language and Literacy Team)
Indicators
- Establish baseline for # of students participating in Reading Rewards Challenge
Strategies
- Increase Reading and Language Development through Extended Learning Opportunities
Improvement Initiatives
- Reading Rewards Challenge (MCOE Region 5 Expanded Learning, Boys and Girls Club)
Indicators
- % of teachers self-assessing as “full prepared” on Language and Literacy Preparedness Surveys.
Strategies
- Maximize Professional Learning Supports for Teachers in Grade PK-3
Improvement Initiatives
- Language and Literacy Institutes (MCOE)
- Early Learning Network (MCOE/QRIS, Bright Beginnings)
Indicators
- Establish baseline of Dual Immersion programs available for Monterey County youth
Strategies
- Accelerate Growth and Quality of Multi-Lingual Learning Programs in Grades PK-8
Improvement Initiatives
- TBD _____ (MCOE)
Goal 4: Critical Thinking
Middle school students collaborate to solve real world problems by applying critical thinking, math and technology.
Indicators
- Percent of students entering and succeeding in college level math after graduating from high school.
Strategies
- Develop and offer a 4th year high school math class that emphasizes modeling, problem solving and applications of mathematics to the real world that provides an alternative to Precalculus/Calculus pathway.
- Provide professional development to support teachers of the TCLM course as well as other secondary teachers, especially in Complex
Instruction
Improvement Initiatives
Goal 5: Youth Connectedness
Youth experience caring relationships, high expectations and meaningful engagements.
Indicators
- Youth Connectedness
Strategies
- Utilize Interns and project sponsor staff to inventory all of the youth agencies on this list (and more!) via email, phone and in-person meetings.
Improvement Initiatiaves
Goal 6: College or Training Ready
Students graduate high school prepared to enter a college or job training program.
Strategies
- Share student-level data, tracking and reporting
Improvement Initiatives
- National Student Clearinghouse (All HS’s, BtG )
- Shared Data Warehouse (MCOE, Hartnell)
- TBD scope/solution: (BtG)
Indicators
- % Complete A-G +1
Strategies
- Promote “A-G for All students”
Improvement Initiatives
- A-G Beliefs & Communication Project (BtG)
- Trio programs (all colleges)
Indicators
- % Complete Career Tech +1
Strategies
- Improve school/district A-G operations and practices
Improvement Initiatives
Indicators
- % Met or exceed standards ELA and Math assessment
- % Complete 2 semesters Dual Enrollment
Strategies
- Improve transitions from HS to CC to CSU
Improvement Initiatives
- Trio programs (all colleges)
- Dual enrollment: HS to CC (BtG)
Indicators
- % Pass 2 Advance Placement exams
Strategies
- Align curriculum cross-institution
Improvement Initiatives
- HS to College Curriculum alignment – Math, English, Science, CTE (HS’s, Hartnell, CSUMB, BtG)
Strategies
- Academic pathways with cohorts
Improvement Initiatives
- HS to College Portion of integrated academic pathways/cohorts
Indicators
- % Complete FASFA by March
- % Complete California Dream Act
Strategies
- Assist students in completing applications
Improvement Initiatives
- Trio programs (CSUMB, Hartnell, MPC, UCSC)
- FAFSA Completion Project
- [Concept stage: Tax preparation support] (UW)
Goal 7: Career Pathways
Young adults are ready for promising careers
Indicators
- % of young adults who complete a career pathway, program or degree that qualifies them to enter a promising career.
Strategies
- Working with Santa Cruz County and Monterey County Offices of Education, our team is sharing Monterey Bay Career Connect with middle school, high school, alternative and adult education learners.
- Attending local college campus events (i.e. career and resource fairs), our team is sharing Monterey Bay Career Connect with college students and career centers.
- A quarterly e-newsletter was sent to ~ 300 educators and workforce development contacts in the Monterey Bay region to promote use of the site and share resources.
Strategies
- In 2018, increase cumulative internships posted to 520 -accomplished
- In 2018, increase registered employers to 1,000-accomplished
- In 2018, increase registered students to 2,600-accomplished
- By November 2018, host student and MBEP Member Mixer
- By December 2018, increase site visits to Monterey Bay Internships by 20%
- By January 2019, increase social media engagement by 50%
- By February 2019, bring Monterey Peninsula College into consortium
Improvement Initiatives
Strategies
- Remove cost barriers
Improvement Initiatives
- Salinas Valley Promise (Hartnell)
Strategies
- Multi-faceted placement criteria
Improvement Initiatives
- Multiple Measures (Hartnell, CSUMB)
Indicators
- % students enroll
Strategies
- Integrate remediation support into courses
Improvement Initiatives
- Stretch & Co-requisite Courses (CSUMB, Hartnell, MPC)
Indicators
- % students who persist
- % students who complete
Strategies
- Academic pathways with cohorts
Improvement Initiatives
- New meta majors with guided pathways (Hartnell, MPC, Cabrillo)
- More 2+2, employer integrated academic pathways/cohorts (Hartnell, MPC, Cabrillo, CSUMB, MBEP)
Strategies
- Create social belonging & peers supports
Improvement Initiatives
- Expand MILE (young men social cohort; Hartnell)
Indicators
- % hired within x date of completion
- % still employed by same employer after x date
- % employees earning a livable wage
Strategies
- Indicators not yet active/measured
Improvement Initiatives
Indicators
- % demand met by local supply
- % employers satisfied by local talent supply