EDUCATION ACTION ITEMS
Below are the action items identified for each priority outlined in the Education section of the Near Eastside Quality of Life Plan.
| 1.1: Update the 2017 assessment of early childhood education for the near Eastside to identify remaining needs and service gaps for children birth to five years old, including gaps related to developmental screenings, family engagement, and home visitation.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 1.2: Advocate for increased funding for early childhood education.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 1.3: Increase the number of high-quality providers (at least PTQ level 3), with a particular emphasis on expanding seats in existing providers and a focus on infant to two-year olds, and decrease costs to families. Increased high quality professional development (CDA and other) is part of high quality.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
| 2.1: Ensure that families are knowledgeable about their options for high quality schools in the near Eastside.
Implementation Partner: Education Community Action Team |
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| 2.2: Ensure that near Eastside Schools have enough seats to accommodate near Eastside students.
Implementation Partner: Education Community Action Team |
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| 2.3: Develop and maintain a data and information sharing system about near Eastside students and schools, particularly for the purpose of providing early warning about students who are struggling.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 2.4: Every near Eastside school is fully trauma informed and trauma responsive. Each school will utilize the early warning data system to support trauma response.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 2.5: Ensure near Eastside schools support and provide programming and opportunities for students with disabilities and students at-risk to gain a high quality education.
Implementation Partner: Education Community Action Team |
| 3.1: Facilitate paths for teachers and OST instructors to acquire new teaching and learning skills that will enable them to support effective leaders, collaborate with other teachers, provide ambitious instruction, create supportive environments for learning, and involve families and the community in student education so as to implement the IEAZI two-generation educational model with greater fidelity.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 3.2: Develop and implement family and community engagement programming and supports to ensure financial and social stability and high levels of engagement among families.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 3.3: Expand the Housing Stability for Student Success Initiative, providing housing and other supports to overcome high student mobility.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 3.4: Every school provides services and supports to ensure a high degree of social emotional well being, health and wellness among students.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
| 4.1: Ensure all eligible students have the opportunity to enroll in 21st Century Scholars and maintain their eligibility for scholarships.
Implementation Partner: Elevate |
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| 4.2: Beginning in elementary school, provide information to encourage families to lead students to seek post-secondary education.
Implementation Partner: Elevate |
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| 4.3: Schools and partners prepare students to apply and transition to post-secondary education. Advocate for and support high schools (Arsenal Technical and Purdue Polytechnic) to encourage college going and post-secondary preparation.
Implementation Partner: Elevate |
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| 4.4: Ensure that every student understands and considers all post-secondary educational options, including certifications, apprenticeships, military, public service, and entrepreneurship.
Implementation Partner: Elevate |
| 5.1: OST Programs have capacity to support every student and family seeking participation and families know about their options.
Implementation Partner: Brookside CDC |
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| 5.2: Increase quality of learning experiences for young people in out-of-school time programs through quality improvement, professional development, in-school/out of school alignment, and elevating afterschool educator positions.
Implementation Partner: Brookside CDC |
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| 5.3: OST programming will increase student’s abilities to employ social and emotional skills, maintain physical fitness, have access to and consume nutritious foods and beverages, and care for their mental health.
Implementation Partner: Brookside CDC |
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| 5.4: Ensure that every child has opportunities to participate in STEAM and arts and culture programming.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 5.5: Ensure that every child has opportunities to participate in entrepreneurship out-of-school time programming.
Implementation Partner: Brookside CDC |
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| 5.6: Increase out of school time opportunities for middle school and high school youth, including volunteer and mentoring opportunities.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 5.7: Provide opportunities for teens to develop employability skills particularly through their participation in the Ready Indy program.
Implementation Partner: Brookside CDC |
| 6.1: Strengthen bonds and communications between neighborhood residents and educators by creating a Near Eastside Educators Council and regularly convening school leaders.
Implementation Partner: Education Community Action Team |
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| 6.2: Attract high quality teachers to near Eastside schools by recruiting them to live and work in the neighborhood, and by preparing current neighbors to become teachers.
Implementation Partner: NEAR (Near East Area Renewal) |
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| 6.3: Strengthen bonds between neighborhood youth and schools through increased service learning and by creating a Near Eastside Student Council.
Implementation Partner: Education Community Action Team |
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| 6.4: Strengthen bonds between neighborhood residents and students by engaging older adults as mentors for youth and to support neighborhood education efforts.
Implementation Partner: Education Community Action Team |
| 7.1: Provide and expand high school (HSE) equivalency options in the neighborhood.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 7.2: Link adults with certification and learning opportunities to fulfill career and personal goals.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
Interested in getting involved in the Education implementation?
There are many ways to get involved with the Quality of Life Plan for the near Eastside. You can attend a monthly Focus group meeting or the quarterly Plan Summit.
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