Student Success Network

What does it take for students to build strong, meaningful networks that support their futures? On November 14th, we’re diving into this critical question at Community Insights: Building Student Networks. Research shows that strong connections can boost college success, open career doors, and enhance emotional well-being. But for many young people—especially first-gen students—building those networks is difficult. In focus groups, college students shared their biggest concern: building a community to help navigate the shifts of adulthood. As a community of youth-serving professionals, let’s tackle this challenge together! Join us for: ? A panel featuring SSN members who do dedicated work in student network-building ? A deep dive into best practices and challenges ? Open discussion on how we can better support students We welcome perspectives from all roles in our Network! Let’s build student success—together. ??? RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/eqjTtRfG #StudentSuccess #CommunityInsights #NetworkBuilding

We’re hiring for an Analytics & Operations Manager at Student Success Network! ?? The person in this position will play a key role in generating data-driven insights and streamlining our operations to enhance our Network’s impact. If you or someone you know is passionate about data, operations, and making a meaningful impact on student success, keep reading! ?? Position Highlights: - Collect, manage, and analyze Network data - Create reports and tools to assess progress and support Network learning - Support member organizations in improving practices through shared measurement tools - Strengthen internal operations and manage key systems like Airtable, Slack, and more ?? If you have experience in data collection, analysis, and reporting, and you're a highly collaborative multitasker with a passion for equity, we’d love to hear from you! Check out the full job description and application: https://ideali.st/QyI5S3 #AnalyticsJobs #OperationsManager #Hiring #NonprofitJobs #DataDriven #StudentSuccessNetwork

?? Haven’t registered for our Network Summit yet? Here are 3 reasons why you should join us on October 10th: ? Embrace Collaboration: Connect with nonprofit folks from 30+ youth-serving organizations across NYC. Share experiences, challenges, and best practices to strengthen your work. ? Gain Insights into Competency-Based Learning: Learn from Antonia Rudenstine of reDesign, experts in developing the Future9 competencies, and bring these ideas back to your organization. ? Get Inspired to Innovate: Be part of shaping shared language, measures, and tools for student success, and discover ways to contribute to our future initiatives! ??Together, we can better prepare our students for a rapidly changing world. ?? https://lnkd.in/eMW5jSjh #Education #Nonprofit #StudentSuccess #Collaboration #CompetencyBasedLearning #NYC #FutureReady

??? Have you registered for our Network Summit yet? Join 25+ NYC organizations as we come together to explore a critical question: What do students need to thrive in today’s rapidly changing world? Here’s what’s on the minds of some of our attendees: ?? I’m especially interested in how we can frame success positively for students during this period of evolution. ?? We’re mapping key competencies for youth and adult learners and exploring equitable assessment for durable skills. ?? I’d love to hear how others measure impact beyond just attendance and grades. ?? How can we empower students to resist oppressive systems while also equipping them to thrive? Be part of this important conversation and help shape the future of student success! Let’s make sure all students are prepared for tomorrow. RSVP: bit.ly/beyondsel #Education #StudentSuccess #FutureReady #NYC #EdLeaders #CareerReadiness

?? What do students need to thrive in today's rapidly changing world? Beyond SEL, we've heard from NYC nonprofit practitioners about key skills like financial and digital literacy, building networks, and civic engagement - to name a few. As a broad network of NYC nonprofits, we've tackled measuring SEL, and now, we have the opportunity to do the same for additional essential skills for student success. If you’re passionate about helping NYC students become future-ready and want to explore how to define and demonstrate efficacy in these skills, join us on October 10th for our Network Summit. We welcome all roles and perspectives from NYC-based youth-serving organizations familiar with our Network. We’ll have insights from Antonia Rudenstine of reDesign - experts in competency-based learning that have spent 15+ years working with NYC high schools serving students from populations furthest from opportunity, and New Visions for Public Schools will be graciously providing space for this critical conversation. ?? Ready to join? RSVP here: bit.ly/beyondsel Let’s come together to share knowledge and learn from one another about what it takes for students to be future-ready! #BeyondSEL #StudentSuccess #YouthDevelopment #NYCNonprofits

Almost two years ago, NYC residents voted for and approved a proposal that added racial equity plans to the NYC Charter. Upon approval, the city's Office of Racial Equity was established, along with the Commission on Racial Equity (CORE). This year, CORE developed and shared draft community equity priorities to receive feedback from New Yorkers about what we need to thrive in this city. Yesterday, we had the pleasure of being joined by Michelle Bascome of Nonprofit Staten Island for a community conversation on CORE's draft priorities. It was an impactful discussion where folks were able to share their honest thoughts and questions. Thank you again, Michelle, for facilitating this much needed space and bringing more awareness to this work being done! If you are a NYC resident interested in learning more and offering feedback on the draft priorities, feel free to visit the following link: https://lnkd.in/djXW4yzd

Earlier this week, we gathered again with our Improvement Lab cohort focused on building strong student-adult relationships. Thank you to the Search Institute for teaching us about the science of developmental relationships and giving us a framework to guide our improvement efforts. Check out the framework here: https://lnkd.in/eAPhiayH

Where can you start in building your nonprofit's capacity for continuous improvement? That is what our Data Advisory Working Group (DAWG) grappled with yesterday - reviewing our draft self-assessment and sharing challenges and bright spots. Huge shout out and thank you to Alicia Wolcott Fofana for facilitating the discussion!

A few months ago, we met with a group of CBO and school leaders who felt like their work to build student-adult relationships was critical...but invisible. This fall, we'll launch an Improvement Lab with rising leaders from these schools. Read more on Improvement Labs here: https://bit.ly/ILab2024. Together, we will learn about what drives strong student-adult relationships, what makes them hard, and try out new ideas that we'll measure and study along the way. We know relationships are foundational for student success and have the power to change how youth see themselves, their schools, and their futures. We're excited to partner in this work with the Groundswell Network, as well as our new coach and co-facilitator, Nicole DeFino M.Ed. (https://lnkd.in/d8DHugGC)!

Yesterday, we hosted our first skill building session around engaging program alumni in authentic and culturally responsive focus groups. As an organization, we believe that the people closest to the problem are also closest to the solution, and that, of course, includes the youth we all serve. In this session, we explored what it means and looks like to meaningfully engage youth, while understanding that they are the expert of their own experiences and acknowledging their stories as valuable knowledge. Special shout out to our facilitators, Ali Holstein and Cecily Mitchell-Harper, LMSW-SIFI, for leading such an engaging session ? We're excited to learn more with our Network organizations as they take on focus groups over the next several weeks utilizing the toolkit we prepared! Stay tuned for more takeaways. #skillbuilding #continuousimprovement #focusgroups