Join us for dinner and discussion about what our community wants to support better education outcomes for our kids!

We want to start the discussion and then support parents and families in learning how to make and impact change to improve our education system for ALL kids!

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If you have additional questions, please reach out to KoriAnn Carter at 708.407.5113.

Join our community on Monday, March 9 at St. Cloud State University to learn more about social/emotional skills and students in the greater St. Cloud community. Dr. Michael Rodriguez will present a profile of the 2019 Minnesota Student Survey, which tells a current story of developmental skills and supports across racial and ethnic communities, indicating that diverse youth have the social and emotional capacity to succeed. Educators and community leaders will appreciate a fresh look at the information and utility of the data. At a similar session in 2017 using the 2016 Minnesota Student Survey, over 90% of the participants felt the information and insights shared were important and useful.

Dr. Rodriguez’s presentation will enable school districts and youth-supporting agencies to create a model to help all youth overcome persistent challenges. The profiles of developmental skills (commitment to learning, positive identity, social competence), developmental supports (empowerment, teacher/school support, family/community support), and developmental challenges (bullying, mental distress, family violence) will be discussed. The discussion and information will also focus on the profiles as they differ among students from different racial (White, Black, Asian, American Indian) and ethnic (Latino, Somali, Hmong) communities, across grades 5, 8, 9, and 11, and special education and free/reduced lunch status. These profiles relate to other important outcomes including achievement based on grades, after-school activity participation, post-high school goals, and employment.

Rodriguez is a professor of quantitative methods in education with a focus on educational measurement and assessment. As the Campbell Leadership Chair, he is also the co-director of the Educational Equity Resource Center, providing leadership at the University in its interdisciplinary work addressing educational equity and achievement gaps. His research team, the Minnesota Youth Development Research Group, has conducted research on the Minnesota Student Survey for over 10 years, resulting in more than 20 national presentations on this work.

The links below provide access to a video of the 2017 presentation. 

Link to video

In February, the Board of Directors from both Partner for Student Success and United Way of Central Minnesota  unanimously voted to unify and have Partner for Student Success become the United Way Education Initiative. These two organizations have now officially joined forces and are living united, guided through true collective impact. Over the next few months, the teams from both of our organizations will work to align even more closely with a mission to unite the community in the collective pursuit of student success.