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OUR APPROACH
Fostering community collaboration, addressing educational disparities, and empowering individuals through accessible resources and programs
OUR 5 KEY OBJECTIVES
KINDERGARTEN READINESS
All learners will be ready for kindergarten.
CHALLENGED TO ACHIEVE
All learners will be challenged to achieve their academic potential.
PARENTS + MENTORS
Our community will support and enhance parents and mentors in their role as the primary influencer of our learners.
PREPARE FOR POST-SECONDARY
OR CAREER
Our community will provide equal access to opportunities which encourage our learners to explore areas of personal interest and prepare for post-secondary education or career.
WHOLISTIC WELLNESS
Our community will address social, emotional, mental and physical barriers to success for all learners.
OUR WORK IS GROUNDED IN
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STRIVETOGETHER
StriveTogether is a national leader in collective impact. The StriveTogether approach brings together cross-sector community leaders and practitioners to improve outcomes for children in the community of Austin. StriveTogether brings proven expertise, effective resources and nationally-recognized collective impact approach that enables communities to create local education ecosystems to support children and youth from cradle to career. This approach helps align existing resources to increase impact by using data to determine what works best for children. Strive supports communities in shared outcomes and indicators of success to use across programs and systems, identifying promising practices and allowing for meaningful dialogue about local disparities and solutions to close achievement gaps.
WE ARE A STRIVETOGETHER ORGANIZATION
To join the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network, Austin Aspires met a set of quality benchmarks that indicate it has engaged a cross-sector group around a common education vision. Austin Aspires also demonstrated its ability to support the creation of sustainable infrastructure to drive change and committed to being accountable for improving an identified set of academic outcomes.
