2011-12 Initiatives

Topmost priority project areas for NapaLearns in fiscal year July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012 are:

Curriculum & Performance Committee

  • Extend the current SC21 program to all high school county-wide (covering PBL curriculum, coaching, IT support model; Echo or equivalent platform; 2,525 students) ~$700K
  • Develop and extend the PBL/SC21 program to middle schools around the county (covering the same model as that of the high schools; 665 students) ~$200K
  • Define and implement an integrated digital curriculum for Pre K-5 (covering 210 students in the Virtual Summer Bridges program; all 80 students furnished with iPads in Calistoga kindergartens; PBL in 12 NVUSD Elementary Schools or 4,210 students, 175 teachers trained; 3,000 students continuing with ST Math; and bringing it all together under a unified curriculum plan) ~$600K
  • Define a level of performance assessment for all NapaLearns’ efforts (covering high school, middle school, and PreK-5 efforts; teacher professional development)
  • Map assessment activities, metrics, frequency of reporting, responsibility (covering work with the districts to align data collection for NapaLearns with internal reporting; development of reporting protocols and due dates; and where needed, sub-contract report writing)
  • Disseminate performance assessment results

Fund-raising Committee

  • Continue to raise a minimum of one million dollars in 2012
  • Meet quarterly with the Curriculum & Performance Committee to insure that we are up to date on opportunities, updates, and potential grants and/or donors prior to our regular NapaLearns monthly meetings
  • Create a “vendor” committee that seeks free, in-kind and reduced fee technology and curriculum tools

Community Outreach Committee

  • Manage messaging and the execution of communications, media and community outreach with professional assistance to coordinate monthly presentations with updated materials and speakers
  • Continue to host school tours to interested potential friends, donors and community leaders with updated materials, offering specific volunteer and donor opportunities and a link to our website and videos. (Coordinate w/the Fundraising Committee and all five school districts to insure that we host potential funders at appropriate times.)
  • Continue to update the website, send monthly e- newsletters out to our large constituency and produce two videos that tell our story. (In progress with video completed for our Calistoga project and plans to film our SC21 classes this fall)

Governance Committee

  • Hire an Executive Director by December 2011 and have him or her on board and fully functioning by the spring of 2012
  • Establish a balanced financial budget for 2011/2012 that reflects our strategic objectives and implement procedures for monitoring actual against budget during the year
  • Work with the board chair, the new ED and other committee chairs to ensure that all board members are effectively supporting NapaLearns’ efforts