Community and Youth Collaborative Institute at The Ohio State University: A Case Study of OCCMSI in Hamilton STEM Academy and the Linden Community
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2018-04
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Ohio State University. Office of Outreach and Engagement
Abstract
Learn how one Columbus school and district, Hamilton STEM Academy, are focused on improving conditions for their students through community-family-school partnerships. Hamilton's current student population consists of 99.7 percent who are economically disadvantaged and 56 percent who are chronically absent. In Hamilton, the Community and Youth Collaborative Institute (CAYCI) uses an innovative implementation framework to address the needs of the school and community: Community Collaboration Model for School Improvement (CCMSI). Initial steps included fostering buy-in and commitment from partners, collecting data from students and staff, and mapping school-based resources. Among these partners are United Way of Central Ohio, the College of Social Work, and the city of Columbus. Students, colleagues and community members may gain insight on large-scale implementation and planning strategies for improving educational and health outcomes for youth.
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Youth in Ohio must face various challenges, both environmental and personal, during their educational development. Previous research has shown that 7,000 students are leaving high school every day, creating risks of facing the negative consequences of dropping out, including lower earning wages, physical and mental health risks, and economic challenges. One way to intervene is by starting intervention early before students lose interest and engagement with their school. This presentation aims to highlight how one Columbus school and district, Hamilton STEM Academy, are focused on improving conditions for their students through community-family-school partnerships. A partnership with the Community and Youth Collaborative Institute (CAYCI), located within the College of Social Work at Ohio State, works with Hamilton STEM to collect school data to assess the school and community. In Hamilton STEM, CAYCI uses an innovative implementation framework to address the needs of the school and community: Community Collaboration Model for School Improvement (CCMSI). The CCMSI is a school reform process that focuses on getting "the conditions right for learning" through evidence-based programs related to academic learning, positive youth development and school climate and other school-based strategies. Use of the CCMSI Model is in the beginning stages of implementation in one Linden community: Hamilton STEM Academy. Hamilton's current student population consists of 99.7 percent who are economically disadvantaged and 56 percent who are chronically absent. Additionally, there were more than 2,000 discipline referrals. Since January 2017, Hamilton has partnered with the Ohio State College of Social Work (CSW), Ohio State Office of Government Affairs, Ohio State College of Education and Human Ecology (CEHE), United Way of Central Ohio (UWCO), Nationwide Children's Hospital, the City of Columbus, and the Neighborhood Design Center (NDC) to implement the CCMSI. Initial steps included fostering buy-in and commitment from partners, collecting data from students and staff, and mapping school-based resources. Differentiated resources and data have shown that through the existing partnerships, Hamilton is progressing toward improving outcomes and meeting students' needs. The approach of the CCMSI and its partners aims to address school readiness, expanding the teams of the school, identifying root causes of issues, connecting work to the broader Linden community, and creating long-term sustainability. One way to do so is through creating two new key roles: a school facilitator and a school-based mental health clinician. Although these partnerships are the backbone of CCMSI, partnerships also bring a variety of challenges such as creating mutually beneficial relationships, and fitting partners into areas of need within the school. The educational and well-being outcomes of 473 students at Hamilton will be elevated through the work of the CCMSI model and its partners.
AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Dawn Anderson-Butcher, Professor, College of Social Work, anderson-butcher.1@osu.edu (Corresponding Author); Tasha Henderson, Student Research Assistant, Community and Youth Collaborative Institute: LiFEsports; Erica Magier, Graduate Research Assistant, Community and Youth Collaborative Institute: LiFEsports; Ryan Edwards, Senior Impact Director, United Way of Central Ohio; Chris Brady, Principal, Hamilton STEM Academy, Columbus City Schools.
AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Dawn Anderson-Butcher, Professor, College of Social Work, anderson-butcher.1@osu.edu (Corresponding Author); Tasha Henderson, Student Research Assistant, Community and Youth Collaborative Institute: LiFEsports; Erica Magier, Graduate Research Assistant, Community and Youth Collaborative Institute: LiFEsports; Ryan Edwards, Senior Impact Director, United Way of Central Ohio; Chris Brady, Principal, Hamilton STEM Academy, Columbus City Schools.
Keywords
CCMSI, mental health, social work
Citation
Engaged Scholars, v. 6 (2018).