Our Roadmap
Because cradle to career spectrum is such a wide range, the StriveTogether partnership organizes this into separate outcome areas - what we call our roadmap.
Tenets of Collective Impact & How We Do the Work
Collective Impact focuses not on programs, but on large-scale, system-wide social problems. The idea of collective impact is to bring a large number of people together in connected sectors - not to implement something new; but to change the way they work and the environment they work within. Building Our Future acts as the backbone organization to this work, supporting the function of its five tenets:
Our Principles
Systems Change
What does system change look like?
It takes a change in how we work, an examination of the relationships and processes that connect us, and a change in the models we have around funding and measurement. Once we can admit that failure is an important part of learning, and that systems change takes a long time, we can take a measured approach to strengthening how Kenosha County systems leverage data and community to enhance equitable outcomes for our children.
The reality is that systems change usually takes a long time, it's hard work, and not everything on that journey will turn out the way we want it to. The good news: Kenosha County is ready and willing. We at Building Our Future see this every day in our partners, our families, our children, and our community.
It takes a change in how we work, an examination of the relationships and processes that connect us, and a change in the models we have around funding and measurement. Once we can admit that failure is an important part of learning, and that systems change takes a long time, we can take a measured approach to strengthening how Kenosha County systems leverage data and community to enhance equitable outcomes for our children.
The reality is that systems change usually takes a long time, it's hard work, and not everything on that journey will turn out the way we want it to. The good news: Kenosha County is ready and willing. We at Building Our Future see this every day in our partners, our families, our children, and our community.
To ensure the best possible future for our community, we need to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to earn a great education.
Building Our Future is a broad-based initiative that seeks to work with our schools and the larger community to eliminate barriers to educational success. -- Todd Battle, Zilber Property Group
