Annual Report / 2017-2018 Creating Access to Learning Opportunities Beyond the Bell
dear friends The 2017/18 school year marked NextUp’s fourth full year connecting Richmond Public School (RPS) middle schoolers with high-quality afterschool programs. We have added a new school each year and have seen the increasing positive impacts on students. Our students are doing better in school, maintaining higher attendance and reporting greater selfconfidence. NextUp’s progress is a credit to YOU, the many dedicated program staff members, school leaders, elected officials, families, foundations and generous donors. We are humbled by your commitment, and the growing commitment to out-ofschool time for Richmond’s youth. Since 2013, NextUp has been leading an innovative system of services that provide RPS middle schoolers with access to high-quality learning experiences after the school day ends. We do that by removing the barriers of cost, location and transportation. In the 2017/2018 school year, NextUp provided 625 youth with access to quality learning enrichments by working with 38 community-based providers across three schools, and launched a pilot at a fourth middle school. Participating students coded apps, competed regionally in chess and robotics tournaments, cooked amazing dishes, managed school gardens, performed Shakespeare and climbed heights they never have before.
Thank you for helping to make a difference in the lives of 625 young people!
As we organize these expanded learning opportunities, we also are proving that youth participation in these programs is positively impacting their lives and futures. This report illustrates the many reasons to celebrate the value of quality learning after school and the power of a collective approach to increase access and drive results. Our mission is to provide all RPS middle school kids with access to high-quality learning opportunities after the bell rings. That will take time and commitment, but we know that it is doable! As we look to the new school year, our sights are set on partnering with four middle schools and building the resources to reach a fifth, promoting greater awareness of the importance of out-of-school time, and supporting a strong network of program providers with professional development and the data they need to deliver the very best of programming to Richmond’s youth. Thank you for taking this journey with us. The more coordinated our efforts, the greater our reach, and the greater our reach, the greater the impact we all have on our children’s present and futures.
Marty Barrington, Chairman
Shamiya always comes home talking about how happy she is that I signed her up for NextUp. It has made some major changes with her attitude at home, she acts more mature and now has friends; it is making a real difference in our family.
- Shakeila Marshall, mother of NextUp participant at Boushall Middle School
Barbara Couto Sipe, President & CEO
Lucille Brown Middle School participants
vision
Richmond’s youth will thrive in school, at home and in the community.
mission Provide all Richmond Public School middle school kids with access to high-quality learning opportunities after the bell rings.
values
• Student centered • Data driven • Results focused • Action oriented • Powered through partnerships • Committed to quality
NextUp RVA is a system of community leaders and service providers committed to putting more youth on the path to success. We coordinate and fund activities and learning experiences at partner middle schools in the City of Richmond. We also promote awareness, sponsor our providers’ development and strengthen overall policies that shape out-of-school time.
On the cover: First Tech Robotics provided by Virginia FIRST Chesapeake
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The NextUp System: Creating Opportunities create access • Open to all students • Programs delivered on-site and nearby • Daily snack and dinner • Daily transportation home • No cost to families
NextUp isn’t one single program or in one specific building. Rather, it’s a coordinated network of providers that have a common commitment to ensuring middle school students have access to quality afterschool activities.
expand learning opportunities • Identify and coordinate diverse program providers – STEM – Leadership & Career Readiness – Sports & Wellness – Arts & Humanities
Research shows that kids who participate in quality afterschool programs attend school more regularly, exhibit better behavior and make better grades. The bottom line: Quality out-of-school time matters to our youth. They learn better, feel better and do better throughout the school day.
• Students choose their path • Align and coordinate programs with school
measure impact
promote quality
• Track student outcomes – Attendance – Grades – Behavior • Manage shared measurement system • Monitor program participation and quality
• Sponsor professional development and networking for providers
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- Principal Latonya Waller (Boushall Middle School)
• Participate in Youth Program Quality Initiative to ensure all programs are top-rate Henderson Middle School participants
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NextUp helped me with a lot of stuff. I started doing my homework more, paying more attention in class and coming to school more because I would look forward to NextUp...
- Aniyah
Aniyah’s Story: A Promising Future “Before NextUp, I was bored all the time. I would just go home, eat and play video games,” said Aniyah, who recently graduated from Lucille M. Brown Middle School after completing her second year of NextUp RVA afterschool programming. “NextUp helped me with a lot of stuff. I started doing my homework more, paying more attention in class and coming to school more because I would look forward to NextUp,” said Aniyah. Aniyah participated in several programs, including Teen Scene (provided by The Podium Foundation), Game On, Girl (provided by Fit4Kids) as well as several STEM programs. She and her teams even won two robotics awards! This past spring, she was accepted into the Appomattox Governor’s School for Technology, a highly competitive school. “I wouldn’t have gotten in if it hadn’t been for NextUp,” she said.
Aniyah with teammates at robotics competition
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Student Outcomes engagement
school performance
30 Students who participated
77%
86%
85%
49%
30 or more days
throughout the school year had significantly
fewer absences and fewer behavior infractions than
The success of our children is not incumbent on a select few, but all of us as community leaders working in unison.
students who participated
made new friends
said there is an adult who can they can listen to and respect
improved or maintained positive behavior
math
- Tim Joyce, President and CEO, YMCA of Greater Richmond
83%
86%
found out what they’re good at doing and what they like to do
agree that coming to NextUp has helped them do better in school
improved or maintained positive attendance
for less than 30 days
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80%
82%
achieved a final grade of C or above
Edible Schoolyard program by Greater Richmond Fit4Kids
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Performance Measures access
quality
Give more young people a chance to experience enriching activities
Support providers with the tools they need to deliver top-rate learning opportunities
625 students served
3.6
This represents 34% of the combined school populations: • 34% of Henderson (4th year of programming) • 24% of Boushall (3rd year of programming) • 23% of Lucille Brown (2nd year of programming) • 9% of Elkhardt-Thompson (learning pilot with RPS)
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Boushall
39
Brown
41 0
number of instructors trained
number of sponsored YPQI* Programs
ypqi
target score: a 3 or greater on the Youth Program Quality Intervention (YPQI) Instructional Quality Assessment.*
Increase the duration of student involvement in afterschool learning 47
number of sponsored trainings 46
participation Henderson
14
average instructional quality score (on a 5-point scale)
*YPQI (Youth Program Quality Intervention) comprises a series of four core practices: quality assessment, improvement planning, performance feedback and staff training for specific instructional skills. In studies conducted by the David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality, the process has been found to improve provider performance and student participation. 5
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YPQI is managed locally by United Way and VCU’s Mary and Frances Youth Center
target goal: 30 days Cooking Class by Edible Education
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Year in Review / 2017-2018 School Year
Site Leads
NextUp expanded its partnership in the 2017-2018 school year to reach a greater number of middle schoolers through diversified opportunities.
Program Providers
4 38 55
Communities in Schools of Richmond Higher Achievement YMCA of Greater Richmond
Anoshi Kids Dance ART 180 Axiom Educators Barbara Haas Blue Sky Fund Camille Scott Catapult Learning Co-Lab Productions Edible Education EnRichmond Foundation Exodus Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Greater Richmond Fit4Kids Heart of Virginia Scouts of America Jr. Founders Club JumpStarz Jump Rope Lessons Kids in Crisis Kids’ Kitchen RVA Kidz R Cookin’ Kristina Harris Life’s Interpretation, LLC M.H. West & Co. Mary and Frances Youth Center Men of Barton Heights Youth Organization Podium RVA Project Yoga Richmond Quill Theatre Relationship Foundation of Virginia Richmond Chess Initiative Richmond Performing Arts Alliance Richmond Public Schools Education Foundation Sports Backers SwimRVA Technology Emersion Studios Trinity Village Center VCU Forensic Science Virginia FIRST Whitney Smith YMCA of Greater Richmond
students accessed
334 STEM programs
schools
512 total providers
students accessed Sports & Wellness Programs students accessed Leadership
387 & Work Readiness Programs different programs
327
students accessed Arts & Humanities Programs
The more students we reach, the greater the positive impact on our region as a whole. - Mayor Levar M. Stoney, City of Richmond
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A.C.T. drama program by Richmond Performing Arts Alliance
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2017 Financials
Leadership
expenses
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Martin J. Barrington Board Chair Retired Chairman and CEO Altria Group Heidi Abbott Advisory Chair Counsel Hunton & Williams LLP Sherrie Brach Armstrong President and CEO The Community Foundation
Program Services: 82% Fundraising: 9% Management & General: 9%
Jeffrey Bourne Delegate, 71st District Virginia House of Delegates Mark T. Bowles Partner McGuireWoods Consulting, LLC
Total expenses: $2,205,062
Corporate: Government: In-Kind: Individuals: Foundations:
59% 18% 10% 9% 4%
Total contributions: $1,489,638 Year-end net assets: $1,957,000
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2017 audit available upon request
contributions
Paul Koonce Executive Vice President and President & CEO, Power Generation Group, Dominion Energy John A. Luke, Jr. Chairman WestRock Company Janice Luvera Chief Marketing Officer Genworth John McCurley Chief Medical Officer Richmond Health System Bon Secours
Liz Doerr Member, 1st District Richmond Public School Board
Colette McEachin Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney City of Richmond
Troy Dye Vice President, Head of Small Business Card Marketing Capital One
Thurston Moore Secretary & Governance Chair Chairman Emeritus Hunton & Williams, LLP
Stuart Farrell Managing Partner Tuckahoe Holdings
Tayloe Negus Partner, Southern Virginia / Carolinas Local Market Leader Aon Hewitt
Moses W. Foster, Jr. Development Chair President and CEO West Cary Group, LLC William H. Goodwin, Jr. Chairman CCA Industries, Inc. Money Matters Club provided by M.H. West & Co.
Jason Kamras Superintendent, Richmond Public Schools
Jennifer Hunter Senior Vice President Communications & Corporate Citizenship Altria Client Services, Inc.
Cynthia L. Newbille Councilwoman, 5th District Richmond City Council Steven A. Rogers Finance Chair Retired SVP Dominion Energy Levar M. Stoney Mayor City of Richmond
Chriss Walther-Thomas, Ph.D. Professor and Special Assistant to the Provost and Professor of Education Virginia Commonwealth University
Amy Howard, Ph.D. Executive Director Bonner Center for Civic Engagement University of Richmond
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Mr. Todd McFarlane President and Chief Executive Officer Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond
Heidi Abbott Commitee Chair Counsel Hunton & Williams LLP Cynthia Balderson Manager-Corporate Philanthropy and Community Partnerships Dominion and the Dominion Foundation
Dawn C. Page Chair, School Board Representative, 8th District Richmond Public Schools Jason Smith, Ph.D. Bridging RVA Virginia Commonwealth University
Carolyn Champion Director, Community Relations Genworth Foundation
Mary Dunne Stewart President and CEO Greater Richmond Fit4Kids
Annette Cousins Vice President of Community Engagement The Community Foundation
Ty Toepke Executive Director Richmond Public Schools Education Foundation
Alfred Durham Chief of Police Richmond Police Department Toria Edmonds-Howell Programs Manager Mayor’s Youth Academy Office of Community Wealth Building Kathryn Fessler Director, Corporate Citizenship Altria Client Services Harold Fitrer, Ph.D. President and CEO Communities In Schools of Richmond Rebekah Holbrook Director of Community Impact: Education, United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg
Sandra Wheeler Coordinator Community Partnerships Richmond Public Schools NEXTUP STAFF Barbara Couto Sipe President and CEO Joye B. Moore Operations and Development Officer Candace Simon Benn Director of Evaluation and Continuous Improvement Jeanine Turner Director of Programs Hannah Zachary Special Projects Coordinator
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