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My Entry Plan

  • Purpose: Build trust, gain insight into national, regional, and local dynamics, and establish a holistic understanding of the organizations impact.

    Key Actions:

    • Conduct cross-functional listening sessions with directors, managers, partners, and community-based collaborators to understand existing priorities, successes, and needs.

    • Engage with organizational stakeholders across national, regional, and local teams to understand how the mission integrates with organizational goals..

    • Meet with external partners such as school districts, county offices of education, and public health agencies, to learn the strategies being implemented in diverse contexts.

    • Review data and reports on attendance, staff wellness, and student engagement to identify common themes, trends, and regional variations.

    • Familiarize with key frameworks and resources.

    • Observe and attend team meetings across departments to develop a systems-level understanding of influence.

    • Develop a “voice of the field” summary report highlighting key learnings from listening sessions, with themes in strengths, opportunities, and alignment areas.

  • Purpose: Build synergy among internal and external partners, align goals to population health outcomes, and co-design scalable solutions that advance equitable recruitment and access.

    Key Actions:

    • Co-develop measurable engagement, recruitment, retention, and equity goals with teams to ensure alignment with the mission and student needs.

    • Map assets and partnerships, identifying strengths and gaps in community collaboration, student/school system engagement, and cross-sector alignment.

    • Convene a Leadership Roundtable to facilitate shared learning, innovation exchange, and storytelling.

    • Collaborate with internal teams to align priorities and initiatives with broader organizational priorities.

      Develop an Equity & Access Action Plan connecting population health strategies with culturally responsive practices in education and community engagement.

    • Design a recruitment communication toolkit to ensure consistent storytelling, branding, and sharing of impact narratives across the organization.

  • Purpose: Implement early-impact projects, strengthen systems of accountability, and institutionalize data-driven evaluation frameworks that demonstrate the value of Graduate Studies.

    Key Actions:

    • Launch early-impact projects in collaboration with teams.

    • Develop and implement an Evaluation Framework linking indicators to key metrics.

    • Establish a Data Dashboard to monitor progress toward goals, priorities, desired outcomes and equity benchmarks.

    • Create sustainability pathways by integrating principles into long-term contracts, policy recommendations, and local system improvement plans.

    • Publish and present results through regional convenings, conferences, and internal leadership communications to celebrate wins and share lessons learned.

    • Mentor emerging leaders and promote a learning culture grounded in collaboration, equity, and innovation.

    • Ensure long-term sustainability by embedding successful strategies into the organizational culture and vision.