Building Green Bridges (BGB)
Outcome Area: K-12 Success and Youth Resiliency

Purpose

The BGB Collaborative Working Group is an alliance of Early College Opportunities (ECO) Applied Science Magnet School, Santa Fe Community College (SFCC), the Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association (SFAHBA), the Building Trades Advisory Corporation (BTAC), the Green Chamber of Commerce, youth service organizations and community volunteers. 

To build on the success of the Academy for Sustainability Education (ASE) and the unanimous vote of the Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS) Board of Education to start the ECO Magnet High School this coming school year, BGB has developed a comprehensive mission. The mission is as follows:

​To use highly structured community connections, data-driven best educational practices (including project-based learning and an immersive schedule), soft and hard workforce readiness skills, and a wraparound approach to maximize academic and career success for underachieving and underutilized Santa Fe youth.  While ECO will be the applied setting for BGB, the mission will also focus on developing, applying, interpreting and reforming success metrics, training protocols and the engagement of industry, government, nonprofit and volunteer stakeholders to support and leverage the work of the applied science magnet school. 

Outcomes

The Building Green Bridges Committee has identified the following Outcomes using the Results-Based Accountability (RBA) framework.
  • Students are positively engaged in and out of school
  •  Students and families in need receive support to stay and succeed in school
            ..which in turn will contribute to:
  • Students succeed in school
  • Students graduate high school ready for college, training, and careers

Indicators

The Building Green Bridges Committee has identified the following Indicators using the Results-Based Accountability (RBA) framework.

The Primary Indicators that the CWG most contributes to:
  •  Percent of students reporting sufficient levels of caring adult relationships and support (DDA*)
  • Percent of recent high school graduates & equivalent enrolling in college or certificate program (DDA*)
  • Attendance rate (DDA*)
*Baseline data will be developed over the next year as part of the Data Development Agenda

Progress Made

  • Initiated mentorship and leadership program
  • Brainstormed and initiated development of tiny home buisness and fine woodworking business
  • Identified and articulated programs of study in five career pathways aligned with Santa Fe Community College certification
  • Successful launch of ECO Magnet School 

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Key Documents

Contact Information


Lynn Bickley, Interfaith Coalition for Public Education:  lbick09@gmail.com  806 773 2268
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