Denver Education Attainment Network

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Application Deadline Extended to January 24th: New Partnership Opportunity! Click here for details:

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DEAN is excited to announce a total of $600,000 in grant funding that is now available through a competitive application process. This funding is intended to support the development of a new K-12/postsecondary partnership utilizing a pathways strategy to increase the number and diversity of learners who complete high-value credentials and successfully access family living-wage employment. This application is open to education partnerships statewide.

Applications are due by EOD January 17th with award announcement by EOD February 11.

Check out our website for more information about DEAN, the pathways strategy, and the application.

We welcome any questions you have to [email protected].

Educational Attainment | Denver Education Attainment Network (DEAN) DEAN, a collective impact initiative, focuses on increasing educational attainment & closing the attainment gap for Denver, Colorado students. Learn how.

So excited to announce that DEAN has received a $1.8 mil grant from the Walton Family Foundation.

Over the past few years, DEAN has been focused on developing a strong implementation strategy. Now, we are prepared to expand our impact in and beyond Denver, further linking education to jobs for more Colorado learners, especially those who are and have historically been excluded from high-value career pathways.

Read more about the grant here:

Walton Family Foundation to Support Career-Connected Learning for Thriving Young People More than $20 million invested in regional collaborations, national competitions and new partnerships

DEAN is looking for a Pathways Director!

The Pathways Director will organize and facilitate regular meetings of multiple working groups, including groups focused on academic alignment, student support, academic/career advising and recruitment. In their work with partners, the Pathways Director will identify opportunities to innovate around shared priorities, problem-solve to address anticipated barriers, and elevate best practices within the partnership and to other key stakeholders.

Learn more and apply here: https://coloradononprofits.org/careers/nonprofit-jobs/pathways-director

DEAN is hiring! We are looking for someone with a background in data analysis and strategy to help support our partners in aligning and sharing data to illuminate the student experience and inform systems change. This person will also help DEAN demonstrate our impact through collaborative strategies.

This is an opportunity to work with a great team, wonderful partners and in support of a common goal to see more Denver students attaining high-quality credentials and family-living wage jobs.

Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3thoCrh

An inspiring story about a young woman from Burundi who came to the U.S. for college. She started at a community college and found mentors and a passion that took her all the way to a doctorate program at Berkeley!

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Part of DEAN's role is to connect opportunities across partners to help align information, messaging and best practices.

Connecting educational opportunities to career is an essential part of strengthening the educational ecosystem.

The Coalition for Career Development (CCD) Center (www.ccd-center.org) is hosting a virtual conference, Transforming Career Readiness into Action, May 12-13, 2021. The event will feature many influential individuals in the career development space, with illuminating sessions such as Transforming Education to Prepare Students for Work and Policies that Promote Career Development. Learn more and register for the virtual conference at the link below.

"In order to prepare students for work, we must create and embrace a new paradigm designed to work for ALL students, and to better prepare them for career success. In this session, we will assess 1) what is needed to have in place a more cohesive, flexible and responsive career preparation ecosystem, 2) how to draw upon and leverage today’s systems’ greatest assets and push for new models of collaboration, and 3) promote learner-centric design and delivery, with funding and accountability that create the right incentives and supports."

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-national-career-development-virtual-conference-tickets-145683231467

Coalition for Career Development Center The Coalition works collaboratively with education, business, government and non-profit organizations to create a national movement dedicated to helping all learners become career literate and career ready.

Metropolitan State University of Denver's College Works program is a great way for students to get connected to college before they start in the fall. Students will earn a stipend to work and learn over the summer, meet their mentors and learn how to navigate college.

Applications are open now and the program begins in June.
https://www.msudenver.edu/otr/summerprograms/collegeworks/

DEAN's Director of Innovation, Rana Tarkenton, was on a panel led by Learning Economy to discuss the value of collectively mapping a new learning & employment ecosystem.

"The lens for this work is about culture change and transformation, but it needs to start with mapping. Objective mapping can take emotion out of the conversation, allowing us to see and break down structures, explicitly name pain points, identify gaps, and get people onto the same page."

Read more here:
https://www.learningeconomy.io/post/mapping-the-new-learning-ecosystem?utm_source=One+Dupont+West&utm_campaign=405c356d34-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_08_18_07_09_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0977590b85-405c356d34-414280483

Share your insights into what it's like to work in your career field with students planning their academic and career paths as a panelist for the Colorado Virtual Career Fair!

Panelists | Colorado Virtual Career Fair We cannot always predict when, how, and why youth will seriously consider their future plans, but directly hearing from professionals (perhaps like YOU) about what they do and HOW they got there, can be a significant influence on what youth decide to do later in life.

Check out this AMAZING panel highlighting the voices & experiences of MSU Denver's refugee-background students! February 23rd, 3-5pm - sign up here: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_jFH-5FmaTmu8bDzUSvv79g

Check out this AMAZING panel highlighting the voices & experiences of MSU Denver's refugee-background students! February 23rd, 3-5pm - sign up here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jFH-5FmaTmu8bDzUSvv79g
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jFH-5FmaTmu8bDzUSvv79g