Start a College Success Coalition in Your County!

Any interested citizen can start a College Success Coalition in their county!

TO GET STARTED, FOLLOW THESE STEPS:

READ the Introduction Letter from Teresa Lubbers, Commissioner for Higher Education, and Jason Bearce, Associate Commisioner for Higher Education and Director of Learn More Indiana.
SHARE the flyer for potential new counties.
WATCH the Archived College Success Coalition - Intro Webinar.
SEE who is interested from your county. (coming soon)
RECRUIT STEERING TEAM MEMBERS (see application for instructions)
SUBMIT a College Success Coalition Application before November 20, 2013
CHECK your email -- applicants will be notified by November 25th.

Accepted counties will:

Create a Steering Team of eight members (following stated membership requirements)
Send at least two members of their Steering Team to a five-part workshop series in Indianapolis
Recruit community organizations in their county to become members of the coalition
Facilitate three local discussions with member organizations related to local strategic planning using provided resources
Help member organizations plan and implement local activities to increase the percentage of students who enter and complete college

Provided resources:

Steering Team Manual
Online coalition development / management system
Leadership development workshop series (5)
Written feedback after implementation of each step of the coalition development process
On-call support

Questions should be directed to:

Susan Tharp
College Success Coalition Consultant
765-366-9151