•  Sanjana Ballal-Link | Director of Partnerships for Postsecondary Readiness, Metro Nashville Public Schools

• Wendy Blackmore | Director of Operations, Tennessee College Access and Success Network

• Megan Cusson-Lark | Executive Director of School Counseling, Metro Nashville Public Schools

• Brittany Edmondson | Coordinator, Metro Nashville Public Schools

• Tiffany Fantine | Advising Manager, Middle Tennessee State University

• Joe Gordon | Coordinator of School Counseling, Metro Nashville Public Schools

• Lindsay Hager | Assistant Director of the Student Success Center, Nashville State Community College

• Katie Hazelwood | Program Officer, Scarlett Family Foundation

• Laura Herrell | Project Manager, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

• Tristin Johnson-Williams | College & Career Readiness Coach, Maplewood High School

• Nicole Newman | College & Career Readiness Coach, Whites Creek High School

• Kim Silverman | Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs, Nashville State Community College

• Sonya Smith | Director of BRIDGE to Success, Meharry Medical College

• Bailey Tidwell | College & Career Readiness Coach, Glencliff High School

• Maria Paula Zapata | Director of Programs, Conexion Americas

Innovate within current advising supports and systems to access and reach more students with the support they need for successful transitions from high school to postsecondary education and persistence to completion of degree or credential.

Outcome 2.1: Collaboration is formalized between MNPS and postsecondary partners at the school and district levels.

●        2.1.1: Identify the network of postsecondary partners working with the Support Hub and individual schools across the district.

• Formalized postsecondary partnerships identified in August 2023.

●        2.1.2: Establish regular communication cadence and areas of collaborative work for MNPS and postsecondary partners with support from the Tennessee Board of Regents.

• Director of Partnerships for Postsecondary Readiness hired at MNPS in July 2023.

Outcome 2.2: Advising professionals develop relationships and understand roles and responsibilities across partner organizations so referrals and outreach can be completed more easily.

●        2.2.1: Communicate and/or visualize roles and responsibilities for advising professionals across community partners.

• Advising Map created to visualize current advising supports in Academies of Nashville high schools.

●        2.2.2: Identify and track progress on relevant Momentum Metrics.

• • • • Currently being worked on by the Data work team.

Outcome 2.3: A process is created to offer collaborative events between K-12, post-secondary institutions and community-based organizations.

●        2.3.1: Determine tool to share collaborative events such as a shared calendar across institutions.

●        2.3.2: Develop structures for support and accountability with stakeholders to implement collaborative events.

Outcome 2.4: Opportunities are identified to collaborate with partners on early advising that includes exposure to pathways and college and career planning for 9th grade students.

●        2.4.1: Identify current early advising practices and opportunities for partners to provide asset-based support.

• • • Brainstormed current early advising activities as a team.

●        2.4.2: Test collaborative projects and supports to determine opportunities to continue or scale partner involvement.

Outcome 2.5: Resources are identified and barriers are addressed to improve the K-12 to postsecondary support continuum.

●        2.5.1: Identify policy barriers that prevent students from seamlessly transitioning and persisting and make recommendations for how barriers can be removed through policy change.

• NSR policy scan (released August 2023)