The Steering Committee is a formalized group of executive-level members of the initiative. They are charged with aligning their organization’s goals with the initiative, setting strategic direction, alleviating political or organizational barriers, and overseeing the work of collaborative partnerships.

The Implementation team is a group of community experts & advocates working to support the community voice project with the implementation of the community-designed data research project.

Collaborative Action Networks are action groups of cross-sector partners who align around specific goals, work together through facilitated problem-solving, and use data to make decisions to improve community-level outcomes.

In order to improve outcomes, we need to use data in creative ways. In 2020, the Quality & Measurement committee will identify a set of actionable indicators that will enable the collaborative to focus our work, align efforts around a common set of indicators, and illustrate where progress is — and isn’t — being made. The team consists of cross-sector partners from health, social services, the public school system, higher education and quality improvement experts in the private sector.

The communications team is essential in developing, managing, and conveying the mission and vision of Alamance Achieves. They support internal and external communications, as well as marketing and outreach to effectively engage the community in the work.

The planning and methodology team is a group of community experts, advocates, partners working to support the community voice project with research and project design driven by data and racial equity.

The Parent Engagement Program (PEP) is a training designed to provide anyone invested in public education (parents, caregivers, community members) the information to understand school data and the state’s public education system as well as the leadership skills to build educational partnerships with administrators and teachers to improve academic performance for students in public schools.

The focus of the equity team is to provide inclusive data, research, and resources in order to advocate for practices and systems in the community necessary to advance equitable outcomes across Alamance County. The team will ensure that the partnership maintains a focus on equity and narrows the opportunity gap between various groups of students.

The beyond the classroom team is a group of community organizations that service the children of Alamance County outside of school in after school programs, summer camps, and beyond. They support learning enrichment opportunities for children and advise how to continue to support our learners.

We bridge home and school through creating a safe space to hear from parents/caregivers lived experiences and organize and empower parents/caregivers to collectively advocate for a common goal – high quality, culturally competent education for Black children so they can thrive.