Systemic Framework Supports Sustainability: A University – Elementary School Partnership Project to Raise in Academic Achievement for Children Living in Poverty

• In Event: DSC - Examples of Implementing Systemic Change

Short Description

When applying for grants, funders often require sustaining plans beyond the project’s funding period. Systemic theory provides a framework for sustainability through analysis of the systems that influence the interventions effectiveness proposed by the grant. This presentation reviews a specific grant, Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), that uses a systemic theory framework to inform implementation. The VISTA grant funds collaboration between a university and an elementary school focused on raising academic achievement with children living in poverty.

Authors

• Beth Rajan Sockman, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

• Regina Sayles, East Stroudsburg University