Helping Missouri public school community by supporting Success-Ready Students Network

Cooperating School Districts of Greater Kansas City is joining forces with the Success-Ready Students Network (SRSN) to support Missouri public school stakeholders with a focus on developing innovative ways to address competency assessments and personalize learning. The effort seeks to ensure that every student has the knowledge, skills and dispositions they need to be high-school, college, career and workplace ready.

“The SRSN is collaborating with CSDGKC to submit and secure funding from the Kauffman Foundation that provides mission critical resources that fund the SRSN facilitators and research for school innovation waiver districts,” said Dr. Mike Fulton, lead facilitator for the Success-Ready Students Network.

"These essential funds have kept the SRSN lights on as the SRSN works to transition to longer term funding sources including those from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.”

The Network currently includes 114 of Missouri’s 599 local education agencies, serving more than half of all K-12 students and teachers in Missouri public schools, Dr. Fulton added, with major education groups and higher education also involved.

“The SRSN thrives because network members like the CSDGKC do their part to carry the water that nourishes and helps grow the collective impact of this important and essential work statewide,” he said.

Working in partnership with Missouri DESE, the Network develops innovative approaches to state assessment and accountability to support student mastery in important learning, engagement and real-world learning as well as attainment of Market Value Assets, Dr. Fulton shared.

“This comprehensive reimagining of assessment and accountability intends to create a culture of continuous improvement that supports districts and recognizes the great work they are doing to meet their students’ needs,” he said.

Dr. Kenny Southwick, CSDGKC executive director, added, “This is another way we support CSDGKC districts and districts statewide.”