Rural Broadband Advocacy Gathering the Key Stakeholders National Broadband Summit Austin Texas April 7 2016 Ron Daley KVECHazard CTC Oldest K12 educational cooperative in Kentucky serving 19 school districts ID: 577492
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The Power of Partnerships
Rural Broadband Advocacy: Gathering the Key StakeholdersNational Broadband Summit – Austin, Texas April 7, 2016Ron Daley – KVEC/Hazard CTCSlide2
Oldest K-12 educational cooperative in Kentucky serving 19 school districtsSlide3
Our Appalachian region serving 14 counties
Densely populated and mountainous (approximate geographical size of Connecticut)High Poverty Rate Lowest Quotient of Well Being in Nation
Declining coal industry-massive layoffs with potential
for
outmigrationSlide4
The $30 million spanning four years is all about the 42,256 students served by 2,860 educators in 99 schools in 14 counties.
T
he “Appalachian Renaissance Initiative,” focuses on personalized/customized learning and empowering students with their voices and choices. Slide5
Partnerships and policies need to address rural educational challenges
Lack of civic infrastructure to show students community supportiveCreation and support for Rural Edu-conomy Innovation Action Labs (Zones) tying all stakeholders providing educational services
Encourage
and enhance philanthropy in rural America for
education
Market place is not getting broadband into rural areas
Prepare
students for global work through World LanguagesSlide6
Rural challenges continued
90 % of counties with persistent poverty are rural - poor health follows poverty Poverty- needs based scholarships, college accessRural workers make $11,000 less than urban counterparts – tie education to high wages and available jobsDual Credit preparing students for global jobs and postsecondary educationSlide7Slide8
Establish First U.S. “Rural Edu-
conomy Innovation Zone”Using Work Ready model to build community support for educationInform community about K-20 educationEngage business and local leaders in educationTie education to economic and community growthCreating Global “Silicon Holler” Innovation HubSlide9
Preparing Region for Global Economy
Implementing vision of U.S. Rep. Hal RogersSlide10
Strategies to advocate for expanded broadband
Using KY Work Ready Community program with organizations in each county to promote broadband and the New EconomyCreation of Silicon Holler and Millennial Think Tanks to develop strategies to build New Economy and attract and retain creative talentCreation of community toolkit preparing communities for Broadband and New EconomyUse The Holler.org to build an on-line community promoting New Economy and BroadbandSlide11
Strategies to promote broadband - continued
K-12 students are ambassadors for Broadband so they can continue their school work 24-7 (students engaged in entrepreneurial work/competitions and innovative class projects, ie the Jenkins first graders tweeting project)The development of the Appalachian Technology Institute (ATI). Over 400 K-12 students enrolled computer scienceShowing need for broadband (largest roll out of Next Generation classroom technology in rural America, Action Research Summit, innovation grants for teachers, student voice, etc
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Traditional and social media campaign to promote New Economy/need for expanded broadbandSlide12
Questions or comments?Slide13
Tying Education to Community Development:
The Appalachian Renaissance Initiative“Rural Broadband Advocacy: Gathering the Key Stakeholders”Ron Daley, Strategic Partner LeadKentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC)
Ron.daley@kctcs.edu
859-388-0406