Northside Achievement Zone presentation from One Minneapolis: A Call to Action! conference December 2, 2011 hosted by the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights

1. Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ):
The Village in Action!

2. NAZ Mission
The Northside Achievement Zone is a
collaboration made up of over 60 organizations
and schools whose mission is to build a
culture of achievement in a geographic area in
North Minneapolis to ensure all youth graduate
from high school college-ready.

3. Three Key Strategies
Strategy 1: Family Engagement and
Opportunity Alignment
Ensuring that key NAZ strategies across
schools and organizations touch families
most in need and that families create a
culture of achievement in the home.

4. Three Key Strategies
Strategy 2: Education Pipeline
Effective and coordinated schools, services,
and strategies leading children in North
Minneapolis to college starting and birth.

5. Three Key Strategies
Strategy 3: Whole Family Support
Supporting family success so NAZ children
can show up ready to learn.

6. An Integrated Effort
Collaborative Process and Shared Data System
Leads to An Integrated Effort
o Six NAZ Action Teams – Early Childhood, Out-
of-School Time, Mentoring, Housing, Career and
Financial Pathways, and Behavioral Health
o NAZ Connect - Achievement Planning and
Shared Data system

7. Scale Up Over Time
140 NAZ-enrolled families with over 300
children now will lead to over 1200 families
with 3000 children over and a fully integrated
NAZ system and culture.