January 2020

2020 and the New Strategic Plan
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Organizing for Implementation
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The Eastside Pathways Partner Pathway
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Ongoing Work
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December Highlights
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Upcoming Events
2020 and the Strategic Plan

Welcome to 2020!

During the next three months, the Eastside Pathways Partnership – including the Backbone – will continue working to put our 2020–2023 Strategic Plan into action.

This monthly newsletter, regular blogs, and other learning opportunities will help ensure when the next phase of the plan begins in April, the entire Partnership is aligned. 

Check out this blog from Executive Director, Stephanie Cherrington, and see our full Strategic Plan available on the Eastside Pathways website.
Organizing for Implementation
Think of this phase of our Strategic Plan as Organizing for Implementation.
What exactly does " Organizing for Implementation" mean? To move our collective work forward in the most efficient manner, the Partnership needs to have a shared understanding of how to accomplish our mutual goals. Based on feedback from a partnership-wide survey conducted last year, the Backbone has created the Eastside Pathways Institutes, updated our Eastside Pathways 101 offering, and moved to a revised our working model.
Eastside Pathways Strategic Plan Timeline
Stay tuned to this newsletter and other communications to learn more details and important dates.
The Eastside Pathways Partner Pathway
To be maximally effective, it’s critical all of our working groups are using a common set of tools, language, and perspectives. To this end, the Backbone has laid out a clear pathway for Partners to set themselves on the road to success.

This process consists of several steps designed to enable Partners to begin their work more effectively:

  • EP 101: A basic grounding in the Eastside Pathways mission, organization, and approach. Many Partners have already attended an EP 101.
  • Partner Questionnaire: This ensures Partners are correctly aligned with Ages & Stages Networks and are ready to begin work.
  • Agreement to the Strategic Plan: An affirmation and signed agreement committing Partners to contributing a minimal level of time, treasure, and talent.
  • Access to the Ages & Stages Networks: Partners connect to stay informed, create new contacts, share knowledge and experience, and leverage cross-sector visibility.
  • Eastside Pathways Institute: A deeper grounding in the Eastside Pathways competencies.
  • Collaborative Action Network (CAN) Membership: Partners join a CAN, define their goals and metrics, and begin working on implementation.
The Path to Partnership is designed to ensure all Partners are ready
and able to fully engage.
Later this quarter, expect to attend an Ages and Stages convening where Partners will align on priorities and identify Collective Action Networks (the successor to the previous Collaboratives), with neutral facilitation by Backbone Community Managers.

Expect to hear more detail about these and other initiatives by the Backbone as we progress toward Phase Three of the Plan.
Ongoing Work: 
Eastside Early Learning Facilitators (EELF) Project
Funded by King County’s Best Starts for Kids (BSK), Eastside Pathways is partnering with NISO Programs on the Eastside Early Learning Facilitators (EELF) project.

Through EELF, members of the Latino community in the Bellevue and Lake Washington school districts learn to serve as resources for their neighbors through family visits. Information learned is regularly shared with with community groups and organizations providing early learning support and services.
The EELF project was recently spotlighted on the BSK blog . Kudos to Sandy Nathan, EP Community Services Manager and Payton Richardson, EP Data Officer for facilitating this ongoing project.
December Highlights Recap
Mindsets, Essential Skills & Habits:   In partnership with the University of Washington, this initiative is d esigned to improve mental health and social emotional well-being outcomes for youth. Throughout the next few months Partners and community stakeholders will be invited to participate in designing a Benchmark of Quality for Providers.

EP Executive Director Stephanie Cherrington and EP Community Impact Manager Kalika Curry traveled to Cincinnati to attend a StriveTogether multi-day workshop on the Equitable Results Series program which will be used in our new CANs. 

As part of transitioning to a full-time, professional staff, Eastside Pathways hired Vicky Yu as Operations Manager . Welcome, Vicky! 
Upcoming EP Events
EP 101
February 10, 2020
3 PM - 5 PM
EP Institute
February 28, 2020
8:30 AM – 2:30 PM
If you haven’t yet attended an Institute, Register here
Giving every child the opportunity to thrive from cradle to career requires dedication and teamwork. That’s why Eastside Pathways helps individuals and organizations collaborate to focus their efforts, find efficiencies and increase their impact. Together, using a proven framework and data-driven strategies, we create better outcomes for our youth. 
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