Timeline
Posted on January 28, 2008
With the the official 20/20 Vision for Schools announcement in January 2008 and a scheduled launch date of September 2008, here is a projected timeline of 20/20 Vision milestones for the 2008 calendar year. Click links to see when/how the milestone was achieved. [Check Calendar for scheduled activities.]
JANUARY
+ Logo, branding strategy, and web launch
FEBRUARY
+ Workshop presentations (available online and in groups) introducing vision, implementation strategy, and best practice tools
+ Begin church recruitment (Continue all year)
+ Identify possible summer service projects
MARCH
+ Begin bridge-building with schools and DOE (continue all year)
+ Forum with educators and clergy and students regarding community based collaborations for school reform (March or April)
APRIL-MAY
+ Complete logistics re. summer projects
+ Identify and/or develop students leadership curriculum
SUMMER
+ 15-20 school beautification projects
+ Finalize details re. pilot leadership club sites
SEPTEMBER
+ Back to School Sunday — Sept 14 (?) — official 20/20 launch date
// Sunday church service with
// Relevant sermons
// Presentation from adopted school principal
// Commissioning service of lay ministers, meaning anyone with any connection with a school, including: students, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, teachers, custodians, secretaries, principals, coaches, etc
+ 71 churches adopting 71 schools by September (10% of 10% goal)
// 710 churches (10% of 7,100 churches in 5 boroughs) and 710 schools (50% of 1,400 NYC public schools) by Sept 2010
+ School-based leadership curriculum piloted in 5 schools
FALL
+ 71 churches at various levels of the adoption continuum (Prayer, Relationship, Project, Presence, Policy)
+ Growing relationships with 71 principals, faculty, administrators, etc
+ Trained laity and students equipped to redeem and transform public education
MONTHLY
