Teachers Network Affiliate Directors Annual Meeting

Strategic Philanthropy Advisors, LLC

New York University May 2, 2008

Measuring Teacher & Student Measuring Teacher & Student Success:Success:

The Funders’ PerspectiveThe Funders’ Perspective

PanelistsJulia Bator, The Heckscher Foundation for

ChildrenCyrus Driver, The Ford FoundationJohn MacIntosh, SeaChange Capital Partners

ModeratorMichael Feller, Strategic Philanthropy

Advisors

Our leadership will empower all teachers

to transform public schools into creative learning communitiesso every student will succeed

and contributeto the public good.

Teachers Network Online Survey

● Only 1% of teachers find NCLB an effective way to assess the quality of schools

● 69% report it is pushing teachers out of the profession.

● Revenues = $520.6 Billion– 90.9% State & local government– 9.1% Federal government

● Current expenditures for day-to-day operation of schools = $449.6 Billion● Per pupil expenditures = $9,154

– 25.1% increase since FY 95

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

Health23%

Religion2%

Social Sciences

1%

Science/Tech3%

Intl Affairs5%

Environment & Animals

6%

Public Affairs11%

Arts & Culture

12%

Education23%

Human Services

14%

Total Giving = $19.1 BnTotal Giving = $19.1 Bn$4.3 Bn for Education$4.3 Bn for Education

Foundation Giving Trends, 2008The Foundation Center

How Many Billionaires Does It Take to Fix a

School System?

The Heckscher Foundation

The primary aim of the Heckscher Foundation's grantmaking is to

"level the playing field" for needy youth by providing access

to education and the varied experiences that make for a richer,

forward-reaching life.

The Ford Foundation

Meaningful citizenship and democratic practice cannot thrive without strong public schools and higher educational

institutions that are accessible and equitable in providing challenging

educational opportunities. Our work supports educational institutions at all levels to expand access, innovate in the

classroom, evaluate their efforts and share best practices.

SeaChange Capital Partners

SeaChange Capital Partners seeks to enhance the flow of growth capital from wealthy donors to select high-performing nonprofits. We will do so

in collaboration with foundations, venture philanthropy firms, and

others, and contribute to the vital long-term effort of creating more

efficient financial capital markets for the social sector.

Goals for Today● Gain a better understanding of program

evaluation metrics of traditional funders and of social entrepreneur investors.

● Examine the perspectives of funders as well as fund- seekers on metrics, such as growth metrics and impact metrics.

● Generate ideas on how to measure teacher and student success/creativity beyond quantitative test scores, with additional focus on teacher quality, teacher retention, student learning (i.e. how do funders look for/measure success in these arenas?)

● Generate ideas on how to “sell” creativity as a metric and how to transform schools into creative learning environments.