Wake Education Partnership

“Review is performed by the board of directors chair using comparable non-profit executive salaries in the area and is shared with the executive committee for any decisions as to base salary and bonuses. The president reviews staff salaries also considering market rate for similar positions.”

“The organization's public documents are available upon request.”

“A draft copy is sent to the Finance Chair and the Finance Committee for review before the final copy is submitted. The board members receive an electronic copy before submission.”

“Each board member reviews the policy annually and signs a statement disclosing if conflicts exist. Members understand they can recuse themselves from any vote where a conflict exists.”

“Chamber relations - wakeed staff works with the wake county chambers of commerce to provide timely and relevant education content to their members. In october 2014, wakeed president steve parrott and wcpss superintendent dr. Jim merrill launched the wake education advisory council comprised of leaders from the 12 wake county chambers of commerce along with wakeed leadership. The council meets quarterly to discuss "hot" topics in public education and to explore opportunities for chambers to collaborate with wakeed and wcpss. World cafe - together, wakeed and wcpss plan and execute an annual world cafe event that puts teachers and principals of wcpss stem and global network schools at the table with wake county business volunteers. At this annual event, schools use focused networking time to brainstorm potential projects for classroom and school-wide engagement in stem and global studies. They discuss and explore potential school/business partnerships where business volunteers provide "time and talent" to supplement classroom instruction. 45 businesses and 45 schools were paired at biogen on january 5, 2016 to engage in discussion that led to engineering days, coding clubs, business immersion for students, professional speakers for classrooms, mentoring, etc. Summerstem - wakeed is expanding stem initiatives which includes connecting classroom experiences to stem knowledge and application through our world cafe program and providing professional development for 100 stem teachers and 50 schools annually in project-based learning, investigation in community college instruction in applied stem fields, and immersion with leading stem companies through our summerstem program. Wakeed was named 1 of 4 national finalists in 2016 for an excellence in public/private partnerships award from us2020 and the white house office of science and technology for these programs. Education forum - the annual education forum was conducted in partnership with the greater raleigh chamber of commerce. The morning event in june 2016 focused on the current state of education in north carolina and the vision for the future with business leaders, elected officials, and educators discussing significant changes needed to prepare students for college and career success. Micheal gilligan, the vp of strategic initiatives for achieve in washington, d.c., presented an interactive keynote on initiatives to advocate and advance the college and career agenda in the u.s. Informing the community - an important role of wakeed is to inform the public, business leaders and elected officials about what works in schools and classrooms to promote academic growth. We also provide clear, independent commentary and review of education policy issues. In context and wakeedge publications are used as primary communications channels and are distributed to an audience of over 6,000 people in wake county. In context is published twice per month and reports on key educational issues being addressed at the local, state, and national levels. It also provides important information regarding discussions and decisions coming from the school board and explains the impact on student achievement. Wakeedge is published as needed to provide the community updates on key legislation, budgetary decisions and issues affecting wcpss. This publication serves as an alert for stakeholders to engage with wakeed on advocacy efforts when a "call to action" is warranted. Pieces of gold - each year wakeed hosts the principals reception to honor those principals whose schools are selected to perform in pieces of gold, an annual performance celebrating the performing arts. This reception is held prior to the performance and is attended by the principals (~30), the wake county public schools superintendent, members of the board of education, the county commission, the city manager, members of wakeed's executive committee, wakeed's cornerstone investors, and the wakeed staff. Approximately 80 individuals gather”