Our Mission & Solutions
The DC Postsecondary Success Collaborative brings together professionals across the District who hold the common goal of improving postsecondary outcomes for DC students and residents. The community of practice aims to empower youth by providing those that support them an ecosystem of resources and a sense of community, centering anti-racism, openness, innovation, and equity in all its work.
Our Current Challenges
Desire for More Collaboration & Community
Today’s educators and service providers in DC feel disconnected from other professionals in the DC postsecondary landscape. We need to create consistent conversation across the ecosystem, especially between student-facing practitioners, those running postsecondary programs & resources, and leaders making decisions.
Gaps in High- Quality Learning & Skills Training
Postsecondary success professionals want more professional development opportunities for a changing post-high school world. They want to feel better empowered to advise students and residents across multiple pathway options and in needs-specific ways for special populations.
A Needed Shift in Our Advising Paradigm
The “college for all” mentality has dominated postsecondary advising for years, but it is not serving all students. Young people need multiple pathway options that can lead to family-sustaining careers. These include 2-year and 4-year college, apprenticeship, workforce training, straight to work, & more!
Member Roundtables
Join us every other month for a membership-wide roundtable featuring guest speakers, professional development, and networking.
So, how is the Collaborative addressing these gaps in postsecondary success?
Our Solutions
Knowledge Networks
Knowledge Networks, our professional learning communities, meet every other month, focusing on topic-specific problems of practice and community building.
Monthly Newsletter
We send out a newsletter with resources, events, and information from our DC postsecondary ecosystem. Do you have an opportunity to include in our next newsletter? Use the button below to submit today!
Annual Summit
The next DC Postsecondary Success Summit will be in March 2025! Keep your eyes peeled for a call for proposals at the end of this year.