The UnlockED Approach

 
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THE CHALLENGE

Data constraints & limited capacity hamper success.

While smart and committed education leaders do what they can with what they have, they are often:

  • Hamstrung by a lack of accessible, actionable data

  • Limited in their insights into which students need support — and what they need and when

  • Lacking a network of peer learning

Short on capacity and long on both internal and external pressures, many school and district leaders are unable to proactively analyze and act on data to inform strategies for their students. When this occurs, the talents of high-achieving scholars go overlooked or unrealized. All young people, but in particular students with lower incomes, deserve more opportunities to unlock their full postsecondary potential.

 
 

OUR SOLUTION

A data-driven partnership, powered by experience & insight.

UnlockED knows the power data can have to influence real change in districts and schools throughout the country. We partner with education leaders to provide them with the right tools, insights, and expertise to better serve their students in preparing for and completing college.

We understand the challenges our clients are facing, and we care deeply about the success of students nationwide.

 
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SERVICES

UnlockED delivers tools, strategy, and supports to enable districts to implement student-centered approaches. Our services help our partners to ensure their students have received the right assistance to successfully enroll in, persist through, and complete postsecondary education.

 


 

Analyzing & Streamlining Data

UnlockED takes our partners’ education data from disparate sources and streamlines it into a visually compelling dashboard.

  • We review our clients’ current data practices, business rules, and conduct a root cause analysis — at a district and school level — to focus their time, effort, and resources where they will yield the greatest improvement in their practices.

  • We empower leadership to identify challenges across the district, track monthly progress, and prioritize district-level interventions.

  • We build dashboards and resources that will make data actionable for numerous audiences.

  • We prioritize interventions based on organizational capacity and opportunity for impact.

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Convening & Training Leaders

UNLOCKED brings together people and ideas to deliver extraordinary outcomes for students.

  • We design and facilitate trainings with district leadership, principals, counselors, and school-based staff to build buy-in and teach teams how to use college and financial aid data and dashboards to prioritize interventions and support.

  • We set up monthly data reviews with school leadership to ensure they are effectively prioritizing strategies.

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Creating Data Strategies & Action Plans

Unlocked builds on national best practices and Research to design customized plans.

  • We work with teams to design district-specific action plans. At the core of all of these strategies is a continuous improvement model — regularly evaluating the effectiveness of interventions and progress toward the goal.

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“UnlockED helped us identify the need to bring together our principals to better understand their school-specific college data. Thanks to their team, we have seen the improved relationship and understanding of data across our work.”

KEVIN SALKAS  |  CAREER & COLLEGE CENTERS INTERIM DIRECTOR, ACHIEVEMPLS

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CONNECT WITH US

Our approach has been transformative for districts and leaders throughout the country. Join those ranks; reach out to us now to learn more.