printable community resources

CRADLE TO CAREER OVERVIEW DOCUMENT

This 4-page document is a great tool that begins with the community educational attainment goals, including 60% postsecondary completion for adults over the age of 25 in Muncie and Delaware County. The document then recognizes our community challenges with the 'Why?' and encourages mobilizing our community strengths with the 'How?' Perhaps the most significant part is the 'Who?' This document emphasizes that schools cannot do this alone, and that accomplishing our goals will take all community stakeholders working together in a collective impact system.

one page data dashboard

This 1-page, front-and-back dashboard offers the highest level of academic achievement data on school corporations within Muncie and Delaware County. Providing data from Kindergarten Readiness through Postsecondary Completion, this dashboard serves as a baseline data set from which the community can track progress and gauge school vitality. It also includes additional school corporation data. For greater detail, please visit the Data Dashboard section under the Cradle to Career Data Center.

career pipelines

This 1-page, front-and-back resource provides a snapshot view of top industries in Delaware County as well as up-and-coming industries in the United States. Each industry listed includes various job positions, educational attainment requirements, and median salary. On the back, the full list of the areas top employers and industries are highlighted, as well as the top 10 skills that local employers are looking for in future employees. It is the Foundation's hope that this document could start conversations about what education is required to make a living wage in various industries.

EAST CENTRAL INDIANA OVERVIEW DOCUMENT

This 15-page document builds upon the Cradle to Career Overview Document for the East Central Indiana region. Throughout the document, readers can capture regional data at a glance or county specific data on individual county pages. An emphasis is placed on how the region might share in strengths and work towards common challenges together in order to bring positive impact and economic prosperity to individuals and families in our communities.