The Tacoma College Support Network is dedicated to increasing the number of TPS graduates, especially students of color and those impacted by poverty, who enroll in right-fit colleges or technical schools and boosting postsecondary completion rates.
Sophomore Toolkit
Network members facilitate a full range of college-bound and postsecondary planning opportunities, including campus visits, financial aid assistance, college and career fairs, SAT prep classes, Discover-U month, and personal statement workshops
The scholarship provides full tuition to two- and four-year state colleges if students sign up by eighth grade. TCSN works collectively to boost sign-up of eligible students to 100 percent. Using real-time data, we know that CBS sign-up rates in 2019 were at 88 percent.
The eight higher education institutions in Pierce County are all active members of the TCSN. Each is focused on boosting student persistence and completion, particularly with low-income students and students of color - comparing data to make improvements.
Toolkits containing grade appropriate action steps for TPS students and family’s grades 6-12, are mailed or distributed through the schools each year to approximately 12,000 students.
Students explore college and career opportunities during the month of October through speakers, field trips, lessons, college and career site tours, and workshops.
Build out a year-round calendar of College Bound Scholar support events, which outreaches and engages with students and families, informed and guided by the Listening Tour 2019 Report
Design, plan, implement Middle School College Bound Scholar Identity event(s) and sharing of best practices between schools.
Expanding the “What’s Next: Design Your Future” platform, rolling out the “In College” communication platform, and developing strategies for “community promise” to students.
Launch Micro-grants to Host Financial Aid and FAFSA/WASFA completion workshops/events/strategies. Develop FAFSA/WASFA support materials in multiple languages.
TCSN Manager | Foundation for Tacoma Students
Postsecondary Access Coordinator | Tacoma Public Schools
Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion | Clover Park Technical College
Program Manager | College Success Foundation
Assistant Director of Secondary Education | Tacoma Public Schools
Founding Senior Director, Student Transitions & Success | University of Washington Tacoma
Director of Community Partnership, Academic Equity & Achievement | Tacoma Public Schools
Puget Sound College and Career Network Manager | Puget Sound Education Service District
Youth Education Programs Manager | Metropolitan Development Council
Assistant Director of Policy and Planning | Washington Student Achievement Council
Executive Director | College Success Foundation
Senior Program Manager | Northwest Education Access
Tacoma Completed Director | Degrees of Change
Director of Community Standards | Tacoma Community College