National Afterschool Matters Initiative Practitioner Fellowships

Posted by on May 17, 2010

NATIONAL AFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INITIATIVE PRACTITIONER FELLOWSHIPS

The National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College is accepting applications for the National Afterschool Matters Initiative Practitioner Fellowships in the Philadelphia, Minneapolis, New Orleans, and Seattle areas.

Traditionally, the Practitioner Fellowship Program is a professional development and leadership initiative for mid-level career out-of-school time professionals.  This year we are excited to be testing a joint school and out-of-school time model in three cities while continuing the original model in Minneapolis. The new model will engage practitioners from out-of-school time and classroom teachers in an effort to find ways that schools and afterschool programs can better work together to serve their youth population. Participants in the Practitioner Fellowship are selected by application, and through a year-long process engage in activities that inform program quality and improve practice through reflection and inquiry.

One of the cities using the new model is Philadelphia. The Philadelphia program is based at the Philadelphia Writing Project at the Penn School of Graduate Education and has strong support from local intermediaries.

For more information please see the program overview and complete the National Afterschool Matters Practitioner Fellowship application found at http://www.niost.org/content/view/1673/310.

If you have any questions, feel free to call Karen Lachance at 781-283-2507 or via email klachanc@wellesley.edu.

Application Process

Employer approval must be obtained (see Memorandum of Understanding). Please complete the Practitioner Fellowship application and return, along with the MOU, no later than June 7th, 2010 by e-mail, fax, or mail to:

National Institute on Out-of-School Time
National Afterschool Matters
Practitioner Fellowship Program
Wellesley College, Waban House
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
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fax: 781-283-3657