Making Education Careers in Philadelphia Achievable for Millennials

Posted by on January 20, 2014

Making Education Careers in Philadelphia Achievable for Millennials

PHENND and the School District of Philadelphia are holding the next K-16 University Partners Meeting on Wednesday, February 26th, 3:30PM-5:00PM at 440 North Broad Street, Room 1075. The theme of this meeting comes directly from one of the District’s stated top priorities: Talent Development. The goal of this session will be to discuss how to support the next generation of Philadelphia urban education professionals.

Speakers:

Dr. Vicky McGinley, Professor of Special Education at West Chester University, will showcase the Youth Empowerment and Urban Studies minor, which supports students across majors to engage in community based service-learning partnerships such as Need in Deed.

Dr. Janet Chance, Director of the Office of School and Community Collaborations at Arcadia University, and colleagues, will present how unique school partnerships can create strong pre-service field placements.

From The School District of Philadelphia we will be joined by Ms. Nicky Charles, Deputy Chief of Staff for the School Reform Commission to discuss Talent Development and retention.

Register Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10jkvjugCuEaTDKkeNUxOhmJmlPo4A5Jmv5OWa2p3DM0/viewform

The PHENND University Partners Meeting is a new initiative that brings university, nonprofit, and school-based practitioners together around common themes. Goals for this and all future K-16 University Partners meetings are:

– provide practitioners with “take aways” (e.g. ideas you can adapt for use in your own programs)
– exposure to new and innovative programs and practices
– introduction to key School District personnel

All meetings are free and open to the public.