If you are new to the PHENND K-16 Network and are interested in being involved please submit the following form: K-16 Partnerships Network Sign Up

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dEZ4Q0poNmF2Z3Rrdk5tVnlMLVFPTlE6MQ#gid=0

July/August K-16 Newsletter: http://updates.phennd.org/2012/09/06/

Click the headlines to read the full article!

See also the full list of upcoming K-16 Committee meetings:

http://updates.phennd.org/2012/08/k-16-proposed-calendar-and-meeting/

From: “Sanchez, Thomas” <sanchezt@vt.edu>

My co-author, Marc Brenman and I are proud to announce that the book, Planning as if People Matter: Governing for Social Equity (http://islandpress.org/ip/books/book/islandpress/P/bo8070588.html) is finally available!

We know that American communities are changing fast. Ethnic minority populations are growing, home ownership is falling, the number of people per household is going up, and salaries are going down, but the planning field is largely unprepared for these fundamental shifts. In Planning as if People Matter, we offer practical solutions to make our communities more livable and more equitable for all residents, covering topics like stakeholder participation, civil rights, ethics, disaster response, and technology. It is a critical resource to help incorporate issues of equity into the planning process. I hope you’ll share this information with your own networks to convey the importance of this issue.

If you are interested in reviewing Planning as if People Matter, please let me know and I will arrange to have a copy sent to you. To consider using it in a course, visit http://islandpress.org/educators.html. To take 25% off, visit the Island Press website http://islandpress.org/ip/books/book/islandpress/P/bo8070588.html and use discount code 2MATTER on checkout.

Thanks to many of you for your support and encouragement during the writing process and I hope you enjoy the book.

All best,

Tom Sanchez, Professor
Urban Affairs & Planning, Virginia Tech

The National Gardening Association/Subaru Healthy Sprouts Awards recognize outstanding youth garden programs that teach about nutrition and the issue of hunger in the United States. Maximum award: $500 gift certificate to Gardener’s Supply; NGA’s Eat a Rainbow Kit, chock full of engaging taste education and nutrition lessons. Eligibility: schools or organizations that plan to garden with children between the ages of 3 and 18. Deadline: October 31, 2012.

http://grants.kidsgardening.org/2012-subaru-healthy-sprouts-award

In a new report from the Center for American Progress, Ary Spatig-Amerikaner writes that nearly 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education, public schools remain separate and unequal. Forty percent of black and Hispanic students attend schools that are 90-percent nonwhite, while the average white student attends a school 77-percent white. And though today’s racial separation lacks a legal mandate, it “just as surely reflects and reinforces lingering status differences between whites and nonwhites by enabling a system of public education funding that shortchanges students of color.” This is evidenced by school-level expenditure data from the U.S. Department of Education in 2009, which for the first time included real teacher salaries and demonstrated that students of color attend schools with significantly less funding. The traditional explanation for this — variation in per-pupil spending stems from differing property-tax bases between districts — is inaccurate, since nearly 40 percent of variation in per-pupil spending occurs within districts. As a remedy, Spatig-Amerikaner calls for elimination of a particular provision in Title I that requires exclusion of teacher-salary differentials tied to experience when determining funding-comparability compliance. This alone would get more equitable expenditures for students of color, since experience is a chief driver of teacher salaries.

See the report: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/education/report/2012/08/22/29002/unequal-education/

Learn how to keep your children and yourself healthy this year. You can earn six PQAS hours in one day PLUS have breakfast and lunch on us! You’ll have a blast with keynote speaker, Peggy Tileston, as you experience the benefits of laughter and music first-hand.

CLICK HERE for conference registration materials and PD session descriptions

http://gallery.mailchimp.com/e33067afbd3d90634f2953f28/files/H_S_mini_conf_10.1.12.pdf

The Act Early Program through the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) offers a ton of free materials geared towards families, educators, and health professionals. They have developmental milestones kits, booklets, and cards; growth charts; information about early hearing loss and fetal alcohol disorder. All items are available in English and Spanish, come in a variety of designs (books, cd-roms, posters, etc), and are free!!! CLICK HERE for the CDC website and these free resources.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/index.html

When:      October 12th – October 14th, 2012

Where:      William Way LGBTQ Community Center*
1315 Spruce Street, Philadelphia PA
*Saturday thru Sunday Only. Events for Friday October 12 will take place at the Denim Loft PA, 1602 N. 2nd St (2nd & Cecil B. Moore)

To register to attend the conference, submit a workshop proposal, exhibit at our vendors market, or volunteer, please visit our website.

http://www.ourelements.org/#!2012-conference

You’ll also notice that we update the Citizen Effect blog a couple of times each week, providing you with the latest and greatest info from the field, with exclusive highlights on Detroit4Detroit and Philly4Philly.

Be sure to bookmark CitizenEffect.org and check back often as we continue to roll out new site improvements and exciting new stories about our CPs.

http://citizeneffect.org/

Free Events, Activities, Performances & Workshops

Friday, October 12, 2012
10am – 2pm   Room 1172   School District of Philadelphia
10am & 12pm Performance of “To Be Young, Gifted and Black with Rap”
11am & 1pm Workshop of “Youth & Children Entrepreneurship”

3pm-4:30pm   Room 131 School District’s Parent Resource Center
Panel & Awards Presentation “Which Way is Up: Success in Educating Children”

All events are Free and Open to the Public – reservations are required!!!

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Saturday, October 13, 2012  10am-2pm
“COMMUNITY & EDUCATION CONFERENCE”
Sponsored by National Support Agency, Community Change Communications and National Give Back for Kids Campaign, Inc.

Keynote Speakers:
Hosea James Givan II, National Give Back for Kids Campaign

Dr. Maurice Henderson, National Support Agency for Schools & Communities

Leslie Miles, Community Change Communications

Free & Open to the Public!!

Workshop Topics:
Male Parenting
Girl Power
Family Preservation
Developing Your Resources
Grant Writing & Fundraising
Peaceful Possibilities (Bullying/Violence & Crime Prevention)
Youth & Children Entrepreneurship
Encouragement of  Faith Based Initiatives
Financial Literacy
Guidance for the Hip Hop Generation
Nurturing & Growing Children
How to Get Free Support Staff: Volunteerism & Service Learning
Neighborhood Church Enterprises
Supporting Block Captains Community Development

University of Pennsylvania
Rotunda
4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA.
For more information contact mauricebrianhenderson@yahoo.com or (267) 230-0317 & (215) 254-9314 and milessteps@gmail.com or (267) 444-6528

Vendor Opportunities are Available!!!

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Saturday, October 13, 2012       2pm

“OH GOD PLEASE SEND ME A DO RIGHT MAN”
The return of the Gospel Musical and National Touring production that explores the relationships of Men and Women and its effects on the family structure and child development. Sponsored in conjunction with the Christian Writers & Artists Guild.

ROTUNDA
4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA. 19104
Facility is wheel chair accessible.

Tickets:  $15.00 per person (Group Rates available).  Performance can be used as a Fundraiser or Benefit presentation for your Group, Organization, Agency, Company, Center, Association or Institution. For more information contact mauricebrianhenderson@yahoo.com or 267-230-0317

This is it. Seizing the Moment Now in Philadelphia. This October begins a new opportunity for critical professional training, leadership, networking, and national exposure for Latino artists and arts professionals across the country.

Every two years we meet to share knowledge and resources to strengthen the Latino arts and culture community. We strategize, collaborate and use the research NALAC has compiled for the Latino arts and culture community to build the capacity of the arts community across the nation.

The NALAC national conference weaves together the diverse participants together and highlights thriving Latino artistic communities across the United States. Conference participants and speakers share their knowledge, resources, and strategies; create new relationships; plan artistic collaborations and organizational partnerships; and reaffirm or alter the field’s national agenda.

http://www.nalac.org.php5-19.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/conference/

The Leeway Foundation is looking for fall interns in the following fields–special events, public relations, grantmaking, and exhibits. These are learning opportunities intended for students, recent graduates and/or folks interested in learning more about the field of arts/social justice philanthropy. The internships are part-time, unpaid. Click here for application details. Rolling deadline.

http://www.leeway.org/about-us/opportunities/internships2012.html

A fabulous online fundraising page is just a tool—raising money still requires asking lots of people to give. The general strategies of grassroots fundraising still apply: planning, asking, and thanking are all crucial and they take work!  This special workshop led by Ezra Berkley Nepon (ACG ’07) and Yaba Amgborale Blay (ACG ’10) will take place on September 30 from 2:00pm-4:30pm at the Leeway office. This workshop is free but pre-registration is required. RSVP here.

http://onlinefundwkshp.eventbrite.com/

The 2nd Annual Homeless Children’s Awareness Week (HCAW) will take place October 14 – 20, 2012. This state-wide initiative is being organized by the Homeless Children’s Education Fund that strives to provide advocacy, community engagement, and direct service programs that support the education of children and youth experiencing homelessness in Pennsylvania.

The hope for HCAW is to alert families of their rights through the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act while also encouraging others to get involved in the effort to make a difference in the lives and education of children and youth experiencing homelessness.

We need your help to make the 2nd Annual Homeless Children’s Awareness Week a success across the state of Pennsylvania and the nation. Participate in the events Homeless Children’s Education Fund (HCEF) has already scheduled in Southwestern Pa, or host your own Homeless Children’s Awareness Week event in your community! To get involved or to list your event, please visit http://hcaw2012.tumblr.com/host-an-event.

The Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute at Bryn Mawr College invites you to an Open House to learn more about our Ascending Leadership Certificate program. Designed specifically for middle managers who want to rise to executive positions, our six-day curriculum features leadership style assessment, advanced educational seminars, and peer networking.

Interested? Join us at one of our upcoming Open Houses on September 24, October 10, or November 13.  Our sessions run from 5:30 – 7:30 at the United Way of SEPA and NJ,1709 Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA.  Please RSVP at: https://brynmawr.wufoo.com/forms/open-house-registration/.

Have questions? Visit the website at: http://www.brynmawr.edu/neli/ascending_leadership/index.html or contact Margie DuBrow, Director of NELI, at mdubrow@brynmawr.edu or 610-520-2650. We look forward to meeting you!

FREE Computer Classes!

Learn the skills you need to stay connected and successful in to-day’s high-tech times. Our workshops will cover the basics of Computers, the Internet, Email, Search Engines, and Online Job Search. Space is limited so RSVP today!

Need to apply for a job but they only take applications online?
Need directions to your friend’s new apartment?
Can’t figure out which bus to take out of town?

Don’t let these obstacles get in your way! Join our computer and internet classes today!

Learn To Use the Internet

North Philadelphia
OIC Building
1231 N. Broad Street, 1st Floor

Intro to Computers & Microsoft Software
Tuesday, Sept 11th • 1:00-2:30

Intro to the Internet
Thursday, Sept 13th • 1:00-2:30

Email Basics
Tuesday, Sept 18th • 1:00-2:30

Search Engine Basics
Thursday, Sept 20th • 1:00-2:30

Finding/Applying for Jobs Through the Internet
Tuesday, Sept 25th • 1:00-2:30

Intro to Computers & Microsoft Software
Thursday, Sept 27th • 1:00-2:30

West Philadelphia
LIFT-Philadelphia
5548 Chestnut Street, 1st Floor

Intro to Computers & Microsoft Software
Wednesday, Sept 12th • 10-11:30am

Intro to the Internet
Wednesday, Sept 19th • 10-11:30am

Email Basics
Wednesday, Sept 26th • 10-11:30am

Search Engine Basics
Wednesday, Oct 3rd • 10-11:30am

Finding/Applying for Jobs Through the Internet
Wednesday, Oct 10th • 10-11:30am

Intro to Computers & Microsoft Software
Wednesday, Oct 17th • 10-11:30am

Space is Limited, Call To RSVP: 215-474-1807
Look forward to our upcoming October Series

JOB POSTING: LEAD INSTRUCTOR

General Overview of Position:
The full time Lead Instructor reports to the Director of College & Career Readiness as part of a team of instructional and career coaching professionals.  The position begins September 2012 and ends June 30, 2013, with the opportunity to continue employment for a new fiscal year.

Organizational Background:

District 1199C Training and Upgrading Fund is a 37 year-old labor-management partnership of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, AFSCME, AFL-CIO and fifty Delaware Valley healthcare employers. The Training Fund assists District 1199C members employed by Philadelphia area healthcare providers and the Philadelphia community in seeking entry into health careers and career advancement by qualifying for post-secondary education and industry recognized credentials. In addition, the Training Fund works closely with its employer partners to customize education and technical training aligned to their need for a highly qualified, credentialed workforce. The Training Fund’s 35,000 square foot Breslin Learning Center, centrally located in Center City, Philadelphia, provides ESL, ABE, GED, and Bridge classes linked to career pathway occupational programs in nursing, allied health, health information, behavioral health, and child care to over 2,000 students annually. Approximately, half of the students are union members and half are community residents, including dislocated workers, TANF recipients, and immigrants.  The Training Fund enjoys a national reputation as a model joint labor-management partnership that addresses the workforce needs of employers as well as Philadelphians seeking employment and advancement in the healthcare industry.

Requirements of Position:
The instructor will possess a comprehensive knowledge of adult learning theories and teaching strategies, and the ability to implement best practice methodologies that use problem solving, interactive approaches to learning. Knowledge of the adult learning process and utilization of work-based contextualized material is essential. The applicant must be able to show evidence of teaching excellence and an understanding of the competencies that are required for instructional excellence. A strong interest and experience in designing and using online learning and distance learning is also required. The minimum education required is a Master’s degree in Adult Education and five years’ experience teaching adults in the areas of reading, writing, and mathematics with real-life and workforce contextualization as well as the use of technology in the classroom. Knowledge of 21st Century skills and the ability to integrate these skills into basic skills instruction is essential. Strong written, interpersonal communication, organizational skills and computer skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) are required.

Specific Duties:
•    Serve as lead instructor for the CCR instructional team in applying adult learning theories and effective teaching strategies in semi-managed classroom settings.
•    Conduct a needs assessment of instructional practices/teacher competencies at the Training Fund which includes the development of a work plan that identifies instructional skill gaps and strategies needed to address those gaps.
•    Work with the In House Professional Development Supervisor (IHPDS) to ensure individual teacher professional development plans are aligned with the CCR department’s work plan.
•    Mentor instructors to ensure that instruction is aligned with best practice instructional approaches that are not lecture based and focus on interactional, problem solving activities as well as the integration of technology.
•    Track student outcomes on a monthly basis and identify instructional barriers that need to be addressed to ensure student success in making Educational Functioning Level gains and achieving their educational and employment goals.
•    Assist in the development of a standardized curriculum with authentic material addressing multiple educational functional levels.
•    Develop collaborative projects for instructors and coaches to address the workforce needs of adult learners.
•    Instruct one class of adult learners and one class of youth in the areas of contextualized reading, writing and mathematics.
•    Work with learners on activities related to their individual and collective goals of obtaining the GED, obtaining employment and/or entering post-secondary education.
•    Plan lessons in advance using appropriate instructional materials and interactive, problem solving techniques for developing reading, writing, mathematics and critical thinking skills.
•    Promote student engagement and collaboration in learning using project-based activities.
•    Develop expertise in the GED 2014 and work with the IHPDS to ensure that the CCR teaching staff are trained in the new GED.
•    Collaborate with the IHPDS and the CCR Director to implement a new instructional design and curriculum (including online learning) that scaffolds the GED 2014 skills and competencies.
•    Administer assessments according to schedule.
•    Attend all CCR Team meetings and professional development.
•    Perform all related administrative duties and reporting such as: completing timesheets, documenting student attendance, academic progress, assessments and submitting monthly reports to the program manager.

Salary and Benefits:
The salary is negotiable. Excellent benefits become available following probation.

Interested Applicants Should Send Resume to:
Carla Butts, MSW
Director of College & Career Readiness
District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund
100 South Broad Street, 10th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19110
cbutts@1199ctraining.org

Featured Class:

HTML

Take control of your website!  Do you need to change content on the website?  Add or remove events? Add a photo, post an employment opportunity, appeal to donors?

Learn how to create basic web pages using HTML, the building block of the web.  Students will complete hands-on exercises to create web pages with text and graphics, create links to other pages, add and change colors and features simply using a web browser.

Member Rate: 95
NonMember Rate: 130

Click Here to View the Training Calendar!
http://www.npowerpa.org/training/classroom

Upcoming September Training Classes

Tuesday, Sept 11th – Introduction to Excel – 9 AM to Noon

Thursday, Sept 13th – Introduction Access – 9 AM to 4PM

Tuesday, Sept 18th – HTML – 9 AM to 4PM

Wednesday, Sept 19th – Intermediate Excel – 9 AM to 4PM

Thursday, Sept 20th – Introduction Word – 9 AM to Noon

Tuesday, Sept 25th – Advanced Excel – 9 AM to 4PM

Wednesday, Sept 26th – Introduction PowerPoint – 9 AM to Noon

Thursday, Sept 27th – Introduction Outlook – 9 AM to 4PM

Upcoming October Training Classes

Wednesday, Oct 3rd – Intermediate Access – 9 AM to 4PM

Wednesday, Oct 17th – Mail Merge – 9 AM to 4PM

Thursday, Oct 18th – Intermediate Word – 9 AM to Noon

Wednesday, Oct 3rd – Intermediate Access – 9 AM to 4PM

Tuesday, Oct 23rd – Introduction to Excel – 9 AM to Noon

Click here to register!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?key=0Aqv3uAnhmO4ycFgtRUpoQUdXdko5eExjUGtSaHNNSVE#gid=0

NPower PA
Is Located at:
417 N. 8th Street
Suite 203
Philadelphia, PA 19123

Community Partnership Lending
with Alternatives Federal Credit Union

Join Leslie Ackerman of Alternatives Federal Credit Union as she explains Community Partnership Lending, a fifteen-year-old model that focuses on lending to individuals or businesses who may be considered “unlendable” by typical banking standards. This model partners a financial institution with a community organization to identify needed loans.

Learn how the unique nature of this partnership structure takes advantage of each partner’s strengths to make lending possible to underserved entrepreneurs and businesses.

Tuesday, September 11 at 10am PT / 11am MT / 12pm CT / 1pm ET / 8am HT

Learn more

http://bealocalist.org/node/853

and register now

http://www.cvent.com/events/2012-accelerating-community-capital-webinars/event-summary-2741538fdeb74179a85dfe469fc2aebc.aspx

Sometimes the greatest challenge cancer patients face is getting to their treatments. That’s why the American Cancer Society and PhillyCarShare have partnered for PhillyPatientRide, a program that provides free transportation to patients who may have no other way of getting to their life-saving appointments. Volunteer drivers are needed for daytime hours, Monday through Friday – a few hours per month or per week would be greatly appreciated! Volunteers will be trained and given access to PhillyCarShare’s fleet of vehicles to use to provide transportation to participating area hospitals and treatment centers. Interested volunteers must be at least 21 years old and need only a valid driver’s license, a safe driving record, a few hours per month and the drive to make a difference in the lives of cancer patients here in Philadelphia. For more information contact Jamie McCann at Jamie.mccann@cancer.org or at (215) 985-5359 or visit http://www.phillypatientride.org.

Additional volunteer opportunities exist for volunteers who would like to use their own car, both in Philadelphia and in the suburban counties. Please call Jamie McCann 215-985-5359 for more details.

For more information on the American Cancer Society’s programs and services, contact the American Cancer Society’s National Cancer Information Center (NCIC) at 1-800-227-2345 or online at http://www.cancer.org. The American Cancer Society has many programs and services to help you understand cancer, get practical help like rides to treatment or a place to stay, and find emotional support. We can also connect you to valuable resources in your community.

ACHIEVEability is a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive and intensive support for families so that they can break the generational cycle of poverty, maximize their potential and achieve self-sufficiency. Through the Community Service department our focus is to provide referrals, programming, advocacy, and networking opportunities within our service area.

We are looking for a part-time Community Service Coordinator who is organized, hardworking, multi-tasking, outcomes-driven and has a passion for making a difference, who craves variety and intensity, and who values education and accountability.

Responsibilities
•    Provide and ensure office coverage
•    Must perform administrative duties such as making & receiving telephone calls and emails, filing, copying, faxing, and ordering supplies.
•    Organize and provide outreach for community events and programs
•    Lead activities and trips for community
•    Organize and chaperone youth events per SCOP grant
•    Recruit assist in managing volunteers
•    Update organizational website, posting upcoming events, news and resources on a regular basis
•    Assist with preparation of grant reports and proposals
•    Become a certified VITA volunteer intermediate level for tax season program
•    Provide direct client service
•    Accurately input information in database.
•    Develop strong relationships with stakeholders and vendors
•    Coordinate and maintain resource binders, online files, and bulletin board
•    Complete all assigned tasks, duties and responsibilities in a timely and satisfactory manner

Minimum Qualifications:
•    High School diploma or GED
•    Proficient in computer Microsoft suites (word, excel, outlook, publisher, and access) and internet skills
•    Passion for helping families who are underserved
•    Strong motivational and leadership skills
•    Ability to effectively communicate with a diverse group (staff, participants, donors and volunteers)
•    Strong sense of responsibility, initiative, follow through and accountability
•    Ability to successfully pass background checks (criminal, child abuse, drug test, school transcripts,  and diploma)
•    Strong computer application and internet skills
•    Respond effectively and proactively to organizational changes.
•    Ability to multi-task, work fast paced, high volume environment and able to work with several volunteers and interns.
•    Valid driver’s license, auto insurance and registered vehicle available for use at work
•    Ability and willingness to work evenings and on Saturdays
•    Comfortable working and canvassing neighborhoods in West Philadelphia
•    Other duties as assigned

Hours:
The position entails 20-25 hours of work per week.  Hourly rate is $10.88 an hour. Position is M-F from 9:00-1:00pm.  The position does require work outside of these general hours, especially with evening and weekend community meetings. When such work outside these general hours is required, the supervisor will make arrangements for the employee to take time off during general work hours.

To Apply:
E-mail to employment@achieve-ability.org:  (1) your resume and (2) a cover letter indicating (a) your interest in the Community Service Coordinator position and the reason for your interest, and (e) the names and contact information of 3 references. Indicate “Community Service Coordinator – YourFirstName YourLastName” on the subject line of your e-mail.