The week of
January 14, 2013
Other Local Events and Workshops
Public Education Concerns Conference for Educators
Opening the Way to Education – PYM Public Education Concerns Conference for Educators Sat, January 26, 2013 – 8:00am – 2:00pm The William Penn Charter School 3000 West School House...
Training: Teaching Children to Love Trees
Teaching Children to Love Trees – Training Join us if you care about trees and would like to work with youth in your community to teach tree appreciation and care. PHS is offering a training that...
Road Half Traveled: University Engagement at a Crossroads
“Road Half Traveled” Book Talk Jan. 24, 5:00pm – 6:00pm “The Road Half Traveled” Book Talk Thursday, January 24 at 5:00 Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut Street Authors Rita...
Penn State in the City: Making a Difference in the Community
Penn State in the City: Making a Difference in the Community A Special Urban Agriculture Festival for Penn State Alumni Save the Date: Saturday, April 27, 2013 Time: 1:00 – 5:00 PM Place: SHARE...
Philly Materials Science and Engineering Day
February 2. Philly Materials Science and Engineering Day. Drexel and Penn invite you to a day of hands-on science and engineering fun for all ages. The event takes place from 10am to 4pm at...
Professional Standards and Advancement for Youth Workers
January OSTRC Academy Session Wednesday, January 23, 10:00 AM -12:00 PM Session Title: Professional Standards and Advancement for Youth Workers Register: HERE. Location: Out-of-School Time Resource...
Tax workshops for childcare providers
Childspace sets tax workshops for childcare providers Childspace will hold a workshop for childcare providers and other small businesses that use 1099 tax forms, as well as improve their knowledge of...
Meet the Funders
LaSalle sets Meet the Funders event The Nonprofit Center at LaSalle has scheduled another in its popular series, Meet the Funders, which brings together key funders in the region to share their...
Digital Learning Day
Digital Learning Day activities to take place February 6th America’s Promise Alliance is partnering with the Alliance for Excellent Education on its Digital Learning Day campaign. This national...
Pennsylvania Parenting Coalition meeting
DHS deputy to speak at upcoming parenting coalition meeting The Pennsylvania Parenting Coalition has announced that Dr. Susan Kinnevy, Deputy Commissioner for Performance Management and...
PA Nutrition Education Network Annual Conference 2013
PA NEN Annual Conference 2013 Registration is Open! Nutrition Educators: Exercising your Knowledge for Change April 30 -May 1, 2013 Sheraton Harrisburg-Hershey Hotel Harrisburg, PA Why Attend? Are...
Innovations in Regional Partnerships for Strategic Growth: From Collaborations to Mergers
HOLD THE DATE: As part of the launch of the Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal Winter Edition, Innovations in Regional Partnerships for Strategic Growth: From Collaborations to Mergers, the...
New Resources
Guide to STEM Funding for After School
Guide to STEM Funding for After School The Afterschool Alliance has produced Know Your Funders: A Guide to STEM Funding for Afterschool, a resource to help program leaders identify, sort through, and...
Examining Youth and Program Predictors of Engagement in Out-of-School Time Programs
Examining Youth and Program Predictors of Engagement in Out-of-School Time Programs. December 2012. Prior research suggests that youths’ engagement in out-of-school time programs may be a...
Parent and Family Involvement: Beyond the Bell Toolkit
Parent and Family Involvement: Beyond the Bell Toolkit. December 2012. The sixth chapter in the Beyond the Bell Toolkit, Parent and Family Involvement, introduces ways to get parents involved in...
Problem-Based Learning for the 21st Century Classroom
Problem-Based Learning for the 21st Century Classroom. December 2012. ASCD has announced the release of a new PD In Focus channel devoted to problem-based learning for the 21st century classroom and...
La Importancia del Lugar de Residencia y la Raza
New report: La Importancia del Lugar de Residencia y la Raza Why Place and Race Matter— the landmark report from PolicyLink—is now available in Spanish! Released in English last year, La...
Men of Color – A Role for Policymakers for Improving the Status of Black Males in U.S. Higher Education
“Over the past several years, a wide variety of groups–from foundations to think tanks to national leaders–have collectively advanced an aggressive agenda focused on improving...
Gender Disparities in Educational Expectations
Gender Disparities in Educational Expectations With the job market favoring workers with post-secondary degrees, it is becoming harder for those without degrees, let alone high school diplomas, to...
Finding Our Way Back to First: Reclaiming World Leadership in education
Finding Our Way Back to First: Reclaiming World Leadership by Educating All America’s Children Our Challenge In the last century, our nation expanded access to school for poor and minority...
Public Support for Food Stamps
As your schedule allows, you can listen to the recording of a previous webinar titled, “Public Support for Food Stamps.” Recent polling data show that large majorities of Americans believe that...
AmeriCorps*VISTA airs new PSA
Ray Magliozzi, VISTA alumnus and co-host of Car Talk, a radio show with million weekly listeners aired on over 640 public radio stations, generously recorded two public service announcements to help...
Report: Hunger and Nutrition in America
Hunger and Nutrition in America: What’s at Stake for Children, Families and Older Adults The needs of our bookend generations are acute. Nearly a fifth of our country’s children (almost million)...
Childhood obesity rates on the decline
After decades of rising childhood obesity rates, several American cities are reporting their first declines. Multimedia The trend has emerged in big cities like New York and Los Angeles, as well as...
Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal Mini Winter Edition
We are very pleased to bring you our Mini 12th Winter Edition of the Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal (PSIJ). All the articles in this edition were nominated by you, the readers of the...
Digital Passport tool for grades 3-5
Towards Digital Literacy Common Sense Media has released Digital Passport, a free, web-based tool to help educators prepare students from grades 3 to 5 to use online and mobile technologies. Based on...
New Student-Poverty Measures Proposed for National Tests
A better gauge The National Assessment of Educational Progress is building a comprehensive new way to gauge socioeconomic status in order to measure how it affects academic achievement, reports Sarah...
Partnerships Classifieds
Items needed for MLK Day Pop Up Shop
For the Martin Luther King Day of Service on January 21, 2013, Mission Inc. is joining forces with our partner Bridgeway Inc. to open a “Pop Up Shop.” We are enlisting community...
Philadelphia Zoo Conservation Internship, UNLESS Campaign
Philadelphia Zoo Conservation Internship, UNLESS Campaign Philadelphia, PA Posted December 7, 2012 Description: Outgoing, senior year undergraduate or graduate level communications, journalism or...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
Call for Presenters: National Staff Development and Training Association Conference
Save The Date NSDTA’s 2013 Annual Professional Development Institute October 20 – 23, 2013 Hershey, Pennsylvania Call for Presentations NSDTA is looking for exciting and educational...
Greenbuild 2013 Request for Proposals and Reviewers
Greenbuild 2013 Request for Proposals In 2013, Greenbuild is coming to Philadelphia! The Green Building Council is now accepting proposals for presenters and topics for Greenbuild 2013, including...
Afterschool Program Assessment System
Afterschool Program Assessment System (APAS) Time: Session 1, July 15-16, 8:30 to 4:30 Location: Wellesley College Club at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA Instructors: Daniel Michaud Weinstock and...
Best Out-of-School Time Conference
May 1-4. BOOST Conference. One of the largest, most recognized, and highly comprehensive professional development opportunities in the country, convening over 2,000 professionals that work with and...
25th Annual At-Risk Youth National Forum
February 17-20. 25th Annual At-Risk Youth National Forum. Investing for a Lifetime: Education is Economic Development. Embassy Suites at Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, SC. Call for Proposals...
CALL for Teaching Stories and Reflections, Community Works Journal
CALL for Teaching Stories and Reflections! from Community Works Journal The Online Magazine for Educators Contribute to the Transformation of Learning Greetings! Community Works Journal Online...
Call for Proposals: Teaching Democratic Thinking
Call for Proposals Topic: Teaching Democratic Thinking To appear in a special edition of Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning and Community Engagement in 2014. Partnerships is a...
Grant Opportunities
ING Foundation
ING Grants for Education & Financial Literacy Among the ING Foundation’s areas of focus are financial literacy – the foundation is interested in programming that empowers individuals...
Needmor Fund: Community Organizing Efforts
Needmor Fund Offers Support for Community Organizing Efforts Deadline: May 31, 2013 The mission of the Needmor Fund is to work with others to bring about social justice. To that end, the fund seeks...
Employment Grants Program for individuals with disabilities
Kessler Foundation Invites Concept Proposals for Signature Employment Grants Program Deadline: February 1, 2013 (Online Concept Application) The Kessler Foundation is accepting applications for its...
Disney Friends for Change Grants
Youth Service America Accepting Applications for Disney Friends for Change Grants Deadline: February 10, 2013 Administered by Youth Service America, the Disney Friends for Change grants program is...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Blog Editor, Uwishunu.com, Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation
Blog Editor, , Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation Position: Full-Time Education: Bachelor’s degree required Experience: 2 – 3 years Description: The Blog Editor is charged with...
Development Coordinator, Neighborood Bike Works
Development Coordinator About Neighborhood Bike Works: NBW is a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia that provides educational, recreational, and career-building opportunities to underserved...
Program Coordinator, Public School Partnerships, Rutgers-Camden
PROGRAM COORDINATOR I (Represented by URA-AFT) Posting Date 01/08/2013 Department Camden Chancellor’s Office Job Description The Program Coordinator I for Education Outreach reports...
Education Director, Taller Puertorriqueño
Education Director. The Education Director provides oversight, vision and management of, and for, education related programs of Taller Puertorriqueño. The Director of Education will work with the...
Support Specialist, St. John’s Community Services
Support Specialist, St. John’s Community Services Posted on: December 11, 2012 Support Specialist position available to provide guidance, training and supervision for adults with intellectual...
Bucks County Recovery Support Services Coordinator, Council of Southeast PA
THE COUNCIL OF SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA, INC. BUCKS COUNTY RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES COORDINATOR – FULL TIME Who We Are The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania, Inc., an affiliate of the National...
Director, Student Engagement, Campus Philly
DIRECTOR, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT CAMPUS PHILLY 1/31/13: APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED FOR THIS POSITION POSITION SUMMARY: Campus Philly is a nonprofit organization that fuels economic growth...
Case Manager, After Care or Transitional Housing Services, Women Against Abuse
Case Manager – After Care or Transitional Housing Services, Women Against Abuse Posted on: December 13, 2012 Case Manager (2 opportunities) Summary of Principle Duties: The position either...
Contact Center Operations Manager, Benefits Data Trust
Contact Center Operations Manager, Benefits Data Trust Posted on: December 14, 2012 Benefits Data Trust (BDT), a growing organization located in center city Philadelphia, has an outstanding...
Program Director, Students Run Philly Style
PROGRAM DIRECTOR, STUDENTS RUN PHILLY STYLE Posted on: December 14, 2012 National Nursing Centers Consortium () The National Nursing Centers Consortium (NNCC) is an umbrella organization representing...
Director of Human Resources, Project H.O.M.E.
Director of Human Resources, Project Posted on: December 14, 2012 A Great Place to Work and Make a Difference! We are a rapidly growing, independent nonprofit agency in Philadelphia with a mission...
Vice President of Business Development and Marketing, Philadelphia Education Fund
Vice President of Business Development and Marketing, Philadelphia Education Fund Posted on: December 15, 2012 Organization The Philadelphia Education Fund (Ed Fund) is a 28-year-old non-profit...
Senior Vice President, Philadelphia Education Fund
Senior Vice President, Philadelphia Education Fund Posted on: December 15, 2012 Organization The Philadelphia Education Fund (Ed Fund) is a 28-year-old non-profit organization dedicated to improving...
Vice President, Educational Innovations, Philadelphia Education Fund
Vice President, Educational Innovations, Philadelphia Education Fund Posted on: December 15, 2012 Organization The Philadelphia Education Fund (Ed Fund) is a 28-year-old non-profit organization...
Miscellaneous
Women in Public Service Project (WPSP)
As you know, Bryn Mawr joined with the Seven Sisters colleges and the State Department in 2011 as founding partners of the Women in Public Service Project (WPSP). The goal of this initiative is...
Proficiency Certificate in Youth Work
There’s still time to enroll for the Spring 2013 semester at CCP. In just one semester, you can earn a Proficiency Certificate in Youth Work. Classes start on Tuesday, January 15th. There are...
CORE Promise Scholarship Accepting Applications
The 2012-2013 CORE Promise Scholarship is now accepting applications from Philadelphia high school seniors. Students may access the application at The deadline is February 28, 2013. The flyer is...
Dell Social Innovation Challenge for College Students
College Students Worldwide Invited to Enter Dell Social Innovation Challenge Deadline: January 28, 2013 Administered by the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service at the LBJ School of...
John W. Gardner Leadership Award
Independent Sector: The John W. Gardner Leadership Award The John W. Gardner Leadership Award honors visionaries who have empowered constituencies, strengthened participation, and inspired movements....
How Your District Can Assess Resource Equity and Propel Achievement
Mid-Atlantic Equity Assistance Center Online Learning Series Erasing the Opportunity Gap: How Your District Can Assess Resource Equity and Propel Achievement Friday, January 31, 2013 1:00 –...
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