Description:
The Blog Editor is charged with managing, editing and publishing content on http://uwishunu.com that strengthens the website’s position as an authority on everything fun and exciting happening in Philadelphia. The Blog Editor is responsible for the content development process from inception to completion, ensuring that the final product is as broadly appealing and engaging as possible, while supporting the overall goals of GPTMC. This position reports to the Vice President of Internet Strategy & Development.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Blog Content Management

Fulfill daily quota of blog posts, emphasizing engaging content with broad appeal, while making deadlines for time-sensitive posts.

• Gather, organize, format, edit and publish daily content.
• Write additional blog posts daily about news/events that come in that day.
• Thoroughly copy-edit all posts on Uwishunu, including posts by internal contributors.
• Adhere to high quality standard for the visuals used on the blog, in posts and elsewhere.

Maintain and execute a monthly content schedule, broken down by day, via an online collaborative writeboard. This schedule will be used and populated by internal contributors as well.

• Curate the blog’s content to be timely, informative and compelling.
• Monitor traffic to Uwishunu on a daily basis and utilize website analytics to inform content strategy.
• Communicate with external PR contacts and receive content pitches for blog posts.
• Maintain and update the Uwishunu Events Calendar.

Manage the content production of multiple website contributors, including external freelance contributors.

• Manage the work and content production of one or more Uwishunu interns.
• Delegate assignments to contributors based on GPTMC’s current campaigns, initiatives, promotions, etc.
• Receive, process and manage complete invoice process for freelance contributors, ensuring the blog stays within budget.

http://www.visitphilly.com/jobs/

Sat, January 26, 2013 – 8:00am – 2:00pm
The William Penn Charter School
3000 West School House Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19144
Contact: Grace Sharples Cooke at PYM.PEC@gmail.com or call 610-864-9557
FREE!

REGISTER HERE
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PYMOpeningTheWay

Public education in Philadelphia is at a serious crossroads, and Philadelphia area Quaker Educators believe that the provision of high-quality universal public education is fundamental and critical to sustaining a functional democracy. The PYM conference will offer professional development, access to resources, and community building for teachers interested in improving public education resources.

This conference will bring together a wide spectrum of teachers and leaders in education to share their latest research and highlight effective classroom experience.   By gathering together public, charter, and Friends school educators PYM seeks to support an engaged coalition of partners in education.

http://www.pym.org/event/opening-way-education-pym-public-education-concerns-conference-educators

About Neighborhood Bike Works:  NBW is a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia that provides educational, recreational, and career-building opportunities to underserved youth through bicycling; it also promotes cycling as a healthy, affordable, environment-friendly form of transportation.  Through its three sites in Philadelphia, as well as through off-site partnerships, Neighborhood Bike Works provides after school and summer programming to youth, and space for adults to utilize our tools and equipment during adult repair cooperative hours.

Position Summary:  The Development Coordinator assists with developing and executing Neighborhood Bike Works’ development strategy under the supervision of the Executive Director and the Board of Directors. The Development Coordinator works with the Executive Director to maintain the organization’s grant submissions calendar, and is responsible for preparing grant applications & reports, furthering our individual donor strategies, and maintaining strong communications with donors and prospects.

Reporting Relationships and Work Environment:  The Development Coordinator reports to the Executive Director.  This position can largely be worked remotely, with weekly office time based out of NBW’s 40th Street headquarters.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1.        Grant Writing and Reporting (45%)

·         In collaboration with Executive Director and Program Director, prepare and submit grant proposals to foundation and corporate sources.

·         Research foundations, corporations and other opportunities, and maintain grant calendar.

·         Oversee grant reporting duties as required by foundation and corporate funders.

2.        Individual Donor Campaigns (35%)

·         Coordinate two direct mail fundraising appeals (Annual Giving Campaign & Summer Camp Campaign). Prepare mailing lists and oversee distribution and follow up activities.

·         Assist Executive Director and Board with individual donor campaigns, including researching prospects and maintaining donor records in NBW database.

·         Design and implement a communications strategy, with support from ED, to recruit and retain new donors.

3.        Other Activities (20%)

·         Assist with coordinating special events, including the Bike Part Art Show, Ride of Dreams, and other fundraising events.

·         Prepare regular fundraising progress reports for NBW board meetings and as needed.

·         Assist ED with fundraising-related professional development for other staff, including providing training to work study and staff on development techniques.

Qualifications

·         Commitment to NBW mission.

·         Skilled written communicator.  Writing and/or editing experience, preferably writing grant proposals.  Experience with other forms of persuasive writing (i.e. journalism, grassroots campaigns) also a plus.

·         Highly organized.  Attention to detail is paramount in this position.

·         Excellent researcher.  Must be resourceful, creative, and thorough in researching foundations, corporate sponsors, and individual prospects.

·         Strong networker capable of building relationships with individuals over a long period of time.

·         High comfort level with computers, databases, and other applications.

·         College degree or equivalent experience

·         Minimum of 1 year development experience or 2 years working in a nonprofit.

Compensation

·         This is a part-time (20-25 hour/week) position starting at $15/hour

·         Health insurance available after 3 months

Start Date:  February, 2013

To Apply:  Send resume, cover letter, and a 1-2 page writing sample to jobs@neighborhoodbikeworks.org.

The posting can also be found on our website.

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 will highlight our tried-and-true youth tree programs as well as tips and techniques for working with youth.  To help in case-making for involving youth in nature programs, research on the importance of nature exposure to youth also will be shared.  Learn and leave with materials and teaching tips and tricks.

This training is for anyone who is interested in working with youth in schools, youth groups or in their neighborhood.

Wednesday, January 23rd 6:30 -8:30pm
PHS,  100 N. 20th St., Philadelphia

To register, please RSVP to:
Marquita at: 215-988-8800 or  mheard@pennhort.org

I am delighted to announce that Bryn Mawr will host a WPSP institute from Sunday 7 July to Friday 19 July 2013. The institute at Bryn Mawr will focus on women from post-conflict and transitional societies that have reached at least tentative peace. The institute will emphasize the relationship of peacebuilding and development; the structures, legal mechanisms, institutions, and norms that provide supports for effective governance and for economic and social development. This context will shape participants’ work in leadership development, and will seek to build their capacity to engage across differences and form alliances in the hard work of reconstruction.

We are eager to disseminate information about the WPSP institute at Bryn Mawr to women around the world who may be interested in attending. [I should note that the institute is offered at no cost to admitted delegates; airfare is also provided.] I would appreciate your help in forwarding this announcement widely, both to individuals and to relevant networks.

Details about the institute, including the application, can be found on the institute website.

http://brynmawr.edu/wpsp/

For more information please contact the institute Director, Jessica Berns, at: wpsp@brynmawr.edu

To donate items or for more information please contact Ilana Tabby at 267-331-5971 or Email executiveassistant@missionincdevelopment.com

You can also visit us at: http://www.missionincdevelopment.com/Events.html

Find out more about the certificate by clicking on this link: http://www.ccp.edu/site/academic/catalog/courses/youth_work_courses.php. Or contact Rebecca Fabiano at RFabiano@ccp.edu (please allow 48hrs for a response)

Posting Date    01/08/2013
Department    Camden Chancellor’s Office

Job Description
The Program Coordinator I for Education Outreach reports to the Office of Civic Engagement’s Director of Public School Partnerships. The program coordinator serves as the program director for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program. This entails administration of the Rutgers after-school program at three North Camden public schools during the school year and on the Camden campus during the summer; the program serves students in grades 4-8, their families, and other adults connected with the schools. The program coordinator is responsible for hiring, training, and supervising student workers and other program staff and volunteers. The program coordinator serves as a liaison between groups on campus, including faculty and students, and public school staff members to develop programs that support school-time learning and foster positive working relationships. The program coordinator also provides staff support to the Community Advisory Board for the Rutgers North Camden Schools Partnership. The Program Coordinator also supports other collaborations between Rutgers-Camden and K-12 education.

Job Requirements
A bachelor’s degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience plus a minimum of two years of relevant experience in coordination or administration is required; a master’s degree in a related field with experience in community education is preferred. Effective written and verbal communication is required; the ability to speak and write in Spanish is preferred. Also preferred is a strong leadership background in planning and implementing educational programming, including supervisory experience; excellent organizational and project management skills; experience in K-12 education; and, knowledge of Camden.

http://uhrapps.rutgers.edu/jobs/JobDetail.aspx?pst_num=13-000056

The deadline is February 28, 2013.

The flyer is also available to download online: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B74oIbhjJIrnNTFQZEMxTTc5Xzg/edit?pli=1

“The Road Half Traveled” Book Talk
Thursday, January 24 at 5:00 p.m.
Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut Street

Authors Rita Axelroth Hodges and Steve Dubb discuss their new book, The Road Half Traveled: University Engagement at a Crossroads. With introduction by Ira Harkavy, Associate Vice President and Director of the Netter Center.

A growing number of universities are dedicating resources to support their surrounding communities, but much potential for advancement remains. A university’s mission as an “anchor institution,” as defined by the authors, is to consciously and strategically apply the institution’s long-term, place-based economic power, in combination with its human and intellectual resources, to better the welfare of the community in which it resides. Drawing on ten diverse universities as case studies, this eye-opening book explores practices and strategies that can be employed to improve conditions in low-income communities and emphasizes the critical roles of university leaders, philanthropy, and policy in this process. To date the most comprehensive account of the range of roles played by universities as anchors in their communities, The Road Half Traveled provides a forward-thinking perspective on new horizons in university and community partnership.

Penn alumna Rita Axelroth Hodges is Assistant Director at Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships.  Steve Dubb is Research Director at the Democracy Collaborative of the University of Maryland, College Park.

The Road Half Traveled is available online at MSU Press.

http://msupress.msu.edu/bookTemplate.php?bookID=4344

For more info, contact ritaa@upenn.edu

NSDTA’s 2013 Annual Professional Development Institute
October 20 – 23, 2013
Hershey, Pennsylvania

Call for Presentations

NSDTA is looking for exciting and educational workshops to be presented at its annual Professional Development Institute.

Share your knowledge, expertise and best practices!

View complete information
http://nsdta.aphsa.org/pro_dev_inst/2013_inst/2013_NSDTA_Call_for_Presentation.pdf

Submit a proposal online now!
http://nsdta.aphsa.org/Proposals/Default.aspx

NSDTA builds professional and organizational capacity in the human services through a national network of membership sharing ideas and resources on organizational development, staff development, and training.

Description:
Outgoing, senior year undergraduate or graduate level communications, journalism or marketing major with strong writing and social media skills needed to assist with the management of the Philadelphia Zoo’s UNLESS Campaign, a five-year initiative aimed at raising awareness of the impact of non-sustainable palm oil production on the survival of orangutans and driving the demand for sustainable palm oil in the US.

Time commitment: January 2013-May 2013
16-20 hours/week; in some cases, hours may be worked from home

Duties:
– Write 2-3 blogs per week for posting on the UNLESS Campaign website.
– Conduct appropriate amounts of research as needed to inform blog posts.
– Conduct interviews and create videos for blogs as necessary.
– Maintain Campaign member databases.
– Maintain Campaign member communications via UNLESS Campaign emails.
– Participate in developing creative strategies for increasing the effectiveness of the UNLESS Campaign via social media and online communications.
– Assist with implementing live programs, webinars and Skype sessions associated with the UNLESS Campaign.
– Other administrative tasks associated with the Campaign as needed.

Skills:
– Strong writing skills
– Strong research skills
– Demonstrated ability to utilize and integrate multiple forms of social media including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Google Maps
– Ability to shoot, edit and upload short videos to social media platforms (preferred)
– Strong attention to detail
– Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
– Interest in the protection of wildlife and the planet

To apply, please submit an intern application (available at http://www.philadelphiazoo.org), a letter of interest stating why you are applying for this internship and a detailed resume. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until filled. Please compile all the required documents and submit them as a complete packet to peckham.valerie@phillyzoo.org with the subject line, “UNLESS Campaign Internship.”

**ONLY COMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED**

All interns are required to complete a PA Child Abuse Clearance Form and State Criminal Background Check prior to beginning work at the Philadelphia Zoo.

About The Philadelphia Zoo:
America’s first zoo and one of the region’s foremost conservation organizations, the Philadelphia Zoo is home to nearly 1,300 animals, many rare and endangered. By connecting people with wildlife, the Philadelphia Zoo creates joyful discovery and inspires action for animals and habitats. The Philadelphia region’s leading family destination, the Zoo welcomed more than 1.2 million visitors last year. The Philadelphia Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. For more information on the Philadelphia Zoo, as well as to purchase and print tickets online, visit us at www.philadelphiazoo.org. Philadelphia Zoo is a non-smoking facility.

http://www.sbnphiladelphia.org/jobs/view/philadelphia_zoo_conservation_internship_unless_campaign/

Among the ING Foundation’s areas of focus are financial literacy – the foundation is interested in programming that empowers individuals to take control of their financial futures through education, financial literacy, and financial planning, with special attention to the needs of young people and minorities; and children’s education – the foundation is committed to supporting and improving education for youth in grades K-12, especially children in underserved areas or facing economic disadvantages. The foundation is interested in both “broad, strategic partnerships” and “smaller, local programs.” Deadlines: February 15 and May 15. Details HERE.

http://ing.us/about-ing/responsibility/ing-foundation-grants

In 2013, Greenbuild is coming to Philadelphia! The U.S. Green Building Council is now accepting proposals for presenters and topics for Greenbuild 2013, including all associated Summits. This conference features educational sessions covering all aspects of sustainable design, construction, and operations practices for buildings and communities, including their impact on people, the environment, and the economy.

Visit the Call for Proposals and Call for Reviewers pages for further details.

Call for Proposals: http://greenbuildexpo.org/education/2013-education-sessions/call-for-proposals.aspx

The submittal deadline for the call for proposals has been extended to Tuesday, January 15 at 4:59 pm ET. No extensions will be granted after this date.

Call for Reviewers: http://greenbuildexpo.org/education/2013-education-sessions/call-for-reviewers.aspx

The application deadline for the call for reviewers has been extended to Tuesday, January 15 at 4:59 pm ET. No extensions will be granted after this date.

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 take advantage of the many funding opportunities available for afterschool STEM. They have also developed a toolkit to help programs become advocates for STEM in afterschool. Making the Case for STEM Afterschool provides steps to developing a strong case to present to any audience. It helps users tailor the message and identify data and talking points, and offers policy recommendations.

http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/STEM-Funding-Brief-10182012.pdf

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10964-012-9814-3?LI=true#page-1

A Special Urban Agriculture Festival for Penn State Alumni

Save the Date: Saturday, April 27, 2013
Time: 1:00 – 5:00 PM
Place: SHARE
2901 West Hunting Park Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129

Come experience what Penn State’s legendary EXTENSION program does in and for the City of
Philadelphia – growing food, teaching families how to eat well and be good parents, involving kids in fun
and healthy activities.

Lots of hands-on demonstrations and fun activities for kids showcasing the wide range of leading edge,
science focused, agricultural education services provided by PSU EXTENSION. Tour high tunnels and meet
the farmers who use them to grow food year round throughout the city; see cooking demonstrations;
learn how to keep bees in your backyard and be a master gardener; watch 4-H kids demonstrate their
archery skills.

Best of all, grow your connection from Philadelphia to PSU while you mix and mingle and sample free
food and soft beverages, listen to live music, purchase harder beverages, participate in a scavenger
hunt, and have some fun in the photo booth. Stay tuned for more details.

To learn more about Penn State EXTENSION visit http://extension.psu.edu/philadelphia. All donations
and surplus contributions will go to SHARE (http://www.sharefoodprogram.org).

To join this event as a sponsor, or for more information, please contact Theresa Lorentson at 215-471-2200 or tdl11@psu.edu.

http://www.psaydn.org/take_ten/2012/December/beyond_the_bell.pdf

http://www.ascd.org/news-media/Press-Room/News-Releases/New-ASCD-PD-Resources-Problem-Based-Learning-Differentiated-Instruction-Common-Core-Implementation.aspx

Location: Wellesley College Club at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Instructors: Daniel Michaud Weinstock and Kristin Pineo

This seminar is for afterschool directors, supervisors, curriculum and education coordinators, and 21st CCLC personnel interested in utilizing the Afterschool Program Assessment System (APAS). APAS is one of the only assessment systems available that helps afterschool programs link quality and youth outcomes together in a comprehensive, flexible, and integrated fashion.

Attend this two-day seminar to:

Understand the APAS program improvement approach
Develop confidence in using the three APAS measurement tools for school-age youth:

• SAYO-Staff & Teacher Surveys – measure changes in intermediary youth outcomes linked with long term healthy development and educational success.
• SAYO-Youth Survey – our newest survey provides a unique opportunity to hear directly from youth in key areas related to their future success. The SAYO-Y is for youth in grades 4-12.
• APT-Observation Tool & APT-Quality Questionnaire – help programs understand and document the quality practices that are linked to SAYO outcomes

Outline your own plan for using the tools in a process of ongoing quality improvement within your program
Take this seminar and learn to use our nationally recognized, scientifically tested, APAS system. Upon completion of the training your site will receive full access to the SAYO and APT tools.

Learn more about APAS and its tools, SAYO and APT.

http://www.niost.org/Summer-Seminars/summer-seminars-2013-seminar-a