Friday, May 31, 2019 from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM

Location: School District of Philadelphia, 440 N. Broad Street

Agenda can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16vATNTIjd-fFBBsUFLM_UTEAzhL2VZQD?usp=sharing

Each year, PHENND’s K-16 Partnerships Network hosts a day long convening about university, school, and community partnerships and is a day of planning, reflection, and sharing of information. This year we are partnering with the Office of Environmental Management & Services at the School District of Philadelphia. Under this office, the District developed GreenFutures (http://www.philasd.org/greenfutures), a five-year sustainability plan that was created by District staff and stakeholders with a common goal: to make public schools great and green. This plan is in support of Action Plan v3.0 and it aims to make every school a green school that will better serve our students and communities. GreenFutures is made up of five sections: Education for Sustainability (EfS), Consumption & Waste, Energy & Efficiencies, School Greenscapes and Healthy Schools, Healthy Living.

Education for Sustainability (EfS) is a holistic framework to equip students, schools, administrators, families and the community with the skills, knowledge and habits of mind that will prepare them to create and contribute to a world where economic prosperity, social justice and responsible citizenship may be strengthened while restoring our health and that of the living systems upon which our lives depend. For more information visit the Cloud Institute: https://cloudinstitute.org/cloud-efs-standards/

Our Keynote Speaker this year is Jaimie P. Cloud, the founder and president of the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education in New York City. Jaimie has been working with the School District of Philadelphia on adopting the Education for Sustainability standards and benchmarks.

Agenda:

9:00        Registration, Networking and Breakfast

9:30        Opening Remarks from PHENND and the School District of Philadelphia Office of Environmental Management & Services

Introduction to Education for Sustainability – Jaimie Cloud, Founder and President of the Cloud Institute

11:45     Concurrent Sessions

• Global Leaders Program – Manisha Patel, Destinee Anderson The United Nations Association of Greater Philadelphia
• Community Based Environmental Health in Schools – Marilyn Howarth, MD, FACOEM, Senior Fellow Director, Community Outreach and Engagement Core (COEC), Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology, University of Pennsylvania
• Building STEM Skills through Aquaponics; leveraging formal and informal school partnerships to implement environmental education in a middle school.Erin McCool, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Riverbend Environmental Education Center & Dr. Sean Gardiner, Director of Curriculum and Instruction: STEM Education, Upper Merion Area School District
• Understanding the Urban Watershed  – Ellen Schultz, Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center

1:00        Lunch Discussion: Education for Sustainability – Implications for teachers and teacher candidates led by Jaimie Cloud

2:05      Concurrent Sessions

• Fiesta Schoolyards – Healthy Commons and a Strong Sense of Place – Elaine Lindy of the Lindy Family Foundation
• Panel Discussion – Youth Leadership in Sustainability: Beau Greisiger, student at Friends Central High School; Richard Ling, student at the University of Pennsylvania; Sarah Kuchan, student at Temple University; & Amani Reid, student at Temple University – Moderated by Jerome Shabazz Executive Director of the Overbrook Environmental Education Center
• Education for Sustainability – Philly: Developing Education for Sustainability Teacher Leaders – Victor Donnay from Bryn Mawr College, Sridevi Somireddy, Mastbaum CTE High School, Paula Miller, Lincoln High School, Maggie Osman, U School

3:30      Wrap-up, final thoughts/reflections

Lindy Award presentation for Excellence in K-16 Partnerships & Ice Cream Social

For more information contact Caitlin Fritz, Caitlin@phennd.org or 215-573-2379

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/phennd-k-16-summer-institute-education-for-sustainability-tickets-59608066331

Through its Anna Lalor Burdick Program, the Lalor Foundation seeks to empower young women and enhance their opportunities in life through education about healthy reproduction.

The program supports organizations that offer comprehensive, innovative, and unbiased sexual and reproductive health education to young women. The foundation is particularly interested in programs serving young women who are disadvantaged by poverty, discrimination, geographic isolation, lack of comprehensive sex education, hostile public policy, or other factors with potential to lead to inadequate sexual and reproductive health.

Grants awarded through the program typically range between $10,000 and $35,000.

Priority will be given to new programs, initiatives, or innovations within already-successful programs. Programs at new or grassroots organizations capable of giving excellent services also will be considered.

Concept papers are due by May 1, 2019. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal. The online portal will open one month prior to the concept paper deadline.

Eligible candidates must be tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. While projects may take place outside the U.S., only organizations based in the U.S. are eligible to receive a grant.

See the Lalor Foundation website for complete program guidelines and application instructions.

Deadline: May 1, 2019 (Concept Papers)

Application Guidelines

With the goal of improving patient care in hospitals, clinics, homes, and communities, the Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation supports nurse-led healthcare innovation and research. Drawing on its knowledge of the unique and important role played by nurses, the foundation believes it has valuable insights with respect to relevant modes of research and alternative models that can lead to more equitable patient-centered health care.

To that end, the foundation is accepting applications for its Emergent Innovation Program, which seeks to accelerate the development of bold, nursing-driven interventions targeting the needs of vulnerable populations, including the economically disadvantaged, racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ people, and those experiencing homelessness. Through the program, grants of $50,000 will be awarded in support of early stage (untested or minimal-evidence) innovations that address health and healthcare problems in new ways.

Priority will be given to proposals that include one or more of the following: the engagement of patients, families, caregivers, and/or community organizations; inter-professional or multidisciplinary collaboration; institutional and community partnerships; the provision of care in non-hospital settings; and measurable goals and outcomes.

The foundation believes that transformative ideas are as likely to come from small community care settings as they are from major academic research centers and thus supports innovations from a range of institutions, care settings, and practitioners (including postdocs, adjunct faculty, and interdisciplinary faculty).

Eligible candidates include organizations that are tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that are not classified as a private foundation; international organizations that are equivalent to a 501(c)(3) and that are submitting a project focused on the U.S.; government entities; and faith-based organizations that welcome and serve all members of the community regardless of religious belief.

Letters of Intent are due April 29. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal by July 22, 2019.

See the Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation website for complete program guidelines and application instructions.

Deadline: April 29, 2019 (Letters of Intent)

http://www.rahf.org/documents/website/2019_HEI_RFP_20190315.pdf

The New York City-based William T. Grant Foundation is accepting applications for its Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence program. Through the program, the foundation seeks high-quality field-initiated studies that identify, build, and test strategies to ensure that research evidence is used in ways that benefit youth.

The foundation welcomes ideas initiated by social scientists across a range of disciplines and diverse methodologies with the potential to advance researchers’ own disciplinary work and scholarship and reveal insights about ways to improve the use of research evidence. The foundation is particularly interested in research on improving the use of research evidence by state and local decision makers, mid-level managers, and intermediaries, and in research dedicated to the following lines of inquiry: identifying or testing strategies to improve the use of existing research; identifying or testing strategies for producing more useful research evidence; and testing the assumption that using high-quality research improves decision making and youth outcomes.

Grants will range between $100,000 and $1,000,000 over one to four years. In addition to financial support, grantees receive significant time and capacity-building resources, as well as opportunities to connect to other scholars, policy makers, and practitioners.

Only tax-exempt organizations are eligible to apply. A copy of the Internal Revenue Service tax-exempt status determination letter is required from each applying organization.

Letters of Inquiry are due May 1, 2019. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal.

See the William T. Grant Foundation website for complete program guidelines, application instructions, and descriptions of previously funded projects.

Deadline: May 1, 2019 (Letters of Inquiry)

http://wtgrantfoundation.org/library/uploads/2018/11/2019-Research-Grants-App-Guide-_-URE.pdf

Best Practice Forums are a series of workshops from SBN that use member case studies to create meaningful opportunities to learn, connect, and build a better business.

This Best Practice Forum presents a chance for business owners to hear from a group of business owners and professionals who will speak about their vision and practices for supporting re-entry, hiring returning citizens, and building an inclusive economy. You can expect to hear from Kimberly McGlonn, Ph.D., CEO & Founder of Grant Blvd, Bob Logue, Co-Owner of Quaker City Coffee, and others. Click here to register.

SBN Members, please log in first to unlock your free tickets.

Non-member tickets are $25. (Not a member yet? Join today.)

https://www.sbnphiladelphia.org/event/best-practice-forum-fair-chance-hiring

Nurturing Learners, Growing Leaders
New Foundations Charter School
April 14-16, 2019 | Philadelphia, PA

NYLC is excited to announce that New Foundations Charter School in Philadelphia, P.A. will be the host site for the National Service-Learning Conference!

Join us in celebrating 30 years of growing youth as leaders! The National Service-Learning Conference highlights and promotes service-learning as a way of teaching and learning that builds academic and citizenship skills while renewing communities. It is the only major national conference that provides professional development to a diverse audience of K-H educators, administrators, pre-service teacher education staff and faculty, researchers, youth leaders, partners, parents, program coordinators, national service members, community-based organization staff, policy-makers, and corporate and foundation officers.

Service-learning is democracy in action. It’s young people taking notice of inequities where they see them, and taking steps to address them. It’s educators joining in partnership with students, to make education fair and meaningful for all. It’s problems that need solving – environmental justice, economic justice, human rights – solved by those least likely to be asked to solve them, but to whom those solutions matter most.

Join us in action. Create. Demonstrate. Lead. Facilitate. Serve. Organize. Resist. Triumph. Do something. If you dream of a just world like we do, let’s make it happen.

https://nylc.org/conference/

About the organization: The Penn Center for Community Health Workers is a nationally-recognized hub for Community Health Worker (CHW) research, patient care, and dissemination. Our IMPaCT CHW model has served more than 8,000 people in Philadelphia. The program is proven to improve primary care access, chronic disease control, and mental health while reducing hospital days by 65%. More than 1,000 organizations have accessed our tools (http://chw.upenn.edu) and we work with organizations across the country to help them launch and sustain effective CHW programs. We are part of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which provides competitive salaries and exceptional benefits, including a retirement contribution and annual tuition benefits.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: The Executive Assistant is responsible for supporting our executive team to increase organizational productivity and ensure smooth functioning of underlying processes and systems. An integral member of our fast-paced, high-functioning team, you will:
 Manage schedules for a four-person executive team
 Make travel arrangements department-wide
 Oversee the hiring and onboarding process of all new staff for department of 60 employees
 Ensures the successful implementation of events, including on-site meetings and trainings
 Supervise an Office Manager
 Receive and directs visitors to the Center
 Screen calls and direct them to the appropriate party
 Collaborate with university and local vendors to maintain organizational systems and function
 Respond to requests and provide information to interested parties about the Center and our work
 Ensure the successful completion of special projects

Skill and Experience Required:
 Previous experience in an administrative or support role
 Superior time management and organizational skills, including the ability to multitask with ease
 Able to meet deadlines and remain calm under pressure
 Works well with a wide variety of people, including all staff and partner organizations
 Comfortable giving direction to others
 Excellent verbal and written communication skills
 Able to manage projects independently and juggle multiple projects simultaneously
 Extremely familiar with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat
 Handling confidential information, including executive correspondence and budgets, with an exceptional level of care
 Must be willing to commit to minimum two years of employment
 Associate’s degree required; bachelor’s preferred

To Apply: Send cover letter and resume to Chanel Ortiz (chanel.ortiz@pennmedicine.upenn.edu) with subject line “Executive Assistant”. Please label attachments as follows: “LastnameFirstname_EAcoverletter” “LastnameFirstname_EAresume” Materials can also be faxed to 215-243-3254, attention Chanel Ortiz.

A recent webinar was on service-learning oriented toward medical schools. In the U.S. service-learning is now an accreditation standard (Standard 6.6) for medical schools. Expand your school and faculty’s understanding of service-learning and implementation of this standard. One of the presenters in the webinar, Eric Hartman, is the Executive Director of the Haverford College Center for Peace and Global Citizenship.

You can find the recording here under the “Watch Recordings of Recent Webinars” section and also find information about upcoming webinars.

Plan to attend RSVP’s VEC Spring 2019 workshops on April 26 and May 21.

MEET THE FUNDERS: A Moderated Panel Discussion Friday, April 26th 9:30 am to noon

Get inside the heads of decision makers of several foundations that fund locally. Learn how foundation leaders view the issues facing our region; how they make strategic funding decisions and determine desired outcomes and what they really want from their nonprofit partners. The 90-minute presentation, moderated by Margaret Brenner, VEC Program Manager, will be followed by an audience Q&A session, and a 30-minute “meet and greet”.The interactive Funders’ Panel will discuss current and emerging trends in foundation and corporate philanthropy. It will give participants a window into the grantmaker’s point of view and provide valuable information about the state of philanthropy and what each funder looks for in a fundable program.

Location: Giant Food Stores, 2ndFloor Conference Room, 315 S. York Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090

Tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-the-funders-tickets-54707096398

GRANT RESEARCH AND WRITING: Increase Your Success Rate Tuesday, May 21 9:30am to noon

This workshop will focus on targeting the foundations most likely to fund your nonprofit work, giving you a paradigm for writing persuasive proposals. We encourage attendance of Executive Directors of nonprofit organizations that have been operating for at least 2-3 years as well as staff who focus on getting grants.

Location: RSVP office,901 East 8th Avenue, Suite 200, King of Prussia, 19406

Tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grant-research-writing-increase-your-success-rate-tickets-54707649051

For more information or if you require special accommodations, Contact Margaret Brenner at margaretb@rsvpmc.org or call (610) 834-1040 ext 135.

Full Time

Family Literacy Educator:
SOWN is seeking a Family Literacy Educator to provide a range of family literacy services for grandparents and the grandchildren aged 3-8 that they are raising. The educator will also participate in community outreach, data collection, project planning, and other activities as part of the GrandFamily Literacy Program. The Family Literacy Educator will have demonstrated experience working with parenting adults and teaching preschool/early elementary learners in a culturally and linguistically sensitive manner in an urban environment. S/he will hold at least a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in early childhood education/special education or literacy education, and have a minimum of two years of teaching experience.

The Family Literacy Educator will have the following responsibilities:

• Collaborate to develop and facilitate a community-based workshop series designed to help grandparents build the literacy/language skills of their grandchildren
• Collaborate to develop, coordinate, and facilitate interactive special events for families to increase and expand children’s language, vocabulary, reading, and use of words/language
• Engage in outreach to community organizations, schools, aging service programs and other educational/human service programs
• Coordinate and oversee digital literacy skills workshops for grandparents
• Track changes in children’s literacy skills and in adult behaviors through use of assessments and surveys
• Collaborate with children’s teachers/learning specialists, partner organizations and consultants to assess program’s impact on children’s literacy and enhance children’s learning
• Provide grandfamilies with information and referral for additional services that support family literacy success
• Work as a member of a team to ensure high quality program development, implementation, and coordination
• Participate in program reviews, reports, and meetings
• Advocate for the needs of grandfamilies with other systems
• Other responsibilities as needed

Skills:

• Demonstrated computer skills with Microsoft Office
• Familiarity with database management
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent trauma-informed communication skills

Hours:
Full time position. Monday through Friday employment.

Accountability:
The Family Literacy Educator will report to the Family Literacy Project Leader.

Apply by April 12, 2019. Please email Abby Binder at abinder@sown.org with a resume and letter of interest.

In this webinar, authors Christine Harrington and Melissa Thomas demonstrate how the syllabus, rather than being a mundane document to convey policies, can be a motivating resource that conveys a clear sense of your course’s learning goals, how students can achieve those goals, and establish your teaching philosophy. Christine Harrington and Melissa Thomas are the authors of Designing a Motivational Syllabus: Creating a Learning Path for Student Engagement, part of The Excellent Teacher Series.

Listen in on your own on Friday, April 19, 2019, 4 PM or start a faculty listening group. Register here for complimentary access to the Stylus webinar series, as well as access to the webinar re-plays and transcripts, which will be available following the live events.​​​​​​​

Location: Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Up your networking game!

Some computers will be available for hands-on practice but we strongly encourage you to bring your own (fully-charged) laptop, tablet, or mobile device. A Free Library library card is required to access wifi. All sessions are free but registration is requested as space is limited. Click here to register. 

The Business Resource & Innovation Center (BRIC) is excited to offer monthly lunch and learn sessions on the third Thursday of the month from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. These sessions will be an opportunity to learn a new skill, get hands-on experience, and network with peers.

Check out our upcoming Lunch & Learns here.

Stop by the Business Resource and Innovation Center (BRIC) between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. to have your resume reviewed by a hiring manager with over two decades of experience hiring, firing, and managing employees.

No registration is required! You will be seen on a first-come first-served basis.

We are hiring for a variety of temporary jobs, including census takers, recruiting assistants, office staff, and supervisory staff. To be eligible, you must be at least 18 years old, have a valid Social Security number, and be a U.S. citizen. Candidates must complete an online job application. The application includes assessment questions about your education, work, and other experience.

More information and to apply.

We are currently recruiting for our Summer 2019 programs in the following locations: Philadelphia, Upper Darby.

More information and to apply.

We are currently recruiting for our Summer 2019 programs in the following locations:  Philadelphia, Upper Darby.

More information and to apply.

Location: Cobbs Creek Recreation Center, 280 Cobbs Creek Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19139

Please join us for a free workshop for educators, practitioners, and parents on proven methods and lessons that improve the comprehension skills that improve standardized test scores. The workshop will consist of lessons than combine self empowerment based on Common Core standards. We will discus and share ideas on ways we can help more students build their comprehension skills and do better on ELA tests.

Register on Eventbrite: Increasing ELA scores made simple

Wages at the top of the income distribution continue to rise much more rapidly than wages for everyone else, according to an analysis of the latest federal data by the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank.

But the data are just as notable for what they don’t say, according to the report by EPI economist Elise Gould. Increases in wages at the top are outpacing economists’ ability to measure them because the federal survey tracking the wage data “top-codes” the highest earnings amounts: For confidentiality reasons, wages are fully recorded only up to a certain threshold. The Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau, which jointly administer the survey, haven’t changed that threshold in 20 years, even as top incomes have skyrocketed. As a result, the survey is capturing less information on top pay than it used to.

“All workers who report weekly earnings above $2,884.61 (annual earnings for full-year workers above $150,000) are recorded as having weekly earnings of exactly $2,884.61, to preserve the anonymity of respondents,” Gould writes. That top-code threshold hasn’t been updated since 1998. As a result, the survey is becoming less useful for tracking top incomes at a time when public concern over inequality is growing. Representatives from the Census Bureau did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

“In the overall wage distribution, over the period analyzed in this report, the share of workers reporting weekly earnings at or above the top-code rose from 0.8 percent in 2000 to 4.2 percent in 2018,” according to the report. “In 2018, the share of white workers with weekly earnings hitting the top-code was 5.2 percent. For working men, that share was 5.9 percent in 2018.”

From the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/02/21/income-inequality-is-rising-so-fast-our-data-cant-keep-up/

Full report: https://www.epi.org/publication/state-of-american-wages-2018/

This class was created to address the interest in developing smart, coordinated strategies that unify your marketing efforts. The three primary learning goals are to:

· understand how to develop an integrated strategy across all your social media

· master market research and analytics to measure engagement and demographics, understanding metrics, tracking, analysis and goal-setting

· learn how to evaluate and adapt the ever-changing best practices in social media that will work best for your organization

Among the tools to be explored are email marketing, management tools, search engine optimization, optimizing visuals, legal implications, trends, tracking links and advertising.

You’ll be able to use this class to tie together everything you are doing in digital marketing so that it is a fully integrated component of your marketing plan, taking full advantage of its vast potential.

When: May 21, 2019, 9 am to 4 pm at Ballard Spahr, 1735 Market St., Philadelphia

Register here >>
https://www.lasallenonprofitcenter.org/courses/fundraising-2/creating-a-comprehensive-and-strategic-approach-to-digital-media/

Thursday, April 4th at 3:00 PM or Tuesday, April 9th at 1:00 PM

This 90 Minute Interactive Webinar Will Give you Step-by-Step Instructions and Tactics to Build Your Nonprofit Email List!

With all the changes to social media platforms over the past year, it’s more important than ever for nonprofits to focus on building their email lists. According to the M+R Digital Benchmarks Study, nonprofits grew their email lists by 11% last year, and email revenue increased by 24% – that’s 28% of all online giving!

Join Julia Campbell, digital marketing strategist who has helped nonprofits build their online communities and raise thousands of dollars online, and learn how to attract new supporters to your email list using your website and social media platforms. Julia is a certified CharityHowTo Topic Expert.

Whether your nonprofit is large or small, has a huge online presence or is just starting out, there are strategic ways to use your website and social media channels to attract new email subscribers and bring them onto your list. We will show you how!

https://www.charityhowto.com/nonprofit-webinar/new-how-to-build-your-email-list-using-your-website-and-social-media-platforms-a-step-by-step-guide