The week of
June 10, 2019
Other Local Events and Workshops
The Annual Catholic Urban Education Seminar (CUES), June 20
Cabrini University
This free event, Pursuing Solidarity and Equity in Catholic Urban Education School Communities, which focuses on exemplar educational equity practices, will occur on Thursday, April 20, 2019, 9 AM...
Best Practice Forum: Fair Chance Hiring – Jun 20
Sustainable Business Network of Philadelphia
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...
Sale of Furniture from Temple University Paley Library – Jul 12
Temple Surplus
Temple Surplus is hosting a sale featuring furniture from Paley Library (Temple’s main library) to avoid landfill waste during the move to Temple’s new Charles library, which is opening...
Hear from Advisor to Daymond John of Shark Tank, June 18
Community College of Philadelphia
Date and Time: Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 6:30-8 pm Location: Northwest Regional Center, CCP, 1300 W Godfrey Avenue, Room 216, Philadelphia, Pa 19141 Join the Community College of Philadelphia as we...
Educator Professional Development Training
Inc.
LEGACY BRIDGES STEM ACADEMY, INC., A NASA LEGENDS & TRAILBLAZERS STEM INSTITUTE “PA Teachers In The Workplace” Calling All Educators Come Fly With Us Act 48 Credits – Middle and High...
New Resources
Free IT training program for young adults
Tech Impact
ITWorks program recruiting young adults for free IT training program ITWorks () is now recruiting students, ages 18-26, for its Fall 2019 classes in both Philadelphia and Wilmington. The Philadelphia...
New Book – The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges are Failing Disadvantaged Students
Harvard University Press
Getting in is only half the battle. The Privileged Poor reveals how — and why — disadvantaged students struggle at elite colleges, and explains what schools can do differently if these...
Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States
Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education
The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education (Pell Institute) at the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) and the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy at the...
Latinos in Higher Education: Compilation of Fast Facts
Excelencia in Education
Overview Excelencia in Education accelerates Latino student success in higher education to address the economy’s need for a highly educated workforce for civic leadership. Policy must keep up...
New report on teacher pay
Economic Policy Institute
The teacher weekly wage penalty hit percent in 2018, a record high Trends in the teacher wage and compensation penalties through 2018 In 2018, teacher strikes in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Arizona,...
Receiving weekend food improves school attendance among children living with hunger
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: May 13, 2019 Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau Summary: Children living in food-insecure households are more likely to attend school on Fridays if they’re...
New Book: Changemakers! Practitioners Advance Equity and Access in Out-of-School Time Programs
Information Age Publishing
A new book for the Out-of-School Time (OST) Field, featuring the writing of staff from two Philadelphia organizations, MightyWriters & Fab Youth Philly. A foundational tenet of the Out-of-School...
Partnerships Classifieds
Mentors Needed: Valley Youth House
Achieving Independence Center
The Achieving Independence Center Mentor Program serves adolescents between the ages of 14 and 21 who have or had involvement with the foster care system. Mentoring relationships with caring adults...
Volunteers needed: Teaching Assistants for ESL Classes
Upper Darby Community Outreach Corporation
Upper Darby Community Outreach Corporation, a non-profit that provides a variety of services for children and adults, is looking for volunteer teaching assistants for our ESL classes. We offer four...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
Transforming Juvenile Probation Certificate Program – Apply by Jul 26
Georgetown University
Center for Juvenile Justice Reform Accepting Applications for Transforming Juvenile Probation Certificate Program In partnership with the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Georgetown University’s...
Dismantling Structural Inequalities: Infusing the Arts in Our Work, Aug. 7-9
Community Campus Partnerships for Health
Join us for the 3rd Annual Structural Inequalities Intensive, August 7-9, 2019 in New Orleans, LA, hosted by CCPH in partnership with the Ashé Cultural Arts Center and the Robert Wood Johnson...
Go Alliance 2019 Annual Meeting, Call for Proposals, Deadline July 3
SREB Go Alliance
Go Alliance’s annual meeting connects professionals from national organizations and SREB states who work in the fields of school counseling, college access, and postsecondary success, including...
American School Health Conference – Oct 2-4
American School Health Association
ASHA’s 2019 School Health conference, taking place at the Hyatt Regency in Cincinnati, OH October 2-4, is a great resource for school health professionals across the US and internationally to...
Grant Opportunities
Scholars Program for reducing inequality – Jul 2
William T. Grant Foundation
William T. Grant Invites Applications for Scholars Program The New York City-based William T. Grant Foundation supports research aimed at improving the lives of young people between the ages of 5 and...
Projects Documenting Human Migration – Jul 10
National Geographic Society
National Geographic Seeks Projects Documenting Human Migration The National Geographic Society has issued call for proposals for projects that document human migration. There are 65 million refugees...
Inclusive Excellence Competition – Diversity in STEM – Jul 31
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
HHMI Invites Applications for Third Round of Inclusive Excellence Competition The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) in Chevy Chase, Maryland, is inviting applications for the third round of its...
Making a Difference in Bioethics Program – Jul 1
Greenwall Foundation
Greenwall Foundation Issues RFP for Making a Difference in Bioethics Program The Greenwall Foundation has issued an RFP for the fall 2019 funding cycle of Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics,...
Projects Dedicated to Reducing Ocean Plastic Pollution – Jul 10
National Geographic Society
National Geographic Issues RFP for Projects Dedicated to Reducing Ocean Plastic Pollution The National Geographic Society has issued an RFP for projects aimed at reducing ocean plastic pollution....
ecoSolution™ Grants – Jul 15
Captain Plant Foundation
Captain Plant Foundation Invites Applications for ecoSolution™ Grants The Captain Planet Foundation was established as a corporate foundation to support youth-led efforts inspired by the show,...
Football Field Improvement Projects – Aug 30
NFL Foundation
NFL Foundation Grassroots Program Invites Proposals for Field Improvement Projects The NFL Foundation Grassroots Program is a partnership of the National Football League Foundation, which provides...
Funding for social issue films – Jul 31
SFFILM
SFFILM Invites Applications for Film Projects in Writing, Development Phase Through the Westridge Grant, SFFILM supports independent narrative feature films that seek to address social issues and...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
President & CEO, Philadelphia OIC
Philadelphia OIC
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The President & CEO will oversee direct reports and other staff, interns and volunteers. During fund raising efforts, he/she/they will spend a majority of...
JEVS – Assistant Manager
JEVS Human Services
The JEVS Human Youth & Gateway Programs division is looking for an Assistant Manager to join the E3 Power Center City team. The Assistant Manager is responsible for supervising our Support...
Goodwill: UPS Hiring Event, June 19
UPS
Date and Time: Wednesday, June 19, 2019, 9 AM – 12 PM Location: Goodwill Job Resource Center, 201 E. Baltimore Avenue, Landsdowne, PA 19050 Goodwill of Delaware & Delaware County will be...
Become an AmeriCorps VISTA with Penn State Brandywine
Penn State Brandywine
Penn State Brandywine is seeking a full-time, 12-month AmeriCorps VISTA to assess the current state of the Penn State PaSSS Retention program at Penn State Brandywine, and to specifically create or...
Senior Director of Content and Engagement
Pennsylvania Humanities Council
The Pennsylvania Humanities Council puts the humanities in action to create positive change. Our programs and grants bring Pennsylvanians together to build avenues for civic involvement and community...
Program Coordinator- Lindy Scholars Program
Drexel University
The Lindy Center for Civic Engagement is currently hiring a Program Coordinator for the Lindy Scholars Middle-School Mentoring Program. The Lindy Scholars Program serves middle-school students at...
Assistant, Kitchen
People's Emergency Center CDC
JOB DESCRIPTION Summary: The Kitchen Assistant works with the Kitchen Manager on the preparation and planning of meals for PEC’s emergency housing kitchen located at Gloria’s Place and Rowan...
Manager, Kitchen and Food-Related Programming
People's Emergency Center CDC
Department: Social Services Classification: Exempt Reports to: Manager, Intake and Residential Services JOB DESCRIPTION Summary: The Manager of Kitchen and Food-Related Programming is responsible...
Ceiba – Advocacy Coordinator
Ceiba
Ceiba is a coalition of Latino non-profit organizations. Its mission is to promote the economic development and financial inclusion of the Latino community through collaborations and advocacy aimed...
Early Learning Specialist
First Up
The Early Learning Specialist manages a caseload of early childhood centers, programs or schools and provides technical assistance, career advising, and professional development as needed or dictated...
Assistant Principal 2019-2020
Independence Mission Schools
Independence Mission Schools (IMS) is a non-profit network of 15 independent Catholic schools providing a transformative education to children of all faiths in low-income neighborhoods across the...
School Principal
Independence Mission Schools
Independence Mission Schools (IMS) is a non-profit network of 15 independent Catholic schools providing a transformative education to children of all faiths in low-income neighborhoods across the...
Chief Development Officer (CDO)
Independence Mission Schools
Independence Mission Schools (IMS) is a non-profit network of 15 Pre-K to 8th grade elementary schools re-envisioning urban Catholic education in and around the city of Philadelphia. IMS schools...
Art Teacher – St. Rose of Lima (2019-2020)
Independence Mission Schools
Independence Mission Schools is looking for candidates who have a commitment to our mission, a growth mindset for themselves and students, experience in differentiating instruction based on...
Grade 2 Teacher – St.Barnabas (2019-2020)
Independence Mission Schools
Independence Mission Schools is a network of 15 Catholic schools across Philadelphia, supporting over 5,000 students of all backgrounds. We are looking for candidates who share in our mission to...
Miscellaneous
Summer Course Preparation for Campus Compact Community Engagement Professional Credentialing
Merrimack College
Merrimack College is partnering with Campus Compact to support the Community Engagement Professional Credentialing Program. We are offering an online course this summer that will prepare you for the...
Makuu Summer Impact Program – apply by Jun 15
University of Pennsylvania
The Makuu Summer Impact Program is a five-week day camp that will give students a college experience — encompassing college access and completion, student led development of critical...
Environmental Education Landscape Survey
Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE)
The Pennsylvania Department of Education needs your help to better understand the Environmental Education Landscape K-12 across the Commonwealth. Follow the survey link to help us better shine a...
College Success Network
ACHIEVEMPLS SHARES INSIGHTS FROM GATES GRANT AT HARVARD STRATEGIC DATA PROJECT CONFERENCE
AchieveMpls
Our Career & College Centers Manager Kevin Salkas recently traveled to Harvard University to present at a Harvard Strategic Data Project Annual Convening breakout session on lessons from the...
Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States
Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education
The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education (Pell Institute) at the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) and the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy at the...
WHAT IS A NUDGE AND HOW CAN IT HELP MORE COLLEGE STUDENTS GRADUATE?
Persistence Plus
White paper: College leaders have long known that behavioral and non-academic factors play an important role in students’ decisions to leave college. Students feel disengaged, confused or...
Latinos in Higher Education: Compilation of Fast Facts
Excelencia in Education
Overview Excelencia in Education accelerates Latino student success in higher education to address the economy’s need for a highly educated workforce for civic leadership. Policy must keep up...
Faculty Updates
New Book – The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges are Failing Disadvantaged Students
Harvard University Press
Getting in is only half the battle. The Privileged Poor reveals how — and why — disadvantaged students struggle at elite colleges, and explains what schools can do differently if these...
The Annual Catholic Urban Education Seminar (CUES), June 20
Cabrini University
This free event, Pursuing Solidarity and Equity in Catholic Urban Education School Communities, which focuses on exemplar educational equity practices, will occur on Thursday, April 20, 2019, 9 AM...
Summer Course Preparation for Campus Compact Community Engagement Professional Credentialing
Merrimack College
Merrimack College is partnering with Campus Compact to support the Community Engagement Professional Credentialing Program. We are offering an online course this summer that will prepare you for the...
Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States
Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education
The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education (Pell Institute) at the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) and the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy at the...
Program Coordinator- Lindy Scholars Program
Drexel University
The Lindy Center for Civic Engagement is currently hiring a Program Coordinator for the Lindy Scholars Middle-School Mentoring Program. The Lindy Scholars Program serves middle-school students at...
Latinos in Higher Education: Compilation of Fast Facts
Excelencia in Education
Overview Excelencia in Education accelerates Latino student success in higher education to address the economy’s need for a highly educated workforce for civic leadership. Policy must keep up...
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