Summary of the April K-16 Partnerships Meeting:
Posted by on April 22, 2011
Arcadia University hosted the K-16 Partnerships Network for our fourth monthly meeting. This month’s topic addressed how to work with non-profit partners to create sustainable programs in Philadelphia schools. Representatives from non-profits such as Need in Deed, Academies Inc., Foundations, and Playworks Inc. met with professors, deans of education and service-learning staff from eight area colleges to discuss:
- How to promote and expand programs run by non-profits that directly meeting schools’ needs and that are able to utilize college students as key participants in the work they do.
- Training college students in a few high-interest areas such as, tutoring, mentoring, play/recess strategies, college access. With the goal of having this training done by these non-profits or CBO’s that could be expanded to support them, and/or partner with service-learning courses.
- How to use “career focused” clubs and groups on college campuses to enhance programs in public schools, especially related to STEM subject areas.
- Why non-profit involvement (ie: support and training from committed professionals whose main purpose is to support public schools) allows for better service-learning experiences overall.
- Hosting a June Institute for faculty and staff that would address these issues and allow teachers, staff, faculty of both K-12 and Higher Ed institutions to work on building strong partnerships to provide the best possible services to public schools in Philadelphia.
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