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Nonprofit Friend--I am excited to share a great opportunity to work with a great organization, Great Oaks Foundation, with a great team! They are seeking their inaugural Development Director. Please consider this opportunity or share with your networks.
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As we begin a new school year, more than 900,000 students attending 9,500 schools will be going #BacktoSchoolwithAmeriCorps. They will be greeted by 55,000 AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers who are there to help improve school readiness, attendance, and behavior; boost reading and math achievement; and increase access to college and careers. These AmeriCorps members are creating positive and supportive learning environments. #AmeriCorpsinSchools. #Stand4Service #AmeriCorps30 #NationalService
Our Fellows tackle chronic absenteeism everyday. The chronic absenteeism rate was lower for students working with a Fellow than those without one at our largest school partner site in D.C. Attendance is a cornerstone of learning, which makes addressing this issue critical to students’ overall success. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e2RXKQ2u
Celeste Johnson completed her second fellowship year as a Fellow Lead in June and will be a special education teacher in Newark starting this school year. Learn more below! A fun story from a student: I encouraged one of the quieter students in our Arts Club to audition for A Wrinkle in Time. At the end of the audition time she spoke up and asked to audition. She blew everyone else out of the water and really got into character. She set the scene, her tone was on point, and she was stomping like the character would and it was just amazing. None of the adults in the room could keep the smiles off their faces and once she was done, we told her how great she was and how proud we were of her! What did you learn about yourself this year? This year taught me to step into the fullness of who I am and to have confidence in myself. This year forced me out of my comfort zone and pushed me to be in a leadership position, which is something I had never envisioned for myself. How did the fellowship help you figure out your next steps? Through these past two years of working as a tutor/mentor with students, it’s made me realize that I want to take on more responsibility and become a teacher in a community that I’ve already grown to love.
Thanks for coming!
Executive Vice President-Head of International Operations at Kunskapsskolan Education
Inspiring days at GO Foundation Forum at International House in New York. Great conversation on the international panel with Tom Hooper, Liz Cohen and Nandini Chatterjee Singh. Thank you, Michael Thomas Duffy for the invitation, dinners and great moderation.
