Elementary education majors from six area colleges attended a conference focused on developing teacher champions through leadership, service, and scholarship. The conference aimed to prepare teachers to recognize the unique experiences of each student and their community in order to effectively connect and support students. Speakers emphasized that teachers must address students' basic needs in order to teach effectively and highlighted the importance of building relationships within the school community. The conference provided opportunities for pre-service teachers to learn about establishing service projects and gain experience teaching mini-lessons in local classrooms.
Community of Friends, Inc is a 501c3 dedicated to inclusion, awareness, and opportunities for developmentally disabled individuals. This slideshow will showcase their activities in Baldwin, LA and the surrounding communities.
Community of Friends, Inc is a 501c3 dedicated to inclusion, awareness, and opportunities for developmentally disabled individuals. This slideshow will showcase their activities in Baldwin, LA and the surrounding communities.
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Community of Friends, Inc is a 501c3 dedicated to inclusion, awareness, and opportunities for developmentally disabled individuals. This slideshow will showcase their activities in Baldwin, LA and the surrounding communities.
Community of Friends, Inc is a 501c3 dedicated to inclusion, awareness, and opportunities for developmentally disabled individuals. This slideshow will showcase their activities in Baldwin, LA and the surrounding communities.
UWATX's Volunteer Project Leader program graduated more than 40 local middle school students graduated this year. These students completed 18 projects and gave 865 hours of service back to their own communities.
Learn more:
Activating Community Partnerships for Education - Community Chest Issues SummitKirsten Richert
On March 22, 2019, The Community Chest of Eastern Bergen County hosted a Summit on Education—"Activating Community Partnerships for Education"—an important event focused on building partnerships to strengthen K-12 educational outcomes in eastern Bergen County. This program featured expert presentations and enabled participants to meet and work with people from all sectors—citizens, public officials, school administrators, nonprofit representatives, faith-based organizations, business owners, and community leaders—on this critical issue.
Participants in this Summit:
• Were inspired by models of successful School-Community partnerships currently supporting our local schools in Bergen County.
• Discovered potential partnership resources and met new contacts in our area.
• Generated ideas and learned how to further develop promising partnerships.
This presentation was used to guide participants through the day's agenda. Please contact The Community Chest of Eastern Bergen County with questions or follow up suggestions at https://thecommunitychestebc.org/
Florida Library Association Conference 2012 Poster Session about Mayor Buddy's Book Club a partnership between the City of Orlando and the Orange County Library System.
Activating Community Partnerships for Education - Community Chest Issues SummitKirsten Richert
On March 22, 2019, The Community Chest of Eastern Bergen County hosted a Summit on Education—"Activating Community Partnerships for Education"—an important event focused on building partnerships to strengthen K-12 educational outcomes in eastern Bergen County. This program featured expert presentations and enabled participants to meet and work with people from all sectors—citizens, public officials, school administrators, nonprofit representatives, faith-based organizations, business owners, and community leaders—on this critical issue.
Participants in this Summit:
• Were inspired by models of successful School-Community partnerships currently supporting our local schools in Bergen County.
• Discovered potential partnership resources and met new contacts in our area.
• Generated ideas and learned how to further develop promising partnerships.
This presentation was used to guide participants through the day's agenda. Please contact The Community Chest of Eastern Bergen County with questions or follow up suggestions at https://thecommunitychestebc.org/
Florida Library Association Conference 2012 Poster Session about Mayor Buddy's Book Club a partnership between the City of Orlando and the Orange County Library System.
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Here is a collection of my top clips from Virginia Commonwealth University's student newspaper "The Commonwealth Times," the VCU Public Relations Office and other publications.
Public schools in New York ran the gamut from segregated to parochial to open-to-all. The African Free School, which was founded in 1787 and expanded greatly after New York abolished slavery in 1827, to schools “for poor white children of any religious background whose family was unable to afford private, paid education” run by The Free School Society.
Teachers reflected the characteristics of their student body.
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Teacher champions New model for elementary ed majors
1. Elementary education majors from six area colleges presented at the conference.
Image: Regina Broscius
Teacher champions: New model for elementary ed
majors
Schools as core of communities
June 7, 2016
The Penn State Abington cafeteria reverberated with the repeated call (from faculty):
“We are teachers!”
And response (from 70 teachers-in-training):
“I believe!”
It wasn't a pep rally instead it was a roomful of elementary education majors from six area
colleges and universities who sacrificed a sunny Saturday to attend the Collective Impact
Regional Conference: Leadership, Service and Scholarship (LS2).
LS2 was born of the movement to mold educators into effective teacher champions. Why teacher
champions? Kathleen Fadigan, assistant professor of education at Abington, explained this
transformational model for education.
“Each child is formed by experiences unique to them, their family and community," she said.
"Teachers who graduate from Abington are prepared to work in any socioeconomic setting. They
can recognize and assess their community, connect with them, and understand how that society
works."
2. Penn State Abington elementary education majors sort books for a community partnership school. The schools receive donations
of time and materials, and the student teach mini-lessons and assist students and their teachers.
Image: Penn State
Abington faculty Ann Martinelli and Temple University's Jason Bazzone served as the
emcees/organizers/motivators for LS2. Students led workshops on establishing, expanding, and
maintaining service in school communities.
"Teachers who graduate from Abington can recognize and assess their
community, connect with them, and understand how that society works."
-- Kathleen Fadigan, Abington faculty
Abington education majors combine entrepreneurship with civic engagement to accomplish
service goals. With the Purse Project, for example, they collected handbags and filled them with
tissues, feminine products, and other mom essentials. They distributed the bags at Abington's
community partnership schools in economically challenged neighborhoods.
3. Pierre LaRocco, a guidance counselor at South Philadelphia High School, explains the process his school adopted to help
students receive social service supports they need. Without addressing these other needs, he said they cannot effectively teach.
Image: Regina Broscius
The professionals, including educators from the Philadelphia school district, took turns schooling
the pre-service teachers on the skills and attitude necessary for teacher champions.
Guidance counselor Pierre LaRocco spoke about the community school model adopted at South
Philadelphia High School. They incorporate social workers from about 20 providers into the
culture of the building with teachers referring students in need of supports.
“You can't teach students chemistry if they are wondering where their dinner is coming from.
We must take care of their basic needs first,” he said. “Is this the role of the school? Well, if we
don’t do it, we can't teach effectively.”
“You can't teach students chemistry if they are wondering where their dinner
is coming from. We must take care of their basic needs first." Pierre LaRocco,
high school guidance counselor
Otis Hackney, chief education officer for the City of Philadelphia, works with public and private partners to
aid the beleaguered School District of Philadelphia. He was by turns funny (introducing himself with lyrics
from the classic "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" song: ‘West Philadelphia born and raised’) and dead serious.
“You’re not even good at teaching, yet. You will struggle," the former math teacher said. "And
you will have wins. Prepare yourself for that.”
He challenged them to weave the core values of LS2 into the classroom and their careers. As a
math teacher, he developed his own classroom community, Hackney’s Haven.
4. “You are primarily a relationship builder,” he reminded them. “Treat people with sense of
community and respect and dignity.”
Abington education majors teach lesson in to local elementary school students.
Image: Penn State
“You are primarily a relationship builder.”
-- Otis Hackney, chief education officer, City of Philadelphia
Martinelli, the Abington faculty member who co-organized LS2, summed up the day for the
preservice teachers: “Collaboration helps teaching and learning come alive. If service wasn’t
running in your blood before, I hope it is after today.”
The international education honor society, Kappa Delta Pi, sponsored LS2. Students from
Camden County College as well as Rowan, Arcadia, and West Chester universities attend with
peers from Abington and Temple.
Abington elementary and early childhood education majors channel service projects through the
Education Club, which supports underprivileged schools through donations of supplies and time.
The club also provides professional development and provides the opportunity to observe and
teach mini-lessons in classroom settings.
CONTACTS:
REGINA BROSCIUS
rmb45@psu.edu
Work Phone: 215-881-7800
http://www.abington.psu.edu/
http://abington.psu.edu/story/9442/2016/06/06/teacher-champions-new-model-elementary-ed-majors