From: "Pollak, Edward (Retired)" <EPollak@wcupa.edu>
Date: July 31, 2012 1:26:08 PM EDT
Subject: Ed's Bluegrass Newsletter for Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Reminder: this will be the last newsletter until the 3rd week in August...............
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
http://home.comcast.net/~epollak/
Husband, father, grandfather, bluegrass fiddler, banjoist & biopsychologist............... in approximate order of importance
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Deputy Director
Campus Information: Founded in 1856, the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) is one of the nation's top public research universities. Our 1,250-acre campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., providing unique resources and opportunities for the campus community. The University embraces diversity and inclusion as core values and has recently begun implementation of a Strategic Plan for Diversity, Transforming Maryland: Expectations for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion.
Position Summary: The Office of University Diversity seeks a full-time Deputy Director to support the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) and to provide leadership throughout the campus with respect to equity, diversity and inclusion. The Deputy Director will work with various constituents, including faculty, staff, administrators, and students, to implement aspects of the Strategic Plan for Diversity. S/he will serve as a key resource, consultant, and collaborator in considering policies and developing and evaluating programs and initiatives that advance the Plan. S/he will conduct special projects and research related to equity, diversity and inclusion, and support the work of the Diversity Advisory Council. S/he will stand in for, and represent, the CDO as needed.
Minimum Qualifications: A master's or doctoral degree, preferably a terminal degree in their field. An advanced degree in a discipline related to equity, diversity, and inclusion, such as Education, Psychology, Counseling, Women's Studies or Law, is desirable. At least five years of experience in developing, implementing and/or evaluating diversity programs. At least five years of experience working in higher education. Substantial knowledge and skills related to diversity challenges, opportunities, initiatives and programs in higher education. Experience in leading teams or committees in higher education. Excellent oral communication skills, including workshop/presentation and public speaking skills. Excellent written communication skills. Excellent human relations skills: effectively models engaging with diverse students, staff and faculty in an inclusive, unbiased and affirmative manner. Preferences: Strong preference given to candidates with demonstrated skills in leadership, consensus-building, and implementation of successful initiatives and programs. Quantitative data analysis and grant-writing skills are desirable.
The Office of University Diversity: The Office is led by the CDO/Associate Vice President, who reports to the Senior Vice President and Provost and serves on the President's Cabinet. She is charged with managing the implementation of the University's Strategic Plan for Diversity. She serves as the University's chief equity officer and primary spokesperson on diversity issues. The CDO supervises the Deputy Director, a Program Coordinator, and five diversity-related units that provide academic, cultural, and social support to underrepresented students, diversity education to the campus community, and advocacy around diversity and inclusion.
Compensation: Annual salary beginning at $88,000 or higher, commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits and leave package including tuition remission. Benefits information is available at www.uhr.umd.edu.
To Apply: Applications must be submitted at https://jobs.umd.edu. Search for position number 102331. Applications must include a cover letter describing the applicant's interest in, and fit for, the position, a CV, and contact information for three professional references. For best consideration, materials should be submitted by September 4, 2012. However, applications will be considered until the position is filled. Please direct all questions to: Dr. Colleen "Coke" Farmer, Search Committee Chair, at cfarmer@umd.edu or (301) 405-2473.
The University of Maryland, College Park, actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, marital status, genetic information, or political affiliation. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.
About Flex Academies
Flex Academies provides engaging after school activities, and offers a consistent, safe, turnkey, revenue sharing partnership with that school's PTA. Flex Academies is transforming and strengthening the after school program model by handling every aspect of the program from customized websites for the school, registration, parent communications, insurance, and generous profit sharing.
Job Title
Part time Onsite After-School Activities Coordinator
Duties
The Onsite coordinator's duties shall include, but not be limited to:
* Meeting and greeting the vendors as they arrive on time to the school on their assigned date.
* Manage, distribute, and maintain rosters (checking against daily attendance at school).
* Overseeing vendor performance on a daily basis through observing instructors and student participation.
* Maintaining daily attendance records and session reports (ensuring both are entered into online portal and ready for approval by Flex Academies administrator the next day).
* Ensuring students arrive at their activities and depart based on the pre-assigned schedule.
* At the end of each day, validating that all attendance reports are submitted to the school.
* Communicating with parents regarding program questions, changes or cancellations as well as student attendance.
Qualifications
* The right person will be a great communicator, very responsible, demanding of the vendors, and fun!
* The right candidate must interact comfortably with students, parents, vendors, and front office staff.
* Excellent written and oral communication skills
* Dedicated to the success of after school activities at your school
* Ability to work independently
* Excellent organizational skills
Schedule
This is a part-time job opportunity, approximately 6-8 hours a week working from the designated school. The on- site coordinator will be expected to execute their role from 3:00-5:00 (for elementary schools) and 2:00-4:00 pm (for middle schools) every day the Academy is in session during the week.
In your response to this job opening, please include the following:
1) Cover Letter
2) Resume
3) Availability
4) Past experiences in education, management, and after school activities
5) References
Compensation
Hourly rate - $20-$30 and based on experience
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Capital Partners for Education – Development Associate
Background: CPE improves the futures of motivated low-income youth by helping them receive a quality education, graduate from high school, and attend and complete college. We currently offer students in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area a unique combination of one-on-one mentoring, individualized staff support, college and career readiness programming, and scholarships. Since our inception in 1993, a remarkable 99% of graduates have enrolled in college. For the past seven years, 100% of our seniors have enrolled in college immediately after graduation. Please visit our website www.cpfe.org to learn more about our work.
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Development Associate (Full-Time)
The Development Associate will work closely with CPE’s Deputy Director to manage, implement and expand activities relating to individual, foundation and corporate fundraising, social media, and marketing communications.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Qualifications include:
· Bachelor’s degree required
· Fundraising experience, including proposal writing, is a plus
· Excellent written, oral, interpersonal and organizational skills
· Strong attention to detail is a must
· Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple projects
· Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a small, fast-paced, team-oriented environment
· Demonstrated interest in non-profit sector as evidenced by volunteer activity/previous employment
· Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite required
General Information
· Salary commensurate with experience
· Excellent benefits, including medical and dental insurance
To apply, please e-mail a cover letter and resume detailing your qualifications and interest in CPE, as well as a brief writing sample (3 pages maximum), to Kathleen Malliarakis, Deputy Director, at kathleen@cpfe.org. No phone calls please.
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Kathleen Malliarakis
Deputy Director
Capital Partners for Education
1413 K Street NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-682-6020, ext. 222
Fax: 202-682-6026
E-mail: kathleen@cpfe.org
Web: www.cpfe.org
Press release from McDuffie's office- can't remember where all I have seen this notice, but thought I would send it out to you guys, as a reminder, since the first meeting is tonight. Note that not one of these meetings is in Bloomingdale, but I nit pick - some are close. lol . I just checked with his staff, and was told that he, or a member of his staff, is expected to be at the special BCA meeting on Saturday afternoon with DCWater. I am sure that most of the people attending these meetings will not be interested in Bloomingdale/LeDroit Park flooding issues, but if you can't go Saturday, if you want to definitely see the CM, and especially if you have another issue besides flooding, you might want to make an effort to attend one of these meetings.
Have a great week!
Betsy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ward 5 Councilmember's Office
Jeannette Mobley, Constituent Services Director
Councilmember McDuffie is coming soon to a neighborhood near you!
A pledge made before taking office, Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie (D-Ward 5) will be instituting community engagement office hours in neighborhoods across Ward 5. "I understand how difficult it is to make a trip to the Wilson Building, particularly for our senior citizens and residents with disabilities," indicates McDuffie. "That is why it is so important for me to take my office to the community, creating an opportunity for my constituents to voice their concerns." Community engagement hours will run for approximately two hours.
Feel free to attend the session that best suits your schedule. Please see scheduled locations below:
Community Engagement Hours
Monday, July 30
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Joe Cole Recreation Center
1299 Neal Street, NE
Tuesday, July 31
6:30pm – 8:30pm
N. Michigan Park Recreation Center
1333 Emerson Street, NE
Thursday, August 2
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Turkey Thicket Recreation Center (Enter from Michigan Avenue or 10th Street, NE)
1100 Michigan Avenue, NE
Saturday, August 4
10:00am – 12:00pm
Langley Jr. High School Education Campus
101 T Street, NE
Monday, August 6
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Community Academy Public Charter Schools (CAPCS)
1400 First Street, NW
Wednesday, August 8
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Theodore Hagan Cultural Center Multi-Purpose Center
3201 Fort Lincoln Drive, NE
Thursday, August 9
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Israel Baptist Church - Lower Level
1251 Saratoga Avenue, NE
FYI...
Hobsons helps educators, administrators, students, and families maximize success through every stage of the learning lifecycle. Hobsons' personalized learning, academic planning, post-secondary enrollment, and student support solutions serve millions of students across more than 7,500 schools, colleges, and universities worldwide.
Sales Associate
Job Summary
The Sales Associate serves as a Territory Sales Manager and is responsible for development of an assigned geographic territory in K-12 education – public and private. Territory development includes opening new business opportunities and teaming with strategic market managers to expand success at the state and foundation level. The position is located in our Arlington, VA office and is a direct contributor sales position. The core mission of the Sales Associate is to grow revenue from the assigned territory by exceeding quota targets. Hobsons is a high growth market leader that has dramatically expanded available client solutions that meet critical education challenges.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities
Required Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills
Knowledge of: Sales processes, CRM (SalesForce.com preferred), Territory management, Software or Services based solutions, Consultative Selling Skills, Web-based presentation tools (i.e. WebEx, LiveMeeting, adobe connect, etc.)
Ability to: develop and manage a territory and sales plan to achieve required sales objectives
Skill in: identifying opportunity, moving prospects through a documented process, and effectively communicating company solutions verbally and in writing
Minimum Qualifications
An appropriate combination of education, training, course work and experience may qualify an applicant to demonstrate the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. An example of an acceptable qualification for this position is:
Ability to document identity and employment eligibility within three (3) days of original appointment as a condition of employment in compliance with Immigration Reform and Control Act requirements.
Hobsons offers a competitive salary along with an excellent benefits package including:
To learn more about Hobsons, please visit our corporate Web site at
EEO / M / F / D / V
The Assessment Specialist is responsible for leading the creation and revision of all major assessments that transform a network of four schools to an empowering focus on higher-order thinking, critical thinking, and concept-based frameworks.
Primary Accountabilities:
· Support the refinement and implementation of assessments that measure deep conceptual understandings, higher order thinking, critical thinking and disciplinary literacy
· Provide teachers with a roadmap for transforming their classrooms into intellectual centers through formative assessments and the use of qualitative and quantitative data
· Assist teachers in igniting students' intellectual curiosity by making connections between core academic principles and real-world application
· Design and lead professional development workshops, retreats and learning labs to deliver the vision that students of any age can affect social change through an empowering curriculum
· Collaborate with fellow members of the Public Policy Department on all aspects of an empowering curriculum and public policy courses
· Bring resources to the schools (e.g. speakers, public policy materials) to help better integrate public policy into the curriculum and general life of the schools
· Support tangible efforts to increase public policy culture in the schools (e.g. co-curricular clubs, conferences, etc.)
· All other duties as assigned
Requisite Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
· Bachelor's degree in education or related field
· 3+ years of exp in field of education experience required; some teaching exp preferred
· Intellectual curiosity; commitment to continuous learning and improvement
· Commitment to research-based decision making
· Strong follow-through and ability to efficiently execute complex tasks
Qualified Candidates,please visit us at www.chavezschools.org, Careers
Do you believe that African American boys are capable of academic excellence when provided extraordinary teachers and a strong, achievement oriented school culture? Do you believe a school organized around well-defined structures, consistent expectations for academic and intellectual excellence will transform an inner city boy’s life? Have you closed the achievement gap through rigorous, well-planned instruction? We are looking for you! The Septima Clark Public Charter School is the first public charter school for boys in Washington, DC. The school is built on the No Excuses philosophy. Schools created around a culture of achievement and excellence ensure that the most under-served children are competent, capable, and competitive. A No Excuses school is built by people with a sharp focus on academic achievement, commitment to work hard, unrelenting focus on student outcomes. No Excuses people find joy in excellence.
Essential Skills and Qualifications
• 100% commitment to urban education and ensuring that every male scholar excels and is college-bound.
• 100% commitment to a No Excuses philosophy.
• 100% commitment to building and sustaining a No Excuses school.
• Relentlessly demonstrate and exhibit the PRIDE values (Perseverance, Responsibility, Integrity, Discipline, Excellence) and ensure that scholars exhibit the same values.
• Thrive in, create, and enjoy a highly structured, predictable environment.
• Eagerness to do whatever it takes to ensure exceptional academic achievement for male scholars.
• Superb instructional and classroom management skills.
• Meticulous organizational ability to set and accomplish priorities, organize and execute multiple responsibilities, meet deadlines.
Responsibilities
Curriculum and Planning
• Structure high-interest, standards-based lessons that challenge and develop students’ critical thinking skills; aligned with lesson, unit, and grade-level goals.
• Utilize strong content knowledge to effectively present material to students.
• Infuse joy and rigor in lessons to invest and excite students about their academic excellence.
• Exceptional proficiency designing and implementing standards-based lessons aligned with pacing guides and other curricular materials using established Septima Clark lesson planning tools.
Instructional Delivery
• Deliver well-planned, high quality instruction aligned with effective practices in boys' education.
• Plan and deliver direct instruction skill-based lessons in a whole group and small group format.
• Develop and implement high interest, skill-based learning centers.
• Provide consistent, structured and predictable classroom environments that support social/emotional development.
• Demonstrate strong management of time and instructional pacing in an extended instructional day (7:00am – 5:00pm).
Assessment and Data
• Regularly evaluate student progress using nationally-normed assessments, teacher-designed tests, and student-work samples.
• Create and use Excel worksheets to input and analyze classroom-level student achievement data.
• Actively analyze and use data to plan high-quality, skill-based lessons or structured academic intervention.
• Organize instruction to achieve school’s quantifiable academic benchmarks and goals.
Boys’ Education Practices & Character Development
• Create a positive, achievement-oriented, and highly-structured learning environment where all boys experience success.
• Explicitly develop scholars’ character through the PRIDE values (Perseverance, Responsibility, Integrity, Discipline, Excellence) and ensure that scholars exhibit the values in all interactions.
• Facilitate positive social interactions that support boys’ self-management of emotions and relationships.
• Demonstrate high degree of comfort with boys’ learning noise and activity while ensuring good order and appropriate conduct.
• Build strong, supportive relationships with boys to foster positive social-emotional development.
• Teach and support boys through explicit instruction in the social skills needed to become thoughtful and respectful citizens.
• Build a strong, boy-friendly classroom culture by implementing school-wide behavior/culture routines and procedures.
School Community
• Work closely with a co-teacher/Clark Fellow and other staff in a team-based environment.
• Establish and maintain strong, positive communication and relationships with families.
• Communicate daily with families about scholars’ academic and behavioral progress.
• Complete home visits as part of the school-home partnership twice a year.
• Participate in monthly Family Nights activities (6:00-8:00pm).
• Live and exemplify Septima Clark’s mission, vision, No Excuses culture, and expectations for excellence to colleagues, scholars, and families.
Professionalism
• Actively participate in all professional growth and development opportunities including weekly instructional coaching meetings, monthly professional development training, and external professional opportunities.
• Embrace a No Excuses philosophy and orientation toward all duties and responsibilities.
Qualifications
Septima Clark Public Charter School is a No Excuses school designed to eliminate the achievement gap for African American boys. This mission is accomplished through an extended school day (7:00 – 5:00pm) and an extended school year (190 days). A Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education is preferred (other degrees are considered based on teaching experience), passing scores on PRAXIS I and II Content Knowledge as required by NCLB before hire, a minimum of two years teaching experience in an urban elementary. Successful candidates must meet the Essential Skills and Qualifications identified above. Highly competitive salaries and benefits based on experience, specialization, certification, and educational attainment.
Hiring Process
Email a current resume, unofficial copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts to educate@scpcs.org. Position is open until filled. No calls are accepted for any positions. For more information about the school and our rigorous hiring process, visit our website at www.scpcs.org.
From: "Pollak, Edward (Retired)" <EPollak@wcupa.edu>
Date: July 27, 2012 6:35:38 PM EDT
Subject: Ed's Bluegrass Newsletter for Friday, July 27, 2012
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
http://home.comcast.net/~epollak/
Husband, father, grandfather, bluegrass fiddler, banjoist & biopsychologist............... in approximate order of importance
