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oung Education Professionals is a DC-based non-profit created by and for young professionals that connects tomorrow’s education leaders through relationship-building, knowledge development, career and professional development, and community engagement .DCAB-L supports the Washington DC/Baltimore area bluegrass community by providing a forum for its denizens.Disruptive, potentially illegal, or commercial non-bluegrass posts, are not tolerated and consitute grounds for expulsion

Monday, 24 August 2015

[YEP-DC] Job Posting: Test Monitors Needed

Urban Teacher Center (UTC) is seeking multiple candidates to oversee high-stakes testing of the students of UTC teachers in public schools across Washington, D.C. The Test Monitors will work closely with the Data and Assessment Coordinator to assist in the delivery and oversight of the beginning-of-year pre-test assessment process. This position will play an instrumental role in ensuring reliable test results, which guide the accountability model for the teachers in the UTC program.

Please see attachment for more information and how to apply.

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[YEP-DC] Volunteer with Reading All-Stars this Fall!

Are you looking for a way to volunteer with kids in DC? Check out Reading All-Stars!

Founded by TFA alumni in 2009, Reading All-Stars is a one-on-one reading tutoring program in DCPS. This spring, we started at our third school, HD Cooke Elementary where 41% are English Learners, and only 34% were proficient in reading in SY13-14. At our previous school, students made 30% greater reading gains than the rest of the school. We are looking for more volunteers to keep up the momentum.

Saturday, September 12th, 10am-1pm - Fall Orientation

Sign up here for our Fall orientation

HD Cooke Elementary School

2525 17th St. NW (at Euclid St., near 18th/ Columbia)

Washington, DC 20009

Metro: Adams-Morgan (red) or Columbia Heights (green/yellow)

We meet Saturday mornings, and you'd be paired with a K-5 student who's 1-2 grade levels behind, helping them improve on targeted reading skills. No literacy or elementary experience needed. We're off on holiday weekends and have subs for occasional absences... you can even "share" a student with another volunteer. Can/t make the 9/12 orientation? There will be others.

Learn more and sign up here!

In addition to reading volunteers, we are looking for Young Ed Professionals to help out as program coordinators as we prepare for our HD Cooke program kickoff this fall. Coordinators recruit and train volunteers, analyze student data, plan reading skill workshops, and work with parents, students, teachers, and principal to make the program run. Email jonathan.elkin@gmail.com to learn more.

Thanks so much for your continued commitment to kids!

Sincerely,

Jon Elkin

Co-Founder, Reading All-Stars program

www.GrassrootsEducationProject.org

[YEP-DC] Internship Posting: Alumni Relations Intern at Society for Science & the Public

https://www.societyforscience.org/alumni-relations-intern

Alumni Relations Intern

The Society for Science & the Public Alumni Relations internship is intended for people planning careers at educational institutions or non-profits with an interest in alumni relations, communications, fundraising and development, institutional advancement, and/or event planning. It is offered three times a year for at least a three-month stay within the following periods: spring (January to April), summer (May to August), and fall (September to December). Note: Applications for the Fall 2015 internship are being accepted now on a rolling basis.

Interns will work 15 hours per week at SSP’s Washington, DC offices and receive a stipend of $400 every two weeks. Please send your resume and cover letter to career@societyforscience.org. Emails should include “Alumni Intern” in the subject line. No phone calls please.

Interns must be current undergraduate or graduate students. Preference is given to alumni of SSP education competitions and students with an interest and participation in STEM news, research, or education. Applicants planning to receive course credit for this internship should provide any necessary information regarding requirements to SSP. One applicant will be selected.

Internship Summary: SSP’s growing Alumni program is looking for an enthusiastic, high-energy, and highly organized intern to support our Alumni research and events initiatives. Possible duties include:

Perform substantive, comprehensive research projects on SSP alumni
Help plan and coordinate local events
Create first drafts of blog posts, newsletter articles, and communications to SSP alumni
Draft and format content for SSP Alumni webpages
Catalogue and edit photos using Adobe Photoshop
Assist with general administrative duties

Applicants possessing the following skills are highly encouraged to apply:

Excellent written and oral communication skills
Excellent computer skills, including Internet research
Adobe Creative Suite preferred
Database experience preferred
HTML experience preferred
Customer service experience preferred

To learn more about Society for Science & the Public, please visit www.societyforscience.org

The Society for Science & the Public is committed to equal opportunities and creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. We welcome applicants regardless of ethnic origin, gender, religious beliefs, disability, sexual orientation or age.

Yours sincerely,

Carolyn Carson

Alumni Coordinator

Society for Science & the Public

1719 N St. NW

Washington, D.C. 20036

202-872-5154

Sunday, 23 August 2015

[YEP-DC] Sign up for YEP-DC NEW Year-Long Service Project: Virtual Mentor with Cesar Chavez HS Students

Hello YEP-DC,

YEP-DC is excited to offer a new year-long service opportunity with students at Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy. By participating, you will serve as an advisor for 1-2 high school seniors as they work on their senior thesis project over the course of the school year. As a part of the Thesis Advisor Program (TAP), you will help a student with their 10-20 page paper and a powerpoint on a public policy issue, to be presented in May.

The commitment of this activity is the full school year, September-May.The time commitment is about 2 hours of contact on a biweekly basis, primarily email and through working on documents. Correspondence with the student will need to be tracked weekly on a google sheet. During September-January, the focus will be on the powerpoint outline. From January-March, they will focus on the paper, and from March-May, they will focus on revising the outline and making the final powerpoint. The work will be done/shared on google drive. Volunteers are encouraged, but not required, to attend the final student presentations in the evenings May 16-19, 2016.

In early September (one evening, about 1 hour), there will be a mandatory training webinar that you must complete in order to participate. Details will be forthcoming.

If you are interested in participating, please send an email with your name to Cristin Caparotta at c.caparotta@gmail.com. From there, you will be contacted by a Cesar Chavez staff member who will send you a survey to complete with your information and preferences. Please contact Cristin by Monday August 31, 2015 at 7:00pm in order to participate.

We look forward to having you join this exciting her partnership!

[BloomingdaleActionList] Fwd: Found cat

Anyone know the owner--or want to adopt this really super cool tall fixed male cat? He's very tame, playful, social, seems to get along with other cats, appears to be very homeless and is just one coooool cat.

He's hanging around 100 block of W St NW. We named him Cecil:)

Come get him.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S®4

Friday, 21 August 2015

[YEP-DC] Join the YEP-DC Leadership Team! Apply Today!

Are you interested in taking on a more active role with YEP-DC? The Leadership Team is excited to announce that we have several positions open on our leadership team! We have the following positions open:

Website Editor and Graphic Designer

Social Media Coordinator

Social Chair

YEP-Connect Chair

Mentorship Chair

Descriptions of these positions can be found here: http://www.youngedprofessionals.org/yep-dc-apply-for-leadership-team.html and are also attached in this email.

To apply, email your resume and a cover letter explaining your interest and qualifications for the position to dc@youngedprofessionals.org.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us dc@youngedprofessionals.org.

[YEP-DC] Paid Professional Development for Science Teachers

EarthEcho International PAID Professional Development

Saturday, September 12

Join EarthEcho International staff in an interactive forum for middle and high school educators. This workshop explores best practices for project based learning, focusing on the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Participants will:

examine critical environmental issues;
explore actions students and classrooms can take;
leave with the tools to make science more relevant and action-oriented.

For more information and to register please visit: http://earthecho.org/news/paid-PD-DCPS. Email education@earthecho.org will any questions.