Sunday, November 1, 2015
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Central Falls School District's Expanded Learning Community
Name of Organization: Central Falls Schools District's Expanded Learning Community www.cfschools.net
Name of Primary Mentor/Contact Person: Shannon Campbell
Street Address: Two locations
(1) Veterans Memorial Elementary School
150 Fuller Avenue
Central Falls, RI 02863
(2) Ella Risk Elementary School
949 Dexter Street
Central Falls, RI 02863
Phone: 401-727- 7726 EXT. 21009
Email Address: campbells@cfschools.net
How do you prefer to be contacted? Email
Description of the overall mission of this organization:
Central Falls School District's Expanded Learning Community (ELC) offers expanded learning programs to students in the elementary schools, the middle school, and the high school, in summer, afterschool, and other out-of-school time learning. Our vision is to build the capacity of Central Falls youth to be leaders, innovators and problem-solvers in their schools, their communities and beyond. We strive towards our vision by providing student-centered expanded learning programs that accelerate student learning in literacy and STEAM while also supporting their social and emotional growth.
Ages of youth served: 2nd- 4th Graders
Hours of internship: (number of hours, days, times)
5 hours per week: M/W or T/TH 2:00-4:30PM
OR
10 hours per week: M-TH 2-4:30PM
Dates: October 5th to December 17th, with the possibility of continuing for remainder of school year. Must be available for a brief orientation the week of September 28th.
Description of role and duties:
Interns are be responsible for assisting the school's Site Coordinator in the day-to-day activities of the Afterschool Program. Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
- Work directly with students in second through fourth grade as a support staff during afterschool programs.
- Assist program providers in facilitating program activities and engaging youth participants.
- Assist in program set-up, distribution of snacks, clean-up after snacks, and clean-up at the end programs.
- Provide assistance in directing student traffic during transition times and during the arrival/dismissal of youth participants.
- Provide assistance duringmergency protocols & procedures.
- Arrive promptly at 2:00pm and remain until program dismissal at 4:30pm.
Paid or unpaid: Unpaid
Description of the culture of the place (how many people in the office, dress code, communication style)
- During program set-up and clean-up, interns work directly with site coordinator.
- During program, interns work directly with one community provider or teacher and approximately 25 youth in either Ella Risk Elementary School or Veterans Memorial Elementary School in a classroom setting during afterschool hours.
- Dress code is school appropriate.
Special notes on process of getting this internship:
Required Qualifications:
- Required background check once hired
- Capacity to serve as a positive role model and mentor for youth participants of the afterschool program
- Desire to work with elementary youth in a positive atmosphere
- Reliable transportation to designated school
Desired Qualifications:
- Previous experience in youth development and community-based programs
- Previous experience working in a licensed childcare program or afterschool program
- Previous experience writing/planning activities for STEM, arts, sports, and/or skill building
What three TAGS would you use to label this internship?
hands-on, afterschool, school
Shannon Campbell
Director of Expanded Learning Opportunities
Central Falls School District
401.727.7726 ext. 21009 (office)
Sunday, September 6, 2015
Breakthrough Providence
Name of Organization: Breakthrough Providence
Street Address: 216 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02906
Name of Primary Mentor/Contact Person: Marisa Chock, Program Director for Teacher Education
Phone: (401) 528-2152
Email Address: mchock@breakthroughprovidence.org
How do you prefer to be contacted? Email
Description of the overall mission of this organization:
Breakthrough Providence has a dual mission: to create a pathway to college for low-income, academically motivated middle school students in Providence Public Schools, and to encourage talented high school and college students to pursue careers in education.
Ages of youth served: 7th-8th Grade
Hours of internship:
- After School Program: Wednesdays from 3:30-6:00pm with additional training and professional development meetings; October-May
- Tutoring Program: Tuesdays and/or Thursdays from 3:30-5:00pm; November-May
Description of role and duties:
- After School Program: The After School Program aims to develop critical thinking, communication, and leadership skills and to provide opportunities for students to explore talents, passions, and interests around a central social justice theme/topic. In the fall, teachersdesign and teach one engaging introductory lesson to rotating groups of students. In the spring, teachers guide students through extension projects that express their understanding of concepts from the fall. These projects may take a variety of forms, such as performances, infographics, visual art, and written pieces. Teachers are partnered in teams for both the fall and the spring, and experienced Mentor Teachers provide ongoing professional development to help teachers grow in the classroom.
- Tutoring Program: Tutoring aims to improve students' academic performance in high-need subjects, to strengthen students' study skills, and to improve students' self-advocacy skills. To achieve these goals, students are provided consistent, one-on-one 90-minute sessions based on an action plan collaboratively generated and monitored by the student, teacher or guidance counselor, parent, and tutor.
Paid or unpaid: Unpaid
Description of the culture of the place:
Breakthrough Providence has five year-round staff members who collaborate across all of our programs and initiatives. We are a Google-based office; proficiency and previous experience using Gmail and Google Drive is recommended.
Additional Requirements: School Year Program teachers and tutors must be able to provide their own transportation to/from Breakthrough Providence.
Special notes on process of getting this internship:
All interested applicants must submit a School Year Program Teacher/Tutor Application and complete the application process. Please check our website mid-September for more information and the application link.
Other Information: Follow us on Twitter (@breakthroughpvd) and Facebook to learn more about our programs!
What three TAGS would you use to label this internship?
#StudentCenteredLearning #TeachersAsLearners #SocialJusticeEducation
Marisa Chock
Program Director for Teacher Education
Breakthrough Providence
216 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02906
(401) 528-2152 office
PASA
Name of Organization: Providence After School Alliance (PASA) www.mypasa.org
Street Address: 81 Carpenter Street, Providence
Name of Primary Mentor/Contact Person: Ann Durham
Phone: 401-490-9599 x107
Email Address: adurham@mypasa.org
How do you prefer to be contacted? e-mail or phone
Description of the overall mission of this organization:
PASA's mission is to expand and improve quality after-school, summer, and other expanded learning opportunities for the youth of Providence by organizing a sustainable, public/private system that contributes to student success and serves as a national model.
PASA achieves this mission by making intentional connections between the community and the schools in it's AfterZone (middle school) and Hub (high school) initiatives.
Ages of youth served: 11-18
Hours of internship: (number of hours, days, times) Flexible, available M-F 9:00-5:00
Description of role and duties:
PASA has internship options within three different departments: Middle School Initiatives, High School Initiatives, and Quality Assurance. Opportunities within those departments include:
- Middle School Initiatives: Responsibilities include direct service activities with middle school youth, lesson planning, logistical coordination, data tracking.
- High School Initiatives: Responsibilities include direct service activities with high school youth, lesson planning, logistical coordination, data tracking.
- Quality Assurance: Responsibilities within the Quality Department include supporting the revisions and delivery of trainings for after school and summer educators; using data and feedback from this summer to identify needed changes for next summer; supporting staff on a national two-year project aimed at improving youth outcomes through purposeful data collection; and contributing to the development of digital badges to showcase the skills acquired by youth in PASA programs
Paid or unpaid: Unpaid
Description of the culture of the place
PASA has 19 full time staff members plus approximately 12 part-time site based staff. Dress code for office-based staff is business casual, while site-based staff working directly with youth dress slightly more casually.
All staff are motivated to provide the best possible programs for youth and communicate regularly through meetings, e-mail and chat.
Additional Requirements: (travel, etc)
Opportunities are available within PASA's office. There is also the potential for working at school-based programs. Interns are responsible for their own transportation to and from internship locations.
Special notes on process of getting this internship: Interested candidates will meet with PASA staff to determine the best fit within the organization based on candidates' interests and skills.
Other information:
What three TAGS would you use to label this internship?
after school, high school, middle school, quality, summer learning, hands-on, administrative, program development, digital badges, outcomes, training, professional development, data
Robert J. Randall
Director of Middle School Initiatives/ the AfterZone
c (401).649.0809
http mypasa.org
"To expand and improve quality after-school, summer, and other expanded learning opportunities for the youth of Providence."
Providence Community Library
Name of Organization: Providence Community Library
Street Address: Multiple; there are 9 libraries in our system.
Name of Primary Mentor/Contact Person: Cheryl Space, Youth Services Coordinator
Phone: 401-467-2700 x1616
Email Address: cspace@provcomlib.org
How do you prefer to be contacted? I prefer email.
Description of the overall mission of this organization: Providence Community Library is the public library system for the city of Providence. We operate 9 libraries, one in every neighborhood in the city. We provide a wealth of books and other materials for recreation and lifelong learning, as well as computer labs with Internet access. Our many programs for children and teens include summer reading, Ready for Kindergarten!, Cradle to Crayons (for 1-3 year olds), movie nights, arts and crafts, and homework help.
Ages of youth served: babies – high school students
Hours of internship: (number of hours, days, times): Since each library is open one or two evenings a week, every afternoon, and some mornings, we are very flexible. Our greatest need is afterschool (2:00 – 6:00) and during the day for our Ready for Kindergarten! Program (primarily morning hours).
Description of role and duties: (include administrative or hands-on or both): A library internship will be very hands-on, with little or no administrative responsibilities. We are seeking interns for our Ready for Kindergarten program, designed for 3.5 – 5 year old children and their parents/caregivers. This is a 9-week program that is designed for children who are not enrolled in a formal preschool. Ready for K provides a group experience for young children, including learning stations, story time, Storytelling/Story Acting, and take home activities for families. Interns in this program can expect to: help library staff set up/clean up the workshop, interact with children and adults at the learning stations, collect stories from children, serve snack, encourage families to take books home, and help collect paperwork (registration, surveys, family activity logs). Interns may have the opportunity to interview families for program evaluation, develop learning stations, and lead Story Acting during circle time.
Interns may also lead informal kindergarten activity stations in the afternoons, welcoming back families from Ready for K as well as inviting new children to participate. The activity stations are created with the toys and other hands-on materials from the Ready for K program. (blocks, costumes, math/science props, art).
If an intern is interested in working with babies and toddlers, her or she may decide to work with library staff on our Cradle to Crayons program for 1-3 year old children. This program, like Ready for K, involves a play time with age appropriate toys followed by a story time with books, rhymes, songs, and games.
In addition, interns interested in developing and leading an afterschool program at the library are invited to apply. Programs can be offered in any subject area, depending on the skills and interests of the intern.
Paid or unpaid: unpaid
Description of the culture of the place (how many people in the office, dress code, communication style): Three people staff our smaller libraries, and our larger, regional libraries have approximately 10 employees. The dress code is casual, especially since much of the internship will require playing with young children. Since staffing is lean, it is very important that all staff members, including volunteers and interns, communicate and keep to their assigned schedule. If anyone is going to be out for any reason, that needs to be communicated at the earliest possible time so that alternate plans can be made.
Additional Requirements: (travel, etc): The intern will need to travel to their assigned library for work. All of our libraries can be reached by public transportation.
Special notes on process of getting this internship: Any interested intern will have an initial meeting with Cheryl Space, Youth Services Coordinator, to determine if a library placement is ideal, meeting both the career/educational goals of the intern and the programming needs of the library. Once a potential project is identified, and both parties agree the library is a good fit, the intern will meet with the librarians at the library where they would like to work to discuss logistics and create a plan for orientation.
Other information: Since many of our library patrons speak Spanish, the library welcomes bilingual interns.
What three TAGS would you use to label this internship? Preschool, afterschool, library
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Cheryl Space
Youth Services Coordinator
Providence Community Library
401-419-2916 (cell)
401-467-2700 x1616 (office)
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Youth In Action
Name of Organization: Youth In Action (www.youthinactionri.org)
Street Address: 672 Broad St, Providence, RI 02907
Name of Primary Mentor/Contact Person: Lindsay Tarnoff
Phone: 401-474-1608
Email Address: lindsay@youthinactionri.org
How do you prefer to be contacted? phone or email
Description of Site:
Youth In Action (YIA) is all about young people—their capacity to lead, their natural ability to innovate, and their desire for positive change. YIA was started by teenagers in 1997 and since its inception youth have played key leadership roles at every level of the organization. Over the years YIA has grown from a small grassroots organization into one nationally recognized as a positive force for developing youth agency and community collaboration.
YIA is where youth share their stories, practice leadership, and create change in their communities.
Ages of youth served: high school
Hours of internship: (number of hours, days, times) flexible, but ideally would include Mon and Tues 4 pm - 6 pm
Description of role and duties: (include administrative or hands-on or both)
Duties would be primarily hands-on with some small administrative tasks. Intern would be supporting developing and leading workshops around identity, cultural competency, and school reform
Paid or unpaid: unpaid (though lots of fun!)
Description of the culture of the place (how many people in the office, dress code, communication style)
Intern would be working with 6 full time staff members in a shared office. It is a youth organization, full of young people, full of great energy. We have a very relaxed environment with open communication.
Additional Requirements: (travel, etc) n/a
Special notes on process of getting this internship: Please send an email and resume to lindsay@youthinactionri.org
What three TAGS would you use to label this internship?
leadership, youth development, school reform
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Lindsay Tarnoff
Development and Program Manager
Development and Program Manager
672 Broad Street | Providence, RI 02907
401.751.4264 | 401.474.1608 (cell)
Follow us on Twitter @youthinactionri
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
The Manton Avenue Project
Name of Organization: The Manton Avenue Project
Street Address: 55 Putnam St. Providence, RI 02909
Name of Primary Mentor/Contact Person: Meg Sullivan
Phone: 401-331-7007
Email Address: meg@mantonavenueproject.org
How do you prefer to be contacted? Email.
Description of the overall mission of this organization:
MAP's mission is to nurture the unique potential of young people in Olneyville by unleashing their creative voices and uniting them with professional artists to create original theatre. Through playmaking, we are giving kids tools to become tomorrow's creative thinkers and community leaders.
Ages of youth served: 8-18
Hours of internship: (number of hours, days, times) Can be flexible, and catered to students' needs. Most needed: afterschool hours 3:30-5:30p Mondays and Wednesdays, 2-6pm Fridays.
Description of role and duties: (include administrative or hands-on or both)
Hands-on classroom assistance with young people during our playwriting classes and Fun Fridays. Production assistance during our play festivals. Other opportunities for grant writing, fundraising, and marketing assistance if desired.
Paid or unpaid: Unpaid.
Description of the culture of the place (how many people in the office, dress code, communication style): We are a small, laid back, student-centered "Clubhouse." Interns are expected to respect the voices of young people and show a commitment to each child's success.
Additional Requirements: (travel, etc)
Special notes on process of getting this internship:
Other information:
What three TAGS would you use to label this internship?
Mentoring, Theatre, Afterschool.
Meg Sullivan
Executive/Artistic Director
The Manton Avenue Project
www.mantonavenueproject.org
Executive/Artistic Director
The Manton Avenue Project
www.mantonavenueproject.org
Upcoming shows and events: http://mantonavenueproject.org/events
Donate now! http://mantonavenueproject.org/?page_id=8
MAP News: http://mantonavenueproject.org/?page_id=10
MAP Blog Roll: http://mantonavenueproject.org/?cat=4
MAP video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYFpIkyWvz8&feature=youtu.be
MAP Blog Roll: http://mantonavenueproject.org/?cat=4
MAP video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYFpIkyWvz8&feature=youtu.be
Friday, August 28, 2015
Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art (RIMOSA)
Name of Organization:
Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art (RIMOSA)
Street Address:
60 Charlotte Ave.
Saunderstown, RI 02874
Name of Primary Mentor/Contact Person:
Juliette Casselman
Dawn Temple
Phone: 401-749-2704
Email Address:
How do you prefer to be contacted? email
Description of the overall mission of this organization:
Age of Youth Served: 8 and up
Hours of internship: (number of hours, days, times)
Monday-Friday between 2:30-5:30pm
Additional hours can vary due to interns schedule
Description of role and duties: (include administrative or hands-on or both)
· Help staff align RIMOSA programs and Next Generation Science Standards. Create a summary alignment document showing overlap, similarities, and gaps.
· Observe/assist trained educators providing RIMOSA's open-ended, experiential STEAM outreach programs in the community.
· Help conduct, tabulate and evaluate anonymous post-program evaluations
· Meet with Education Committee at meetings once a month to discuss programs, evaluations and areas for program improvements
Paid or unpaid:
Positions are unpaid but can be available for academic credit during the summer, fall and spring semesters for undergraduate or graduate students.
Description of the culture of the place (how many people in the office, dress code, communication style)
RIMOSA does not have a site as of yet. Programs are run in connection with schools, libraries, and other educational organizations. Meetings are held informally, at public meeting places, libraries, or at home work offices. Dress code, when at programs, should be school appropriate and a RIMOSA name tag will be provided.
Additional Requirements: (travel, etc)
- Must be a current undergraduate in third year or more of college or graduate student
- Must be able to function effectively and meet deadlines in a multi-task environment with an ability to work independently and be self-motivated with an entrepreneurial approach.
- Must be creative, and passionate about the arts and sciences (although no significant science or art background is required, as on the job training will be conducted.)
- Must provide their own transportation to program sites and meetings.
- Must be able to lift objects approximately 20 to 30 pounds.
- Major, minor or experience in education preferred
- Must have background check before working with youth
Special notes on process of getting this internship:
RIMOSA is recruiting creative, committed, and self-starting individuals with strong inter personal skills to be Education Interns. These interns will work directly either with one of RIMOSA'S Education Coordinators Juliette Casselman or Dawn Temple and/or Dr. Bonnie Epstein, RIMOSA's founder and president. This internship is for anyone interested in learning more about Next Generation Science Standards, STEM to STEAM, the importance of hands-on and open-ended programming and middle school/high school curriculum development. Candidates should be well-organized, able to work independently and as a team and have a strong interest in education.
Other information:
- Send current resume and cover letter to Juliette Casselman at juliettegc78@gmail.com. Copy Bonnie Epstein at bepstein@rimosa.org
- If you are a finalist for an internship, you will be contacted for an interview
What three TAGS would you use to label this internship?
STEAM, Education, After school
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