SEPTEMBER updates
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Wellbeing Project - Watering Hole Sessions
The Wellbeing Project invites you to join Watering Hole Sessions. They wanted to combine this sense of community, with an emphasis on 'wholeness'- and will be replenishing participant's whole beings through these communal connections. The Wellbeing Project is a global initiative co-created with Ashoka, Esalen, Impact Hub, Porticus, the Skoll Foundation and Synergos. Our work is about demonstrating how individual and organisational wellbeing can be cultivated, building credible research, hosting a community of global and regional organisations in learning and putting this into practice, and storytelling. Register here now!
NC State board of education student advisory applications open
The State Superintendent of Instruction has opened up the process for rising high school juniors to apply for the high school student advisory role on NC’s State Board of Education (SBE). The advisory role is a two-year commitment. Here is a link to apply for the open position. The application is due July 15. (To apply for the SBE role, applicants need to select that option in the first question.)
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Register for and access leadership for Educational Equity
There are so many opportunities for LEE members to have an impact by seeking elected office in 2020 — and beyond. But it’s common for people to struggle with believing in themselves enough to take the steps to make it happen. Do you know any talented LEE members who could use an extra nudge toward achieving their leadership goals? Fill out this quick form to let us know.
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Activate Collective Leadership
transcend hiring open roles
Transcend is education’s “R&D Engine,” enabling communities to imagine, create, and spread learning environments that truly prepare all students for what the future demands. Transcend expands the supply of innovative, high-quality, and replicable school models to give communities everywhere a broader and more diverse range of options to adopt. They grow demand and readiness for innovation in communities across the country so they are eager to adopt these models and innovate in effective ways. They are hiring for the two positions below.
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R&D Specialist (Learning Engineer)
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Outschool supplemental income for teachers & direct benefit to Lakota Nation
Outschool is an online education platform who needs teachers like you to create classes and courses that students (ages 3-18) can join. If you sign up to teach, you’ll choose your content, schedule, and price to charge per class. You’ll receive direct, supplemental pay for every online Outschool class you teach. Classes can be just one session, short-term, or even on-going. For every teacher who signs up using this referral link and has a class approved for students enroll. Outschool will donate $150 to the Lakota communities, and for every 50 teachers who sign up using this referral link and create approved classes, Outschool will donate an additional $5,000 to the Lakota communities. We have the opportunity to make a huge difference for kids in the Lakota communities, especially in our current Covid-19 landscape.
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BES Fellowship: Seeking Charlotte Leaders
BES (formerly Building Excellent Schools) is a national nonprofit that identifies and prepares excellent leaders to transform education in their communities. Through training with BES, leaders learn how to build new schools in high-need areas, ensure their schools excel, and sustain their results over time through ongoing leadership development and instructional and operational coaching. BES is seeking applicants for the 2020-21 Fellowship to bring high-performing schools to Charlotte, NC. Join the BES Fellowship and make an impact where it's needed the most. Fellowship applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, with a priority application deadline of May 15, 2020. Serious candidates should apply today.
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Ready for School, Ready for Life Communication Director
Ready for School, Ready for Life (Ready, Ready) is a regional effort to plan, design and implement a connected, innovative system of care for Guilford County’s youngest children and their families. The Director of Marketing and Communications will join a talented committed team working in a fast-paced, rapidly expanding and evolving environment that will require the ability to develop and apply strategic vision while completing the necessary daily tasks for maintenance and growth. View the position description and application here.
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Ada Jenkins Center, ED search
Ada Jenkins Center has focused resources and efforts to work with families seeking long-lasting solutions and change for over 25 years. The Center has become a resource hub for Davidson, Cornelius and Huntersville and a well-respected model for community centers in the region serving over 900 client-partners annually on a budget of $3.5million. Ada Jenkins Center seeks a strategic, visionary leader with excellent fundraising, administrative operations,relationship-building, and advocacy skills to lead the Center. The ED is responsible for the overall leadership and operations of the Center and will continue the growth and sustainability of the agency. You are welcome to read the full position announcement here.
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Open Roles at Urban Promise
Urban Promise is searching for excellent candidates for several important job openings at UP -- two Middle School Coordinators (one at their east Charlotte site and another at their west Charlotte site) and a brand new Alumni & Mentoring Director position. Interested candidates should visit UrbanPromise Charlotte's website or watch this video to learn more about their work. Applications may be submitted according to the process outlined in the attached job descriptions.
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Students for ed reform director of marketing
SFER activates the next generation of diverse civic leaders who know what’s possible for all students because they’ve built power in their communities through leadership development, grassroots organizing, and movement building. In this role, you will rev the engines by helping to launch our new brand this winter, building our presence as the nation’s leading collective voice of students, and implementing game-changing marketing and communications strategies. Click here to learn more and apply to this opportunity.
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