SEPTEMBER updates
Celebrate fellow alumni
Gather and Build Network
Virtual Townhall: educational inequities and race relations
Join us! Change begins within by speaking out! These series of VirtualTown Hall Forums seek to disrupt racial inequities by engaging school leaders and teachers to become bold, courageous, passionate, and willing to do whatever it takes to change systems and structures in dealing with racism. Educators must step out of positions of complacency and do what is necessary to erase racism, injustice, and inequity. These virtual sessions will be held throughout the year to achieve equitable solutions to challenges faced daily. Register for the next town hall on Thursday, September 24th here.
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JHU - REAL-SCHOOL PRACTICES DURING A PANDEMIC
John's Hopkins University is hosting a symposium that explores the enormous hurdles K-12 schools face as they work to open in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic. Teachers and school leaders have adapted quickly and resourcefully to widely varying policies and pressures placed on schools during the pandemic. This session includes front-line school staff who offer valuable intel on the prospects and problems faced by districts across the country. Register to attend here.
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Heart tutoring resources for families
Our friends at Hear Tutoring have compiled a collection of resources to support your students and their families during virtual learning. Please share this with your colleagues and families over the coming weeks. View the resource page here.
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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!
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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
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), Classroom Facilitators 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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PUblic impact hiring entry-level roles
Public Impact is a national education management consulting firm based in Chapel Hill, N.C.They are currently hiring primarily for entry-level positions on teams facilitating Opportunity Culture school transformations, using Multi-Classroom Leadership and other innovative roles for educators. Most team members work on other projects, as well, including school turnarounds and school success measurement. To learn more, reach out to Christopher Williams at christopher.whilliams@teachforamerica.org.
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Sign up to be a heart math tutor
Charlotte-Mecklenburg (CMS) schools and students need the community's help. Many of Charlotte’s elementary school students are performing below grade level in math, and with students learning from home this fall, individualized support is needed more than ever. Volunteering with Heart Math Tutoring is a fun, effective way to make a difference by working virtually with students each week. With the support of a Program Coordinator, volunteers use an easy-to-follow, proven curriculum featuring interactive activities and games. 21 TFA staff and alumni tutored during the 19/20 school year and we are looking to get more involved. Sign up here!
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It's Our Turn director of marketing
Our Turn mobilizes, amplifies, and elevates the voices of students in the fight for education equity. Through our organizing campaigns, leadership development, and national voice, young people channel their power to spark a new movement for justice. Our Turn is hiring for key leadership opportunities as they expand and secure resources to scale their work and reach more young people across the country fighting for educational justice in their communities. We encourage those who reflect the diversity of our membership base (BIPOC, first-generation college students, LGBTQIA), as well as those who have deep experience working as a co-conspirator for racial equity, to apply.
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Winer Family Foundation Hiring chief of staff
As the Chief of Staff, the ability to execute administrative tasks and provide consultative and leadership skills alongside the Board Chair is crucial for raising opportunities to the forefront that will further the foundation’s objectives. The Winer Family Foundation is committed to increasing awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs.) We aim to connect community providers together to share resources and knowledge on trauma-informed practices. View the position description here. Apply here.
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Levine Foundation
Among the largest private grantmaking foundations in the Southeast, The Leon Levine Foundation’s mission is to improve the human condition across North Carolina and South Carolina by creating permanent, measurable and life-changing impact. Our focus lies in four mission areas: Education, Health Care, Human Services and Jewish Values. The Foundation is searching for a Program Associate with a keen interest in working in grantmaking. The successful candidate will work closely with senior staff on a wide variety of assignments. View the position description and application instructions here.
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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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