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Yale University President's Public Service Fellows enjoy a boat tour of the New Haven coastline aboard the Quinnipiack Schooner.
Directory of Placement Possibilities
Below is a list of accepted Fellowship sites for the Summer of 2013 along with a short description of the agency and proposed project. Placements have been categorized into eight areas: Arts, Economic Development, Environmental, Families, Law, Urban Initiatives, Youth, and Courture Fellowships**. Placements that fall under more than one category have been listed in each corresponding area. Click on the agency name to view the full proposal for that agency.
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Placement Sites for the Summer of 2013:
Artspace is an artist-centered organization whose mission is to connect artists, audiences, and resources, to catalyze artistic activity, and to redefine art spaces. Our 5,000 square foot gallery, anchored in an affordable housing complex in downtown New Haven, features a mix of group and solo shows of both local and nationally-recognized artists. The Fellow will have the choice of one of two possible placements:
Public Art Placement: Help organize the programming around two outdoor summer exhibitions at 812 Chapel Street, also known as the Lot. The first is an installation by FormlessFinder, an experimental architecture collaborative who has proposed a plan to transform the Lot by adding an airy canopy that redefines the space for community programs. The second exhibition, to open at the end of the summer, is an artist-designed, nine-hole mini-golf course, with an original design by landscape architects associated with the firms Reed Hildebrand and Ken Smith Workshop. City-Wide Open Studios Placement: Help organize the 16h annual City-Wide Open Studios festival. The Fellow will work with the Board, senior staff, and artists to expand the resources available to the event.
City of New Haven—Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism
Project Storefronts is an award-winning program created by the City of New Haven’s Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism and the Economic Development Corporation that brings fresh, innovative arts-related businesses to life in formerly empty retail spaces around New Haven. Conceived as a way to energize some of New Haven’s less active commercial areas while enhancing the city’s standing as the “Creative Capital of Connecticut.” Project Storefront is the largest initiative in the Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism. The selected Fellow will work with the department in the following capacities: assisting the planning/coordination of Project Storefronts special events, promoting the program and assisting in the recruitment of entrepreneurs, creating specialized marketing/promotional material, creating press packets and liaising with the media.
www.cityofnewhaven.com/culturalaffairs
The Co-op Center for Creativity is a new cultural incubator located at 196-212 College Street in the storefronts facing The Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School and steps from the Yale campus. CCC offers a range of youth literacy, literary and artistic development programs. The Fellow will work on the developmentand day-to-day management of the CCC's cornerstone program, the Writers Hub. www.coopcreativity.org
Creative Arts Workshop is an educational and cultural resource center devoted to fostering creativity through participation in, appreciation of and leadership in the visual arts. The Workshop affirms its commitment to making its programs available to a broad and diverse population. The Fellow will help research and develop a theme for an exhibition in the fall, in CAW's series entitled Cultural Passages www.creativeartsworkshop.org
International Festival of Arts and Ideas
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas was created in 1996 as a citywide celebration with fundamental aspirations that include economic revitalization and involvement of the community in a program of arts and humanities of the highest caliber. The Festival program includes theater, music, dance, film, literature, the visual arts and a thought-provoking Ideas program. Taking place annually at the end of June, the Festival brings together artists and progressive thinkers for presentations, discussions and interactions. Working as a member of the Festival's Marketing and Communications team, the Fellow will be responsible for coordinating the Festival's annual Economic Impact Survey.
Yale Repertory Theatre/Yale School of Drama’s The Dwight-Edgewood Project
The Dwight/Edgewood Project (D/EP) is a community outreach program started in 1995 by the Yale School of Drama in concert with its professional theatre institution, the Yale Repertory Theatre. Initially modeled after New York City's acclaimed 52nd Street Project, D/EP pairs children in grades 6-7 from New Haven's Dwight/Edgewood neighborhood school, the Augusta Lewis Troup Middle School, in a one-on-one with students from the Yale School of Drama. During the four weeks, the students participate in an intensive theater mentorship program designed to provide them with an experience of success and empowerment through the arts on the Yale School of Drama campus. The Fellow will serve as a mentor to the middle school students and will also provide critical administrative support for the program’s Management Team and the Director of Education and Accessibility Service.
Beulah Land Development Corporation
The Orchard St. Redevelopment (OSR) Project phase two is an extension of Beulah Land Development Corporation's (BLDC) efforts to develop affordable housing, and increase homeownership opportunities in the Dixwell/Orchard community. With the investment and completion of OSR project phase 1, phase 2 of the OSR will continue to preserve the existing housing stock in the immediate surrounding area, and increase the supply of quality affordable housing available to low– to moderate-income households, as well as establishing and maintaining a suitable living environment for area residents. BLDC is seeking a fellow who has strong interest in doing and participating in community and economic development in distressed communities with a grassroots faith-based organization.
City of New Haven--Office of Economic Development
The Office of Economic Development is involved in a broad range of economic development activities from large scale mixed-use development projects in the downtown/harbor areas, the acquisition and environmental remediation of vacant industrial areas for reuse as industrial commercial parks, planning for the abandonment of a highway connector and infill with new development, to the development of infill parcels in the downtown now used as surface parking lots. The Fellow will work closely with economic development staff on real estate development and business assistance projects as well as related policy analysis. www.cityofnewhaven.com/economicdevelopment
City of New Haven—Office of the Mayor (Placement 1) (Placement 2)
The Mayor’s Office is located in City Hall, across from the New Haven Green. The main advocacy organ of city government, the Mayor’s Office plays an important city-wide policy development role, and functions as the support staff for Mayor John DeStefano. Placement 1: Building upon the existing capacity within City and Community Agencies, in Fall 2012 the Mayor's Office began preliminary planning for a Comprehensive Financial Empowerment Strategy. The Fellow will work to implement the components of this strategy.
Placement 2: Building upon existing community engagement efforts that include Mayor’s Night In and Mayor’s Night Out, City Hall Community Canvases and Democracy School, the fellow will work to enhance community engagement activities in the Mayor’s Office.
Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology (ConnCAT)
The mission at ConnCAT is to inspire, motivate, and prepare New Haven youth and adults for educational and career advancement, through after-school arts and job training programs. During the summer thecontinued focus for the adults is centered on program completion and job placement. The focus with the youth shifts from after-school programming to full-day thematic programming in the arts. The selected Fellow will be working closely with the Director of Programs in connection to the official responsibilities of the director.
Connecticut Mental Health Center Foundation
The CMHC Foundation proposes an expansion of the project it began in 2011 and continued with the support of a PPSF Fellow in the summer of 2012. Since 2010, the CMHC Foundation has been exploring ways to support CMHC clients to reduce stresses related to their financial and economic problems, recognizing that these problems can not only exacerbate but can also be the direct cause of mental health problems. This exploration has included studying the feasibility of linking clients with existing local service providers to help them manage their money more effectively, developing peer group support mechanisms around budgeting and saving, and working with local service providers to improve the types of services that meet the specific financial service needs of low income people with mental health problems.
DataHaven is dedicated to improving the Greater New Haven Region by compiling and sharing high-quality public information for effective decision making. The Fellow at DataHaven will be charged with data development activities for work in partnership with the Connecticut Data Collaborative, a public-private partnership to advance the use of high quality data throughout New Haven and Connecticut. www.ctdatahaven.org
The Elmseed Enterprise Fund is a New Haven non-profit microcredit organization that provides microloans, individualized business consulting, and business training courses to local entrepreneurs seeking to start or expand small businesses in the New Haven area. Elmseed serves individuals with promising business ideas who may lack the experience or means to secure a loan from traditional credit sources. The Fellow will help continue essential operations during the summer months and ensure that Elmseed can meet the needs of its clients.
Founded in 1969, Junta for Progressive Action, Inc. (JUNTA) is the oldest Latino, community based non-profit organization in New Haven. Its mission is to provide services, programs and advocacy that improve the social, political and economic conditions of the Latino community in Greater New Haven, while nurturing and promoting its cultural traditions as it builds bridges with other communities. The Fellow will gain an introduction to the administrative and programmatic divisions of the organization, and will also work directly with the Program Director for Adult Education and Community Outreach to further develop JUNTA's health literacy initiative. www.juntainc.org
City of New Haven—Department of Parks, Recreation and Trees
The outdoor adventure and ranger programs offer new, unique, challenging, safe and fun learning experiences for children, youth and adults. The goal is to foster an appreciation of local resources by providing truly amazing exposure to bio-diversity and outdoor adventure activities. The Fellow will support the work of the Outdoor Adventure Program and will be working with the Outdoor Adventure Coordinator, the Park Rangers, camp counselors, naturalists, as well as some of the best scuba and white-water kayaking/rafting guides in the country.
New Haven Farms’ mission is to promote health and community development through urban agriculture. To accomplish this mission, New Haven Farms establishes and cultivates urban farms that produce nutrient-dense vegetables and fruits. This is done in collaboration with at-risk community members for their own and their family’s consumption with a goal of improving their overall health and well-being. The Fellow w ill provide New Haven Farms with the critical foundational support needed to continue to develop the compost business aspect of our Fresh Produce Prescription Program.
New Haven Ecology Project/Common Ground
Common Ground Camps strive to provide a diverse group of children with a fun, safe summer experience, emphasizing building friendships and developing an appreciation for the natural world. Campers experience nature as an exciting place to explore, and discover how people, food, and the environment are interconnected. The primary work of the Fellow at Common Ground will be to serve as one of the lead camp counselors for campers ages 4 – 13.
Solar Youth, Inc. is a 12+-year-old, New Haven-based, youth development and environmental education organization. Solar Youth seeks a Fellow to serve as an Environmental Educator at their 2013 Summer Camp. The Environmental Educator will develop curriculum, design program workplans, train teenage interns to co-lead programs, and generally ensure the smooth production of the Summer Camp. Solar youth's Summer Camp is open to New Haven youth aged 4-13. The Camp runs from 9-3, five days per week, for five weeks from the beginning of July through the first week of August.
Urban Resources Initiative (URI)
URI works in middle and low-income neighborhoods throughout the city in partnership with neighborhood residents, city officials, and non-profit agencies to revitalize New Haven communities by restoring neighborhood open spaces and streetscapes. The Fellow will receive training in urban forestry, project planning, site assessment, social forestry, and research techniques. The Fellow will then provide both technical and material support to communities with the goals of conducting environmental restoration, building community, and fostering stewardship and empowerment.
All Our Kin trains, supports, and sustains community child care providers in order to ensure that children and families have the foundation they need to succeed in school and in life. Our programs equip parents, relatives, and informal caregivers with the skills and resources to move out of poverty and open child care businesses in their communities. We build capacity, quality, and viability of existing child care businesses, through individualized mentorship and support. The Fellow will work closely with All Our Kin's directors around all aspects of the organization's stratetic planning and growth throughout Connecticut. ** This placement is part of the Courture Fellowship Program which provides a series of experiences and structured reflections that enable students to explore the vital world of early childhood education and the changing role of the teacher, especially in urban education. In addition to PPSF meeting requirements, students participate in a weekly seminar where you reflect on your own experiences, learn concrete strategies for working with children, explore some of the research underpinning quality child care, and engage in discussions of early care and education policy.
Connecticut Voices for Children
The mission of Connecticut Voices for Children is to promote the well-being of all of Connecticut’s young people and their families by advocating for strategic public investments and wise public policies. Federal and state health reform initiatives provide an unprecedented opportunity for advancing this mission with research and analyses to inform rapidly evolving health policy development. The Fellow will work with Connecticut Voices senior staff to study health reform in Connecticut, to develop policy and program recommendations, and to inform efforts to ensure continuous affordable health insurance coverage for Connecticut’s children and families.
Yale Law School—Community and Economic Development Clinic
The Community & Economic Development (CED) Clinic at Yale Law School represents and partners with community organizations and local government to address major issues of community and economic development in New Haven. Students, supervised by Law School faculty members and participating attorneys, draft documents, participate in the development of real estate deals and commercial transactions, and represent clients on land use and zoning matters before local and state agencies. This summer's projects may expose the Fellow to a range of community client-centered legal work. Fellow must have completed one year of law school. www.law.yale.edu/academics/Ludwig.htm
Yale Law School--Jerome N. Frank Legal Services
The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization (LSO) provides legal representation to individuals and organizations in need of legal help but unable to afford private attorneys. Students, supervised by Law School faculty members and participating attorneys, interview clients, write briefs, prepare witnesses, try cases, negotiate settlements, draft documents, participate in commercial transactions and argue appeals in state and federal courts, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Connecticut Supreme Court. The Fellow will support a number of initiatives vital to LSO’s mission.
City of New Haven--City Plan Department—(Placement 1) (Placement 2)
The City Plan Department is responsible for policies, plans and regulations concerning the physical development of New Haven and encourages a sustainable land use, economic, cultural and environmental agenda. The Department is responsible for maintaining the Comprehensive Plan of Development as well as other area-specific development plans, and writes reports for the City Plan Commission, the Board of Zoning Appeals and provides administrative support, planning assistance, project management and design review to a number of city programs and projects. It assists residents, neighborhood organizations, businesses and developers in achieving the city’s development objectives.
Placement 1: The City of New Haven is seeking a Fellow to assist the Comprehensive Planner in updating the City's Comprehensive Plan of Development.
Placement 2: The Fellow will assist the Senior Project Manager with the construction and operation of a community boathouse on the harbor. www.cityofnewhaven.com/CityPlan/index.asp
City of New Haven—Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking
The Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking is responsible for the 300+ traffic signals, 1400+ pedestrian signals, 125,000 street, regulation, and wayfinding signs in the City, 3000 on-street parking meters, and the safety component of the Complete Streets legislation. Additionally, we partner with our Engineering Department to institute traffic calming measures throughout the City. The Fellow will be involved in two projects. The first project would be creating an in-depth inventory of on-street, lot and structured parking in the City center. The inventory will consist of rates, time limits, facility offerings (bike parking, motor cycle parking, etc) location to nearby destinations, and who is primary user (monthly parker vs. transient visitor). Once the inventory is complete the Fellow will work with a local design firm to project manage the creation of a downtown parking map. The second project will be to expand the hugely success Street Smarts safety campaign that is the educational component of the City’s Complete Streets legislation. Several components have been successfully rolled out relating to driving, cycling, and walking. The continuation will be to identify relevant topics (ie: distracted walking) and develop and promote a program based on the Fellow’s findings and observations.
www.cityofnewhaven.com/trafficparking
City of New Haven—Office of the Mayor
The Mayor’s Office is located in City Hall, across from the New Haven Green. The main advocacy organ of city government, the Mayor’s Office plays an important city-wide policy development role, and functions as the support staff for Mayor John DeStefano. The Fellow will work collaboratively with Mayor's Office Staff to support exisiting engagement activities and will work to develop new community outreach strategies. www.cityofnewhaven.com/mayor
Connecticut Voices for Children
The mission of Connecticut Voices for Children is to promote the well-being of all of Connecticut’s young people and their families by advocating for strategic public investments and wise public policies. Federal and state health reform initiatives provide an unprecedented opportunity for advancing this mission with research and analyses to inform rapidly evolving health policy development. The Yale University Public Service Fellow will work with Connecticut Voices senior staff to study health reform in Connecticut, to develop policy and program recommendations, and to inform efforts to ensure continuous affordable health insurance coverage for Connecticut’s children and families.
Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven (NHS)
NHS, a nonprofit, community-based organization, features affordable housing development, housing rehabilitation assistance, homebuyer education and counseling, foreclosure intervention, and community support services throughout the City of New Haven. It is the desire of NHS to provide a meaningful educational experience for the Fellow, while obtaining broad-based assistance to the NHS staff. Proposed work includes general assistance to the NHS Resource Development and Community Building and Organizing Departments, which will include expanding the scope of resource development activities, and extensive involvement in the Community Building and Organizing initiative. To provide additional breadth of the position, the Fellow may be called upon to work on the organization’s website and newsletter. Finally, the Fellow will assist with the organization’s upcoming strategic plan, currently scheduled for July 2013.
This summer’s project is the re-organization of a collection of approximately 1450 historical and rare books, housed in one corner of the Young Minds Department, which serves children ages birth to thirteen years in a public library setting. The work would require the Fellow to examine each item, research and write up information such as awards and reviews of especially important titles, to seek online valuations for each title, and to reconsider categories and classification of the collection.
The overall goal for the fellow is to provide support for Yale-China’s Leadership and Service Program, furthering Yale-China’s mission to inspire people to learn and serve together. Yale-China’s programs foster long-term relationships that improve education, health, and cultural understanding in China and the United States. The fellow will work directly with the Manager of Leadership and Service Program at 442 Temple Street in New Haven, providing support for initial implementation of a program strategy, including identifying potential grantmakers and program partners in the United States and China, as well as providing support for other programs within the Leadership and Service area.
Breakthrough New Haven at Hopkins
Breakthrough New Haven, a member of The Breakthrough Collaborative, is a tuition-free, year-round academic enrichment program for high potential middle school students from New Haven’s public and parochial schools who come from backgrounds with limited economic and educational opportunities. Hosted by Hopkins School, an independent school for students in grades 7-12 located in the Westville neighborhood of New Haven, this program also serves as a unique workshop in education by providing experiences for college undergraduates and high school students interested in teaching. The Fellow, with the training and support of professional mentor teachers and the program directors, will teach during the summer program, conducting all of the classroom teaching and implementing many of the program’s other direct services. www.breakthroughcollaborative.org
Calvin Hill Day Care Center and Kitty Lustman-Findling Kindergarten
The Calvin Hill Day Care Center and Kitty Lustman-Findling Kindergarten are nationally accredited, model educational preschool programs. The Center is a community of parents and highly experienced teachers who work together to nurture children and to provide an interesting and beautiful environment in which children's work is highly valued and families are welcome. The Fellow will work hands-on in one of Calvin Hill's three programs providing high-quality care and educaiton to children between the ages of 2.9 - 6 years old. ** This placement is part of the Courture Fellowship Program which provides a series of experiences and structured reflections that enable students to explore the vital world of early childhood education and the changing role of the teacher, especially in urban education. In addition to PPSF meeting requirements, students participate in a weekly seminar where you reflect on your own experiences, learn concrete strategies for working with children, explore some of the research underpinning quality child care, and engage in discussions of early care and education policy.
Creating Kids Childcare Center at the Connecticut Children's Museum
The mission of the Creating Kids Childcare Center at the Connecticut Children’s Museum is to provide all children, their families and teachers with innovative and inclusive, exciting, educational programs and learning opportunities. Supporting high-quality early childhood education and the development of early literacy competency are two driving forces of the center’s strategy. The Fellow would work alongside staff to implement an inclusive curriculum for infants, toddlers or preschool children using Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences. ** This placement is part of the Courture Fellowship Program which provides a series of experiences and structured reflections that enable students to explore the vital world of early childhood education and the changing role of the teacher, especially in urban education. In addition to PPSF meeting requirements, students participate in a weekly seminar where you reflect on your own experiences, learn concrete strategies for working with children, explore some of the research underpinning quality child care, and engage in discussions of early care and education policy.
www.connecticutchildrensmuseum.org
Christian Community Action has had a long history of providing emergency assistance in the basic needs area and advocating for families who are poor and/or in need, meeting people where they are, assisting them to make transitions and engaging in advocacy on their behalf and along with them. As an ecumenical social service organization, CCA’s mission is to express faithful witness through providing emergency food, housing and support to those who are poor in New Haven, encouraging their efforts to attain self-sufficiency and working to change systems that perpetuate poverty and injustice. CCA’s commitment is to offer “help, housing, hope.” The Fellow will support CCA’s summer program, which offers instructional, enrichment and recreational activities for the children and youth who reside at their housing sites.
City of New Haven—Youth Services Department
The Youth Services Department aims to support youth in obtaining skills and opportunities that enhance the lives of the 22,000 children and youth who live in New Haven. The Fellow would support weekly youth leader meetings and trainings. The Fellow would also assist in developing an outreach plan with the Youth Leaders to hold focus groups throughout the City.
www.cityofnewhaven.com/CSA/Departments/youth.asp
A national non-profit founded in 1993, College Summit equips principals, teachers, and counselors with tools, including a postsecondary planning curriculum that helps students connect the dots between their future goals and the academic choices they make, starting in 9th grade. Every summer on college campuses across the country, College Summit trains 45-60 high-potential rising seniors, called Peer Leaders, at four-day Summer Workshops to navigate the college admissions process and build a college-going culture in their high schools. The Fellow will assist with event management and communications regarding these workshops.
Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology (ConnCAT)
The mission at ConnCAT is to inspire, motivate, and prepare New Haven youth and adults for educational and career advancement, through after-school arts and job training programs. During the summer thecontinued focus for the adults is centered on program completion and job placement. The focus with the youth shifts from after-school programming to full-day thematic programming in the arts. The selected Fellow will be working closely with the Director of Programs in connection to the official responsibilities of the director.
The Eli Whitney Museum is an experimental learning workshop for students, teachers and families. Eli Whitney collects, interprets and teaches experiments that are the roots of design and invention for children ages 5 – 14. The Fellow will be an integral part of that teaching – not only for daytime students but also as a teacher, role model and leader for the 50+ young apprentices who help design, prepare and teach Eli Whitney Museum’s programs.
Footebridge is a collaboration between Foote School and the New Haven Public Schools combining a comprehensive summer program for public school kindergarteners and first graders with teacher training in curriculum development, classroom management, and all aspects of literacy instruction. The curriculum includes reading, writing, math, science, art, singing, dramatic play, library visits, field trips, cooking and plenty of outdoor exploration. The project at Footbridge will immerse the Fellow in an early childhood educational experience from a teacher's and administrator's perspective. The Fellow will be involved with all the planning and preparation of curriculum and classroom materials.
The Future Project will be organizing a Summer Fellowship opportunity for high school students across three schools – Wilbur Cross, New Haven Academy and High School in the Community – that fosters youth leadership, social innovation, community collaboration, and project-building skills for young people to equip them with the 21st century skills and tools to design and implement their own social action projects.
Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS)
IRIS helps refugees and other displaced people establish new lives, regain hope, and contribute to the vitality of Connecticut’s communities. IRIS is seeking a fellow to coordinate summer programming for refugee youth and families. The Fellow would work closely with IRIS’s Education & Youth Services Coordinator to plan and implement programming, including a summer school program for K-8 students who do not attend the City’s mandatory summer school, and enrichment and cultural activities for students and their parents.
LEAP’s mission is to develop the strengths and talents of young leaders who create and implement year-round, community-based programs designed to achieve positive academic and social outcomes for children living in high poverty urban neighborhoods. Since 1992, LEAP has served many children through its out-of-school-time programs and prepared young adults to become leaders in their communities. The Fellow will provide service to the community in the role of Academic Coach and lead a group of 10-12 children as their counselor, teacher, mentor and positive role model. www.leapforkids.org
Leila Day Nurseries, Inc. is a nationally accredited early childhood education program that offers a stimulating and creative environment for young children to grow
and learn. Founded in 1878, it is the nation’s second oldest continuously operating
child care center with a long-standing commitment to enroll children of working
families from diverse economic and cultural backgrounds. It has been recognized as
a model for quality child care by the Connecticut State Department of Education. The Fellow would work hands-on in Leila day's nationally accredited program providing high-quality care and education to diverse children between the ages of 0-5 years old. ** This placement is part of the Courture Fellowship Program which provides a series of experiences and structured reflections that enable students to explore the vital world of early childhood education and the changing role of the teacher, especially in urban education. In addition to PPSF meeting requirements, students participate in a weekly seminar where you reflect on your own experiences, learn concrete strategies for working with children, explore some of the research underpinning quality child care, and engage in discussions of early care and education policy.
LULAC Head Start, Inc. was established in 1980 as a delegate Head Start agency in response to the growing need for quality child care services in New Haven’s Fair Haven and Hill neighborhoods. LULAC was envisioned and created by a group of professional Latino women who felt that New Haven’s Hispanic families had been long underserved by previous providers. Currently, LULAC Head Start serves as a Head Start and Early Head Start delegate to the New Haven Public Schools Head Start and Early Head Start programs. The Fellow would work hands-on in LULAC's Head Start classrooms providing high-quality care and education to low-income children between the ages of 0-5 years old. ** This placement is part of the Courture Fellowship Program which provides a series of experiences and structured reflections that enable students to explore the vital world of early childhood education and the changing role of the teacher, especially in urban education. In addition to PPSF meeting requirements, students participate in a weekly seminar where you reflect on your own experiences, learn concrete strategies for working with children, explore some of the research underpinning quality child care, and engage in discussions of early care and education policy.
The NYSP at Yale, founded in 1996, enrolls close to 250 local youth in the program run by more than 50 staff members, including Yale student-athletes, local high school students, New Haven school teachers and coaches, and Yale staff. The program utilizes Yale Athletics facilities for all activities and the Hall of Graduate Studies dining facility for meals. The Fellow will be involved in all aspects of preparing and running the summer camps, including compliance with food service administration, planning activities, coordinating approved applications and helping to hire staff. www.yalenysp.weebly.com
Since 2000, the ‘r kids Family Center has been committed to providing highly specialized, high quality services to foster children and families in the Greater New Haven area. The goal of the center is to promote permanency, safety and stability for children by providing quality services to biological, foster, adoptive and relative care families. 85% of our families are single parents, typically unemployed with lengthy histories of transient housing, substance abuse, and family violence. Approximately 70% of the center's parents were raised in out-of-home care. The Fellow will support a project designed to identify the core components of successful reunification and reduce the impact of trauma on children removed from their families.
New Haven Ecology Project/Common Ground
Common Ground Camps strive to provide a diverse group of children with a fun, safe summer experience, emphasizing building friendships and developing an appreciation for the natural world. Campers experience nature as an exciting place to explore, and discover how people, food, and the environment are interconnected. The primary work of the Fellow at Common Ground will be to serve as one of the lead camp counselors for campers ages 4 – 13.
New Haven Home Recovery operates three emergency shelters in New Haven for 18 single women and 33 women with children. The goal of the shelter program is to provide resources and a support system to the women so they can get back on their feet. There are many negative effects for children who are homeless, including developmental delays, behavioral issues, obesity, and more. NHHR has a children’s room for kids at the shelter to escape from the daily stresses of living in a shelter. The Fellow would work out of the children’s program and work directly with homeless children to provide education and fun activities for the children during the summer.
New Haven Promise’s (NHP) three goals are to cultivate an aspiration for college in New Haven public school students, build community and parental engagement, and grow economic development in the city of New Haven. NHP works directly with the school district and New Haven families through workshops, door-to-door canvassing and a number of outreach activities to assist with college application and financial aid. As the number of New Haven Promise Scholars continues to grow, NHP will be establishing a comprehensive New Haven Promise Scholar Network to support Scholars from college matriculation to career entry. The Fellow will be instrumental in researching best practices in college student engagement, retention and career placement. With these best practices in mind, the Fellow will work in collaboration with the Promise Assistant Director to develop the infrastructure necessary to support full implementation of the programming in the 2012-2013 academic year.
New Haven Reads (Placement 1) (Placement 2)
The overall goal of New Haven Reads is to provide after school tutoring for children who are struggling with reading, and to provide free books for the community. Particular emphasis is placed serving children and families who otherwise would not have easy access to books and have not yet acquired a love of reading. NHR also operates a “book store” in which anyone can walk in and take free gently used books. Placement 1: New Haven Reads provides a Summer Literacy camp for children going into first grade taught by four certified teachers. The Fellow would support this program, the focus of which is to teach reading skills through the use of leveled reading materials, poetry, music, dance, oral language, and hands-on activities.
** Placement 1 is part of the Courture Fellowship Program which provides a series of experiences and structured reflections that enable students to explore the vital world of early childhood education and the changing role of the teacher, especially in urban education. In addition to PPSF meeting requirements, students participate in a weekly seminar where you reflect on your own experiences, learn concrete strategies for working with children, explore some of the research underpinning quality child care, and engage in discussions of early care and education policy.
Placement 2: Fellow will provide dedicated tutoring in the summer tutoring program, and will also support book bank operations.
Solar Youth, Inc. is a 12+-year-old, New Haven-based, youth development and environmental education organization. Solar Youth seeks a Fellow to serve as an Environmental Educator at their 2013 Summer Camp. The Environmental Educator will develop curriculum, design program workplans, train teenage interns to co-lead programs, and generally ensure the smooth production of the Summer Camp. Solar youth's Summer Camp is open to New Haven youth aged 4-13. The Camp runs from 9-3, five days per week, for five weeks from the beginning of July through the first week of August.
Squash Haven (Placement 1) (Placement 2)
Squash Haven provides individually directed academic enrichment and squash instruction to New Haven public school students in fifth grade through high school. Through intensive tuition-free academic and squash sessions at Yale, Squash Haven supports New Haven youth to achieve school success, physical fitness, athletic excellence, and access to compelling academic and summer opportunities.
Placement 1: The Fellow will join Squash Haven's staff of five in their office at Payne Whitney Gymnasium and will be a key leader in the development and implementation of their five week summer academic program, where the Fellow will be in charge of four academic sessions per day for four different groups of youth in a subject of his/her choice.
Placement 2: Fellow will join our staff of five in our office at Payne Whitney Gymnasium and will be a key leader in the development and implementation of our five week summer squash program, where the Fellow will be one of two squash coaches for 78 kids. The Fellow will co-direct each day’s squash session and will be the Head Coach for the final two weeks of the summer, coordinating all aspects of the squash program every day.
Yale Science Collaborative Hands On Learning And Research (S.C.H.O.L.A.R.)
The goal of SCHOLAR is to assist motivated and academically promising local area high school students to prepare for success in college and to pursue science majors and careers. SCHOLAR is a two-week academic summer residential program for students entering grades 10 through 12. Students live on the Yale campus and study in Yale's libraries and laboratories. SCHOLAR provides an intensive, hands-on science curriculum in an exploratory and interactive teaching environment that emphasizes discovery, critical thinking, and problem solving. Because of its success, the SCHOLAR program is expanding. The Fellow will play a key role in planning and preparing for this expansion. During the program sessions, the Fellow will be a member of the residential team that facilitates the personal, social, and academic development of the high school students. The fellowship will culminate with generating a summative report and suggestions for next summer’s program.
onhsa.yale.edu/scholar-program
The Courture Fellowship Program provides a series of experiences and structured reflections that enable students to explore the vital world of early childhood education and the changing role of the teacher, especially in urban education. The fellowship is designed to expose a group of students to key issues in early childhood education, both policy and practice, with the goal of creating future educators and engaged citizens.
The Fellowship has two components. First, students work in field placements with young children in a variety of settings: childcare centers, early literacy summer programs, and a grassroots nonprofit working with family child care in the community. Through your placement, you will be exposed to best practice in early childhood education, and experience firsthand both the challenges and the rewards of working in this field. Second, in addition to PPSF meeting requirements, students participate in a weekly seminar where you reflect on your own experiences, learn concrete strategies for working with children, explore some of the research underpinning quality child care, and engage in discussions of early care and education policy. The seminar leaders this summer are Jessica Sager and Janna Wagner, the co-founders and co-directors of All Our Kin, a nationally-recognized, New Haven-based nonprofit that trains, supports, and sustains community child care providers to ensure that children and families have the foundation they need to succeed in school and in life. They are both active in the community and have received numerous awards for their work on behalf of children and families.
Fellows will be placed at one of the following programs:
- All Our Kin
- Calvin Hill Day Center Kitty Lustman-Findling Kindergarten
- Creating Kids Childcare Center at the Connecticut Children's Museum
- Leila Day Nurseries
- LULAC Head Start, Inc.
- New Haven Reads
All Our Kin trains, supports, and sustains community child care providers in order to ensure that children and families have the foundation they need to succeed in school and in life. Our programs equip parents, relatives, and informal caregivers with the skills and resources to move out of poverty and open child care businesses in their communities. We build capacity, quality, and viability of existing child care businesses, through individualized mentorship and support. The Fellow will work closely with All Our Kin's directors around all aspects of the organization's stratetic planning and growth throughout Connecticut. ** This placement is part of the Courture Fellowship Program which provides a series of experiences and structured reflections that enable students to explore the vital world of early childhood education and the changing role of the teacher, especially in urban education. In addition to PPSF meeting requirements, students participate in a weekly seminar where you reflect on your own experiences, learn concrete strategies for working with children, explore some of the research underpinning quality child care, and engage in discussions of early care and education policy.
The Calvin Hill Day Care Center and Kitty Lustman-Findling Kindergarten are nationally accredited, model educational preschool programs. The Center is a community of parents and highly experienced teachers who work together to nurture children and to provide an interesting and beautiful environment in which children's work is highly valued and families are welcome. The Fellow will work hands-on in one of Calvin Hill's three programs providing high-quality care and educaiton to children between the ages of 2.9 - 6 years old.
Creating Kids Childcare Center at the Connecticut Children's Museum
The mission of the Creating Kids Childcare Center at the Connecticut Children’s Museum is to provide all children, their families and teachers with innovative and inclusive, exciting, educational programs and learning opportunities. Supporting high-quality early childhood education and the development of early literacy competency are two driving forces of the center’s strategy. The Fellow would work alongside staff to implement an inclusive curriculum for infants, toddlers or preschool children using Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences.
www.connecticutchildrensmuseum.org
Leila Day Nurseries, Inc. is a nationally accredited early childhood education program that offers a stimulating and creative environment for young children to grow
and learn. Founded in 1878, it is the nation’s second oldest continuously operating
child care center with a long-standing commitment to enroll children of working
families from diverse economic and cultural backgrounds. It has been recognized as
a model for quality child care by the Connecticut State Department of Education. The Fellow would work hands-on in Leila day's nationally accredited program providing high-quality care and education to diverse children between the ages of 0-5 years old.
LULAC Head Start, Inc. was established in 1980 as a delegate Head Start agency in response to the growing need for quality child care services in New Haven’s Fair Haven and Hill neighborhoods. LULAC was envisioned and created by a group of professional Latino women who felt that New Haven’s Hispanic families had been long underserved by previous providers. Currently, LULAC Head Start serves as a Head Start and Early Head Start delegate to the New Haven Public Schools Head Start and Early Head Start programs. The Fellow would work hands-on in LULAC's Head Start classrooms providing high-quality care and education to low-income children between the ages of 0-5 years old.
New Haven Reads (Placement 1)
The overall goal of New Haven Reads is to provide after school tutoring for children who are struggling with reading, and to provide free books for the community. Particular emphasis is placed serving children and families who otherwise would not have easy access to books and have not yet acquired a love of reading. NHR also operates a “book store” in which anyone can walk in and take free gently used books. Placement 1: New Haven Reads provides a Summer Literacy camp for children going into first grade taught by four certified teachers. The Fellow would support this program, the focus of which is to teach reading skills through the use of leveled reading materials, poetry, music, dance, oral language, and hands-on activities.
