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Mentor with InvestinYOUth

CEHD students, it’s that time of year again! The InvestinYOUth Mentorship Application is LIVE for the Fall 2019 semester. Join InvestinYOUth’s mission to invest in the Fairfax County community as they strive to empower high school students within our own local school district.

InvestinYOUth’s one-on-one mentoring, social programming initiatives, and partnerships with community stakeholders are growing and developing with students like YOU! Their aim is to help preserve the integrity of County’s standards, and to provide the capacity and opportunity for students to have support sufficient for their success. At the same time, InvestinYOUth’s efforts are an intervention to help support our teachers and school system with an extra boost of student support, that could make an impact in improving graduation rates in our most vulnerable schools.

Check InvestinYOUth out on Instagram, Facebook, and email them at [email protected]!
FALL SEMESTER OPPORTUNITY: 
InvestinYOUth is currently seeking Mason students to empower and encourage student mentees at Mountain View Alternative High School in Centreville. Mentoring has proven to be an invaluable asset to the Mountain View experience. You are invited to apply here. September 17 is the deadline for PRIORITY consideration. 

Undergraduate & Graduate Students Needed for Academic Success Coach Positions

Mason’s Early Identification Program is looking for students interested in becoming Academic Success Coaches for local high school students. Please click the images below for links to more information. The application is available through Handshake and Mason360.

Fall 2019 Palaver Hut Internships

 The Palaver Hut is a Washington DC-based arts and education nonprofit devoted to nurturing families and children through African-influenced food, wellness, dance, music, and storytelling programs.  The Palaver Hut is now accepting resumes from metro D.C. graduate and undergraduate students interested in interning with them this fall. Depending on each student’s interests and skills plus The Palaver Hut’s organizational needs, interns will assist with a variety of tasks including program activities, community outreach, scheduling, research and writing, fundraising, graphic design, website development, photo and video recording and/or editing, social media, and more.

The internship starts the week of September 16 or 23, and ends in early May 2020; however, accommodations can be made for students who can only commit to one semester. During this period, interns must be able to commit to a total of about six hours one day per week working directly with The Palaver Hut’s founder and director, Vera Oyé Yaa-Anna.  The internship is unpaid, but offers a meal with every meeting, transportation reimbursement, resume-building experience working on both the front and back-end of a creative nonprofit, and a work reference and/or recommendation letter upon request given satisfactory performance.

Applicants should be university students with a demonstrated interest in food, nutrition, health, education, culture and the arts, or nonprofit work.  Applicants should also be outgoing, organized, detail-oriented, motivated and punctual.  Having a car is a plus, but not required.

Email Vera Oyé Yaa-Anna at [email protected] with your resume and times you are available for a phone interview from Saturday, September 14 to Tuesday, September 17 from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm, or if you have further questions.

 

Senior Curriculum Development Positions Available

CTR Management Group is assisting the Department of State, Foreign Service Institute in filling two open Senior Curriculum Development Specialist positions which may be of particular interest to CEHD instructional design and curriculum development graduate students.

Information and applications may be found here.  For more information, contact Lesha McDaniel, CGJV Recruiter, CTR Management Group.

 

Teaching Opportunities in Costa Rica

Del Mar Academy, an international bilingual school in Nosara, Costa Rica, is offering teaching positions for CEHD students. They are currently seeking a part-time (approximately 12 hours per week) ESL teacher.  Del Mar Academy is also interested in hosting current CEHD students looking for an interesting internship opportunity teaching abroad. 

Want to learn more?  Contact Curriculum Coordinator, Genevieve Sehr, at [email protected] or by phone at +506 8746-1041.