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Corporate Employees Stepping Up to Teach
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This spring, over 1,500 volunteer Citizen Teachers are teaching nearly 500 apprenticeships across the country. About 60 percent of those apprenticeships are being taught by volunteers from partner organizations and almost 300 Citizen Teachers come from ten companies: Google, Cisco, Fidelity, Cognizant, Bank of America, EMC, AOL, Facebook, Microsoft, and Hewlett Packard.
These corporate volunteers are teaching our students about electrical engineering, investing, creating and marketing products, the science in baking, documentary filmmaking, LED technology, and so much more.
In New York, 230 sixth grade students from East Harlem and the Bronx visit the Google NY headquarters each week. Google is offering a wide range of exciting apprenticeships this semester including “Gourmet Google,” which looks at the cultural, biological, and economic aspects of food.
In North Carolina, Cisco employees are leading the “Brand You/Networking 101” apprenticeship, which teaches students about key marketing and business concepts. Cisco is also offering a math focused apprenticeship, “Building Blocks with Math,” which focuses on the fundamentals of math and design through the creation of 2D and 3D scalable models.
These are just a few examples of the tremendous learning opportunities our students are exposed to thanks to the support of our partners and Citizen Teachers. Learn more about how your company can get involved.
Fidelity Hosts 6 Degrees New Mexico
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Last Friday, December the 2nd, at Fidelity Investments in Albuquerque, about 30 students from both Van Buren Middle School in Albuquerque, and De Vargas Middle School in Santa Fe, New Mexico met with 30 volunteers from Fidelity Investments (15), local law firms (and law students), local non-profits, a veterinarian clinic, Bank of America and the Pope Joy Hall Performance Center at the University of New Mexico.
Students and volunteers participated in Speed Networking, each student/volunteer spent 4 minutes conversing before the students rotated to a new volunteer. At the end the students put their business cards in a fish bowl drawing where three students won prizes donated by Fidelity. There was a 20 minute free mingle time to finish the event where students could talk further to someone they already met or introduce themselves to someone they did not get an opportunity to meet during the speed networking portion.
Volunteer Ben Lewinger from Albuquerque Reads and the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce had this to say about the event,
“The Citizen Schools 6 Degrees event was a great opportunity for students to ask uninhibited questions about various educational and career paths, and a great opportunity for volunteers to share what they do and where they’ve been…and witness the excitement and maturity of some of New Mexico’s up-and-comers. Both groups learned a lot from each other and about themselves.”
Leean Kravitz, the Director of Public Affairs at Fidelity concluded that,
“Participating in an event like 6 Degrees really brings home the impact of what Citizen Schools does to help students see their potential and plan for their future”.
The Herald Sun: Neal to Lengthen Sixth Graders’ Day
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Neal to Lengthen Sixth Graders’ Day
The Herald Sun
September 6, 2011
Following the announcement of Neal Middle School’s new partnership with Citizen Schools yesterday, the new extended day program was featured in The Herald Sun.
The Durham, NC school will begin their partnership with Citizen Schools by lengthening the school day for about 270 sixth-graders for three hours, four days a week. During the expanded hours, students will receive academic support, including participation in language arts “academic league” aimed at raising proficiency in English Language Arts, and take apprenticeships.
Some apprenticeships that students will have the opportunity to participate in include “Invest Like a Millionaire,” taught by Fidelity Investments employees and “Mock Trials”, taught by Duke and N.C. Central University law students. Read the full story on the school’s expanded school day here.
The President’s Volunteer Service Award
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Volunteering over 90,000 hours in middle schools teaching robotics, rocket science, web design, finance, and more, these modern heroes we call Citizen Teachers have gone above and beyond their call of duty. Created in 2003, the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation was established to recognize the valuable contributions volunteers are making in our communities. The Council created the President’s Volunteer Service Award program as a way to thank and honor Americans who, by their demonstrated commitment and example, inspire others to engage in volunteer service.
California Citizen Teacher Gerard Berthet from Cisco will teach his fourth Robotics apprenticeship this fall.
Congratulations to our beloved Citizen Teachers who have been recognized for their commitment to service and influencing the lives of students across the country. Many thanks to the national support and partnership we’ve received from Bank of America, Fidelity, Cognizant, and Google, in addition to over 100 organizations that provided volunteers to teach apprenticeships.
Thank you for your help in transforming education, one student at a time.
