Donna Fontana is a leader in the financial industry, with 25+ years experience, and currently serves as Senior Vice President of Sales with Fidelity Clearing and Custody Solutions.
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Interested in learning more about becoming a Citizen Teacher with Citizen Schools New York? Read on.
Read MoreWe know that performance in middle school is essential to students future success. At Citizen Schools, we believe that all middle school students have the potential to discover a love of learning that will inspire and prepare them to succeed in high school, college, the workforce, and civic life.
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Connecting young people to successful and caring adults ensures that we are also meeting their developmental needs. Helping students develop essential non-cognitive skills will allow them to thrive in the more rigorous high school environment, as well as in college and the work-place.
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We let our Citizen Schools staff across the country take control of our Instagram account for a week to show us how they were celebrating the new school year. Here's what we got.
Read MoreGiving back to my community has been a major part of who I am and working with students has always given me joy. As an AmeriCorps Teaching Fellow, I am given the chance to not only do a service for others, but also work with inner city youth. In my day-to-day, I get the opportunity to interact and build positive relationships with my students.
Read MoreDuring college, I had various opportunities to mentor students as a side activity from my academics. From coaching middle school students in rowing to working with high school students in math, or supporting college first-years in their student jobs, mentoring was a natural activity I didn’t realize it at the time. Once I did, after graduating school, I wanted to continue! I found that Citizen Schools had a great balance of mentoring students through activities and building academic skills.
Read MoreMy decision to become an AmeriCorps Teaching Fellow was an unexpected decision. I was always immersed in research whether it was assisting my professors in their own research or brainstorming ideas for a Fulbright or Watson study abroad experience. I imagined myself leaving Colby and pursuing research in Cultural Studies or exploring interests in Public and Community Health.
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