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25 people are interested
Research Assistant
ORGANIZATION: Cool Classics!
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25 people are interested
Cool Classics! is a nationally recognized after-school program that uses book-based, arts-integrated, diversity-driven curricula to improve literacy and develop critical thinking skills.
We were honored as one of 12 winners of the 2017 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award. The award recognizes the country’s best creative youth development programs for using engagement in the arts and the humanities to generate a wide range of positive outcomes.
Our students' outcomes include improved academic performance, social-emotional behavior in school and at home, and higher standardized test scores. We aim to improve participants’ reading comprehension, understanding of the arts and analytic skills while building lasting communities of our students, their families, teachers and school administrators to ensure success as they continue their education throughout their lives. A concise overview of our work is at https://tinyurl.com/ydgncr8w. Our website at www.coolclassicschicago.org/ offers further details on activities and benefits-as well as testimonials, outside evaluations, video clips and galleries filled with artworks by and photos of the children who have participated in Cool Classics!
Position Responsibilities:
- Collecting and analyzing data from individual programs to assess their effectiveness
- Collecting and analyzing data assessing student work to create a longitudinal study that assesses the effectiveness of teaching techniques
- Preparing reports of student performance
- Good data gathering and analysis skills
- Good organization skills
- Must be creative and resourceful
- Must be able to work as a member of a team
Location, Days & Hours:
- Hours are flexible
- Virtual and on your own time
More opportunities with Cool Classics!
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Cool Classics!
Location:
3712 N BROADWAY, Suite 558, CHICAGO, IL 60613, US
Mission Statement
Cool Classics! is an after-school program committed to improving literacy and reading comprehension among underserved elementary school students, expanding their sense of arts, humanities and culture, creating readers, critical thinkers and citizens while serving schools that have lost arts and culture programs and are overwhelmed by demands of test-driven curricula. Our curricula, designed around morally complex books, allow us to develop students' analytic thinking while teaching about the arts, humanities, self-discipline and constructive dispute resolution.
Description
Cool Classics! is an after-school program that uses book-based, arts-integrated curricula to improve literacy, teach critical-thinking skills and introduce students in under-served communities to the arts and humanities. We hold our students to the highest academic standards and provide them with the tools for success. In our last decade, we have increased test scores among our participants and improved their academic achievements, social skills and behavior in their classrooms and homes. We build lasting communities of our students, their families, teachers and school administrators to insure success as they continue their education throughout their lives.
We are honored to be among 12 winners of the 2017 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award. The award is given to the nation's top after-school programs by the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, in cooperation with the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies.
The video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o0ytEjux_M&feature=youtu.be briefly describes our work. Our website at coolclassicschicago.org offers more information, galleries of our children's art and photos of their activities as well as an archive of our enewsletters.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
3712 N. BroadwaySuite 558Chicago, IL 60613
DATE POSTED
November 9, 2022
SKILLS
- Literacy / Reading
- Data Entry
- Basic Computer Skills
- Database Administration
- Analytics
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- Successful candidate will work 5-20 hours per week