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7 people are interested
Village at Ithaca is building equity in the ICSD - become an Achievement Coach today.
ORGANIZATION: VILLAGE AT ITHACA INC
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7 people are interested
The Village At Ithaca is looking for engaged community members and college students to help Ithaca City students reach their goals and achieve success.
Our Student Success Center (SSC) is a structured, volunteer-based, community learning environment providing no-cost academic enrichment services to students in the Ithaca City Public Schools.
How can you help? Become an Achievement Coach (aka. tutor) who engages students in their academic development by: encouraging them to see themselves as capable learners, assisting them with their homework, working with students to increase their understanding of key concepts in their courses, encouraging them to always give their best effort, connecting with students to build trust and comfort, helping them identify their strengths and develop strategies for using them more productively, and increasing positive peer support for academic success. Achievement Coaches work to create a safety net of awareness and communication between the student’s classroom teachers and parents or guardians, striving to ensure coordination among all of the student’s critical learning environments.
For more information, please visit our website at www.villageatithaca.org, or contact Max Farhi by email at coordinator@villageatithaca.org or by phone at (607) 256-0780
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About VILLAGE AT ITHACA INC
Location:
609 W. Clinton St, Suite #109, ITHACA, NY 14851, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to advocate for excellence and equity in Ithaca’s public schools, by developing strategic community relationships, programs, and services to ensure that students, particularly Black, Latino, and low-income students, consistently meet or exceed local and New York State standards of achievement.
Description
Because it takes a village to raise, educate, and affirm a child...
We connect people with existing resources. Ithaca is rich in resources, but often services are not utilized by people who can benefit the most from them. The Village is a kind of switchboard, connecting youth and families with existing services that can support them. This requires outreach within the communities we serve, as well as a familiarity with local services.
We collaborate to improve systems. On a systemic level, we help the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) be accountable to its own goal of eliminating race and class as predictors of academic success. The Equity Report Card is one example of this collaboration. We are also helping the district be successful at hiring and retaining a staff that reflects the true diversity of the student body. We also help educate the community at large about the benefits of a truly equitable educational system.
We create new services and programs. Despite the abundance of existing programs, the Village also identifies areas where unmet needs exist and, in collaboration with others, addresses them.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
609 W. Clinton StSuite #109Ithaca, NY 14850
DATE POSTED
November 19, 2015
SKILLS
- Tutoring
- Child Development
- Youth Services
- Mentoring
- Literacy / Reading
- Child Care
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- minimum 1hr/week