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13 people are interested
Empower through Education: Become a Board Member
ORGANIZATION: Community Learning Center
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13 people are interested
Are you looking for an opportunity to use your experience and skills to help low-income adults in Philadelphia access education and employment? Do you want to help lead an outcome-driven organization with a long track record of success to the next level of performance?
Community Learning Center’s (CLC) board of directors is looking for new members to commit to helping CLC change lives. Founded in 1987, CLC is a nonprofit adult literacy and workforce development organization with locations in North and West Philadelphia and is one of the top-performing adult education providers in the region. CLC strives to make Philadelphia a city where all adults have the education and employment they need to thrive. CLC provides free classes, career coaching, and support services that enable low-income adults to earn their high school equivalency diploma, and/or learn English, and gain employment. This is a significant time for CLC, as we celebrate our 30 th anniversary and prepare to expand services and programming to increase impact in Philadelphia.
CLC Board members set the strategic direction of CLC and work with the Executive Director to ensure the organization has the resources it needs to effectively carry out its mission. Every board member plays an important fundraising role, stewarding and cultivating current and new donors, and are expected to contribute annually.
A successful candidate for the board is passionate about CLC’s mission, collegial, communicative, analytical, strategic, willing to fundraise and has the time to dedicate at least five hours per month to board service with CLC. Knowledge and experience in finance, accounting, marketing, communications, public relations, human resources, employment law, or organizational development is a plus. Representation from Philadelphia law firms, businesses and higher education also needed.
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About Community Learning Center
Location:
2701 N BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19132, US
Mission Statement
Community Learning Center's mission is to help adults develop literacy, math, and life skills using a supportive and holistic approach so that they can realize their fullest potential at home, in the workplace, and in the community. Our core values are:
· Access to Education: CLC values access to education for all students and their families. We seek to promote individual growth and community change through lifelong learning;
· Mutual Responsibility: CLC fosters a shared commitment to learning with an expectation of excellence for both teachers and students;
· Respect: CLC respects the life experience that our learners bring to the classroom. We provide a nurturing place for learning and sharing, with curriculum that is sensitive to our students’ needs; and
· Holistic Approach to Teaching and Learning: CLC meets the needs of its learners using student-centered teaching techniques, with an emphasis on individual attention. Our holistic approach honors teachers as learners and learners as teachers.
Description
Since 1987, Community Learning Center (CLC) has been providing free literacy education to vulnerable adults in Philadelphia. Starting with just 67 students, CLC now teaches over 900 students a year in basic literacy, GED preparation, and English and a Second Language classes. We currently have locations in multiple neighborhoods around Philadelphia.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA 19132
DATE POSTED
June 16, 2017
SKILLS
- Legal (General)
- Fundraising
- Accounting
- Marketing & Communications (Mar/Com)
- IT Consulting
- Management
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 25
- at least 5 hours per month for at least two years
- Commitment to make an annual donation of personal significance and cultivate and steward donors