The Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) hosts the biannual Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference as part of an ongoing effort to improve the quality and availability of tutor/mentor programs in areas of Chicago with high concentrations of poverty.

Researchers, leaders of volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs, philanthropists and social entrepreneurs,  etc. are invited to participate in a one-day conference which will be held at The Chicago Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive in Chicago.  Visit the agenda page at http://www.tutormentorconference.org/agenda.asp to see the list of workshops and panels that will be available.

During the conference we will host a trade fair and encourage programs serving different parts of the Chicago region, especially in underserved neighborhoods, to attend and share information about your organizations.  If you are the volunteer involvement manager of one of the Fortune 500/1000 companies in the Chicago region, we hope you'll send a representative so that your volunteer engagement strategy aligns with the volunteer recruitment strategy of tutor/mentor programs throughout the Chicago region.

Registration is now open. Learn more at http://tutormentorconference.org/register.asp
Scholarships are available upon request. Group rates are also available.

If you would like to be part of a panel described on this agenda, or propose a workshop that you feel would be important to the leaders and supporters of volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs, use the form at http://www.tutormentorconference.org/forms/presenter_form.asp

Registration is open for the Fall 2008 Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference, which will be held on November 21, 2008 at the Field Museum, in Chicago, Il.    Space is limited so make your plans to attend now.
The conference serves three purposes.

• It connects leaders and supporters of volunteer-based tutoring, mentoring and education-to-career programs with each other.
• It also builds visibility so that more volunteers and donors will choose to support tutor/mentor programs in the Chicago region
• Helps T/MC maintain its Chicago Area Programs List of area tutor/mentor programs

While these conferences and the Tutor/Mentor Connection focus on the Chicago region, we encourage tutor/mentor leaders from other parts of the country to attend and share their own ideas, while borrowing concepts from Chicago that they can use in their own areas.  We hope the networking and collaboration started at each conference continues in the weeks and months between conferences, and that many people and organizations will use the information on the Tutor/Mentor Library to help support their efforts to connect youth with mentors, learning, workforce development activities, jobs and careers. 

 

Teach Something Grants are $500 grants that Tutor.com and DoSomething.org are giving to YOU for a project that helps change education in your community. This can be a program that you’ve already started or an idea that you’ve been cooking up. All projects should be around the theme of improving education in your community in a measurable way. Not quite sure what you want to do? Check out some project ideas

Teach Something Eligibility Rules:

• The applicant must be 25 OR UNDER.
• The applicant must be a U.S. or Canadian citizen (You will be asked to prove citizenship and age if you win).
• You can only win one grant from Do Something in a twelve month period (excluding the Do Something Award).

Steps to Apply:

• CREATE A PROJECT POSTING
• FILL OUT AN ONLINE APPLICATION

Helpful Hint: You will notice that the categories on the project posting are similar to those on the application. Your project posting is a public place for you to let others know about your project. Your application is private and what the judges see. Keep your project description brief and concise in your project posting and go into more detail in your application.

The Application:

In addition to answering 4 essays and several detail questions about your project you will need the following to complete your application:

• A budget detailing how the $500 will be used
• A recommendation from a non-family member

Optional (but recommended)

• Links to photos and video of your project
• Your project's website

Apply now.  Deadline: December 15th. Winners will be announced February 1st.

Camfed is offering internships to students or post-graduates who are planning a career in development.

Camfed is an international organization dedicated to eradicating poverty in Africa through the education of girls and the empowerment of young women.

Interns will provide support to Camfed staff across a range of disciplines – from fundraising to development education and from monitoring and evaluation to programme activities. This breadth of exposure will allow interns to gain wide-ranging experience in the development sector.
 
Previous interns have been offered permanent positions within Camfed and have gone on to gain employment in other charities as a result of their experience.

Please send your CV and letter of application to info@camfed.org.

The Indian financial services firm, Edelweiss Capital Ltd is partnering Kubera Partners, a private equity firm based in USA to launch the Kubera-Edelweiss Social Innovation Honours, three awards totaling US$ 60,000 to felicitate outstanding innovations that positively impact the status of the girl child, through the delivery of services in three areas: education, health and nutrition, and future employability of the girl child.

EdelGive Foundation, the not for profit subsidiary of Edelweiss Capital is managing the entire process of these awards.
The primary objective of the awards is to give an impetus to the issue of the girl child, and also to use prize philanthropy as an effective tool to promote innovation, awareness and targeted benefits to the needy. Ernst & Young and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences are partnering us to ensure transparency and rigour of processes.

We have an eminent jury panel comprising of Indu Shahani, Sheriff of Mumbai, Zia Mody, leading corporate lawyer, Harsh Mander, noted human rights activist and author, Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, Express Group, Shivnath Thukral, Managing Editor, NDTV Profit, Farida Lambay, Vice Principal Nirmala Niketan College of Social Work and Devaki Jain, development economist and Gandhian activist, who will be responsible for the selection of the final award winners.

We would like to ensure that we are able to reach the maximum number of organisations and hence we would also like to request you to spread the word to organisations that you know of who are working for the cause of the girl child.  Alternatively, please inform us about organisations that you may know of and we shall approach them ourselves.

For further information on the award categories, the broad selection criteria, rules and regulations and the application form, please visit -
http://www.edelcap.com/edelgive or contact us at +91 22 23675623/4 and at edelgive@edelcap.com
Please note that the deadline for receiving applications is the 1st of December 2008.  Applicants need to be Indian citizens or entities.

Award Categories

Broad Selection Criteria

Rules and Regulations

Application Form

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The Maximising Impact national education conference is for any organisation looking to strengthen their relationship with schools and young people, whether as part of a CSR, HR, brand or cause-related marketing strategy.

The conference, which is being held at Lilian Baylis Technology School, Kennington, London, will give delegates an understanding of what a school environment has to offer, how investment in education can deliver measurable success, how employees benefit from involvement, and the future opportunities available to organisations in the education marketplace.

Delegates will share best practice and hear from experts in education, Government and the commercial sector including award-winning education broadcaster and journalist Mike Baker, Director General for Schools, Jon Coles and representatives from E.ON, Roll-Royce and Merrill Lynch. Book now to benefit from our early bird discount!

Applications are available now for the New York University Reynolds Graduate Fellowship in Social Entrepreneurship.  Our goal is to attract, train, and encourage the next generation of social entrepreneurs. Each year we offer up to twenty graduate fellowships to a highly selective group of individuals who posses the vision and passion to implement pattern breaking change to intractable social problems in sustainable and scalable ways. We view social entrepreneurship as a meta-profession, and as such attract students from across 11 different NYU schools, and who play a variety of change making roles including:

•    Pattern breaking visionaries who wish to pursue ideas of social importance in sustainable and scalable ways.
•    Those who wish to build and sustain the social entrepreneurial infrastructure needed for those ideas to take root and flourish.
•    Those who wish to spur others to action through media and the arts.

Successful applicants will receive $50,000 in tuition aid and participate in an intensive two-year curricular and co-curricular component to compliment his/her particular course of study including:   

•    The NYU Reynolds “Social Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century” Speaker Series
•    Specially designed course in social entrepreneurship
•    Social Entrepreneurial Advisory sessions
•    Seminars and workshops led by the Reynolds Expert Advisors
•    Summer internships and project-related work
•    Mentorship and research opportunities
•    Networking events

This opportunity is open to new students applying for Fall 2009 enrollment to any full-time two year master’s degree program at NYU or students that are currently enrolled in the schools of Law, Medicine or Dentistry and will have  two years remaining beginning September 2009.  Application deadlines vary by school and run January through February. For more information and to apply, please visit the NYU Reynolds website at http://www.nyu.edu/reynolds.

The EDUCATING AFRICA Pan-African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education 2008 seek to identify the very best organizations rising to the challenges of supporting education across Africa, to highlight their models, and to reward their achievements.

The competition offers 50 prizes of $1,000 for the most entrepreneurial education programs in every African country, a top prize of $10,000, and two runners-up prizes of $5,000.

At Teach A Man To Fish we believe that if the huge demand for education that exists across Africa is to be met, it will require new and entrepreneurial models which can be replicated and taken to scale.  Education programs which are innovative, sustainable and create real impact already exist in Africa. All too often, however, they never receive the true recognition they deserve, and remain isolated efforts. The EDUCATING AFRICA Pan-African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education 2008 represent a small step forward in terms of drawing international attention to their achievements, and rewarding their commitment.

Entries will be assessed against three criteria of entrepreneurship, sustainability, and impact, and must be received before the competition closing date of October 20th 2008.

Winners will be selected by a panel of international judges, and the top three awardees sponsored to travel to South Africa to receive their prizes at Education That Pays For Itself 2008, an international conference on Sustainable Education taking place 18th -20th November 2008.

Organizations wishing to take part should visit the competition website – www.teachamantofish.org.uk/competition for full details on how to enter.

For all enquiries email: competition@teachamantofish.org.uk, or tel: +44 7890 420205

Join other experts in education, youth enterprise, and skills  entrepreneurship training this November at a unique event focusing on financially sustainable approaches to education.
 
Education That Pays For Itself 2008 will bring together some of the world's leading practitioners in financially sustainable education, along with educators, policymakers, business people, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs and NGOs from around the world, in a hands-on forum for learning, networking, inspiration and action.
 
Share and discover innovative models tackling key challenges in education across the developing world:

• How to provide high quality education without high fees
• How to finance improved facilities without outside support 
• How to teach young people to succeed as entrepreneurs
• How to empower future generations to break out of the poverty trap

This conference represents an opportunity to be part of community that is transforming education in developing countries by integrating entrepreneurship and financial sustainability into the fabric of schools  youth education programs.
 
Share your work, establish new partnerships, get solutions to your toughest problems at our consultancy clinic sessions, and have a little fun - we promise you won't forget the experience!

As with last year, conference places are limited, so register now to guarantee your place!

Submit a Proposal and gain new exposure for your work. The call for proposals is now open. Don't miss the deadline - all session proposals must be submitted by 31 August 2008.  Click here for more info.
   
When: 18-20 November 2008

Where: Karatara*, South Africa
 
REGISTER NOW! or email

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Teach A Man To Fish is a UK registered charity no. 1112699
"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach him how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime."

California is undergoing an unprecedented expansion of after-school programs, through the implementation of Proposition 49 and the federal 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program. While policymakers, the public, and funders seem to well understand the dangers of the after-school hours and the opportunities these hours present for teaching and engaging children, little discussion has taken place about summer.

Arguably summer is an even more dangerous time for young people who are out of school not just from 3 – 6 pm, but all day long for roughly eight to ten weeks. Research is clear that there are numerous negative impacts due to this scenario. Unfortunately, none of the new Proposition 49 dollars have been dedicated to summer, and little of the 21st Century money is used for this purpose. This critical gap in services for the most disadvantaged youth is a challenge that must be addressed.

Summer for Disadvantaged Youth
July 15, 2008, 11 am – 2 pm

The East Bay Community Foundation
De Domenico Building
200 Frank Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612

Register now.

Participants will gain knowledge about:

• Research on the dangers of unsupervised time in the summer.
• Specific data on summer learning loss, increased obesity rates, and juvenile delinquency.
• What is happening around the country to address the challenge of summer.
• State and federal policy updates on summer program resources.
• Partnership ideas for addressing the challenge of summer

Program panelists:
Jennifer Peck, Bay Area Partnership for Children and Youth
Ron Fairchild, Center for Summer Learning, Johns Hopkins University
Sandra Taylor, Oakland Fund for Children and Youth

The program panel will be moderated by Jamie Allison, Program Officer at the S.H. Cowell Foundation.  After the panel discussion, a boxed lunch will be served. Then, those interested in staying will attend a site visit to Girls, Inc. a local summer youth program.

Program sponsors: S.H. Cowell Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation

The Mind Trust’s Education Entrepreneur Fellowship is a nationally unique incubator for transformative education ventures. The Fellowship offers promising education entrepreneurs the opportunity to develop and launch their break-the-mold education ventures and the support necessary for success. Fellows receive two years of salary, benefits, coaching, customized training, a travel budget and more. With this support, fellows will be able to realize their visions and achieve extraordinary results for some of the nation’s most underserved students.
Fellowship ventures target underserved or disadvantaged populations with solutions that attack the root problems in the delivery of public education. The Fellowship is for people who envision entirely new approaches to the challenges of public education, and possess the relentless drive necessary to exploit opportunities to fulfill their visions. Fellows join a growing network of education entrepreneurs dedicated to forging dramatic change in public education.

The Mind Trust plans to select three highly capable people to join the second cohort of fellows. It is expected that the second cohort of fellows will be selected in early December 2008. Each fellow works with The Mind Trust staff to establish an appropriate start date.
Fellows are full-time employees of The Mind Trust throughout the Fellowship. Fellows receive a $90,000 annual salary during the Fellowship and a full benefits package that includes medical, dental, and retirement benefits. In addition, fellows receive stipends of $5,000 per year ($10,000 over two years) for travel and $5,000 per year ($10,000 over two years) for professional development. The Fellowship is a full-time responsibility; fellows should not have additional employment, consulting contracts, or other professional responsibilities. Fellows may live anywhere in the United States during the Fellowship, but will be required to participate in meetings with their cohort of fellows in Indianapolis at least quarterly. In addition, Fellows must include Indianapolis as part of their initial growth plans.

Important Dates and Application Information
The Mind Trust is now accepting Statements of Intent online through September 5, 2008. Select applicants will be invited to submit Full Applications. Full applications are due on October 17, 2008. Statements of Intent and Full Applications are accepted only via The Mind Trust’s online application form. Visit www.themindtrust.org for the application form and more information on the Education Entrepreneur Fellowship. Fellowships for the second cohort will be awarded by December 1, 2008.

About The Mind Trust
The Mind Trust is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to dramatically improve public education for underserved students by empowering education entrepreneurs to develop or expand transformative education initiatives. To achieve its mission, The Mind Trust has two principal strategies: (1) a nationally unique Education Entrepreneur Fellowship that serves as an incubator for transformative education ventures; and (2) a Venture Fund to recruit to Indianapolis the nation’s most successful entrepreneurial education initiatives.