The Urban Prep Fellows Program: A Unique Year of Service Opportunity in Urban Education

In Chicago, just one in forty African-American boys in public schools earns a college degree by age 25. But for three years in a row at Urban Prep Academies, the nation’s first network of all-male charter public high schools, 100% of seniors have gained admission to attend four-year colleges and universities.   Do you have the skills, passion, and energy to help us continue to make this vision a reality? Consider applying to join the Urban Prep Fellows Program, a distinctive full-time, one-year service fellowship opportunity for recent college graduates.  Urban Prep Fellows augment and support regular classroom learning by building bonds with students through academic and personal advising, managing after-school activities, communicating with families, and leading a small-group seminar course. During their service year, Fellows are provided with housing, transportation, health and dental insurance, and a monthly living stipend.

Learn more about Urban Prep by viewing this short video, visiting the Urban Prep Fellows website at http://www.UrbanPrep.org/fellows  finding us on facebook and twitter, or contacting the Fellows Program Director, Jacob Wertz, at jwertz@urbanprep.org or 312-276-0259 x1109.

The University YMCA is currently seeking applicants for the Bailey Scholarship: http://www.universityymca.org/bailey/

Avery Brundage Scholarships

Booker T. Washington STEM Academy, a magnet school in Champaign, is looking for volunteer math tutors for 3rd grade students between the hours of 12:15-1:15 Monday-Friday. Interested students can contact Tara Bell at (217) 351-3901 or tcbell81@illinois.edu. The school is located adjacent to campus at 606 E Grove Street, Champaign near the intersection of University and Sixth Street.

Spring 2013

Children and Childhood in Scandinavia

Scan 496

 
In this course we will explore the changing understanding of childhood and youth in Scandinavia, primarily Sweden, through children’s literature and classic accounts of childhood in fiction, film and related media. Works analyzed range from Hans-Christian Andersen’s fairy tales and Astrid Lindgren’s world literature classic Pippi Longstocking to contemporary youth fiction and cinema. We will address questions about what constitutes children’s literature in Scandinavia and in a comparative context with the US; how childhood is construed in books self-described as children’s literature as well as in adult-audience fiction and memoirs; and how representations of childhood correlate with evolving ideas about family formation, child-rearing, the welfare state, and education in twentieth- and twenty-first century Scandinavia. Course goals include gaining knowledge of important texts, concepts, genres, and narrative strategies in children’s and youth literature and understanding these in terms of social-historical contexts in Scandinavia and the US. The course will offer students a comparative context with which to gain a fuller understanding of Scandinavian children’s and youth culture in correlation to American educational and literary traditions, and will provide students with an opportunity to gain in-depth insight into a culture known internationally as a forerunner in children’s rights and education.
 
Taught in English

Meets with CWL 441; CI 499; GLBL 499

 
Course instructor: Dr. Theo Malekin
Where: TBA
When: T TR 2-3.20pm

INCLUSIVE ILLINOIS: Dr. Tim Engles: “Confronting White Privilege in the Classroom”

UNDERSTANDING EDUCATIONAL DIVERSITY AROUND THE WORLD

What does education look like in other countries? What are the challenges for teachers around the world? What do you know about the countries of international and diasporic students sitting in US classrooms? Hear from the international graduate students in the College of Education about the educational systems in their home countries in this speaker series.

Friday, November 9th from noon to 1 pm in 210A

PIZZA WILL BE PROVIDED.

CHILE: the consequences of privatization and the student undergraduate educational movement that has impacted the world

Mauricio Pino Yancovic, is a Ph.D Student in the EPOL- Global Studies in Education Division. MA in Ethnopsychology, was a professor of the Catholic University of Valparaíso in Chile, where he has worked in teacher professional development programs and researched teachers transforming identity in the context of the new Chilean teacher evaluation and incentives system.

Upcoming Presentations:

November 30 – CHINA: the social diversity of the country and the complexity of its educational system with the fast economic development

(12-1pm in 210A ED)

SPRING 2013 Presentations

February 1 – South Africa

February 8 – South Korea

February 15 – Kenya

March 1 – Indonesia

April 15 – Taiwan

April 26 – Morocco

(all Spring presentation will be at noon in Room 22 ED)

This presentation series is coordinated by Mauricio Pino Yancovic (mypino2@illinois.edu) and  Xiuying Cai (xcai7@illinois.edu ), international graduate students from EPOL – Global Studies in Education, along with Dr. Nicole Lamers (lamers@illinois.edu ), EPOL.

Park English is looking for ESL instructors to teach in the South Korean school systems. As a member of the Recruitment Agency Organization of South Korea, Park English provides their instructors with a high-quality once in a lifetime experience and there are absolutely no fees involved for their services! Read more about the opportunity here (http://illinois.edu/2006/park_english_pamphlet.pdf) or visit their website at www.parkenglish.com. The application process can take several months so don’t wait, apply today!

Katie Flint
Assistant Director, The Career Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
715 S. Wright Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-0820
kflint2@illinois.edu
www.careercenter.illinois.edu
LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/katieflint

Immediate opening for a part time female tutor for 10 year old fifth grade student. My niece requires help in all subjects but I would like a particular emphasis on mathematics. Tutor would need to be available ASAP with the possibility of starting as early as this upcoming weekend. Position is 2 hours a day each Saturday/Sunday afternoon. This position would require someone to come to my niece at home at a set time every Saturday and Sunday, she lives in Champaign  There is some flexibility as far as what hours but once hours are set then consistency would be required. Position will pay 12 dollars an hour or commiserate with experience/background/results. I am also open to making this position a three day a week thing if there are tangible results within the first month. This is an excellent opportunity to supplement income for any individual while helping a struggling 5th grader. Please feel free to send resumes/inquiries to ememon@gmail.com or to call me directly at 847-791-7268 if there are any questions.

If you are interested in a Spanish minor. Please go to my advising webpage below. Then click on the links to minor requirements. Read about how and when to declare a Spanish minor. Also, scroll down to the bottom of the minor link (click on the word MINOR) and you will find a plan sheet that clearly lists the courses and the sequence.

SINCE THE COURSES ARE RESTRICTED TO MAJORS EACH SEMESTER UNTIL AFTER PRIORITY REGISTRATION ENDS (EVEN FOR JAMES SCHOLARS). THE DATE AND TIME THESE COURSES WILL BE RELEASED TO NON-MAJORS WILL ALWAYS BE FOUND UNDER THE “EXPAND ALL” LINK ON MY.ILLINOIS OR IN THE COURSE INFORMATION ON THE CRN LINK NEXT TO THE OPEN SECTION CHECK BOX WHILE REGISTERING FOR COURSES EACH SEMESTER.

You will want to investigate the study abroad link and look at programs that mirror UIUC courses if you want to access courses for the minor. Basically, after you have finished 200, 204 and 228, and one of the 25_ level courses, you can go abroad to finish it if you choose a program that offers the courses you will need. Attached to the following URL also is a summary sheet for the minor.This also discusses how you can find placement scores and/or take the proficiecy test in order to figure out your proper starting point.

http://www.sip.illinois.edu/spanish/advising/programs/documents/NewMinorRequirments2.pdf

The link to the schedule of MINOR INFORMATION MEETINGS  for this semester is posted on my webpage(below). Come to find ask questions about study abroad, how and when to declare the minor or bring your INTENT TO DECLARE A CAMPUS MINOR  form to the minor information meetings along with a print out of your academic record proving completion of 200, 204 and 228. Finally, if you would like to speak to me in person, come in to my walk-in hours which are posted on the main advising page(below). Thank you for your interest and I look forward to meeting you should you decide to become a Spanish minor in SIP.

Regards,

Beth Chasco
Undergraduate Spanish Advisor
Walk-in hours posted weekly on:
http://www.sip.illinois.edu/spanish/advising/

4004 FLB MC-176
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese Department
707 South Mathews
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL 61801