May 20, 2013

Bank of America Charitable Foundation’s Student Leaders Program

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation’s Student Leaders® Program is accepting applications for the 2012 program. We are asking for your help to spread the word about this exciting leadership opportunity.

As part of the company’s lending, investing and giving to strengthen the communities we serve, the Bank of America Student Leaders Program has recognized more than 1,600 exemplary high school juniors and seniors with a passion for improving their communities.  The program helps students gain a greater understanding of how nonprofits create impact in the community and develops them as the next generation of community leaders through two components:

summer 2012 eight-week paid summer internship with selected nonprofit organizations designed to provide  opportunities for the students to develop and apply leadership skills through hands-on work experience, while raising their awareness of community issues addressed by their host organization.

A week-long all-expense paid Student Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., July 15-20, 2012. Conducted in partnership with the Close Up Foundation, the Summit introduces students to aspects of civic, social and business leadership and provides them with knowledge and skills they will use throughout their life to create positive community change.

 

C-SPAN Summer Fellowship Application Deadline

SUMMER TEACHER FELLOWSHIP

Are you looking for an exciting professional development opportunity this summer? Each year C-SPAN invites 3 teachers from across the country to join our Education department in Washington, DC to help us develop teaching materials using new and existing resources.

The application deadline for C-SPAN’s Middle and High School Fellowship is next Friday, February 10.

Each Fellow will receive an award valued at $7,000 which includes housing and travel expenses. The program takes place for four weeks during the summer at C-SPAN’s offices in Washington, DC and is based on the selected recipients’ schedules.

For additional information on the program, please visit the Teacher Opportunitiespage on our website.

C-SPAN 2012 Summer Fellowship Application(.PDF)

If you have any questions, please call our Educators’ Hotline at 1-800-523-7586, or email educate@c-span.org.

 

Civil War Washington Teacher Fellows

The Catherine B. Reynolds Civil War Washington Teacher Fellows

We are now accepting applications for the Civil War Washington Teacher Fellows program to be held inWashington, DC from July 8 – July 13, 2012.  Join up to 25 teachers to learn about Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Washington during the Civil War as you spend a day at each of these fascinating sites!

As part of our six-day, six-night program, you will:

 

Come away from your week in Washington familiar with: an array of virtual tours, the oratory skills to get your students on their feet performing speeches by Lincoln and Douglass; comfortable taking students on content-driven experiential learning adventures; and excited about using classroom drama to help historic characters come alive!

  • $600 registration fee includes six nights of a shared room at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel and air transportation on American Airlines
  • $1000 registration fee includes single room and air transportation
  • All Fellows are eligible to obtain 3 graduate credit hours through Trinity Washington University for an additional fee of $375

To apply see the attached application or visit:

http://www.fords.org/home/education/teacher-programs/professional-development

Applications are due by March 30, 2012

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Jake Flack

Education Programs Manager

Ford’s Theatre Society

514 Tenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Tel: 202.434.9537

jflack@fords.org