RI Leaders Get Into The Classroom at JA Leaders Day
Monday, April 01, 2013
Rhode Island leaders from across Rhode Island stepped into the classroom last week, serving as guest teachers during Education Awareness Week hosted by Junior Achievement and Teach For America.
Education Awareness Week draws community leaders statewide to support educational excellence for all of Rhode Island’s children. Volunteers visit the classrooms of teachers, including Teach For America corps members, and teach lessons based on their experiences in business, government, and beyond.
“Education Awareness Week is an opportunity to bring together the key stakeholders of both organizations to support a shared vision of student achievement and economic empowerment,” said Lee Lewis, president of Junior Achievement of Rhode Island. “We believe this collaboration will help advance our complementary missions which will result in more Rhode Island young people having access to opportunity and success.”
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The collaboration between Junior Achievement and Teach For America is part of joint national and regional initiatives to tap into the capacity of both organizations to partner with communities to increase opportunities for students. Education Awareness Week combines activities from both organizations including JA Leaders Day, a unique one-day program where community leaders provide instruction on JA’s elementary curriculum, and Teach For America Week, where guest teachers commit to teaching one lesson in a corps member’s classroom during the course of the week.
“We’re excited about our collaboration with Junior Achievement and the broad range of leaders participating in our education awareness week,” said Heather Tow-Yick, executive director of Teach For America-Rhode Island. “It takes a community to educate our children and by having local leaders share their expertise in the classroom, we are helping focus attention on the importance of providing all children with the educational opportunities they deserve.”
See who was in the classroom At Carl G. Lauro Elementary School in Providence, for JA Leadership Day, below. All photo courtesy of Junior Achievement RI.
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