(NAME-MCE) YSA Seeking Interested Middle Schools to Support through a STEMester of Service

[Michael Minks]

Dear Colleagues in Service, 

Youth Service America has received funding from the Corporation for
National and Community Service to launch an exciting new grants program
designed to support selected middle school teachers and service-learning
coordinators in strengthening their delivery of Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) curricula through service-learning.
The program will target students from disadvantaged circumstances in
states with the highest drop out rates in the nation (Arkansas, Arizona,
Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico,
New York, North Carolina, and Washington).

STEMester of Service grantees will engage up to 75 middle school
students in a semester-long, STEM-focused service-learning program.
Student projects will address meaningful community problems
intentionally connected to state academic standards and will incorporate
youth voice, as well as opportunities for reflection, demonstration and
celebration.  Training and preparation will occur in the fall for all
grantees. School programs will launch on Martin Luther King Day, January
18, 2010, and culminate on Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25, 2010. 

The program components include:

*	Annual $5,000 grant for teachers or service-learning
coordinators. ($1,000 of the grant will be applied toward travel for
professional development.) 
*	Training and professional development, including participation
at YSA's Youth Service Institute in Washington, D.C, October 2009. 
*	Resources such as curriculum guides and project ideas aligned to
academic standards to help grantees plan and implement STEMemester of
Service. 
*	Technical assistance and personalized online support from YSA. 
*	National recognition and visibility through YSA communications
and outreach initiatives. 

Who is eligible?

*	Teachers, administrators and service-learning coordinators in
middle schools 
*	Staff and service-learning coordinators in afterschool programs 
*	The schools and after-school programs must be located in
Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana,
Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and Washington. 

The deadline to apply is August 20.

Please begin by completing our Eligibility Quiz:
http://tinyurl.com/stemesterquiz 

 

If you are eligible, you will be given access the application materials.

 

More information is available at www.ysa.org/awards 

 

Best,

Michael Minks
Director of Outreach
Youth Service America
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 200 | Washington, DC 20005
P: 202-296-2992 ext. 125 | F: 202-296-4030
mminks at ysa.org
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