Palm Street Block Association

Greetings –

The Job Connection is attached. It is also posted each Monday on the Union County College website at http://ucc.edu/Community/CEWD/Weeklyjobs.aspx. There you will find this week’s ops along with the previous four weeks’ editions.

The Job Connection is also posted each Monday on the County of Union website home page at www.ucnj.org.

Please note that the next Job Connection will be distributed on January 2, 2012.

Best wishes to you and yours during the holidays and throughout the New Year

2011JobConnection1219

Organizing and Research Intern

Across the country, labor, community and environmental activists are fighting back against conservative attempts to give wealthy taxpayers tax breaks at the expense of essential services. Even before the events last winter in Wisconsin, New Jersey saw brutal attacks against public education, immigrant rights and health care during discussion of the state budget. The New Jersey Working Families Alliance, a coalition of labor, community and environmental organizations seeks winter and spring semester interns to help implement a dynamic campaign to stand up for working families and demand corporations pay their fair share.

ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP:

An internship with the NJWFA is a chance to be part of an exciting organization that builds political power for low-income and middle class families, people of color and other marginalized communities. The Program Internship gives interns a set of skills and knowledge that they can apply to careers in politics, labor, communications, policy and the non-profit world. Interns will work with the Organizing Director and

Communications Coordinator to:

•Implement public education and organizing plans around critical issues; •Help organize public events to raise awareness of specific budget cuts and garner support for fiscally responsible budget solutions; • Provide assistance for dynamic press operation ;

• Buildcalendar of local community events and meetings;

• Conduct local budget research working with municipalities and school districts togather impact data;

• Provide administrative support (photocopying, data entry, etc), as needed

Hours: Flexible, minimum 15 hours per week

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS NEEDED:

The NJWFA is looking for candidates who are dedicated to social, economic and environmental justice and have a strong commitment to building grassroots power. Excellent writing and verbal communication skills are a must. Knowledge of Excel preferred.

Candidates should be able to work well within a team and independently and be flexible.

ABOUT NJWFA:

The NJWFA works to increase the accountability of elected officials over issues important to New Jersey’s working families. We focus on identifying issues like jobs and health care that concern a broad cross-section of organizations and organize successful campaigns to bring about change. We also lead the Better Choices for New Jersey campaign, a coalition of over 80 organizations fighting for a balanced approach to the state budget that asks New Jersey’s wealthiest residents and corporations to pay their fair share.

Please send your resume and cover letter to info@njworkingfamilies.orgor fax to 973-623-3777 attn: NJWFA internship. The NJWFA is an equal opportunity employer. Women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQ individuals are strongly encouraged to apply

Greetings –

The Job Connection is attached. It is also posted each Monday on the Union County College website at http://ucc.edu/Community/CEWD/Weeklyjobs.aspx. There you will find this week’s ops along with the previous four weeks’ editions.

The Job Connection is also posted each Monday on the County of Union website home page at www.ucnj.org.

Best wishes for a highly productive week!

2011JobConnection1212

Upper School Director (9th-12th grade)

The Calhoun School in Manhattan, a leading progressive institution serving 740 students (pre-K–12), seeks a Director for its Upper School, grades 9-12, with enrollment of approximately 190 students. The Upper School Director reports to the Head of School and is a member of the senior management team, working in close collaboration with other division directors and administrators. Calhoun’s Upper School is distinctive for and distinguished by terrific teenagers, a superb faculty and an innovative progressive program. The Upper School curriculum is rich and varied, with an emphasis on depth over breadth. The school’s open spaces and block schedule are designed to allow deep investigation and to make use of New York City’s magnificent resources. The schedule enables project and site-based learning in all disciplines. The arts hold a place at the center, not the periphery, of the curriculum. Creativity, eccentricity, originality, critical thought, imagination and good humor are celebrated.

Specific Responsibilities:

* Recruit, supervise and support all Upper School faculty and administration;

* Oversee curriculum development, assuring the ongoing evolution of practices that reflect the school’s progressive mission;

* Supervise daily division operations to include, scheduling, attendance, record-keeping, budgeting and reporting and coordination with all other administrative departments;

* Oversee the advisory system, developing and sustaining systems of assessment and communication with parents;

* Exercise significant leadership in the admission process, to include interviewing, presentations at open houses and other events related to enrollment and retention;

* Serve as the division’s instructional leader, staying abreast of best progressive practices in the various disciplines;

* Serve as Calhoun’s liaison to the Progressive Education Laboratory, a grant-funded collaboration with partner progressive schools through which a teacher-training program is being developed;

* Oversee and guide the work of Upper School administrators including college counseling, student services and related functions.

Desired Qualifications

* An advanced degree is strongly preferred;

* Teaching experience, preferably in an Upper School setting, is expected;

* Evidence of a strong commitment to and knowledge of progressive education history, theory and practice is required – experience in a progressive school is preferred;

* Evidence of commitment to inclusion, equity and diversity;

* Appreciation for the rich differences among and between students and the ways in which a progressive school might serve all students well;

* Evidence of strong organization skills and the ability to manage resources, time and space efficiently;

* The ability to communicate clearly, directly and confidently in public and private settings, both orally and in writing;

* A genuine desire to be Calhoun’s Upper School Director.

Personal Qualities and other Nebulous Characteristics

* The strong desire to be deeply engaged in all aspects of Upper School life and to commit the time to realize that desire;

* A strong impulse to build consensus and community, with patience, graciousness and good humor;

* Confidence to reconsider his/her own decisions;

* A sense that the job depends as much on learning as it does on decision making;

* The maturity to take most other things more seriously than taking oneself;

* Life experiences indicative of an ethical life lived with curiosity, integrity, passion and compassion;

* The patience to listen well;

* A powerful interest in and capacity to develop relationships with students by being, among other things, accessible, approachable and fun to be around;

* Intent to put down roots in this community for a spell.

Candidates should submit:

* A cover letter summarizing the motivation for applying and the qualities/qualifications that might make the candidacy appealing to the search committee;

* A resume;

* An essay, 500-1000 words, demonstrating the candidate’s progressive approach to education and, especially, providing compelling evidence of the candidate’s commitment to inclusion, equity and diversity.

Materials should be addressed to:

Calhoun School

Office of the Head of School

Attention: Angela Fischer

433 West End Avenue

New York, NY 10024

Email: angela.fischer@calhoun.org