Attached is the flyer for a wonderful Professional Development conference sponsored by the San Francisco Summer Learning Network.  The conference on May 17 will be packed full of exciting opportunities for staff to learn how to make this the very best summer for San Francisco kids ever.

Some of the workshop topics include:

Getting hands on with science

Taking your young people out in nature in the City

Adapting activities for children with special needs

Preparing excellent lesson plans

Dancing and movement with your kids

And many more!

The event is aimed at line staff who work directly with children and youth during the summer.

There will be 15+ workshops to choose from, opportunities to network with colleagues from other programs, and free lunch for those who register by Monday May 14th at noon.

Date: Thursday, May 17th

Time: 9am – 1:30pm

Location: Unitarian Universalist Center, 1187 Franklin Street @ Geary.

To register, please go to the eventbrite link: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3327036255

Registration deadline is Tuesday, May 15th.

Please consider this free and excellent opportunity for professional development and send your entire staff!!!

What is the Summer Learning Network?

The Summer Learning Network is a citywide network facilitated by the city’s Department of Children, Youth and Their Families (DCYF), which includes the San Francisco Unified School District, and more than 60 providers of summer learning programs.

The Summer Learning Network facilitates connecting summer youth programs with enrichments that help young people’s minds grow and thrive, as well as promoting reading, exercise and healthy eating. “Summer Learning Loss” is a well-known concern for low-income students who are likely to have less active summers, while their more privileged peers benefit from travel, summer camps, outings to museums and events, athletic pursuits and more. Socioeconomically advantaged students tend to gain or at least hold steady academically during summer vacation, while low-income students tend to slide back. This summer setback accounts for a significant portion of the achievement gap that limits the horizons of disadvantaged young people.  Did you know?

·      Students who aren’t engaged in any summer enrichment lose about 2 months worth of academics.

·      This summer learning loss accounts for over half the achievement gap between middle class and disadvantaged children.

·      Children now gain weight over the summer due to lack of exercise and healthy foods.

The Network was started in the summer of 2010 (by New Day for Learning) in order to expand and improve enriched summer learning opportunities for all children across the City.  This is a perfect example of how everyone — not just schools — can contribute to the success and well-being of our students.

Summer Resource Conference Flyer May 2012

Melanie Hopson

Child Care Planning & Advisory Council

Afterschool for All Advisory Council

Summer Learning Network

Can you please send this out to your networks and colleagues who run summer programs asap?  Per our past conversations, please take special care to forward this email and flyer to summer program providers who may not be funded by DCYF or SFUSD.  Thanks very much!

Melanie

Attached is the flyer for a wonderful FREE Professional Development conference sponsored by the San Francisco Summer Learning Network.  The conference on May 17 will be packed full of exciting opportunities for staff to learn how to make this the very best summer for San Francisco kids ever.

The event is aimed at line staff who work directly with children and youth during the summer.

There will be 18+ workshops to choose from, opportunities to network with colleagues from other programs, and free lunch for those who register by Monday May 14th at noon.

Date: Thursday, May 17th

Time: 9am – 1:30pm

Location: Unitarian Universalist Center, 1187 Franklin Street @ Geary.

To register, please go to the eventbrite link: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3327036255

Registration deadline is Monday, May 14th.

Questions can be addressed to Melanie:  mhopson@dcyf.org

Please consider this free and excellent opportunity for professional development and send your entire staff!!!

Summer Resource Conference Flyer May 2012

RALLY AND VIGIL:

WHEN: Wednesday May 16, 2012

      5pm: “We’re Fed-Up” Picketline

     6pm: Vigil to Mourn Budget Cuts

WHERE: The SFUSD Steps:

555 Franklin St.

      between McAllister and Fulton

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Session 2 10:50 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.

Just click here to register

Health Care Reform: What It Means for Your Business Now and in the Future How will Health Care Reform affect your San Francisco business? Learn froma panel of experts, including representatives from small business advocacygroups, small business owners, and Health Care Reform leaders from KaiserPermanente. You may be wondering, if you do provide coverage to employees,how will the law affect your coverage? If you don’t currently providecoverage, how might the law help you do so? Find out how small business owners can shape California’simplementation of the law so that it will be most beneficial. Finally,understand how the new California Health Benefit Exchange for small businessesworks and what it will offer for small businesses purchasing coverage. Speaker: Bill Wehrle, Vice President, Health Insurance Exchanges, KaiserPermanente

Bill Wehrle is Vice President, Health Insurance Exchanges for Kaiser Permanente.In this role, he is responsible for influencing the policy developmentof health insurance exchanges in each state. In California, Mr. Wehrleis responsible for leading Kaiser Permanente’s relationship with the CaliforniaHealth Benefit Exchange and leading Kaiser Permanente’s strategy and executionfor exchange products and membership.

Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente

Location: SF Small Business Conference SF State Downtown Campus 835 Market Street 6th floor San Francisco

Do you know someone between 18-24 years old? Do they need to complete their high school diploma? If you saidyes to these questions, please tell them about RAMP!

Currently, we are actively accepting applications for our upcomingJuly 9th session.

Interested persons just need to attend a RAMP-SF orientation to begin the application process…below are orientation dates for the remainder of May and the month of June:

All orientations start at3:00PM SHARP and it is highly advised applicants arrive on time!

ORIENATION DATES                                                                                                          LOCATIONS

May 17th                                                                                                                1500Mission, Goodwill SoMa One Stop

May 24th                                                                                                                3120Mission, Mission One Stop

June 7th                                                                                                                  1449 Webster, Western Addition One Stop

June 14th                                                                                                                1500Mission, Goodwill SoMa One Stop

June 21st                                                                                                                 3120Mission, Mission One Stop

June 28th                                                                                                                73 Leland,Visitacion Valley One Stop

Below, please find application deadlines:

APPPLICATION DEADLINE

           SESSION                                                                                                                                              APPLICATION DATE

July 9th   session                                                                                                                                                 Thursday, June 21st

DO NOTE: Due to funding, we have a limited number of slots available for applicants between 22to 24years of age. Unfortunately, we can only enroll 8applicants per cohort from this age group.

If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact me via e-mail at  awhitman@sfcc.org

Cheers,

Amber Lea

Amber Lea Whitman, Ed.D.

Recruiter forRAMP-SF Academy

www.FLFNA.blogspot.com

Newsletter

San Francisco Small Business Week has arrived!!!

Don’t forget to join Red Rose Culinary Academy’s fundraiser tomorrow nightas they kick off their second year of hands on training for low incomeresidents and formerly incarcerated individuals.

WHAT:   SmallBusiness Evening Celebration in the Fillmore http://www.sfsmallbusinessweek.com/small-business-appreciation-evening-in-the-fillmore/

WHEN:  Tuesday, May 15, 2012 from 6pm-10pm

WHERE:  West Bay Conference Center, 1290 FillmoreStreet, San Francisco, CA

Cooks Not Crooks can train 32 people this summer for $15,000 far less thanthe cost to house one prisoner in California.

Purchase your ticket or make a donation on-line now!!!  https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=Gnb3j9M6iVjcpi-Yg_a_F3E7gDoQB8_v9rlJI9MxBeKnuI8NoQ_Jsk8jdLC&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d195a86f1d217942f7415cf1b2a661693

Also join us in a moment of silence as we lost a Small Businessman inthe Western Addition community.   He has been repairing cars for over 20 yearsin the Fillmore and was well known and liked. He suddenly lost his life in a drive by shooting this past Friday Night.

Small Business Celebration May 15th @ 6PM

Tuesday. May 15th, 2012

West Bay Conference Center, 1290 Fillmore Street, San Francisco

6:00pm – 10:00pm

$35 per ticket Table of 6, $180 Table of 8, $240

(4 course dinner & drink, 1 Wine or coffee drink ticket and business card drawings)

100% of the proceeds go to fund the start-up of Cooks Not Crooks

A self-sustainable hospitality industry training and job placement innovation for low-income, formerly incar-cerated and hard to employ individuals

Through the Red Rose Culinary Academy social enterprise by Brothers For Change, Inc.

For more information please follow the link below.

Small Business Celebration May 15th @ 7PM

The Painter Supervisor I ***INFORMATION ONLY announcement is MAY 11 to MAY 17.

Interested applicants can applyMAY 18 (8:00 am) to MAY 21, 2012 (8:00 am) – THREE DAYS ONLY

Please visit the City & County of San Francisco Employment Opportunities website to view the information only job announcement:

http://www.jobaps.com/SF/sup/BulPreview.asp?R1=CBT&R2=7242&R3=058686

Weekly List 5.11.12