At the most recent PFS sharing practice event, the 2014 PFS Statewide Meeting held in partnership with the Providence Children & Youth Cabinet, several transformative PK-16 partnerships shared best practices and engaged 50 participants in exploring the standards of the PFS Partnership Rubric
Archives for February 2014
Now Accepting Host Site Applications: AmeriCorps*VISTA
RI Campus Compact is now accepting proposals to host a 2014 – 2015 RICC VISTA! Higher Education Institutions and Community Non-profit Partners are invited to view the Request for Proposal here. Please note that all concept papers are due by March 14, 2014.
Partnerships for Success 2014 Statewide Meeting
Despite heavy snowfall on Monday, February 3, RI Partnerships for Success hosted a Statewide Meeting at Providence College in partnership with the Providence Children & Youth Cabinet. Attended by over 50 partnership practitioners, the event featured the recent Lumina Foundation grant received by the Providence Children & Youth Cabinet as well as breakout discussions around […]
VISTA Voices: Rachel Peterson
Rachel Peterson accepted her VISTA assignment at The Learning Community, a nationally recognized K-8 public charter school in Central Falls, Rhode Island. Rachel had a goal of learning Spanish to improve her effectiveness as a VISTA, and she gets to connect her life outside of school to the work she does every day. It is very empowering to know that even while Rachel is not working directly through AmeriCorps she is becoming better able to serve the communities she works with after this year with Spanish.
