Friday, September 24, 2010

Early Childhood Development Forum Debuts this Fall

Do you have a passion for working, giving and learning about Early Childhood Development? DSVP Parnter, Bob Wood wants you to to join us for the first in a new SVP network series – The Early Childhood Development Forum.

This quarterly teleconference series is for SVP partners and staff who care deeply about this topic. It’s an opportunity for free-flowing discussion: to learn what SVPs are doing in this area; share information about developments in the field; and sharpen our philanthropic and volunteer focus.

Our first one hour call is scheduled for Wednesday, October 6th at 12:00PM Central. Please contact Meghan Hale at mhale@dsvp.org for call-in information.

SVP Seattle Partner Dawn Trudeau will get the conversation rolling with a brief on SVP Seattle’s involvement in the Washington State Business Partnership for Early Learning. There will also be time set aside during the forum so we can learn more about each other and our specific ECD projects and interests.

UPLIFT receives $7.5 million from the Department of Education

UPLIFT received fantastic news today from the Department of Education. They
were the ONLY Texas Charter School to receive a federal "Teacher
Incentive Fund" grant. The grant will amount to a total of $7.5 million over the next 5 years. These funds will go towards their reward & recognition program which includes incentive pay, Dynamic Dayin Dallas, Master Teachers, and our launch of common formative assessments.

Congratulations!