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Please email Laura Engel at laurae@dayton-unitedway.org for the application to apply. You can also go to our website at www.liveuniteddayton.org and access the application. Mail or email it back to Laura Engel at 33 West First St. STE 500 Dayton, OH 45402. Application deadline is April 13th, 2018.

Date: May 29, 2018 - July 29, 2018
Organization: United Way of the Greater Dayton Area
Stipend: $2,700

Nature and Scope
United Way of the Greater Dayton Area (UWGDA) sponsors the Montgomery County Freedom Schools Collaborative. The CDF Freedom Schools® program is an educational and cultural enrichment program. Our program provides summer learning for children, to address summer learning loss, and strengthens parent and community involvement. We serve children who have completed kindergarten through eighth grade for six weeks delivering integrated reading, conflict resolution, and social action in an activity-based curriculum to promote social, cultural, and historical awareness.

College-age young people and recent college graduates play a key role in the Children's Defense Fund Freedom Schools program as Servant Leader Interns. Servant Leader Interns are responsible for the front-line care and nurturing of the children. Using the Integrated Reading Curriculum, they serve as facilitators in the classroom and as leaders of parent workshops and community outreach activities.

Responsibilities
• Deliver the Integrated Reading Curriculum to a class of no more than ten students for 6 weeks during the summer months, according to the standards developed by the Children's Defense Fund and the local program sponsor.
• Set up and break down his/her classroom space, including securing and organizing the appropriate materials.
• Collaborate with staff to establish and maintain weekly lesson plans designed to provide a supportive and structured environment for the children entrusted to their care.
• Serve as a Harambee! leader each day of program operation.
• Serve as a leader of afternoon activities and other special events; chaperone field trips.
• Participate fully in the National Training on June 2 - 9th, 2018 (1st and 2nd year Servant Leader
Interns only).