MINORITY PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION

Community Teacher’s Award Ceremony

Friday, May 15, 2003

at

Paul Robeson High School

150 Albany Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11213

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Hosted by Paul Robenson High School for Business & Technology

 

Background

MPCA, through its first Community Teacher's Award, will proudly honor exemplary Minorities in Education in the US and abroad on May 15th, 2003.  Teachers worldwide are at the forefront of the effort to reach Education for All (EFA), the global initiative striving for universal basic education by 2015.  EFA strives to reach children, youth and adults globally, especially those in disadvantaged or marginalized settings.  EFA encourages school, local and national action to meet the diverse needs of students in school and reaching the close to 125 million school-going age children who are out of school.

 

Purpose

The MPCA Community Teacher's Award celebrates the efforts of teachers, particularly minority educators, in the face of the many challenges to education today. 

Specifically, MPCA hopes this recognition will:

§         contribute to Peace Corps’ third goal and promote the MPCA mission,

§         promote Education for All, especially education in minority communities and abroad,

§         build awareness about, and support the need for, more minority educators within Peace Corps and throughout the nation and

§         encourage teachers to continue to inspire, motivate and facilitate discovery and learning for children and young people in minority communities and settings.

 

Community Teacher's Award

Recipients will receive:

§         $500.00 to offset the cost of any additional school supplies for the stateside recipient and a pizza party for one of their class.

§         $250.00 in a form of a grant to the Peace Corps Volunteer recipient to help in a Peace Corps secondary project.

§         A plaque signed by the President of MPCA and a Peace Corps or Department of Education representative.

 

Eligibility

This year two teachers will receive this award - one based in the US;  A teacher, nominated by school committee made up of the PTA, students broad and school administration, will have demonstrated leadership in their profession, impacting their students learning and actions, as well as affecting their school and the larger community.  The other recipient; an (African-American, Hispanic-American, Asian-America or Native American) Peace Corps educational Volunteers based in one of the over 60 countries where Peace Corps serving abroad working on an educational project which makes a significant impact in their community of service.

 

Support the MPCA Community Teacher's Award

§         MPCA will hold a fundraiser on Friday, May 2, 2003, Teachers College, Columbia University.

§         Individual or group contributions are welcomed.

Please visit our CTA Fundraiser Page or MPCA Donation Page to make a donation.

 

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