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Empowering Youth Through Summer Child Care Program

Join the Graham Windham Beacon Center in Harlem for a fulfilling summer program that focuses on academic enrichment, safety, and self-sufficiency for children in grades 1-8. Learn important child care skills and make a positive impact on young lives. Gain valuable experience in child care, be a role model, track student progress, and help underserved children reach their full potential.

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Empowering Youth Through Summer Child Care Program

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  1. Youth Fulfillment in Child Care Harlem Children Society Cornell University Christina Romero Summer 2006

  2. Graham Windham Beacon Center • Mission • Helps underserved children overcome obstacles on the path to self-sufficiency by giving them the skills to succeed, supporting and strengthening their families when necessary.

  3. Graham Windham Beacon Center • Core Beliefs • Safety • Permanency • Education • Literacy • Self-Sufficiency • Strength-Based Services

  4. Beacon Services • Early Childhood Development • Family & Community Support • Family Permanency Planning • After school + Summer programs

  5. Summer Service Description • Summer Program • Children in grades 1 – 8 • Academic setup: classroom etiquette • Focus in literacy and science • Prepare children for upcoming grade level

  6. Staff Training • Managing Child Behavior (2 Step) • Learn about different scenarios • Role Playing • Appropriate ways of addressing certain behaviors • Importance of verbal/physical Language • Reacting to child abuse or being aware of a child that is in a home where child abuse is occurring

  7. My Role in the Beacon • Program Aide (Teacher) • Assigned a class of 20 third grade students • Responsible for developing lesson plans based on the class theme • Produce 5 science projects for the children to present at the end of the summer • Field Trips • Responsible for the safety and well being on the children when traveling outdoors • Documentation

  8. Benefit of Having Experience in Child Care • Beacon Center / Boys & Girls Club • Concentration: Pre-Veterinary Medicine • Impressive background • Ability to relay information easily to patients • Sociability with all types of people, including young children • Work cooperatively with co-workers, parents & children

  9. Role Modeling • Uphold a certain belief in the presence of children by enforcing • alcohol, drug and smoke free lifestyles • use of proper language • mature behavior • respect for themselves and each other • Consistency is key

  10. Student Progress • Children are expected to improve on their weaknesses and sharpen their strengths • Fill out Student Progress Reports for each student so we may better address their problems • Suggest one-on-one tutoring • Recommending certain programs to be available to students, such as Special Education classes and ESL • Rewards System • Trips, prizes

  11. Program Statistics • Mainly Hispanic, African American • Many from disadvantaged/low-income homes • Range from 6 to 14 years old

  12. Children Recognized forMost Improvement

  13. Conclusion • Develop relationships with children • Recognize progress and change in their academic/behavioral skills • Self-fulfillment • Reflected your ways on someone else’s life • Helped a child become one step closer to achieving their goals

  14. Acknowledgements Harlem Children’s Society Dr. Sat Bhattacharya Graham Windham Beacon Center Bibiana Thomas – Program Director Ian Holly – Program Coordinator Cindy Millan – Supervisor Rani Sharma – Teaching Assistant

  15. THE END.

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