The Adverse Childhood Experiences Project involves interdisciplinary teams of retired educational experts—health professionals, educators, researchers and neuroscientists, school counselors and teachers—work together as a "steering committee" to improve the capacity of school personnel and youth workers to address issues of neglect and abuse that undermine the academic performance of low-income youth.
To this end, it is Let's Be Changemaker's mission to bring together the right mix of professional talent -- in the form of Steering Committees -- in support of schools in low-income neighborhoods.
These Steering Committees are multi-disciplinary, and composed of some constellation of the following retired professionals:
Expectations and Responsibilities. Steering Committee members are expected to give a minimum of 5-10 hours per month and two days per year for professional development. In certain cases there will be financial remuneration. Steering Committee members will be introduced to the work of prominent social entrepreneurs in education to inspire them to be more innovative in leveraging limited resources to achieve maximum results.
NB: We're looking for a champion for this project -- a professional elder who would has good organizational skills and a passion for the well-being of under-resourced youth. Please contact Clint Wilkins at [email protected].
To learn more about this project, please visit the"ACES project in depth."
To this end, it is Let's Be Changemaker's mission to bring together the right mix of professional talent -- in the form of Steering Committees -- in support of schools in low-income neighborhoods.
These Steering Committees are multi-disciplinary, and composed of some constellation of the following retired professionals:
- Researchers, including developmental psychologists and neuroscientists;
- Pediatricians and social workers, who focus on the health of the “whole child”;
- Teachers, administrators, curriculum specialists and school counselors, who find ways to integrate non-cognitive skills into schools;
- Business leaders, marketing specialists, data technicians lending their organizational and technical skills;
- Parents, positive role models and extended family members—who can assist in overcoming resistance to change and ensure cultural authenticity.
Expectations and Responsibilities. Steering Committee members are expected to give a minimum of 5-10 hours per month and two days per year for professional development. In certain cases there will be financial remuneration. Steering Committee members will be introduced to the work of prominent social entrepreneurs in education to inspire them to be more innovative in leveraging limited resources to achieve maximum results.
NB: We're looking for a champion for this project -- a professional elder who would has good organizational skills and a passion for the well-being of under-resourced youth. Please contact Clint Wilkins at [email protected].
To learn more about this project, please visit the"ACES project in depth."