K-12 Education Expo

Kimmel Center, New York University, 60 Washington Square South on

Saturday, February 20, 2010, 10:00am - 2:00pm

From LinkEducation and New York University, thank you all for coming out to the K-12 Education Expo. If you missed the event, be sure to take a look through the vendors below who made the day a great success. There may be a great program or job opportunity just right for you!

A very big thank you to the volunteers that made this event possible:

Adam Adler, Samantha Beard, Dan Borden, Eric Cipra, Walter DaLuz, Brooke Connolly, Kim David, Lou Klepner, Elizabeth Neary, Justin Ritchie, Rhonda, LaTanya

The K-12 Education Expo was sponsored by:

Silver Sponsors: The Tutor Doctor, College Board, The Teagle Foundation, Fruchter Rosen

Food Sponsor: Red Rabbit

Schedule of Events

10:00am: The Impact of Involvement

Jump start the day with a lively discussion about how you - as parents, principals, teachers, students and the broader community - can impact our city's schools. The discussion is moderated by NYU Wagner Educational Policy Studies Association (WEPSA).

11:00 - 2:00pm: Workshops, Performances & Education Expo Doors Open

Workshops are geared towards parents, principals, educators, and other education employees

Engaging Parents, by Walter DaLuz, LinkEducation
Choosing the Right Summer Program, by Development Without Limits & PASE
The KEYS to College Achievement & Admission, by Boys' Club of New York
Level Your Classroom Library, by Innovation Teaching
Life Skills in the Classroom: Setting Goals & Making Decisions, by Overcoming Obstacles

Performances are geared towards children and performed by

Little Flower Yoga, Striking Viking Story Pirates, Spririts N Motion

Education Organizations

ACCESS NYC links New Yorkers to benefit information.
Arts Horizons is a recognized leader in arts education making professional music, art, dance and theatre programs an integral part of learning.
BELL exists to dramatically increase the academic achievements, self-esteem and life opportunities of children living in low-income, urban communities.
Bent on Learning teaches yoga and mindfulness to students and teachers in grades pre-K through 12 in NYC public schools as a means of reducing stress and improving concentration, self-esteem and overall health.
Breakthrough New York is a tuition free college preparatory program that focuses on rigorous enrichment,HS placement and college placement.
Brooklyn Center for the Independence of the Disabled
Center for Architecture Foundation believes that children have a natural set of skills applicable to the design process. Project-based design education cultivates these skills and fosters an ability to analyze information and propose creative solutions to real world problems.
Center for Kinesthetic Education
Circuit Productions, Inc. inspires, entertains, and educates audiences in New York City through performances, public classes and education programs.
College Board connects students to college.
Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, Inc. improves the quality of life for Latino children and families through educational and health programs, trainings and services.
Common Goal Systems provides two web-based services. TeacherEase is a standards-based gradebook. School Insight is a full-featured web-based student management and information system.
CUNY School of Professional Studies serves New York City’s dynamic marketplace through the provision of timely, innovative and academically rigorous programs of study designed to address new or unmet needs.
DREAM Charter School is located in East Harlem. For the 2009-10 school year, DREAM will be serving students in grades K-3 and is currently seeking students and teachers.
EthiDolls publishes illustrated storybooks and audio books as well as produce dolls that are based on real African women leaders from history. We seek to encourage reading,foster self-esteem and positive self-image as well as celebrate cultural heritage.
F·E·G·S
Flamenco Latino offers classes in dance, cante and guitar, performances on site and at presenters sites, workshops with local and Spanish guest artists, and arts in education and after school programs throughout the 5 boroughs.
Great Software Tools, LLC offers Graphics-Toolbox software, our signature program, as an easy-to-learn & use graphic software that benefits students of all ages & continues to enrich their creative minds as adults. It provides teachers with the tools they need to help kids excel with hands-on and visual learning.
Harlem RBI is a community-based youth development organization serving over 700 youth in East Harlem. We are currently enrolling East Harlem youth for our summer programs and seeking several f/t employees and summer teachers and college students.
HEAF is a year round college preparation, academic enrichment and youth development organization, serving students from 6th grade through 12th grade and beyond. We work with middle and high school students.
Health Plus
Innovation Teaching develops solutions to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of schools. Our current products include integrated tools to track academic, meals, attendance and behavioral data, as well as tools to inventory, stock, level and manage classroom libraries.
Kumon allows students to reach their full potential through independence and self-learning.
La Cima Elementary Charter School prepares students for academic and life-long success through a rigorous academic program. Our vision is to develop students with the intellectual capacity, social capital and emotional strength of character to be personally successful and act as change-makers in their communities.
LinkEducation connects NYC children with education opportunities by making it possible for parents, teachers and organizations to find education-related resources in their communities.
Little Flower Yoga is a unique organization that specializes in developing engaging education based yoga programs for schools and youth organizations, as well as training teachers to use yoga activities in their classrooms.
Making Books Sing is a children’s theatre and arts education organization. We are passionate about exciting children, ages 4 to 14, about great literature and theatre as sources of knowledge, creative imagination, and entertainment.
Museum of Arts and Design
New York Charter Schools Association is a statewide organization representing charter schools, provides support to schools and those who want to start them.
Overcoming Obstacles teaches the skills students need to be successful, including effective communication skills, wise decision making techniques, and realistic goal setting strategies.
Playworks Education utilizes PLAY in programs that WORK for organizations and schools by offering program development, professional development, consulting services and technical assistance in health and fitness, arts enrichment, social-emotional development, peer mediation, global literacy and civic leadership.
Prep for Prep
Spirits N Motion
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity began as one of NYC’s first mentoring and college preparatory programs for disadvantaged high school students of color and is now a dynamic national organization providing a range of educational and career development opportunities to hundreds of high school and college students.
The Story Pirates teaches creative writing workshops and presents a sketch comedy musical assembly comprised of stories written by kids and performed by professional actors.
Summit Academy Charter School bridges the gap between aspirations and reality by preparing 6th - 12th grade scholars to gain acceptance to, excel in and graduate from college using three pillars of success: mastery of core subjects, character building and community leadership.
The Boys’ Club of New York has been serving young men ages six through young adulthood from NYC’s poorest neighborhoods since 1876 by sustaining an environment that nurtures individual talent, strengthens family, promotes strong citizenship, and cultivates a passion for learning.
The LEAGUE changes the world by empowering young people everywhere to get in the game of giving thoughtfully of their time, treasure and talent to make their community and world a better place.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling, interactive, hands-on exhibition of antiques and inventions inspiring innovation and creativity, and encouraging learning from the past to create a better future.
Tutor Doctor is a leader in providing affordable one-on-one supplementary education to students and adults through offering in-home tutoring to families. The company also leverages a leading-edge e-tutoring platform to reach cities and regions throughout the world not yet serviced by a local Tutor Doctor office.
World Financial Group educates families about financial health
Young Playwrights Inc. was founded by Stephen Sondheim in 1981 as the only professional theater devoted solely to the work of writers aged 18 or younger, Young Playwrights Inc. introduces young people to the theater and encourages their self-expression through the art of playwriting.

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