The PROF-it (Professors-in-Training) program has partnerships with several incredibly unique learning institutions. Below, you will find information about volunteering or becoming part of the instructional faculty for the Goucher Prison Education Partnership (GPEP), serving the learning needs of students who are incarcerated. This SUNDAY, November 23, 2014, please consider attending the information session for prospective instructors and volunteers.

The Goucher Prison Education Partnership (GPEP) offers Goucher College courses and college preparatory courses to students at two Maryland prisons.

If you are interested in working with GPEP during the Spring 2015 semester, be sure to attend this information session: 

Sunday November 23, 2014 from 6:00 – 8: 00 PM

Hoffberger 137
Goucher College
1021 Dulaney Valley Rd.
Baltimore, MD 21204

All are welcome at these sessions! Details about volunteer positions and for prospective faculty can be found below.

**Students who will be abroad in the Spring but would like to volunteer in the Fall should attend this information session.

Questions can be sent to liat.melnick@goucher.edu. Thank you for your interest! We hope you can join us!

Liat Melnick
Program Administrator
443-934-9549
Goucher Prison Education Partnership
www.goucher.edu/GPEP

Volunteer positions include:

1. Tutors: Tutors commit to at least one evening of tutoring per week for the full semester and attend several tutor trainings on the main campus. Tutors should be able to assist with academic writing (across the disciplines), math (PreAlgebra, Algebra I & Algebra II, Statistics, Precalculus, and/or Calculus) and/or Intermediate to advances Spanish language (speaking, reading and writing). The ideal candidate is someone with demonstrated success in advanced academic work with some teaching or tutoring experience.  Next semester, tutoring will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6-8:30 pm. *Faculty, staff, undergraduate upperclassmen, graduate students, and other adult professionals from the Baltimore community are invited to apply for this role.* (Goucher students: Current and former writing tutors and SIs are strongly encouraged to apply.)
2. Research assistants: Research assistants serve as a bridge to key academic resources, gathering materials needed by incarcerated students to complete research papers and other academic projects. These assistants work closely with a specific professor and carefully follow institutional and programmatic guidelines regarding materials brought to the prisons. The ideal candidate should be conscientious, a problem solver, and able to work independently.
3. Administrative Help: A small number of volunteers provide administrative support. This work includes creating student files, assisting with various types of communications, data entry, and other tasks. Candidates should be detail oriented and willing to pitch in where needed. Familiarity with Excel a plus. (Administrative help takes place on Goucher’s main campus, not at the prisons.)

Prospective Faculty: 

We also seek faculty interested in leading Goucher college and college preparatory courses at the prisons. We have a particular need for skilled math faculty at this time. Selected faculty typically lead a single course and are paid.

Faculty interested in learning more about leading courses at the prison should contact Amy Roza, GPEP Director at amy.roza@goucher.edu and attend an information session. Candidates not currently teaching with Goucher College should include a letter of interest and CV when they write.

The PROF-it (Professors-in-Training) program encourages you to apply to be a Spring 2015 CCBC Teaching Fellow. The fellowship program provides additional support for University System of Maryland graduate and postdoctoral adjuncts at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) through a teaching stipend and faculty mentorship. Those interested in the fellowship must be involved members of the PROF-it community and submit their adjunct application through the CCBC website in addition to submitting their fellowship application to PROF-it.

Early submissions are still being accepted through Friday, November 21; the final deadline for submission is Friday, December 5, 2014. Please visit the PROF-it page for more information and to download your application: https://promiseagep.wordpress.com/archived-posts/prof-it-professors-in-training/spring-2015ccbcfellow/.

The PROF-it (Professors-in-Training) program encourages you to apply to be a Spring 2015 CCBC Teaching Fellow. The fellowship program provides additional support for University System of Maryland graduate and postdoctoral adjuncts at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) through a teaching stipend and faculty mentorship. Those interested in the fellowship must be involved members of the PROF-it community and submit their adjunct application through the CCBC website in addition to submitting their fellowship application to PROF-it.

Early submissions are still being accepted through Friday, November 21; the final deadline for submission is Friday, December 5, 2014. Please visit the PROF-it page for more information and to download your application: http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/archived-posts/prof-it-professors-in-training/spring-2015ccbcfellow/.

• Improved page editor, including a "Distraction Free" editing mode
• Better "Media" management for your site
• Additional internal changes to improve stability and security

Please join us for the second event for the series of “Go Live” success seminars on “Financial Literacy.” Mrs. Lori Jankalski (Executive Vice President CCCS of MD & DE, Inc.) be talking to us about credit scores, credit reports, and consumer debt.

Venue: UMBC Commons 331

(RSVP, UMBC students: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/27279

Students from other schools may RSVP in the comment section for this post, or by sending email to promisestaff@gmail.com)

 

If you cannot attend in person, we plan to host a live webcast of the event. Here is the link:

http://goo.gl/lHsDb9

Speaker: Lori Jankalski

Since 2008, Lori Jankalski is the Executive Vice President of Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Maryland and Delaware, Inc., (CCCS) a 501 (c) (3) non-profit credit and housing counseling organization that was founded in 1966.CCCS’s missionis to stabilize communities by creating hope and promoting economic self-sufficiency to individuals and families through financial education and counseling.CCCS provides services nationwide.

Lori retired in 2008 from Equifax Credit Information Services Inc., a national credit reporting agency after 40 years in various management positions. At the time of her retirement Lori was the Senior Executive Director of Credit Marketing Services and Analytics. Lori is a graduate of the College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, MD. Lori is a lifelong resident of Maryland and currently resides with her family in Sparks, MD.

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ABOUT THE FINANCIAL LITERACY SERIES:

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) has been selected to participate in an “Enhancing Student Financial Education” project for 2013-2015. Chosen as one of 15 awardees in a national competition, UMBC received a grant from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), a non-profit organization (www.cgsnet.org) dedicated to advancing graduate education and research. Funded by a grant from TIAA-CREF, a leading financial services organization, CGS will develop models for providing financial education resources that help undergraduate and graduate students manage their money and hone their financial and debt management skills.   

GoLIVE! Seminars: UMBC will develop “Go Live” seminars that will showcase financial literacy resources on a new, interactive website. The online topics and segments will be coupled with “live” seminars that will be held throughout the year. Seminar topics include: Graduate Funding, Improving Credit Ratings, Financial Transitions, Life-long, Financial Planning, Budgets, and more. 

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This seminar is co-sponsored by CGS. 

Please join us for the second event for the series of “Go Live” success seminars on “Financial Literacy.” Mrs. Lori Jankalski (Executive Vice President CCCS of MD & DE, Inc.) be talking to us about credit scores, credit reports, and consumer debt.

Venue: UMBC Commons 331

(RSVP, UMBC students: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/27279

Students from other schools may RSVP in the comment section for this post, or by sending email to promisestaff@gmail.com)

 

If you cannot attend in person, we plan to host a live webcast of the event. Here is the link:

http://goo.gl/lHsDb9

Speaker: Lori Jankalski

Since 2008, Lori Jankalski is the Executive Vice President of Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Maryland and Delaware, Inc., (CCCS) a 501 (c) (3) non-profit credit and housing counseling organization that was founded in 1966.CCCS’s missionis to stabilize communities by creating hope and promoting economic self-sufficiency to individuals and families through financial education and counseling.CCCS provides services nationwide.

Lori retired in 2008 from Equifax Credit Information Services Inc., a national credit reporting agency after 40 years in various management positions. At the time of her retirement Lori was the Senior Executive Director of Credit Marketing Services and Analytics. Lori is a graduate of the College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, MD. Lori is a lifelong resident of Maryland and currently resides with her family in Sparks, MD.

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ABOUT THE FINANCIAL LITERACY SERIES:

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) has been selected to participate in an “Enhancing Student Financial Education” project for 2013-2015. Chosen as one of 15 awardees in a national competition, UMBC received a grant from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), a non-profit organization (www.cgsnet.org) dedicated to advancing graduate education and research. Funded by a grant from TIAA-CREF, a leading financial services organization, CGS will develop models for providing financial education resources that help undergraduate and graduate students manage their money and hone their financial and debt management skills.   

GoLIVE! Seminars: UMBC will develop “Go Live” seminars that will showcase financial literacy resources on a new, interactive website. The online topics and segments will be coupled with “live” seminars that will be held throughout the year. Seminar topics include: Graduate Funding, Improving Credit Ratings, Financial Transitions, Life-long, Financial Planning, Budgets, and more. 

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This seminar is co-sponsored by CGS. 

Adobe Creative Cloud Software now available on Faculty and Staff Personal Machines

As previously announced, UMBC is now licensed site wide for the use of the full Adobe Creative Cloud Suite of software on all UMBC owned computers.  These applications include:

Acrobat XI Pro

AfterEffects CC

Audition CC

Bridge CC

Dreamweaver & Muse CC

Edge Animate CC

Edge Code CC

Edge Reflow CC

Exchange Panel

Extendscript Toolkit CC

Extension Manager CC

Fireworks CS6

Flash Builder Premium

Flash Professional CC

Gaming SDK 1.3

Illustrator CC

InCopy CC

InDesign CC

Lightroom

Media Encoder CC

Photoshop CC

Prelude CC

Premier Pro CC

Scout CC

SpeedGrade CC

In addition to site wide use of the full Adobe Creative Cloud on all UMBC owned computers, the Adobe license, acquired with the help of the Maryland Education Enterprise Consortium, provides availability for Faculty and Staff to install the Creative Cloud on up to two personally owned computers.  The details of the agreement are as follows:

·        Faculty & staff are entitled to the same applications at home (the full collection) as the institution itself.

·        Upon redemption, the Creative Cloud Manager desktop application is installed. That application allows Faculty and Staff to download some or all of the Creative Cloud applications at their discretion and convenience. If Faculty or Staff originally downloaded some number of applications – and later determines they need others - they can certainly come back at a later time to download any additional applications by using the Creative Cloud Manager application.

·        Redemption codes are tied to a Faculty and Staff’s Adobe ID

·        Redemption codes will work on up to (2) Faculty and Staff personal computers, on either the Windows or Mac platform.

In order to obtain the Adobe Creative Cloud software suite for personal use, please see our instructional wiki at:

https://wiki.umbc.edu/display/faq/How+to+Install+Adobe+Creative+Cloud+on+a+Personal+Computer

Adobe On-line Training Materials

Adobe has also provided the UMBC community with access to their entire library of training material.  Using the Adobe ID created through the process explained in the wiki, Faculty and Staff will have access to all the video tutorials and reference material available on the Adobe website.  This includes, but is not limited to, an extensive collection of Lynda.com video tutorials on various Adobe applications. These resources are available by logging in to the Adobe website using your Adobe ID, and are available immediately upon redemption of a personal use redemption code.