January 24, 2012
Breakthrough Saint Paul (BSP), a program of Mounds Park Academy, is seeking short-term volunteers of all professional backgrounds for their spring selection season. The BSP Student Selection Committee works to select a class of 50 students from the 200+ Saint Paul 6th graders who typically apply to join Breakthrough. The BSP Teacher Selection Committee works to select a cohort of 26 summer teaching interns from the pool of about 150 college and high school applicants who compete for the rigorous summer internship.
Breakthrough Saint Paul would love to engage more members of the MPA community in these committees. Committee members are provided detailed instructions and rubrics to evaluate applicants, so individuals from all variety of professional backgrounds are invited to consider this opportunity.
If you are interested in being involved in either committee, please contact Jennifer Otremba (jotremba@breakthroughsaintpaul.org) no later than the dates noted next to the respective committees. To learn more about Breakthrough Saint Paul, please visit: www.breakthroughsaintpaul.org. Thank you for your consideration of this volunteer opportunity.
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STUDENT SELECTION (one night + prep) – Please contact Jennifer by Feb 1st if you’re interested in joining.
COMMITMENTS:
- Read and complete reader response forms for 10 – 12 student applications between February 16th – 29th.
- Attend Selection Night on Thursday, March 1st from 5:00pm – 7:30 pm @ MPA
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TEACHER SELECTION (two nights + prep) – Please contact Jennifer by Feb 22nd if you’re interested in joining.
COMMITMENTS:
- Read & evaluate 8-10 teacher applications online between March 2nd-5th.
- Attend one Interview Event on either March 6th or 7th (4:15-8:45 pm) @ MPA
- Complete an evaluation rubric for each of the applicants, addressing their performance at each stage of the interview process.
- Attend Selection Night on March 8th (5:00-8:00 pm) @ MPA
