The Healdsburg Education Foundation (HEF) will be hiring a Founding Director to lead the Foundation Board to a new level of fundraising. This position is 75%-100% time. Salary and work schedule are negotiable.
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CCEF partnered with CDE, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH and CSBA to bring you the 2007 School Wellness Conference in Anaheim October 1-2, 2007. Foundation and school leaders focused on creating a healthier school environment attended to share successful models and best practices. CCEF workshop presenters included LeAnn Mitchell, Health and Wellness Coordinator, Redwood City School District, Joan Fauvre, Pasadena Educational Foundation, Wayne Padover, National University, Los Angeles, and Susan Sweeney, California Consortium of Education Foundations.
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TV
program First to Worst - In the 50's and 60's California had one of the best
school systems in the country. Now it has one of the worst. What happened over
the course of 40 years that led to this decline? And what is California doing to
raise its system back up?
CCEF will
be distributing a DVD of the program plus "talking points" for local education
foundations wanting to host a town hall meeting. Contact the CCEF office for
availability.
The
January 2005 issue of the National School Boards Association newsletter is all about
education foundations and features an article by and information about CCEF.
A PDF is available here.
CCEF white paper on Local Education
Foundations and Lobbying prepared by Ronald T. Vera, Guitierrez & Vera and
CCEF Advisory Board, is being made available to all LEFs in California through
a generous grant from the California Casualty Group. Contact
CCEF
regarding additional copies or to order if not an LEF.
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