Faculty In-Service March 9^th, 2012

On March 9^th St. Xavier teachers engaged in an annual day of professional development. About half participated in service projects at social service agencies and schools throughout the city. Those sites are listed below. Also included is a list of resources which provide some context for some of the topics that we explored firsthand. They day held strong experiences of service and a wonderful opportunity to build community. We are grateful for the experiences.

Interfaith Hospitality Network
http://www.ihncincinnati.org/about-us.html

Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen
http://ourdailybread.us/AboutUs.aspx

People Working Cooperatively
http://www.pwchomerepairs.org/ohio.aspx

St. Vincent de Paul Home Visits http://www.svdpcincinnati.org/Programs_and_Services/Home_Visits/

Su Casa Hispanic Center
http://catholiccharitiesswo.org/SuCasa/index.html

 Visionaries & Voices Northside
http://visionariesandvoices.com/content/vv-home

Visions Community Services
http://www.visionscs.org/

Winton Hills Academy
http://winton.cps-k12.org/About%20Us.html

RESOURCES BY TOPIC

Preschool

News article on preschool education: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120128/EDIT03/301280075/Closing-the-gap-in-early-learning

News article on preschool education: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120128/EDIT03/301280078/Preschool-provides-benefits-into-adulthood

Video: “Change the First Five Years and You Change Everything”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbSp88PBe9E

General poverty

Video “PovertyUSA” from US Bishops Contains statistics in context: http://old.usccb.org/cchd/povertyusa/tour.htm

US Census Bureau facts on poverty (Note the “official” poverty income level) http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/about/overview/measure.html

Working with people with disabilities

Video: “Make a Difference”  http://www.makeadifferencemovie.com/

Video: “A Credo for Support” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wunHDfZFxXw

Homelessness

Story of a family in homelessness http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/nyregion/ordinary-families-cloaked-in-a-veil-of-homelessness.html?pagewanted=all

Low-income housing repair

Brief story of a client assisted by PWC http://www.pwchomerepairs.org/about-pwc/client-stories.aspx?tid=6