Community+Internship

media type="youtube" key="VjMsI86W8GI?rel=0" height="288" width="512" ** It's Your Move Now, Inc. ** Founders: Jarmal and Deeneka Phelps 112 East Main Street Williamston, NC 27892 252-789-8303 jarmaldeeneka@yahoo.com

Summer of 2012 NELA Cohort II members participated in a Community Internship. This Field Experience was a part of the Special Problems: School & Community Engagement Course. The course examined the crucial relationship between schools and community. I chose to work with It's Your Move Now, Inc. as a result of initially seeing the work of this 501 C 3 nonprofit organization through the K-2 Developmental Project. The mission of the organization is Providing a foundation that will empower, encourage and strengthen an individual to strategically move forward in life. I value the work of this organization as a key stakeholder/ partner of Martin County Schools. The organization is concerned about the success of every child. The facility is capable of providing tutoring, after school remediation, EOG Preparation, advocacy, and counseling (mental health and substance abuse). The NELA Community Internship was designed and delivered through a partnership between NCSU NELA and the [|Rural School and Community Trust.]

I achieved three accomplishments during my community internship: (1)  creating a science resource center at the facility , consisting of "It's In the Box" lessons containing teacher/facilitator plans, student worksheets, materials needed and alignment to the NC Science Essential Standards;

(2) developing and implementing a two-week Academic Boot Camp  for students to get ready for the 2012-2013 academic school year, and media type="custom" key="20615021" align="center"

Community Art Project completed by students and partners in attendance at the Academic Back-to-School Boot Camp.

(3) writing a grant, GLOBAL: Gaining Local Opportunities to Biotechnology Access and Literacy, to propose an after-school STEM program <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> involving middle school students, middle school science teachers, high school mentors, community stakeholders, and post-secondary educational institutions. media type="custom" key="20615337" align="center"

=**As a result of partnering with community stakeholders; North Carolina A&T State University, Promiseland Community Church and Riverside Middle School will bring students together to form a robotics team.**= media type="youtube" key="E9icOsPGTsI?rel=0" height="288" width="509" align="center"