Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development/January 2013
The 2013 Annual PHENND Conference will be held Friday, March 1, 2013, at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, PA. This year’s theme will be “K-16 Partnerships ” and will feature workshops from faculty, administrators, students, and community partners from around the region.
We are pleased to announce that Darlene Kamine, Executive Director of the Community Learning Centers Institute in Cincinnati, OH, will be the keynote speaker. Darlene Green Kamine is the founding Executive Director of the Community Learning Center Institute, a not for profit agency which is dedicated to the development of all schools as community learning centers, responsive to the vision and needs of each school and its neighborhood. Kamine worked as a consultant to Cincinnati Public Schools from 2000 to 2010 to design, develop and implement the transformation of Cincinnati’s schools into community learning centers. This districtwide initiative has been recognized by the Coalition of Community Schools, the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, the National Center for Community Schools and the American Federation of Teachers as one of the national models for community learning centers. For her work in developing the Cincinnati Public Schools community learning centers, Kamine was recognized by Cincinnati Magazine as one of the top five power players in education.
Registration is now open!