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National Partnership for Careers in Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security Newsletter
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October E-Newsletter --2010
Topics include:
-- Free Firefighter Internship Program
-- Executive Director Position Announcement Extended
-- National Law Enforcement Museum
-- Police Foundation Documents--Free Downloads
This newsletter also includes our regular Quick Takes section. It covers the following:
--Integrating Writing Across Courses Improves Student Performance
--How Education Pays --The Changing Environment for Policing |
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Police Foundation Shares its Reports and Research Papers
The Police Foundation, one of the National Partnership for Careers in Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security key partners offers its research documents at no charge.
Documents in the Foundation's Electronic Library are PDF files and can be downloaded free of charge. Permission to quote and reproduce Police Foundation copyrighted material is readily granted for non-commercial, educational purposes. There are hundreds of documents available covering the full range of law enforcement topics.
These can be found at the Foundation Library
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QUICK TAKES
On October 6, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) held a briefing at the U.S. Capitol titled "Instructional Leadership for Literacy in All Content Areas." This event included a member of the "Connected Learning Coalition" that is promoting a set of "Principles for Learning." This new coalition promotes a foundation for promoting teaching and learning in the 21st century built upon five principles for learning. One of the principles is "Being literate is at the heart of learning in every subject area," so the event offered an excellent opportunity to discuss the importance of this issue.
The event also featured an English language arts teacher and school leader from Franklin Towne Charter High School in Philadelphia, PA, a school that has integrated literacy across the curriculum. Both educators explained how incorporating an emphasis on writing in all classrooms has improved English lanaguage arts skills. The school has seen an increase of 64 percent language arts proficiency in 2008, followed by 68 percent proficiency in 2009 and 76 percent proficiency in 2010. A key to the success was ensuring all teachers had the professional development needed to understand how to integrate writing, and a rubric designed to help teachers grade writing. Students are provided this rubric so they can understand how to improve their work.
One question raised is how to replicate this good work in all schools. Several resources exist to help educators. NCTE has produced "Taking Initiative on Writing: A Guide for Instructional Leaders" to help administrators understand how to implement these reading strategies. Also, NASSP offers "Creating a Culture of Literacy: A Guide for Middle Level and High School Principals," and ACTE has produced an issue brief titled "CTE's Role in Adolescent Literacy" to explain how CTE uses and reinforces literacy strategies.
_________________________How College Education Pays
A new report from College Board details the personal, financial, and lifetime benefits for students who obtain a higher education degree. Education Pays 2010: The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society also looks at the benefits to the community and shows how college graduates are less likely to rely on social support programs and more likely to be active citizens and lead healthy lifestyles.
For the full report go to
College Pays
The Changing Environment for Policing, 1985-2008, is one of a series of papers, a collaboration of NIJ and Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
This paper explores the differences in the environment for policing between 1985 and 2008. Policing in the United States was under siege in the 1980s; crime had been rising from the early 1960s and research showed that traditional police strategies were not working (e.g., hiring more police, random motorized patrolling, foot patrols, rapid response to calls for service, and routine criminal investigation). Recent research has reconfirmed this, even though crime has declined dramatically since 1990. However, the panel found that police could reduce crime when they focused operations on particular
problems or places and supplemented law enforcement with other regulatory and abatement activities. The gradual trend of government monopolization of police functions since the early 1800s is now reversing because of the internationalization of policing, devolution of policing to local communities for public security (e.g., community policing), and the growth of private policing, which now outnumbers public policing in most locations.
With the growth of terrorism and counterterrorism, new forensic technologies, and intelligence-led policing, a cultural disconnect may arise between communities, who want to participate in designing crime prevention programs, and more self-directed police agencies, who tend to centralize decision-making and increasingly base their programs on evidence-based, intelligence-led policing and forensic technologies rather than place-based strategies. The Changing Environment for Policing
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Free Firefighter Internship Program
America's Promise Alliance through a partnership with Firefighter's ABC's, an Alliance partner since 2009, offers a free on-line internship program for high school students.
Firefighter's ABC's assists fire departments in the US and Canada, through its Firefighter Diversity Recruitment Council, to recruit young people from diverse backgrounds to become prepared, motivated, and successful firefighter recruits. To do this,Firefighter's ABC's works with high schools to recruit high need and high-potential students into their online internship program. Participants in the program receive tips and resources on how to prepare for a career in firefighting, such as courses to take in school and life skills that will prepare them for the world of work.
This is an online internship program designed to allow many students to participate starting at the 9th grade through the 12th grade.
Firefighter's ABC's is generously offering a promotion to high schools to apply to become partner schools at no cost. The organization will provide internship opportunities to up to 24 students at the first 10 high schools per state to apply.
For more information about this opportunity and to get involved, please contact Russell G. Hayden, CEO, directly at RussellHayden or (408) 842- 8326 (PST). Simply request your school to be sponsored via email and send the School and Sponsorship Form as an attachment.
For more information go to FirefightersABCs
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT EXTENDED
The executive director position announcement can be obtained by contacting Joe Coffee. The cutoff date for applications is now December 1, 2010. The top 3-5 applicants will be interviewed by telephone and finalists will meet with a selection panel.
The position is part-time (50-75%) with peaks and valleys. It does not operate or receive a salary in the traditional fashion.
We expect that the person seeking this position will 1) have a strong interest in making a national impact, 2) not need a second income, although viewing additional monies as nice to have, but not necessary to survive, and 3) be an entrepreneurial individual. Because salary is based on a percentage of income generated, salary typically ranges between $20,000 and $50,000. National Partnership income is based upon membership, grants, contracts, conferences and workshops.
Other than criteria listed above, someone who has experience with 1) a non-profit 2) organizing people and organizations on a national basis 3) the law/public safety field, and 4) secondary school career programs, would fit the bill perfectly. Such a person might not be easy to find so someone that comes close and who has a lot of initiative should fare well in the selection process.
For the announcement and answers to questions contact Joe Coffee
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THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM
On October 14th the Attorney General helped with the ground breaking for the National Law Enforcement Museum that opens in 2013. Some of his remarks follow: "...it will tell a story that no other museum does - of more than three centuries of law enforcement officers protecting their fellow citizens, advancing the cause of justice, and establishing a tradition of service that continues to keep us safe.
In addition to sharing these collective achievements, this new museum will highlight the contributions of individual heroes - and honor the 20,000 law enforcement officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice to help and protect others.
As words etched into this memorial remind us, "It is not how these officers died that made them heroes. It is how they lived." In a way that will be unique to the National Law Enforcement Museum, visitors will be able to discover "how they lived" by exploring interactive crime exhibits, a model "Academy," a state-of-the-art history section, and a new Hall of Remembrance.
We will be able to step into the shoes of dispatchers, police officers, and detectives - from the distant dawn of the 18th Century to the demanding days of the 21st. We will see the story of the traffic cop who ran into the path of an oncoming train to save a small child - and the emergency responder who raced through gunfire to protect his fellow officers from danger. We will learn about the agents who risked their lives to fight organized crime in the 1920s and 1930s - and the officers who, after seeing airplanes crash into the World Trade Center on September 11th, sprinted toward the victims - toward the fire - even when they knew there was almost no chance of walking away....."
Education and public programs are essential to the National Law Enforcement Museum's mission. Public programs, school and group visits, electronic "field trips," and partnerships and collaborations with other museums, and community and educational organizations are all planned. And before the Museum's doors physically open, its educational programming is already under way. In 2009, the Museum launched a pilot program in partnership with the DC Public Schools, the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, DC, and the Center for Civic Education. Now, thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the Verizon Foundation, Museum staff are putting together a multi-faceted educational program focusing on law enforcement, civics, history, math, science and domestic violence prevention. The Museum's educational program is being developed in collaboration with its Edvisory Committee, a collection of experienced law enforcement officials and educators representing various areas of expertise relevant to program and curriculum content. The Committee helps to ensure that Museum programs present meaningful, relevant and accurate information in a developmentally and culturally appropriate way.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
National Partnership for Careers in Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
PO Box 1991
Annandale VA 22003
Joe Coffee
Executive Director
703-470-2974
703-573-6317 (fax)
jnc11@msn.com
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