CARLA Blog: February 2012

Friday, February 10, 2012

Nomination by Reverend Sky Kershner—Save the Date for the West Virginia Military Child Public Engagement

CARLA and CBMA Frends,

Please consider coming to this event. This is part of the reintegration for our military vetrens.
Contact Sally Patterson at sally.patterson@MilitaryChild.org to RSVP

Thanks!

Sky

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Beth Shwedo <beth.shwedo@militarychild.org>
Date: Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 5:59 PM
Subject: Nomination by Reverend Sky Kershner—Save the Date for the West Virginia Military Child Public Engagement
To:
Cc: Beth Shwedo <beth.shwedo@militarychild.org>, Sally Patterson <Sally.Patterson@militarychild.org>

Save the Date

The West Virginia Public Engagement Steering Committee*
Chaired by Adjutant General Jim Hoyer and Amy Hoyer

Has nominated you to participate in

The Military Child Education Coalition's

Living In the New Normal

Public Engagement

A state-wide awareness and planning session to enhance

West Virginia's support of military-connected children

Please click here for an overview of the Public Engagement

The Ramada Inn Downtown Charleston Hotel

600 Kanawha Blvd. East

Charleston, WV

Wednesday March 28, 2012

Dinner & Orientation: 6:00-8:30 p.m.

Thursday March 29, 2012

Public Engagement: 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

(Includes breakfast and lunch)

Please reserve these dates.

Your invitation will arrive by mail soon.

For those traveling from a distance, guest rooms will be available at the Ramada Inn Charleston

at the group rate of $69 for the night of March 28th. Details will be provided later.

Questions? Please contact Sally Patterson at sally.patterson@MilitaryChild.org

*Steering Committee Members

Honorary Members

Mrs. Joanne Jaeger Tomblin, West Virginia First Lady

Mrs. Gayle Manchin

Tina Amburgey

John M. Ballengee

BG David Buckalew

Shelly DeBerry

Moya Doneghy

Regina Fairchild

Ashley Hamrick

Sam Hickman

Amy Hoyer

MG Jim Hoyer

Susan Izzo

Rev. Sky Kershner

Sherry Lewis

MAJ Allen Martin

Tina Nibert

Sharon Peters

CH (COL) Bruce Reed

Karen Allen Richardson

Kaitlyn Rozich

Robin Smith

Mark Sprulin

Gerry Stover

Judy Strawderman

Donna Truman

Linda Vanover

Ashley Walls

Stephanie Yu

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Sky Kershner
Kanawha Pastoral Counseling
Charleston, WV
304-346-9689

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Fwd: Flyer for Lay Academy starting soon

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ina Armstrong
Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Subject: Flyer for Lay Academy starting soon
To: Sky Kershner <sky@kpcc.com>

Sky, Please forward on to CARLA. Thanks, Ina (for Bob Newman)

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Sky Kershner
Kanawha Pastoral Counseling
Charleston, WV
304-346-9689

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Fwd: Ambassador Marc Ginzberg

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: victor urecki
Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Subject: Ambassador Marc Ginzberg
To: sky kershner <sky@kpcc.com>

Sky,

I would like the clergy to know about this extraordinary guest that our Jewish community is bringing to the synagogue. He was the first Jewish Ambassador to an Arab country and quite a person. If you can pass the attachment on to the gang, we would be so appreciative!

Best to you!

Victor

Rabbi Victor Urecki
1599 Virginia St. East
Charleston, West Virginia
www.bnaijacob.com
304 346-4722
304 344-4167
B'nai Jacob Synagogue
"Traditional Judaism for a Modern World"

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Sky Kershner
Kanawha Pastoral Counseling
Charleston, WV
304-346-9689

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Fw: Fwd: The Office of Head Start is Seeking Grant Reviewers

Job Opportunity

Rev. Roberta Smith

revberta@yahoo.com

Fax: 304 766-2224

Phone: 304 768-5807

" A friend is a gift
you give to yourself"

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "nuronenghp03@aol.com" <nuronenghp03@aol.com>
To: CAMRY410@aol.com; mjenglish@suddenlink.net; revberta@yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 11:20 AM
Subject: Fwd: The Office of Head Start is Seeking Grant Reviewers

-----Original Message-----
From: Ronnie S. Jenkins <blue4chj@bellsouth.net>
To: Ronnie Jenkins <blue4chj@bellsouth.net>
Sent: Tue, Feb 7, 2012 10:23 am
Subject: The Office of Head Start is Seeking Grant Reviewers

JOB DESCRIPTION

The grant application review process relies on qualified, non-Federal reviewers who can critically evaluate applications for Head Start and Early Head Start programs. Grant reviewers will work in an online environment. They will serve on a four-person panel to review and evaluate applications consistent with established criteria. Each reviewer's objective comments will be collected in an online review system and submitted to a panel chair for discussion via conference call. Because of compressed deadlines, reviewers must complete an intense review process—reading up to 3,000 pages per week—to stay on schedule.

REVIEWER QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants must demonstrate expertise and experience in early childhood education and family support services or related fields. Applicants are also needed with expertise in fiscal and organizational operations. All applicants must demonstrate abilities in the following areas:

• Strong communication skills: fluent English writing, listening, and speaking skills

• Analytical/critical thinking skills: provide thoughtful and objective evaluations based on established criteria

• Organizational and time management skills to adhere to deadlines

• Self-motivated and self-reliant to work effectively in a virtual environment

• Ability to collaborate in a virtual team environment, including across different time zones

• Familiar with diverse populations who might reflect the Head Start community

• For reviews requiring bilingual skills: abilities listed above, plus strong communication skills in Spanish

OHS is committed to recruiting reviewers who represent diversity of race or national origin. Individuals who have served on Head Start monitoring reviews or on panels for the Department of Health and Human Services or Department of Education grants are encouraged to apply. Familiarity with Head Start and/or previous experience as a grant reviewer are useful, but not required. Head Start or Early Head Start grantee staff and cur- rent T/TA providers are not eligible to apply. Two professional references must be provided.

REQUIREMENTS

Availability: Reviewers must commit to a minimum of four weeks (four one-week panels) between late Spring 2012 and Fall 2012. An additional commitment beyond the minimum four weeks is encouraged. Panels run during a six-day work week, beginning Saturdays and ending Thursdays. During the review process, it is critical that reviewers not have additional professional commitments. Reviewers must be available during core business hours (8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. EST) and be flexible given possible time zone differences among panel members. Reviewers are expected not to travel or participate in other grant reviews during scheduled review dates. To avoid burnout, any two consecutive weeks of paneling will be followed by one week off.

Training

Reviewers will be invited to a 2 ½ day orientation in Spring 2012 in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area to learn about the grant review process. Training will cover established evaluation criteria, panel review procedures, and offer "hands on" simulations.

Tools

• Telephone line and computer with reliable Internet access via broadband or DSL

• Familiar with Windows-based interface

• Adobe Acrobat Reader 9

• Back-up plan to access the Internet in the event the primary Internet connection is lost during a review. A connection must be re-established within three hours.

Outcomes

Each reviewer must provide thoughtful, objective, and timely written reviews for each assigned application.

COMPENSATION

$350 per day while serving on a panel.

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered as a potential OHS reviewer, please update your reviewer profile, (including resume) at www.acfgo.com. We highly encourage you to review each category in ACFGO as some fields and questions have been added.

Should you share this information with qualified colleagues who may also be interested in serving as grant reviewers, please refer them to www.acfgrantreviewer.com. They must enter the reference code: OHS-001-2012.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 27, 2012

For further information contact:

Call Center 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST | Phone: 1.866.796.1613 | Email: reviewer@luxcg.com.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Love Stories at CARLA

CARLA Meeting Tuesday Feb 7 at St Christopher
http://www.stchristopherwv.com/contact.html

Please bring a love story from your tradition or from your life to share!

See you there!

Sky

http://kpcc.com/carla.htm

Tues, Feb 7	St. Christopher	Rev Melissa Remington
Wed, Mar 7	Temple Israel	Rabbi Jim Cohn
Thurs, Apr 5	New Family Programs Building at our Joint Forces Headquarters, Army Nat Guard	Chaplain Bruce Reed
Tues, May 1	St George Co-Cathedral	Fr Olof Scott