Position Summary Flamboyan Foundation seeks an enthusiastic, bilingual (English-Spanish), strategic, results-focused Chief Communications Officer (CCO) to assist our efforts to ensure that all children in Washington DC and Puerto Rico receive a world-class education. The CCO will join our growing, visionary team and will be responsible for developing strategic outcomes for, implementing, and evaluating the […]
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Students from University of Richmond visit Flamboyan and learn more about top education issues in Puerto Rico
The staff in Puerto Rico received a group of 15 sophomore students (second year) of the University of Richmond, Virginia to have a conversation about how public education in Puerto Rico compares to public education on the mainland. Their visit was part of a course taught by professor Amy Howard, Ph.D., named Urban Americas that […]
One of our studies featured in the press
Flamboyan is excited to announce that our study “Características que comparte un grupo de escuelas exitosas en Puerto Rico“ was featured yesterday in the newspaper “Primera Hora”. Click here to read the full article. Download the study here.
Duke Ellington School of the Arts College Tours
On October 26, 2013 over ninety students, family members, faculty, and alumni from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts participated in the College Summit Family College Tour to Philadelphia. The tour, supported by Flamboyan, was the first in a series of events designed to engage families in the college preparation process. Duke Ellington’s College […]
Meet Zakiya Reid, Director of School Partnerships
Zakiya Reid is the Director of School Partnerships at Flamboyan Foundation. In this role she collaborates with the family engagement team to provide high-quality professional development, coaching and technical assistance to school-based personnel, while managing strategic partnerships with non-profit organizations to improve family engagement. The goal of her work is to transform the way […]
Meet Emily Schulman, Program Assistant
Emily Schulman is the Program Assistant at the Flamboyan Foundation. She provides administrative and coordination support to school partnerships and manages training and event logistics. Prior to this role, Emily worked through AmeriCorps as the Community Outreach Coordinator at DC SCORES, a nonprofit that provides after school programming for low-income youth in 42 D.C. public […]
D.C. Public Education Fund congratulates Flamboyan Foundation partner schools
The D.C. Public Education Fund congratulated Flamboyan Foundation partner schools, in its recent newsletter, for their impressive gains on the 2013 D.C. standardized tests. They pointed in particular to two partner schools with double digit gains in math and reading proficiency. Read more here in the D.C. Public Education Fund newsletter.
Our New Family Engagement Trainers Will Inspire You
Flamboyan Foundation relationship building trainings are always met with resounding appreciation from partner schools and other teachers & school leaders with whom we work. What is our special secret? We have renowned experts front and center who deliver the trainings – teachers with experience in relationship building and parents who have benefited from it. Recently we held […]
Two Great Tools for Middle & High School Readers
By middle and high school students often don’t get the support they did then they were younger. Once children can read well they may be left to their own devices because they appear to manage fine on their own. However, teachers are still eager for older students to get support at home with reading. With […]
