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The Learning Center is
an after-school enrichment program staffed by UAlbany students for
Albany High School students. Help is available for students in a range
of subjects, including English, mathematics and the sciences. The
program is held at the high school on Mondays through Thursdays from 3
p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The Learning Center
combines tutoring services of the Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar
program with tutoring services offered through the Liberty Partnership
Program at UAlbany's Center for Women in Government and Civil Society,
which has committed ten additional volunteer tutors, a counselor, and a
Social Welfare intern for the program. The Learning Center is
co-sponsored by Bank of America, SEFCU, and Media Logic.
Wednesday's teach-out
marks the second time the two schools have held the event. Nearly 40
teachers and administrators from both schools were participating, as
City School District administrators and UAlbany professors and
administrators paired up with Albany High School educators to teach a
class. Superintendent Eva Joseph and UAlbany Vice President for Student
Success Dr. James Anderson participated.
"This event is becoming
a very important and exciting feature of our broad-based partnership
with the University at Albany," Dr. Joseph said. "This event is about
our continuing commitment to exposing students to college-like settings
and situations. But, the teach-out is also about strengthening the
partnership, and bringing staff from each school together to explore
what other opportunities we may have to give our students positive,
enriching experiences. The Learning Center is a perfect example of these
opportunities."
"This endeavor serves as
another concrete example of our mutual commitment to attain the postive
outcomes associated with educational excellence. We want the faculty
pairings to lead to long-term relationships," said Anderson.
At the first teach-out
held last October, the District and the University announced the
Alliance for Young Talent with the stated aim of leveraging the combined
strengths of the District and UAlbany for the development of young
talent and the prosperity of the Albany community.
One of the Alliance
efforts is a campus visit program that brings all Albany High School
freshmen, in groups of 30 -40 per visit, to UAlbany for a tour and
orientation program that includes lunch in a residence dining hall and a
panel disussion led by UAlbany students. That program began last year
and resumed earlier this month.
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