December 2021 Membership Newsletter
Hello Friends,

Happy Holidays!

The DC Collaborative Team would like to send warm holiday greetings and best wishes in the new year! This abbreviated newsletter will share ways to get involved with the DC Collaborative. Co-labORATE with us by adding us to your end of year and new year giving list, participate in our DC Co-lab data and committee work, and submit content to be featured in our future communications.
Newsletter Content:

  1. DC Collaborative Announcement | Year End & New Year Giving
  2. DC Co-lab |Community Collaboration & Data Initiatives
  3. Member | Engagement
DC Collaborative Announcements | Year End Giving
Year End & New Year Giving!

As we wrap up 2021 and take time off to bring in 2022, please add the DC Collaborative to your end of year and new year giving. 

Your donation, whether $24 to commemorate our 24th anniversary, $100 or more will help keep DC Collaborative continue to provide experiential learning programs from our members through our Arts and Humanities For Every Student program, convene our community for important conversations, learning and professional development, and work collaboratively with you through our DC Co-lab to secure and interpret data that will help all of us achieve our shared vision of providing equitable access to the arts and humanities for DC students.

Please make your donations online here. For other ways that you can contribute, click here.

The Collaborative continues to provide experiential learning opportunities to DC students through virtual asynchronous and synchronous programs. In the spring and when safe we will beta test resuming in-person field trips. Our Distance Learning Resource Database continues to be a vital resource that includes a comprehensive list of curricular guides, virtual field trips, and other resources to deepen students' at-home learning experiences. Educators, students, parents, and caregivers are encouraged to use and share it. The database is updated regularly with additional downloadable/ printable resources.

The DC Co-lab, our newest online platform for our community to garner and share useful feedback, convene for meaningful and relevant conversations, collect data to help enhance strategic planning communicating our community's reach, engagement, and bridge further collaboration and partnership opportunities based on our shared mission of equitable access to the arts and humanities for DC students.

#ArtsandHumanitesforEveryStudent
#CollectiveImpact #CollaborativeEffect
DC Co-lab | Community Collaboration & Data Initiatives
DC Co-lab Committees & Collective Impact Surveys

We need your participation!

DC Co-lab Committees
DC Co-lab Committees are one of the ways that the DC Collaborative connects with the Community for authentic collaboration. We envision that the Committees will utilize DC Co-lab as a tool to drive community engagement initiatives by offering space for important community discussions and providing insight and feedback to DC’s arts and humanities education community of practice. DC Co-lab Committees are led by a Steering Committee and supported by the Equity & Justice Subcommittee, Education Programming Subcommittee, and Assessment & Evaluation Subcommittee.
Collective Impact Surveys
Please give us your data! The DC Collaborative is collecting data in a new and improved way, through its NEW community platform, DC Co-lab! The surveys are broken up into shorter segments with more specific questions. This data work will inform how we as a community advance equitable access together! Without data and without your participation we cannot be equitable!
DC Co-lab Committee December Highlights

DC Co-lab Committees have hosted fascinating discussions and committee meetings post- DC Co-lab launch! It's not too late to participate in our Assessment & Evaluation, Education Programming, and Equity and Justice Subcommittees- sign up here!
Assessment and Evaluation Subcommittee

The Subcommittee hosted a workshop convening entitled "How to be a Data-driven Leader" (view resources) with the DC Collaborative's own Data Science Advisor, the Data Diva herself, Dr. Danielle Boyce. The Dr. Data Diva Danielle series continues February 2nd with a "BYOD: Bring Your Own Data Workshop." Registration is coming soon! Stay tuned or join the committee to assist in planning these discussions.
Education Programming Subcommittee

The Subcommittee hosted a workshop on December 9 entitled "Cultivating Authentic Collaboration" (view resources). The subcommittee is meeting in January to plan a February convening. Stay tuned or join the committee to assist in planning!
Equity and Justice Subcommittee. The Subcommittee held their first meeting on December 1. Where they introduced new co-chairs in JR Russ, of CAH; Kimberly Douglas of Building Bridges Across the River (THEARC); and Jordan Daugherty of Center City PCS. They recapped their work last year and are most eager to get started on adding youth voice into their work and discussing how redistricting will impact access to arts/ humanities education.

Steering Committee. The Steering Committee, made up of co-chairs of other committees, held a meeting on December 16. They discussed Committee Management Best Practices regarding community collaboration in Collective Impact and explored how they will further utilize DC Co-lab platform. View a resource archive from their meetings this year.
Member | Engagement
Do you have news to share?

Submit content for the January 2021 Newsletters or Social Media Member Takeover using this form.

The DC Collaborative is calling all members to submit content to newsletters and social media communications!

Newsletters feature content geared towards school and community-based educators and/ or other arts and humanities administrators regarding upcoming events, education programs, professional development, interesting resources, or grant opportunities. To post a listing to our Job Board go to: https://dccollab.mcjobboard.net/

The Membership Social Media Takeover features educational digital resources, behind-the-scenes stories/ captures, staff interviews, and event marketing related to the monthly themes.

Deadline for content submission is January15.
Job Postings and Opportunities

To view all job opportunities, please visit https://dccollab.mcjobboard.net/jobs. New postings since last month's newsletter are listed below.
Social Media/ Communications Consultant

DC Collaborative
Consultant 10 hours per week
Salary: $18 per hour
Application Deadline: January 17
Senior Manager, Media

Arena Stage
Full-time
Salary: N/A
Application Deadline: N/A
Associate, Media & Marketing

Arena Stage
Full-time
Salary: N/A
Application Deadline: N/A
Manager, Digital & Social Media

Arena Stage
Full-time
Salary: N/A
Application Deadline: N/A
Department Assistant, Marketing & Communication

Arena Stage
Full-time
Salary: N/A
Application Deadline: N/A
Ways to Give
Donate to the DC Collaborative online or remit payment by check to:

DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative

The DC Collaborative is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All gifts are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

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The DC Collaborative is a recipient of an FY22 General Operating Support Service Grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
The DC Collaborative is proud to receive a grant for its Collective Impact work supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
DC Co-lab: DC Collaborative's Community Collaboration & Data Initiatives is live! Find out more about how to participate on dccolab.org.