Join Us

You are welcome to get in touch with us by emailing create@temple.edu or calling Dr. Juliet Curci at 215-204-2475.

Support Us

We enthusiastically welcome donations to CREATE – contributions of any size are impactful! Please visit CEHD’s advancement website here or contact Derek Coffman, Major Gifts Officer, to discuss a gift.

Opportunities for Temple Students

CREATE has many paid and unpaid opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, for those who qualify for federal work-study and those who do not. Students should contact Emily Garcia at 215-204-2394 or emily.garcia@temple.edu, or visit her in her office (Ritter Annex 177) on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Current needs are named here below.

 

Part-Time and Full-Time Professional Staff Roles

CREATE hires for part-time and full-time roles. They are posted on Temple University’s Human Resources website (which can be filtered to show only positions available in the College of Education and Human Development). Any current CREATE-specific opportunities will also be shared below.

 

Community-Based Programs

CREATE’s Community-Based Programs offer early literacy, academic enrichment, workforce development, youth mentorship, and kinship respite care supports to Philadelphians.

 

Family Friends 

Respite program for grandparents / kinship caregivers who are raising their grandchildren or other relatives who have disabilities or special needs related to experiencing trauma; offers mentorship support, events, and other educational programming for adults and children; currently supported by a renewable grant from Philadelphia’s Office of Children and Families.

 

Future Focus

6-week summer career awareness and project-based learning program held on Temple University’s Main Campus for 25 Philadelphia middle grades students ages 12-14 and 5 high school students who aspire to teach. A Connected to Learning – Philadelphia (C2L-PHL) initiative.

 

Grandma’s Kids

After-school academic enrichment program for children in grades 1-3 at W.D. Kelley School in Philadelphia who are being raised by their grandparents; currently supported by a renewable grant from Philadelphia’s Office of Children and Families

 

Jumpstart

National early childhood organization that trains Temple students to work with preschool children in North Philadelphia early childhood centers with developing strong language and literacy as well as socio-emotional skills to help them be ready for kindergarten and set them on a long-term path to academic success; there are 30+corps members from Temple who serve preschoolers across 4-6 sites per school year.

 

TempleCares

Workforce development program for Philadelphia youth ages 17-24 as they prepare for careers in healthcare; free programming available to the youth in medical terminology, CPR and first aid, resume building, professionalism, Certified Nursing Assistant and Certified Medical Assistant skills training, national exam study support, and paid work experiences; currently supported by a renewable grant from PhilaWorks

Thread

Multigenerational mentorship program for Philadelphia youth at risk of failing out of high school, in collaboration with the School District of Philadelphia and Baltimore-based organization Thread; will recruit and support the training and participation of Temple students, staff, faculty, and alumni; currently offered through in-kind support to Thread / SDP.

 

Pre-College Programs

Dual Enrollment

  • “Reach to Teach”
  • Summer Program Scholarships
  • Temple Education Scholars
  • Upward Bound
  • Upward Bound Math & Science

Educator Development Initiatives

  • CRSE Project and Communities of Practice
  • D.E.E.L. Fellowship
  • Early Childhood and Elementary Educator Workforce
  • Early Pipelines for Teachers Partnerships
  • Educator Workforce and Diversity Policy & Advocacy

 

 

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