SUMMER WORKSHOP LIBRARY OPENS with new books & games!
The 2nd Annual Outdoor Learning Summer Creative Arts & Literacy Workshop©
SUMMER WORKSHOP LIBRARY OPENS with new books & games!
Love City Strong, Inc. Supports Summer Workshop employment!
Thank you Love City Strong, Inc.
Thank you Love City Strong, Inc. for supporting the 2nd Annual Outdoor Learning Summer Creative Arts and Literacy Workshop. Without this support, children and families on St. John would not have a summer experience with qualified staff, interns, and a music education specialist to support the inclusion of music in this summer's workshop.
The creative arts include music and this year, music is being introduced through Virgin Islands Quelbe, which is a musical art form of the Virgin Islands. Virgin Islands legandary cultural icon, Glen "Kwabeena" Davis, in partnership with Sing St. John, Inc, will present music sessions and instrumental learning with the ukele, which was donated by Sing St. John, Inc.
NEGUS Education World Specialists is pleased to be partnering with Love City Strong, Sing St. John, Inc., Historical Lutheran Church, Friends of the V.I. National Park, and St. John businesses and Individuals for supporting my vision of giving children on St. John an opportunity to experience art and literacy against the backdrop of the historical places and spaces in Cruz Bay, St. John. With special field trips to historical St. John sites.
A total of $2,500 began a matching fundraiser generated from the "Black Mermaid Comes to St. John", funded in part by a grant from the Virgin Islands Council on the Arts. David and Susan Silverman matched that amount with their donation along with Sherry Compton, business owner on St. John. We are still seeking matching funds ($2,500) to provide scholarships to families in need. Thank you to the Unitarian Fellowship for their support for supplies and materials for students to be successful this summer. We still need funding for children's books!
Join NEGUS Education World Specialists to support The Outdoor Learning Summer Creative Arts and Literacy Workshop©, with a total budget of $25K, which is focused around art and literacy where children tap into their creativity and learn about different issues affecting children their age.
A total of 6 camp leaders are being hired to be paid $50 a day, 5 days, for 8 weeks. A music education specialist, qualified with a Masters in Music Education has been hired to work alongside "Kwabeena" teachiing Quelbe music.
Your support can end you up on the board of directors for NEGUS new non-profit, FUTURE IS HERE! Donate today! Your support helps support employment, education, and empowerment for all children and families on St. John and abroad.
Send an email to drcarlamsewer@neguseducation.com with your reason for wanting to be a board member for St. John's new nonprofit, Future is Here, Inc.! Checks can be made out to and sent to: NEGUS Education World Specialists, 1303 Cruz Bay, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands 00830 today for a brighter future for children and families tomorrow!
Meet our 2022 summer staff!
RAHSHEK’KA TITRE Music Education Specialists & Assistant to Kwabena
Rahshek’ka Titre became playing the piano at the age of 11. She continued playing and learning throughout her middle and high school career. After high school, she attended the University of the Virgin Islands were she was a teacher’s assistant for her piano and music theory professor, Dr. Lorna C. Young-Wright. While at UVI, Rahshek’ka also tutored her fellow classmates in music theory and math. In 2018, she graduated with a Bachelor’s for Arts in Music Education. Shortly after graduation, Rahshek’ka began teaching music at All Saints Cathedral, playing the piano for Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, and teaching piano lessons at St. John School of the Arts. In 2019, she began teaching band and choir at Julius E. Sprauve School and later received a Music Education Masters at Northern State University in 2021.
Glen "Kwabena" Davis Musical Director
"The Voices of Love Choir was acknowledged for providing over forty years of performance in the territory. The group has sung songs in English, Spanish, and Dutch creole in about twelve music genres, according to Sen. Dwayne DeGraff. “The Voices of Love is not a choir of perfection. It is a community choir where just about each of us consider ourselves an amateur. An amateur in the sense that the word ‘ama’ means love, and an amateur originally was one who either has a love for or a love of a particular art,” said Glenn “Kwabena” Davis, director and founder of the group. “There is tremendous hope for us to not just speak about Virgin Islands pride, but to do it to contribute to it, and to fight to make sure that it is preserved,” added Davis. (April 7, 2022, St. Thomas Source)
Dr. Carla M. Sewer, CFLE, Librarian, Volunteer Leader
Dr. C. M. Sewer is a parent of three adult children, who have taught her alot about child development, which she uses in her free parenting sessions every 20th of the month to focus on various topics such as child abuse, breastfeeding and child development. Dr. Sewer is the workshop's literacy leader providing read-aloud and art as well as literacy log reports for children and their families as part of a family engagement initiative to increase reading among early childhood towards reading fluency and comprehension by the 1st grade. Using creative arts and the historical spaces and places on St. John.
Beverly Laverne Thomas, Workshop Attendance Leader
Beverly has worked with the Inaugural Annual Outdoor Learning Summer Creative Arts and Literacy Workshop© 2021 and shared many of her artistic and craftmaking skills with students while maintaining order and discipline for safety of all workshop students.
Ms. Marcella, Workshop Leader
Ms. Marcella has had her own daycare and enjoys reading her Bible, art, and dance. We are happy to have Ms. Marcella join the team as a Workshop Leader.
Greetings!
REGISTRATION CLOSED! Waiting list opens!
We have now reached our 30 workshop student limit and now opened a waiting list. Go ahead and complete the Registration Forms. Just click the link below and complete the registration form for one child. More than one child please register separately.
NEGUS EDUCATION WORLD SPECIALISTS Begins NEW Non-Profit!
FUTURE IS HERE!
FUTURE IS HERE! is a new nonprofit 501 (c) 3 charitable organization serving St. John children and families.
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Grant Writing 5 Part Series Workshop
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STORY TIME SESSIONS ONLINE or FACE-to-FACE
I offer storytime sessions online via ZOOM or Face-to-Face for children and families from birth to beyond! Learn the basics of reading aloud to children, expanding the reading into activities and expanding learning. Training for teachers available.
"Plizzzzzz read a noder book." - Elizabeth Rivera
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I am available for speaking engagements and lectures on the topic of the importance of family engagement and parent involvement. Speaking engagements at your school, church, library, or organization is an affordable way to engage your members, staff or personnel on this important topic for the future of our children.
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Negus Education World Specialists Team Members
Dr. Carla M. Sewer, CFLE & Librarian
Owner/Founder/CEO
Dissertation:
BLACK PARENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR CHILDREN’S SCHOOLING DURING MIDDLE CHILDHOOD WITHIN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
Dr. Sewer is pleased to partner with the following individuals who are colleagues supporting theory and research on children and families! Always seeking partnerships! Let me know how you would like to partner and share your expertise to support children and families.
Dr. Karina Donald, ATR-BC, LMFT
- AssociateAssistant Professor, Carolina University
- Providing family therapy to families on a limited basis. Special arrangements for Dr. Donald's services are required for specific needs in helping families through difficult times.
Dr. Lorna Durrant, Assistant Professor, CFLE Child and Family Studies University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Dissertation: The Concerns of White Fathers for their Black-White Biracial Sons.
Providing parenting support for families seeking help with effective communication, parent-child relationships, and one-one-one parenting sessions. Dr. Durrant is also available to work with families on financial literacy and parenting strategies to support parents, especially during this time of a global pandemic.
Dr. Suzan South, Child Development & Early Education
Dissertation:
Caribbean Immigrant Parents' Cultural Perspectives on Preparing Their Children for Kindergarten
Providing early childhood education support for teachers and for students seeking to learn more about child development and early childhood education.
Dr. Zlata Stankovic-Ramirez
NEGUS Education has partnered with Dr. Stankovic-Ramirez, an early childhood professional with over 10 years of experience, whose passion is creating developmentally stimulating learning environments for young children. Zlata earned her B.A. in Psychology from SMU, her M.S. in Child Development from TWU, and she is currently finishing her PhD in Early Child Development and Education at TWU. Zlata also teaches college level courses in Child Growth and Development, Educating Teachers, and Emergent Literacy. Zlata, in relationship with Euro Design Build, will create the optimal environment for your child balancing design and learning objectives to stimulate the growing mind.
She has been a lead teacher and an administrator for children of various ages. Serving as a Preschool Director and an Education Specialist really helped her become a trainer, consultant, advocate and a resource for parents.
Zlata believes in developmentally appropriate practices and has been an active board member for Dallas-AEYC, which is part of National Association for the Education of
Young Children (NAEYC). She teaches college level courses in Child Growth & Development, Educating Teachers, and Emergent Literacy. Her training topics include Classroom Environments, Professionalism for Teachers, Literacy for Young Children and Culturally Sensitive Care for Infants and Toddlers. Zlata earned her B.A. in Psychology from SMU, her M.S. in Child Development from TWU, and her PhD in Child Development and Early Education at TWU. Her research interests include classroom environments, gender development and media influences on children. Her passion is creating Developmentally Appropriate Learning Environments for young children grounded in theoretical perspective. Here is the published article on environments from Texas Child Care Quarterly, titled: The classroom as a teaching tool: Evolving spaces to meet children’s needs.