

- Description
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The Building Black Youth Foundation (B.B.Y.F.), is a not for profit children's organization and social enterprise, geared to providing children cultural based learning opportunities and educational support for Black/BIPOC(but not limited to) children/youth and families across Canada. B.B.Y.F. is starting with virtual Early Childhood Development programs, supports for families and learning opportunities specifically geared towards teaching an afrocentric uplifting curriculum, building self worth through learning ancestral and historical knowledge. Our mission at Building Black Youth Foundation(B.B.Y.F.), is to empower our Black/BIPOC(but not limited to) children/youth, help them build their self worth and self belief, through learning uplifting historical, cultural knowledge. We know that positive cultural reinforcement from a young age, greatly increases the process of building self worth within children, as well as supports leading them in the right direction towards a great future.
- Number of employees
- 2 - 10 employees
- Company website
- https://www.bbyfinc.org
- Industries
- Education Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society Publishing & printing
Recent projects
Building Black Youth Foundation's ECE Curriculum Development Project
Team size - 5-10 students, or flexible Project time length: TBD Project weekly schedule: TBD- Students are required to attend One 40 min mandatory weekly meeting. Meeting hours are between 3:30pm-6:30pm EST/1:30pm-4:30pm MT/12:30pm-3:30pm PDT . Dates TBD Project daily schedule: Our hours of operation are Monday to Friday 1:00pm-8:00pm EST/12:00pm-6:00pm MT/10:00am-5:00pm PDT. Students must be ready, willing and able to participate in project work, communications and meetings during those hours. Our scheduling is flexible and allows for students to complete their work on weekends as well if need be. Scope: We are looking for Students that can help create and develop our Early Childhood Educational program curriculum and bring to life our ideas, within the following initiatives: ECE & Early learning curriculum development for ages 0-6: Infants, Toddlers, Preschool, Kindergarten & School age ECE practice models and methodologies. ECE Program plans, activities and games in all developmental domains ( Social, Emotional, Communication language & literacy, Cognition, Math & Science, Creative Arts, Sensory, Dramatic Play and Physical ) Learning opportunities centered around uplifting BIPOC history and culture. Database design and management SKILLS : Business strategy, Communications, Education, business services business consulting, data analysis, research Project Goals/Deliverables: Developing and designing reservoirs of virtual learning opportunities, activities, games & curriculum for children aged 0-6. Suggesting pedagogical tools to support children's needs Any other deliverables will be decided and agreed upon with students. Team Organization Team of up to 5, or as many students as possible, with each person assigned to each deliverable agreed upon. The team will have a Project Manager who will interact with the BBYF’s Project Manager. Timeframe Target start date: TBD- This is an ongoing project End Date: TBD- This is an ongoing project Communication We will plan to communicate with our virtual interns using these communication tools: Riipen messaging, ZOOM, Email, Slack, phone/text, etc. Student's primary contact: Tasha Flemmings Job title: Senior Project Manager/CEO Secondary contact: TBD Job Title: Project Manager
Building Black Youth Foundation's Software Development Project
Team size - 5-10 students, or flexible Project time length: TBD Project weekly schedule: TBD Project daily schedule: TBD, 40 min meeting will take place once per week. Dates TBD Project Goals/Deliverables: Final Deliverables to be determined but can include: A software or app with source code that can be expanded or deployed. mobile or web app prototype or workable demo. Team Organization Team of up to 5, or as many students as possible, with each person assigned to each deliverable agreed upon. The team will have a Project Manager who will interact with the BBYF’s Project Manager. Timeframe Target start date: TBD End Date: TBD Communication We will plan to communicate with our virtual interns using these communication tools: Riipen messaging, ZOOM, Email, phone/text, etc. Student's primary contact: Tasha Flemmings Job title: Senior Project Manager/CEO Secondary contact: TBD Job Title: Project Manager
Building Black Youth Foundation's Software Development Project
Team size - 5-10 students, or flexible Project time length: TBD Project weekly schedule: TBD Project daily schedule: TBD, 40 min meeting will take place once per week. Dates TBD Scope: We are looking for Students that can help create and develop software and games that are needed for our organizations online learning platform, within the following initiatives: Software development for Android applications for online programs. Software development and prototypes for learning programs software application development, mobile application development, Game software development and prototypes for learning programs Database design and management, SKILLS : Computer science & IT, Business strategy, Data, Website development, Software development, Operations, Data analysis, Product or service launch Project Goals/Deliverables: Final Deliverables to be determined but can include: A software or app with source code that can be expanded or deployed. mobile or web app prototype or workable demo. Team Organization Team of up to 5, or as many students as possible, with each person assigned to each deliverable agreed upon. The team will have a Project Manager who will interact with the BBYF’s Project Manager. Timeframe Target start date: January 2022 or TBD End Date: April 2022 or TBD Communication We will plan to communicate with our virtual interns using these communication tools: Riipen messaging, ZOOM, Email, phone/text, etc. Student's primary contact: Tasha Flemmings Job title: Senior Project Manager/CEO Secondary contact: TBD Job Title: Project Manager
The Building Black Youth Foundation's Research & Content Development Project
The Building Black Youth Foundation(BBYF)'s Data Research & Content Development Virtual Project Team size: 5 students 70 hrs/each Project time length: 7 weeks Project weekly schedule: 10hrs per week/per student Project daily schedule: 2 hours per day, following virtual meeting Job positions: 3 Positions Research Curator & Content writer: 3 Students Instructional Learning Designer Job:1 Student Content Development Project Manager:1 Student Project goals: To research, Curate and write content developing reservoirs of data for program use. Students will be responsible for researching educational data information about specific topics. To curate educational knowledge and information about Black History. Project outline: Each student will be given weekly research and content writing projects amounting to a total of seven projects curating information on a variety of different Black history related topics and subjects. Each student will be given a research document at the beginning of the week and will have the opportunity to review and ask any questions, during our weekly meeting. Each student will then be responsible for curating all requested information on the document which will be due by the end of the week by Friday 11:59 p.m. for review by the Project Manager. Deadlines can be extended if needed until Sunday 11:59 p.m. if needed, due to existing workload and any pre-existing circumstances. SKILLS: communication, resiliency, analytical capabilities SCOPE: Students will support our organization's development of educational content to help build learning courses and modules centered around black history. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE Researching and curating Black history Knowledge and information. Working with Project Manager to determine what information is to be learned. Managing project success and documenting progress reports Managing students and ensuring completion of work by project deadlines Project manager working directly with Senior project Manager ensuring project goals are met. Ensuring content matches established objectives and Reshaping content for changing needs. Structuring content and activities for optimizing learning. Other duties the student may complete could include: Conduct research and data analysis. Developing entire course content and curriculum. Creating and testing multimedia. Creating student guides and training manuals. Create presentation decks and assist with presentations to key stakeholders. We will plan to communicate with our virtual intern using these communication tools: Riipen messaging, ZOOM, Email, phone/text, etc. Student's primary contact: Tasha Flemmings Job title: Senior Project Manager/CEO Secondary contact: TBD shortly, Job Title: Project Manager **Please review the attached document "BBYF Research Proj. Job positions" for a full description of job positions needed. Please apply through Riipen, indicating job position or send resume and cover letter in ONE document to bbyfinc@gmail.com In the subject line add: Project name and Job position you're applying for.
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