An accomplished educator and trainer, Rebecca excels in her ability to communicate information in a direct and effective manner. DWL hires Rebecca to present at conferences, develop and facilitate original workshops on a wide range of topic and write or co-write curricular materials. For example: she served as the lead writer and trainer on National Urban League Career Readiness curriculum (over 450 pages) and participant workbook; the FEGS workforce curriculum and the iMap America youth mapping curriculum. She co-wrote the Scholars at Work Career Exploration Facilitator Guide and Participant Portfolio with staff from the Youth Development Institute and was on the consulting team that developed a character development framework for Coaching Corps.

Thrilled to be teaching in the Tyler School of Art & Architecture as an adjunct instructor. Teaching a course called Artist Educators in Communities. This course presents students from all arts fields with career options as teaching artists. Teaching artists are professional, practicing artists who collaborate with community and school leaders to create arts-based experiences in a variety of settings including: arts organizations, social service programs, health facilities, public libraries, senior centers, prisons, museums, and schools. Students will research existing resources for teaching artists, develop lesson plans, learn advocacy strategies, grant writing skills, and participate in direct field experience. Guest teaching artists and community arts administrators will provide presentations and workshops. Course may include field trips.

This course provides the core theoretical perspectives of human behavior in organizations and communities and other societal systems. Traditional theories, alternative paradigms, and models of behavior in these various size systems will be explored and related to one another to analyze the functioning of individuals within collectives. The tasks and developmental operations within organizations and community systems will be examined with respect to how they maintain themselves and as the behavior of individual and groups within them influence one another.

At PopUpPlay we believe that play is a strategy that develops leadership skills in youth and can be instrumental in transforming communities. With PopUpPlay youth: Experience play; (re) Create the play experience, and then Lead it for their peers. There are a lot of great organizations here in Philly working to feature the benefits of play. PopUpPlay to focuses on play with older youth and teens, in particular. Qualities and skills like creativity, problem-solving, teamwork, leadership and communication, which are used when playing games, are actually the same skills and qualities that help people be successful in college and what employers seek in their employees. Learn more at www.popupplay.net and join the #playrevolution.

Between 2007 and 2016, Rebecca taught in the Behavior Health & Human Service department with a focus on the Youth Development courses. She taught Foundations of Youth Work (YW101) as part of the College's Youth Work Certificate Program. The classes are designed to provide a wide overview of the field of youth development and also address critical issues, including current trends and incorporates journal articles, novels, films, guest speakers and site visits into the syllabus. The Certificate will prepare graduates to work with youth in a variety of youth serving agencies such as community centers, group homes, after school programs and mental health clinics. When completed, the courses may be applied to the Behavioral Health/ Human Services associate degree program.From 2012-2015, in addition to teaching, Rebecca was selected to serve as the Curriculum Coordinator of the Program. In that role, she supported student success and persistence, collaborated with other coordinators and faculty, promoted the program on and off campus, and some administrative duties. During this time, she also led the effort to align the curriculum with the Core Competencies for Youth Workers developed by the National Institute for Out of School Time (NIOST) and the National AfterSchool Association. Because of the nature of her work, she is am able to hire youth work students and alumni in order to give them real-world experience where they can apply what they are learning in class.

The First-Year Civic Engagement course is designed to help Drexel students develop skills as active participants in a pluralist, democratic society through direct service, education, and reflection opportunities. The course will cover key concepts and frameworks for understanding civic engagement, including: models of civic life through American history, critiques of philanthropy, volunteerism, community service, public service, and political activism; university-community partnerships; and public service leadership. Through the course, students will strengthen critical thinking skills regarding myriad social issues in the context of active civic participation. Students will also enhance their learning through structured discussion and reflective learning assignments.

For two and a half years, Rebecca was the Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships and Capacity Building for the Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN). In this role, some of her work involved developing professional development opportunities for PYN staff and its provider network. It also included developing resources such as WorkReadyClassroom.org, and curriculum to assist community-based organizations with youth workforce preparation. She also provided support to the YDI (Youth Development Initiative), William Penn funded project and served on the advisory team for the Mayor’s Office of Education’s Graduation Coach Campaign. Rebecca supervised three individuals whose work focused on regional and local partnerships, supportive adults, and youth engagement.

In her role as Executive Director, Rebecca reviewed the financial stability of the organization, internal structures and systems and as a result, ended up successfully leading the board of directors through the dissolution of the organization. Served on the University of Pennsylvania's Out of School Time Resource Center (OSTRC) planning committee; Principal for a Day through Philadelphia Cares.

Rebecca was the founding director of Opening Doors and Building Bridges youth development & after school program at the Martin Luther King Educational Campus in New York City. From 1999-2006, she successfully provided vision, supervision and effective program management for a start up grant from The After School Corporation (TASC), which grew to serve more than 3,000 high school students cumulatively though its year-round programming. In 2004, the program was awarded a highly coveted 21st Century Community Learning Center grant totaling more than $1.2million over five years. A long time champion of the program, New York City Council Member Gale Brewer honored Rebecca in 2006 with a New York City Council Proclamation of Exemplary Public Service to Youth in the Community.

Rebecca served in multiple capacities at a small, alternative high school as the Health, Dance and Reading teacher, which included developing curriculum for three different subject areas. She assisted the Resource Room Coordinator and tutored students with special academic needs. Rebecca co-coordinated, developed curricula for, and implemented HIV prevention pilot project SecenariosUSA, with the goal of assisting students in writing short- film scripts about HIV/AIDS. She conceptualized, produced and directed the first ever Student and Teacher Talent Show.

Provided structure, supervision and professional development for a city-wide pilot project for adolescent and adult HIV Prevention Peer Educators including program planning, implementation and evaluation; development of program curricula:• Conducted training for staff, adult and adolescent peer educators on a variety of topics• Provided supervision, mentorship and professional development of adolescent peer educators• Executed monthly documentation and reporting requirements• Developed program literature and training guides; administrative duties• Provided technical assistance and training to students and teachers of New York City public schools

Responsible for recruiting, training and supervising adolescent Peer Educators who provided HIV prevention education in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, public schools, community centers as well as at local and national conferences:• Coordinated and implemented all training components including curricula development; identified and scheduled guest speakers, created program brochures and materials• Coordinated, supervised and created original material used for Street Outreach activities• Created a resource guide of social service agencies for adolescents

Provided leadership and supervision to out of school youth ages 14-21, who carried out volunteer services at both physical and human service projects throughout New York City:Trained and supervised volunteers in teams of 8-15 at a seven-day residential trainingProvided academic and career counseling to CVC participantsEvaluated and documented monthly progress of volunteerDeveloped materials used in class and contacted guest speakers