2019-221-E Finance - Kidzu Children's Museum outside agency agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 1BB65AEA-3E6A-45BE-8A7F-19FFOF9A712A EXHIBIT A: PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION The STEM Box programs will operate as "push-in" to the academic activities in the existing after school programs and summer camps at each location. Participants will already be identified and registered in the program. If the Kidzu "push-in" programs create interest with young people not registered in the programs Kidzu will work with the families to register each child in the appropriate program. The STEM Night events will be coordinated by community center staff or school personnel. Each STEM Night is open to children and families participating in programs at the designated site, as well as to other families associated with the particular center or school. g) Describe the credentials of the program manager and other key staff. (Ex. Identify Program Manager and credentials, describe training provided to volunteers, etc.) Kidzu Children's Museum senior staff have decades of experience in creating effective collaborative partnerships and in designing and presenting programs and activities that engage a range of learning styles and developmental levels. Specific staff have nationally recognized experience in working directly with underserved families to involve their children in the life of the museum and understand that relationship-building is the key to having long-term impact. Rose Bequet - Community Programs Manager Kidzu's full-time Community Programs Manager, Rose Bequet, has been working in the museum field for over 5 years, holding a Master's Degree in Museum Education and a Bachelor's Degree in Art History. Bequet has been with Kidzu for 2 1/ years and has planned and facilitated over 250 programs with children and community partners during this time. In 2017, Ms. Bequet's outreach efforts reached over 4,000 families in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area and grew the museum's partnerships with community artists, scientists, and makers by 40%. In 2017, Bequet was responsible for co-leading a statewide summit on accessibility and inclusiveness within children's museums, attended by representatives of over 12 institutions. Kidzu's Community Program Manager manages and staffs all outreach programs for Kidzu, as well as selects appropriate and innovative STEM and Arts programming for each outreach event. Bequet serves as administrator for STEM Box/STEM Night engagements, working with community partners (including managing the Ella Baker Women's Center mentorship program) to communicate specific needs of their institutionslprograms children and schedule STEM Box/STEM Night site visits. Jarrett Grimm - STEM Lead and Makery Manager Kidzu's full-time Makery Manager, Jarrett Grimm joins Kidzu after completing a master's degree in Educational Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship from UNC-Chapel Hill. Grimm worked as a research and teaching assistant at Kenan Science Library Makerspace while completing her degree, and previously worked at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center for six years as a Community Education Specialist. She also holds a BA in Advertising, with minors in Environmental Studies and Entrepreneurship.