Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay will present his 7th Annual First District Career Fair on Monday, June 4 from 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at Harris-Stowe State University’s Emerson Physical Education & Performing Arts Center located at 3026 Laclede Avenue. This event will feature over 100 of the St. Louis area’s top employers, and it’s free.
“My top priority is aligning my constituents with opportunities for employment.” said Clay. “Our Career Fair is St. Louis’ biggest and best jobs event. We will feature over 100 companies from all sectors of the region’s economy, along with great job opportunities with federal, state and local government agencies.”
He said more than 5,000 job seekers attended last year.
“I would advise guests to arrive early, dress for success and have your printed and electronic resumes ready,” Clay said.
For those interested in public service, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management will provide a one-stop shop for interested job seekers to learn about, and apply for thousands of federal jobs, worldwide.
Among the top St. Louis employers who will be on hand are: the Boeing Company; Express Scripts; BJC Healthcare Systems; World Wide Technology; Centene Corporation; Wells Fargo Advisors; Best Buy; Macy’s; UPS, Enterprise Holdings; Harrah’s; Ameristar; Schnucks Markets; Hardees Food System and many others.
Trust supports Young Scholars Program
The Dana Brown Charitable Trust, U.S. Bank Trustee, has awarded a two-year, $100,000 grant to fund an expansion of Maryville University’s Young Scholars Program, whose leaders nurture academic potential in students historically underrepresented in gifted education programs.
Maryville’s Young Scholars Program works with academically talented students at Peabody Elementary School in the St. Louis Public School District. Funds from The Dana Brown Charitable Trust, U.S. Bank Trustee, will provide two years of funding to expand the program into the Ferguson-Florissant School District.
The Dean of Maryville’s School of Education Sam Hausfather said, “The Young Scholars Program helps identify and develop abilities in what may be the most important group of underserved students, those with high potential to achieve and lead who may otherwise not have opportunities.”
Airport Elementary School in Berkeley will be the first school in the Ferguson-Florissant district for the Young Scholars Program. Ferguson-Florissant Superintendent Art McCoy said, “The Young Scholars Program will increase underrepresented student populations’ abilities and opportunities for higher learning as well as yearlong free courses for staff to provide gifted certification and training on-site.”
Maryville University’s Young Scholars program has four main components: It provides teachers in participating schools with graduate-level, on-site coursework in gifted education. It identifies the top 10 percent of students at a school with potential to succeed in a gifted education program, using well-established assessment methods. It provides services related to gifted education, such as specialized after-school and summer programs. It also includes workshops for parents and guardians about gifted education and college-bound programs in their school and district.
Steve Coxon, Maryville University assistant professor and director of graduate programs in gifted education said the program provides bright students with advanced work to help them transition into gifted education programs.
“High-ability students need curriculum and instruction to be modified so that they are challenged with more advanced work to keep them engaged and learning,” he said. He said the teachers’ coursework includes strategies to modify lessons so they are useful to all students. “The idea is that everyone should be learning new things every day,” Coxon said.
Maryville University modeled its Young Scholars program after a successful program that increased diversity in gifted education programs in Fairfax, Va.
