by Abby O'Brien | Nov 9, 2021 | Announcements
Please join us next Thursday, November 18 at 1pm PDT for a webinar entitled “Preparing Youth and Adults from Frontline Communities for Good Green Jobs – The Roots of Success Environmental Literacy Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship”. This webinar will...
by Abby O'Brien | Oct 19, 2021 | Partners, Video Clip
This October, Roots of Success participated in an event as part of the St. Louis Green Business Challenge. “The St. Louis Green Business Challenge is honored to introduce Roots of Success here,” says Jean Ponzi, who manages the Challenge and...
by Abby O'Brien | Oct 14, 2021 | Partners, Recent Trainings/Certifications
This fall we had the opportunity to train and certify instructors in three fantastic programs to teach the Roots of Success course and enroll participants in our new Department of Labor recognized Pre-Apprenticeship. Growing Home, located in Chicago, is a longtime...
by Abby O'Brien | Sep 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
The teaching approach we use in the Roots of Success program is inspired by the work of Brazilian educator and activist Paulo Freire. Freire’s pedagogy of literacy education involves not only reading the word, but also reading the world. This involves the development...
by Abby O'Brien | Sep 9, 2021 | Announcements
Roots of Success is excited to welcome Dan Pacholke to our Advisory Board! Dan Pacholke served the Washington State Department of Corrections (WADOC) for 33 years, starting as a Correctional Officer and retiring as Secretary. In 2004, while serving as a prison...
by Abby O'Brien | Aug 25, 2021 | Announcements
Shruti Sreenath is the Product Manager and Project Lead for Course Migration at Roots of Success. Her work focuses on content migration and improving user experience for the Roots of Success Online Version. She has a wide range of experience in Technology Management...
by Abby O'Brien | Aug 24, 2021 | Partners, Program News
Last week Roots of Success had the fortune of participating in the Taproot Foundation’s Pro Bono Marathon along with other Bay Area nonprofits Cat Town, Build Healthy Places Network, and Pacifica Spindrift Players. In the one day event, nonprofits tackled a...
by Abby O'Brien | Aug 18, 2021 | Announcements
We are thrilled to announce that the Roots of Success program officially received national approval of our Environmental Literacy Instructor Apprenticeship program from the federal Department of Labor this week. Offering our new Apprenticeship and...
