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• Maintain adherence to the Choix Vision through academic policies, procedures and practices



• Establish benchmarks for academic performance, working with the FATEM Board and Advisors, and promote high standards and expectations for all students and staff, to include language facility in French, Creole and English.



• Establish similar benchmarks and processes in connection with responsibility and accountability for behavior in line with the Choix Vision.



• Manage, evaluate and supervise effective and clear procedures for the operation and functioning of the school consistent with the Choix Vision, including instructional programs, extracurricular activities, discipline systems to ensure an enriching, empowering, safe and orderly climate, building maintenance, program evaluation, personnel management, office operations, and emergency procedures.
  
       a. Includes: interviewing prospective faculty members as well as supervising and evaluating staff performance.



• Ensure compliance with all laws, FATEM policies and civil regulations. Perform any duties that are within the scope of employment and certifications, as assigned by the Board and not otherwise prohibited by law or in conflict with contract.



• Manage and supervise the development and continued evolution of the Choix academic program, in adherence with the Choix Vision, evaluating lesson plans and observing classes on a regular basis to encourage the use of a variety of instructional strategies and materials consistent with research on learning and student growth and development.
  
       aa. Establish procedures for student assessment and selection of instructional materials and equipment, approving all recommendations.



• Manage the development of programming for the Mirebalais adolescent and adult communities, including off-hours programs in English-as-a-second-language, literacy, as well as work skills training programs.



• Establish the annual master schedule for academic and extra-curricular programs, ensuring sequential learning experiences for students consistent with the Choix Vision and instructional goals.



• Supervise in a fair and consistent manner effective discipline and attendance systems with high standards, consistent with the Choix Vision. Specifically, in this arena, it is vital both to establish individual student (and faculty/administration) accountability and responsibility, while also maintaining the highest possible standards of safety and security so that each student finds Ecole de Choix to be a nurturing, warm and welcoming refuge. The pinnacle of this priority should be the Choix Vision statement: “Each member of the Choix community is responsible for each other.”


     a. File all required reports regarding violence, vandalism, attendance and discipline matters.

     b. Notify FATEM immediately, along with any and all appropriate personnel and agencies, when there is evidence of substance abuse, child abuse, child neglect, severe medical or social conditions, potential suicide or students appearing to be under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances.

     c. Advise FATEM of employees not meeting their contractual agreement.


• Maintain an open, constant, consistent and transparent communications with all stakeholders, including and especially parents.
  
       a. Provide quarterly student grade and behavior reports to parents. Post honor roll lists each quarter.
  
       b. Communicate regularly with parents, seeking their support and advice, so as to create a cooperative relationship to support students in their growth at Choix.
  
       c. Represent the school to parents and the community, both local and global, industry partners and regulators, securing support for school functions and activities.



• Keep the staff informed and seek ideas for the improvement of the school. Conduct meetings, as necessary, for the proper functioning of the school: weekly meetings for full-time staff.



• Establish and maintain an effective inventory system for all school supplies, materials and equipment. The principal is responsible for lost inventory.



• Establish procedures that create and maintain attractive, organized, functional, healthy, clean, and safe facilities, with proper attention to the visual, acoustic and temperature.



• Assume responsibility for the health, safety, and welfare of students, employees and visitors.
  
       a. Develop clearly understood procedures and provide regular drills for emergencies and disasters.
  
       b. Establish schedules and procedures for the supervision of students in non-classroom areas (including before and after school).



• Establish procedures for safe storing and integrity of all public and confidential school records. Ensure that student records are complete and current.



• Organize and manage the Choix budget, provide an account at any time request by FATEM; maintain specifically and account for all student activity funds and money collected from students.



• Attend required committee meetings (e.g.: fund-raising, curriculum, etc.)



• Display the highest ethical and professional behavior and standards when working with students, parents, school personnel, members of the community and all other stakeholders.

• Candidate should be proficient in English, French and Creole.



• Candidate must have a diploma from Ecole Normale or the equivalent.



• The principal is expected to reside in Mirebalais full-time.

The training, which will go from December 16 to December 22, 2009, will take these trainees to sites in Lascahobas and Hinche where ENERSA is currently working. FATEM will be coordinating the logistics of the training (transportation, securing the location for the classes), 1000 Jobs/Haiti will provide free transportation and a stipend to each participant, and ENERSA will provide the training as well as food to the participants.

It is our plan to replicate this pilot program throughout the entire region, as the use of solar energy is gaining ground, and as more and more people – especially in areas with no access to the electricity grid - become aware of its benefits. Please continue to visit our website for regular updates on these types of training and others.

PLEASE CONTACT: Jacky Poteau,Voice: (508) 521-9464 -- Fax : (508) 587-0489 -- E-mail : info@1000jobshaiti.org -- URL : www.1000jobshaiti.org

About 1000, Jobs/Haiti, Inc.
Created in 2009, 1000Jobs/Haiti is a US-registered nonprofit corporation with the following purpose: - To fight extreme poverty in Haiti by helping to create sustainable jobs at fair wages in the Central Plateau of Haiti through marketing, sales, public relations, financial assistance, education, training and other job-creating activities. - To provide business, marketing, and entrepreneurial assistance to Haitian artisans, cooperatives, and entrepreneurs, in order to promote and enable employment and self-sufficiency. - To facilitate and promote the development of commercial relationships between, on the one hand, distributors, retailers, other buyers of good, and entities engaged in international trade who are located outside of Haiti, and on the other hand, Haitian artisans, cooperatives, and entrepreneurs, for the purpose of developing markets for the products produced by the Haitian artisans, cooperatives, and entrepreneurs, and attaining the ultimate goal of creating opportunities for employment. Find out more at www.1000jobshaiti.org.

About ENERSA
ENERSA is a leading Haiti-based manufacturer of solar products, and a provider of training in installation and maintenance of solar products.

About FATEM
FATEM is a non-profit organization based in Mirebalais, Haiti, and originally organized to bring information technology to the people in the region, thus helping with the economic advancement of the area. More recently, however, FATEM recognized the need for a sustainable means by which to support the general education of Haitian children and to ensure that these children have the necessary meals that will permit their young bodies and brains to learn and grow.

With more than 56 million monthly users, FarmVille is the largest online game. Players tend to their farm plots by harvesting crops from strawberries to eggplants, purchasing items like tractors and combines, and engaging with their neighbors. Under the “Sweet Seeds” initiative, users purchase special sweet potato seeds, of which 50 percent of the proceeds are donated to two non-profit organizations in Haiti that support the health and education of children and their families – FATEM.org and FONKOZE.org. This social goods program builds on an earlier Zynga initiative where players of its YoVille game, a virtual town with 140 million inhabitants, raised donations for the San Francisco SPCA by purchasing bulldogs and tabby cats from the in-game shelter as pets.

“The sheer scope and reach of social gaming to affect people’s lives in a positive way wasn’t even a reality a few years ago,” said Mark Pincus, founder and CEO of Zynga. “Today, with ‘social goods,’ we are enabling players to unlock their power to change the world and impact the lives of children. ‘Sweet Seeds for Haiti’ is an early step for Zynga with more to come.”

“Zynga has taken ‘networking’ to a whole new level, connecting tens of millions of people to some of the most isolated people in our hemisphere, the women and families of rural Haiti,” said Leigh Carter, executive director, Fonkoze USA. “Thanks to Zynga’s new social strategy, not only can we connect, we can act to eliminate extreme poverty in Haiti.”

“At FATEM, Zynga’s contribution will help make local residents of the town of Mirebalais become self-sufficient by providing one of the most important tools against poverty: education,” said Jacky Poteau, president, FATEM. “Zynga has made it possible for over 500 children to have full access to quality education, and uplift them and their families from poverty.”

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and the 7th poorest in the world. Zynga's mission of connecting the world through games is enhanced by the opportunity to support Haiti’s children and their families. For additional information on the recipient organizations, please see www.FATEM.org and www.FONKOZE.org. To contribute, go to www.facebook.com/farmville and play!

About FATEM
FATEM is a non-profit organization based in Mirebalais, Haiti, and originally organized to bring information technology to the people in the region, thus helping with the economic advancement of the area. More recently, however, FATEM recognized the need for a sustainable means by which to support the general education of Haitian children and to ensure that these children have the necessary meals that will permit their young bodies and brains to learn and grow.

About FONKOZE
FONKOZE, based in Port-au-Prince, is an alternative bank for the poor. It is Haiti's largest micro-finance institution and is committed to the economic and social improvement of the people and communities of Haiti and to the reduction of poverty in the country.

About Zynga
Zynga is the largest social gaming company with 150 million monthly users. Zynga’s games are available on Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Hi5, Friendster, Tagged, Yahoo! and the iPhone, and include FarmVille, Café World, Zynga Poker, Mafia Wars, YoVille, Vampires, Street Racing, and Scramble. The company is funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, IVP, Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group, Avalon Ventures, Pilot Group, Reid Hoffman and Peter Thiel. Zynga is headquartered in San Francisco. For more information, please visit www.zynga.com.

HATIAN DIASPORA: THE BEGINNING OF A PARTNERSHIP

An agreement was signed between Lower Central Plateau authorities, COPRODEP of Mirebalais, and the Foundation for Technological and Economic Advancement of Mirebalais (FATEM, an organization of Mirebalais individuals living abroad). This agreement aims at achieving the following:

• Integrate FATEM to COPRODEP as an observer,
  
• Allocate funds raised by FATEM to co-finance sub-projects prioritized by the COPRODEP, and
  
• Support a road identification sub-project in Mirebalais.
  This example illustrates the collaborative possibilities between PRODEP and the Haitian community living abroad and willing to contribute to the development of the country. Read more

Leon Dimanche, Didi Jeremie, Nemline Paul highlight FATEM event

At 7:10pm the dinner had not started yet, there were some last minute preparations being performed by the hotel that caused the party to begin officially at around 8:00pm. Around 7:00 there were people waiting to be seated, they were a little anxious but cooperative. I was greeted by some of the FATEM board members Carline Poteau and Rev. Ricardo B. Télémaque, JD; they were in charge of giving the guest the table numbers.

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Prodgz Spotlight: Mr. Jacky Poteau

Today, we get a great opportunity to speak with Mr. Jacky Poteau, president of the FATEM organization. Mr. Poteau, first left Haiti in 1987, but has never forgotten the Mirebalais community where he grew up. Currently, Jacky Poteau works as a Database Administrator for a Boston-based social service agency and holds a Master’s degree in Social Work. So, it’s no surprise that he would take his skills to assist Mirebalais in bridging the “digital divide”. For me and all the Prodg readers, this is a true testimony of what it means “to give back to your community”.

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FATEM: A Non-profit on the Go

April 14th was a day where the town of Mirebalais Haiti took center-stage with the fund raising dinner-gala organized by FATEM. Fondation pour L’Avancement Technologique et Economique de Mirebalais, opened their first annual fund
raising dinner with an outstanding attendance by all conscious that change is definitely needed in Mirebalais, and in Haiti.

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