The Student Parent Group (SPG) has just released the schedule of planned writing groups for this quarter. You can sign up for one or more of these sessions here.
In order to sign up, you need to be a registered student at the University of Chicago (undergraduate or graduate), and also to have completed your registration at the Family Resource Center, where the childcare takes place.
About the SPG Writing Group:
The SPG, the registered student organisation for student parents on campus, developed the Writing Groups to provide an opportunity for student parents to get work done in a supportive environment, with free childcare if needed. Children are cared for by experienced babysitters at the Family Resource Center (now located in the WSSC Building at 950 E. 61st St), while parents get academic work done in a dedicated room in the same building. Parents are asked to remain in the building during the sessions, so that they can be easily reached by babysitters with any questions or concerns.
Childcare for the student parent writing groups is provided by undergraduate and graduate students (mostly the former), all of whom are CPR-certified and have experience with childcare in various settings (babysitting, summer camps, etc). The child to carer ratio is 3:1.
Childcare is provided in the Family Resource Center, which is a safe and well equipped with a collection of toys and books mostly targeted for babies and children aged 0-8. Although we have not specified a minimum age for the children participating in these sessions, it should be noted that our childcarers do not necessarily have experience in caring for infants.
In order to sign up, you need to be a registered student at the University of Chicago (undergraduate or graduate), and also to have completed your registration at the Family Resource Center, where the childcare takes place.
About the SPG Writing Group:
The SPG, the registered student organisation for student parents on campus, developed the Writing Groups to provide an opportunity for student parents to get work done in a supportive environment, with free childcare if needed. Children are cared for by experienced babysitters at the Family Resource Center (now located in the WSSC Building at 950 E. 61st St), while parents get academic work done in a dedicated room in the same building. Parents are asked to remain in the building during the sessions, so that they can be easily reached by babysitters with any questions or concerns.
Childcare for the student parent writing groups is provided by undergraduate and graduate students (mostly the former), all of whom are CPR-certified and have experience with childcare in various settings (babysitting, summer camps, etc). The child to carer ratio is 3:1.
To register for one or more sessions, please see here. We will do our best to accommodate everyone's schedule, so do let us know in the comments section if you have a preference between available dates, because we expect a high demand and thus may not be able to register you for all the dates you request.
Please contact me (email: florajroberts@uchicago.edu) if you have any questions about logistics, childcare
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