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  Established in 1984 – The Omaha Board of Education created the Omaha Schools Foundation to enrich the educational experiences for Omaha Public Schools’ students

• The initial “start up” funding for the Foundation was a gift of $1,555.71 from the Omaha Public Schools Instruction Department.
• Luanne Nelson, then Communications Director for OPS, served as Executive Director until 2010.
• Toba Cohen-Dunning served first as Associate Executive Director from 2006 until  2010 when the Board appointed her the new Executive Director.
• In 2018, OPSF provided over $150,000.00  in both Community and OPS Teacher Grants.
• OPSF administers scholarships established in the honor of OPS teachers, administrators, students and in 2018 awarded over $450,000.00 to OPS graduating seniors.
• OPSF administers Kids Club before and after school child care programs in 42 OPS elementary schools, serving over 5000 students.
• OPSF provides parent-paid Early Childhood Classrooms in select OPS elementary schools throughout the district.
• The nation’s only annual study and ranking of K-12 education foundations -- “Stepping Up: The Nation’s Top K-12 Education Foundations”-- has ranked Omaha Schools Foundation in the Top 10 of the nation's Public School Foundations for the last 4 years.
• Omaha Public Schools Foundation (OPSF) was recognized on Nov. 12, 2018, with the Investor in America Award, presented by Partners for Livable Communities (Partners), a Washington-based nonprofit.

Omaha Public Schools Foundation is a Section 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization and does, and shall not, discriminiate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, expression, age, disability, martial status, sexual orientation, or military status in any of its activities or operations. 

Omaha Public Schools' first shared value, equity, is central to our work to deliver on our promise to our community. Within Omaha Public Schools, equity means making sure every student has the support they need to be successful. The OPS Board of Education's policies (1200, 4003, 5415) reaffirm the district's pledge to provide equal opportunity. We prohibit discrimination, bias-motivated violence, sex-based violence, and retaliation. The Omaha Public Schools Foundation follows these policies. 

OPSF Current Employment Listings

We are looking for child care staff.

If you love working with elementary school children, are young at heart,
have a sense of humor, and are 16 years or older…

Our program wants you!

We need Childcare Directors, Assistant Directors and Aides for our before and after school child care program. Part time split shift. Ideal for Elementary Education majors or any student.

Need experience working with children…Call Omaha Schools Foundation

402-502-3032

Omaha Public Schools Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Omaha Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy), marital status, sexual orientation, disability, age, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation or economic status in its programs, activities and employment and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following individual has been designated to accept allegations regarding non-discrimination policies:  Superintendent of Schools, 3215 Cuming Street, Omaha, NE  68131, (402-502-3032). The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:  Director for the Office of Equity and Diversity, 3215 Cuming St, Omaha, NE  68131 (531-299-0307).

Las Escuelas Públicas de Omaha no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, origen nacionalidad, religión, sexo (incluyendo el embarazo), estado civil, orientación sexual, discapacidad, edad, información genética, identidad de género, expresión de género, estatus de ciudadanía, condición de veterano, afiliación política o condición económica en sus programas,  actividades y empleo y se  proporciona un acceso equitativo a los niños exploradores (boy Scouts) y otros grupos juveniles. La siguiente persona ha sido designada para aceptar las alegaciones en relación con las políticas de no discriminación: el Superintendente de Escuelas, 3215 Cuming Street, Omaha, NE 68131 (402-502-3032). Las siguientes personas han sido designadas para manejar las preguntas con respecto a las políticas de no discriminación: Director de la Oficina de Equidad y Diversidad, 3215 Cuming St, Omaha, NE 68131 (531-299-0307).

We have developed this Privacy Policy for the Omaha Public Schools Foundation Website to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. We do not collect personally identifying information about you when you visit our Website, unless you choose to provide such information to us. Providing such information is strictly voluntary. This Privacy Policy is your guide to how we will handle information we learn about you from your visit to our Website.

Use of Links

Throughout the Website, we provide links to other servers which may contain information of interest to our visitors. We take no responsibility for, and exercise no control over, the organizations, views, or accuracy of the information contained on other servers. Additionally, each of these servers is governed by its own privacy policy and terms of use.  Be sure to read those policies in order to understand how your information is being collected, stored, and used.  Creating a text link from your Website to our site does not require permission. If you have a link you would like us to consider adding to our Website, please contact us at 402.502.3032.

Use of Text and Images

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Accessibility

This Website is designed to be accessible to visitors with disabilities, and to comply with federal guidelines concerning accessibility. We welcome your comments. If you have suggestions on how to make the site more accessible, please contact us at 402.502.3032.

Reading or Downloading

When you browse through any website, certain information about your visit can be collected.  If you do nothing during a visit to the Omaha Schools Foundation Website other than browse through the Website, read pages or download information, certain data will be gathered and stored automatically about the visit.  This information does not identify you personally.  We collect and store only the following information about you: the name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online account, or princeton.edu if you are connecting from Princeton University's domain), the date and time you access our Website, and the Internet address of the website from which you linked to our site. We use the information we collect to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of the Website, and to help us make the Website more useful to visitors.

Online Profile Updates and Donations

If you complete the Profile update form and share your personally identifying information, this information will be used only to provide you with more targeted content. We may use your contact information to send further information about our organization or to contact you when necessary. You may always opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the "Opt Out" section below.

Sending us an Email

You may decide to send us personally identifying information, for example, in an email message containing a question or comment, or by filling out a Website form that provides us this information. We use personally identifying information from email primarily to respond to your requests. Your email may be forwarded to other Omaha Schools Foundations employees or contractors who are better suited to answer your questions. We may also use your email to contact you in the future about our programs that may be of interest.

We want to be very clear: we will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit the Website unless you choose to provide such information to us. Providing such information is strictly voluntary. Except as might be required by law, we do not share any information we receive with any outside parties. We will not share your name or email address with any outside parties.

Kids and Privacy

Omaha Public Schools Foundation understands the importance of protecting children's privacy.  Omaha Public Schools Foundation does not intentionally target or solicit to children thirteen (13) or younger for purposes of collecting personal information.  The Website may link to certain websites that may target or solicit to children thirteen (13) or younger and may collect personal information.  Those websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy, but will (or should) have their own privacy policies that more fully explain how they respect and protect the privacy of children while providing them information, goods, or services.  For children who visit our Website, special rules apply. We do not request personal information about children, such as first and last name or street address and city. When kids send email to us, their online contact information (email address) is not used to re-contact them and is not maintained in a retrievable format.

Opt-Out or Change Your Contact Information

From time to time Omaha Public Schools Foundation will send out a newsletter updating “Friends of OSF” on the foundation activities. Our Website communications provide recipients the opportunity to “Unsubscribe” from receiving such communications at the bottom of each email.

Security

This Website has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.  Omaha Public Schools Foundation employs strict security measures to safeguard any online transactions.  Personal information is stored in a secured database and always sent via an encrypted Internet channel.  Transactions are conducted through Donor Perfect on a secure Payment Gateway.

 Amendments and Updates

Please note that we review our privacy practices from time to time, and that such practices are subject to change.  Omaha Public Schools Foundation reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting revisions on the Website.  We ask that you periodically review this page to ensure familiarity with the most current version of our Privacy Policy.  However, this Privacy Policy is not intended to, and does not, create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.

Inquiries

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, the practices of the Website, or your dealings with this Website, please contact us at 402.502.3032.