Maria Quail, Network Leader

Caterina Ditillio, Deputy Network Leader

Sonia Menendez, Senior
Achievement Facilitator

1230 Zerega Avenue Suite 23 Bronx, New York 10462 Phone (718) 828-2440

Network Team Specialists:

Sandra Anazagasti, Germaine Behagen,Dawn Carter, Marian Eugene,
Shehnaz Hashim, Sharees Hatchett, Chris Lee, John Luciano, Michelle
Robles,Freddie Rodriguez, Luis Taveras, Melissa Walford

September 28. 2009

“When you are in the valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will
get the renewed energy to continue the climb.”

Denis Waitley

1. SERVICE IN SCHOOLS INITIATIVE Action required by November 6: schools

Last spring, the Chancellor announced that all schools are expected to participate in at least
one service or service-learning project in SY 09-10. As part of the new Service Initiative
section of the Consolidated Plan, which is due on November 6, schools will provide
information about their plans for service or service learning projects.

Your Network team is prepared to help your school plan their service projects.
Click here to learn more about the Service in Schools Initiative as well as organizations
interested in partnering with New York City schools on their service projects.
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2. CAMPUS AUDIT TEMPLATE – Deadline extended to October 5: all schools
Network Leaders should work with their campus councils to ensure that each council
submits one Campus Audit Template by e-mailing it to their designated campus folder
address by October 5. D75 sites should collaborate on the template’s completion and agree
to as many council meetings as possible (no fewer than two per year).

When working with your Network Leaders on campus management issues, please emphasize
that they should be working to find the best solutions for ALL students on campus when
they are asked to participate in the second step of the arbitration process.

Direct questions to campus@schools.nyc.gov.

3. 09-10 GIFTED AND TALENTED TESTING Action required: elementary schools

G&T Handbooks will be delivered to all schools by October 13. Next week’s Principals’
Weekly will ask schools print and backpack a letter (posted to the Principals’ Portal)
notifying parents of the handbook’s availability and the 09-10 Request for Testing process.

Please review this detailed, updated information about 09-10 G&T testing, which will also be
included in next week’s Principals’ Weekly. E-mail the Accountability Service Desk with
questions.

4. COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL PLAN (CEP) Action required by October 15: schools

School Leadership Teams (SLT) should be updating their preliminary 09-10 CEP for
submission by October 15. Click here for the complete 09-10 CEP timeline. Additional
information and submission guidelines will be provided in the September 29 Principals’
Weekly. Schools should contact their School/District Improvement Liaison (SDIL) or the
Office of School Improvement directly at OSI@schools.nyc.gov.

CEP WRITING PREPARATION:

I wanted to share these exceptional offerings with you and your school communities. The
workshop offerings for Saturday, September 26th and Saturday, October 10th from 9 to
11 AM will give one to one support and assistance to teams that need help with preparing
their CEPs. These are school specific and will enable your team to think their work out with
exceptional assistance and guidance. Please see attached.
The mini conferences to be held on Wednesday, October 21, Thursday, November 19,
Thursday, December 17 and Wednesday, February 24, 2010 will give you support in
planning, data use and team development. This is a great lead and tie in to the new Quality
Review expectations.

5. ASSIGN DATA SPECIALIST Action required by October 2: schools

Over 150 schools have not yet assigned a data specialist. The deadline to do so is October
2. More information is available in this chart of assessment and accountability roles.

6. SPECIAL EDUCATION INTEGRATION SURVEY

Action required by October 30: schools with self-contained Special Education classes
The Special Education Integration Survey will be available on schools' ATS printers on

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October 1. This survey collects information that enables us to track and report to SED on
the number of periods students in self-contained Special Education classes spend in general
education. Special Education teachers should complete the survey and a school-based staff
member should enter the data into ATS by October 30.

We will include completion reports in SSO Weekly beginning in mid-October. For more
information, please review these instructions for teachers or ATS data entry instructions.
Schools should contact Quin Werthauer if they have problems printing the report. Schools
should direct all other questions to their ISC/CFN Special Education liaison.

7. PRE-K DIAGNOSTIC SCREENING

Action required: elementary schools with UPK
All schools with a Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program (UPK) must screen all PreK students
using the Early Screening Inventory – Revised (ESI-R) Screening tool. Early Childhood
Borough Offices will host training sessions (register here) for PreK teachers on October 5,
2009. For additional information, please contact Nana Ofosu-Amaah or read these
Frequently Asked Questions.

8. REGENTS POLICY
Action required: schools
As schools appeal accountability decisions made last year, SED asks that all schools and
staff review the regents scoring policy and the finality of that process included on pages 13
-15 of the most recent Regents administration manual. We will include this request in the
next Principals’ Weekly.

9. PROPOSED ACCOUNTABILITY POLICY CHANGES TO by SED and USDOE

FYI
SED and the USDOE are expected to evaluate a number of proposed policy changes for the
09-10 SY. Schools will be informed through Principals’ Weekly as details become available.
Please encourage your schools stay updated by visiting the State and Federal Evaluation
intranet page for the latest news from SED and review the monthly meeting notes from the
Board of Regents. For further information, please contact the Accountability Service Desk.

10. MARSH MEMO: HTTP://DOCS.GOOGLE.COM/VIEW?ID=DX6J744_826HN4GRBFG

Here are the headlines:
- The curious dynamics of being new to a leadership position
- Robert Marzano sets the record straight
- Douglas Reeves on fixing grading practices
- What makes effective schools soar
- Teaching students how to engage in effective argumentation
- The influence of exemplary teachers on their colleagues
- What’s working in Montgomery County, Maryland
- Categories for evaluating teachin
- Value-added reports for teachers in New York City

11. Network Attendance for the Week of September 14th.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tFHYfdQ3-dOufQ5w80hKCDw&output=html

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OPPORTUNITIES

12. GATES FOUNDATION'S MEASURES OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING PROJECT

Next week, principals and teachers will be invited to complete an online form to indicate
their interest in participating in the Gates Foundation’s Measures of Effective Teaching
(MET) Project. Principals and teachers must submit their interest forms by October 22.
Schools will be notified after this date of their selection.

The NYC MET Team will e-mail Network Leaders next week with a list of the schools in
their network that are most likely to meet the project’s selection criteria, and asks that
networks reach out to these principals to discuss their potential participation in the study.

For questions or more information, please contact David Osborne or visit the MET website

13. Leadership Program at Fordham University

Brochure: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dx6j744_827fqzcdxcs
Application: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dx6j744_829fv2pvxt2

RESOURCES
School staff, especially Guidance Counselors, may wish to take advantage of this free offer
from CollegeEssayOptimizer.com.

Tuesday, September 29: Dr. John Mangieri, Presentation. See separate attachment 9:00-
11:00 QR training for Principals 12:30-2:30 at the Eastwood Manor
Wednesday, September 30: PPR Goals due to DOEPPR@schools.nyc.gov
September 2009: Schools begin implementation of preliminary CEP.
September/Early October 2009: Schools revise their preliminary 2009-10 CEPs, as
appropriate, based on implications for change gleaned from new information available in the
fall, i.e., Progress Reports, reports from Quality Reviews held late in the spring of 2009, HS
Regents results, and 2009-10 NCLB/SED accountability status.

Monday, October 5: Campus Audit Template due (Schools that share a building))
Wednesday, October 7: Test Orders Due
Friday, October 9: School safety Plan Due
Thursday, October 15: CEP Due
Monday, October 19: Principal Meeting with guest speaker; Dr. Esther Klein Friedman,
Director, Office of Academic Intervention Services K-12
Friday October 30: Special Education Survey Due
Saturday, November 14: ABENY Education Conference: - see the attached
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dx6j744_823dqwqx9dq information regarding the program
and workshops, as well as how to pre-register. We are also pleased to announce that
Deputy Chancellor Santiago Taveras will be among our special guest speakers at our plenary
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session.

NYS BRONX BETAC AT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY Newsletter is attached.

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

CONFLICT RESOLUTION TRAINING will take place:

DATES: October 3, 17, 24, 31, November 7 and 14, 2009
TIME: 8:45 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
PLACE: Marte Valle Secondary School
145 Stanton Street
New York, New York 10002

Participants are expected to attend all six sessions in their entirety and may take the
course for either P credit or for training rate. To receive certification as conflict
resolution specialists in either mediation or negotiation skills, each participate must submit
an assessment audiotape of a successful mediation or negotiation as applicable and a set of
five lesson plans. Participants taking either course for P credit must complete additional
assignments and will be provided with instructions to register on line for P credit.

There are a limited number of seats available for each course (mediation or negotiation) in
the cohort. Participants will be registered in the order in which registration is received until
all spaces have been filled. Registration is due no later than September 29, 2009.

Please use the table below to register the teachers from your school. Please e-mail the
completed registration table to CGalante2@schools.nyc.gov

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 REGISTRATION

School Staff Name Type of Training P Credit or Training

Position (Indicate Mediation or Rate
Negotiation)

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Truth Values: One Girl's Romp through

M.I.T.'s Male Math Maze

Friday, October 9, 6:30pm

Elebash Recital Hall
CUNY Graduate Center
Free Reservations

Writer/performer and recovering mathematician Gioia De Cari offers a woman's

perspective on the exotic boys club of higher mathematics at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in this autobiographical solo show.

Truth Values won the Overall Excellence Award at the

FringeNYC Festival and is now playing to capacity audiences in Cambridge, MA.

**** [FOUR STARS] "...De Cari is animated onstage, and inhabits no fewer
than 30 roles with gusto. "
-- TimeOut New York

"Hilarious one-woman show ... De Cari nails not only accents and postures
but the presence of each of her impersonations ... opts for the refreshing
delights of humor, even compassion, and creates a rich and wry reductio ad
absurdum."
-- EDGE Boston
Free, but seating is limited, reservations are required.
Reservations
Unclaimed reservations will be released to a standby line
at the event on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Graduate Center
of the City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th St)

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