Literacy Expert: Weak Readers Lack Fluency, Not Critical Thinking
Liben, who works for Student Achievement Partners, a professional-development group founded by the lead writers of the common core, discussed how to support readers in the new, demanding context of the common standards. Does this change your strategies with weak readers? Let us know. Read more here: http://ift.tt/1EP7fvr
20 Percent of Eligible Kindergartners Didn’t Get Gifted and Talented Seat
MANHATTAN — Nearly 20 percent of the city’s 4-year-olds who applied to gifted and talented programs were left without seats despite scoring high enough on this year’s exam, said Department of Education officials. http://ift.tt/1ckRdT4
This community college system is using free MetroCards and subsidized books to boost graduation rates
It’s time to go back to school. Lozada planned to simply stop his schooling after getting his GED. READ MORE — http://ift.tt/1cn4Scl
The New Teacher Evaluations Won’t Work
CHANGE 101 or WHY THE NEW TEACHER EVALUATIONS WON’T WORK There are a variety of theories about how change happens. Change is difficult, because the power of inertia is ever present and comfortable. As humans, most of us are hard wired to not be risk takers. The first step in any change process are that […]
Leaders Listen
Continuing our exploration of School Leadership, this week we share 5 more tattoos from Dr. Hawkins. If you’ve taken the College of St. Rose SBL course with CITE, you’ll recognize Dr. Hawkins’ tattoos. these are not literally tattoos. But they’re ideas that are so important for school leaders, that you might want to tattoo them […]
Zen Principal – 5 Tips
Dr. Hawkins teaches in the College of St. Rose Administration Program, with which CITE proudly partners. Ask any of his SBL or SDL students what sticks in their mind from the courses, and they’ll tell you about what Dr. Hawkins calls his “tattoos.” What are these Tattoos? These are not literal tattoos. Instead, they are […]
Sage Doctoral Program Lecture
Cosimo Tangorra, the outgoing deputy director of the State Education Department, gave the 5th annual Esteves lecture from Sage College on April 16th at CSA headquarters in Manhattan. This was part of the Sage-CSA doctoral program that is administratively supported by CITE. CSA members (only) click here for more info on the doctoral program […]
New Dates for DASA Workshop
We’re adding new dates for the DASA workshop. If you’re looking to get certified, you need to take this. Brooklyn: May 30 8:00am-3pm May 31 8:00am-3pm June 20 8:00am-3pm June 21 8:00am-3pm August 1 8:00am-3pm August 2 8:00am-3pm August 8 8:00am-3pm August 9 8:00am-3pm August 29 8:00am-3pm August 30 8:00am-3pm [button link=”http://www.citeeducation-strose.com/login-and-reserve-courses/”]Register Now Online![/button] Oceanside: May 20-21 (Wed/Thurs) 5-8pm May 31 (Sun) 8:30am-3pm June […]
