School Crowding
Here’s a link to a WNYC article about school crowding and new construction. http://www.wnyc.org/story/city-budget-beefs-up-school-construction-doesnt-ease-overcrowding/ Basically, the city has changed how it calculates the amount of seats available, so that it now needs to build 83,000 new seats, rather than the 33,000 it had previously stated it needed. That’s going to cost 5.4 Billion dollars over […]
NYC Teacher Shortage Looms
The media is starting to understand that there will be a teacher shortage, given how the current group of teachers skews older, enrollments in teacher training programs are declining precipitously, and people interested in teaching are turned off by the extent of testing. This article from Politico NY posits that it’s time to take a look […]
ALST Writing Practice
You might make a great teacher. But. You can’t become a licensed teacher if you can’t pass the teacher exams, including the ALST. Most people find that the hardest part of the test is the writing aspect. Therefore, we have instituted tutoring programs to help with the writing part of the test. We believe that […]
Doctoral Open Houses
We have 2 upcoming doctoral open houses: CSA members: (Sage College) Wednesday, March 9th at 5 p.m. at the CITE Brooklyn office. RSVP: jennifer@citeprograms.com Program info here. NON-CSA members: (Dowling College) Saturday, April 2nd at 10 a.m. at the Brooklyn CITE office RSVP: chris@citeprograms.com Program info here. CITE is the Center for Integrated Training and […]
Are Introverted Teachers Burning Out?
The Atlantic published an a story about introverted teachers burning out. The premise of the story is that introverted teachers are burning out because the rise of collaborative teaching approaches such as professional learning communities means more meetings. The story is long on anecdote and short on even any good correlation. There’s a lot of […]
Job Opening – Principal – Central Islip
The Central Islip Board of Education is seeking administrative candidates for the following anticipated position: Elementary School Principal In order to qualify, candidates should meet the following criteria: Professional Preparation Appropriate administrative certification Educational background and awareness of contemporary educational issues Professional Experience At least five (5) years teaching experience Experience as a building administrator […]
Ernest Logan says De Blasio has lost focus on students
From the NY Times So many different mandates have been thrown at these schools, he writes, that “all we have is a recipe for disaster.” “This became a political mess, because the mayor made this his political thing.” He added, “They’ve lost their focus on kids.” In their efforts to turn schools around and evaluate […]
