Retirement Opportunities for Administrators
School Administrators – what are you going to do when you retire? A PhD in education opens a lot of doors for you! Teaching and consulting are just two ways you can earn more money in your retirement, and having your PhD makes that easier! We have three opportunities: 1. a discounted online program with Concordia […]
4 Terrible Values Taught to Leaders
The Terrible Values This post also describes some work detailed in Senge et al’s Schools That Learn. (pp.414ff) The author, Charlotte Roberts, draws upon a view of human action that claims we act consistently with 4 basic values Remain in unilateral control Maximize winning and minimize losing Suppress negative feelings Be as rational as possible […]
TIME Magazine Bashes Teachers
Randi Weingarten and Michael Mulgrew delivered 100,000+ petitions and letters to Time Magazine “A cover that suggests that teachers need to be smashed is dead wrong,” says AFT President Randi Weingarten. If you missed the coverage of the delivery of our 102,000 petition signatures to Time Magazine on Thursday afternoon, watch the video. The UFT […]
Staten Island SBL Cohort Starts!
CITE and the College of St. Rose are happy to offer our Staten Island SBL program! This past week, we started a cohort, and we look forward to starting another next fall! This is a group of 15 future leaders in the NYC DOE! If you are interested in the Staten Island SBL program, please […]
Capacity Framework
The Chancellor’s Vision Listen to this post! Chancellor Farina has outlined her vision in a series of best-practices traits for schools, called the Capacity Framework. The DOE states: “The Capacity Framework encourages parents, educators, school communities, and external stakeholders to work together to improve student achievement. This collaborative focus will ensure that every child is […]
Teacher Salary Steps
NYC DOE Salary Steps and Differentials: Salary Increments Teachers can earn up to an additional $6,000 per year, by completing 30 graduate credits above your masters degree. Listen to this post! There are two types of salary increments: Salary Steps A salary step is an incremental increase in salary based on previous qualifying professional experience. Click […]
Maureen Burke
On Sunday, September 21st, we lost a beloved member of the CITE family. Maureen Burke worked for CITE from 1999 until 2007, and she also bequeathed us her daughter, Assistant Director Diane Burke who is vital to CITE’s operations. Maureen was a funny, smart, no nonsense woman who helped shape the smooth workings of the […]
The 3 Types of People who get Pre K Certification
Who gets a Pre K certification? Mayor De Blasio has announced that the city expects to hire 8,000 certified Pre K teachers in the next few years. Where are those teachers going to come from? Some of them might be teachers who are already certified Pre-K teachers, but we think there will be lots of […]
