SBL Instructor Spotlight – Dr. Ellen Margolin
My name is Dr. Ellen Margolin and I have been teaching for the St. Rose/CITE SBL Program since the beginning – in fact I was the first professor hired more than 15 years ago. Currently I teach School Law, although I have taught all of the SBL courses at some point over the past many […]
New Chicago Grading System
Chicago’s school history is a testimony to the lack of difference that different reform movements have made; Chicago has tried them all to little avail. Chicago is now trying something else to get its high school graduation rate above 50% (that’s right, 50%). There are two core pieces to this effort, described in this article from […]
Regional Support Centers in NYC
Chalkbeat has a nice piece on the philosophy behind Chancellor Farina’s reorganization of support services. The goal of creating consistency across the city is crucial, but really difficult. I have two short comments. First, the support centers which will have over 200 schools which they support (except for the Staten Island one) AND have one […]
St. Rose SBL Alumni in the news
We’re happy to see SBL Alumni landing great jobs! On Monday, the Hazlet Township Board of Education appointed Joseph J. Annibale as assistant superintendent of schools. (Photo courtesy Hazlet School District) Mr. Annibale graduated from the College of St. Rose / CITE SBL program recently. For the full rundown, see the Holmdel-Hazlet Patch For information on […]
Get out of Your Office
Leticia Rodriguez Rosario is the superintendent of District 9 in the Bronx. She has 51 elementary and middle schools for which she is responsible. 8 of them are Renewal Schools, meaning the students are performing measurably worse than their peers elsewhere in the city, and the state is threatening to take them over and have […]
SBL Alumnus Kevin Colon
Kevin Colon is the Assistant Principal at East Side Middle School, and a CITE / College of St. Rose SBL graduate. Below, he shares insight on completing his first year as AP. I have completed my first year as the assistant principal of East Side Middle School. I was offered this position soon after the […]
EAS Test Prep
If you’re seeking any teaching certification, including SBL and SDL, you need to take the EAS Test. You can register for test prep with us. Please call us at 516-221-2936 Recent Change Announced on NYSED website: School District Leader: Candidates who apply for a professional School District Leader certificate on or after May 1, 2015 must […]
Playing Gotcha with Teacher Evaluations
Too much of the new emphasis on teacher evaluation is designed as a “gotcha” game to provide evidence to fire teachers. But too much of old teacher evaluation was merely compliance-focused and had results such as 96% of all teachers being effective. That’s a result that is simply silly. Here’s an alternative that is consistent […]
