Aspen Ideas fest for teens: Brooklyn students tackle mental health, immigration, and more…
Kimberly Gil knows what it’s like to struggle with mental health and not have a place to turn for support. Gil, a 16-year-old sophomore at the High School for Social Justice in Bushwick, Brooklyn, immigrated to the U.S. as a kid and struggled to acclimate. She often felt like she couldn’t talk to her family […]
N.Y. Education Department hints at big changes to graduation requirements
ALBANY — The state Education Department is embracing the idea of new graduation requirements and plans to release a vision for what it is hinting will be big changes next month. “Rethinking and modernizing education in New York state is not an easy task,” Deputy Commissioner Jason Harmon told the Board of Regents at Monday’s […]
When the Biggest Student Mental Health Advocates Are the Students
With the number of adolescents struggling with mental health rising, student-led clubs have come to provide support amid a dearth of resources. Last October, to commemorate Mental Health Awareness Week, a group of students at Sacopee Valley High School in Hiram, Maine, created the annual Hope Board. Shaped like an enormous tulip and displayed in […]
CITE’s 1st Annual Women in Leadership Gala (Honoree Dinner)
Extending a warm and very special thank you to everyone who joined us last night at CITE’s 1st Annual Women in Leadership Gala (Honoree Dinner). Specials thanks to our host Dr. Mauriciere deGovia, panel facilitator Dr. Renee Peart, and honorees: Dr. Meisha Porter , NYC Chancellor (retired), MaryEllen Elia, NYS Commissioner of Education (retired), Judith […]
Research Based Teaching Strategies for Special Education Students Presented by Glen Eschbach, on behalf of CITE
Are you an educator interested in improving and enhancing your Instructional Strategy Toolbox? Are you running out of ideas as to how to find the “key” to unlock the brilliance of your students? This workshop will provide participants an opportunity to learn evidenced based instructional strategies that have been proven to improve student learning outcomes […]
When schools assign substitutes the wrong status, the error suppresses their pay
When the Queens public school where she was working assigned Antonietta Auriemma to seven classroom sections, she realized something was wrong. Between January and June 2023, Auriemma, a substitute teacher, filled in for two different teachers on long-term leaves of absence, on top of extra classroom periods as needed. According to her handbook, she should […]
Job Posting: Special Ed Teacher
PACE High School is looking for an NYS-certified special education teacher to join their PACE Family. PACE is a small High school located in lower Manhattan serving a diverse community. If you know anyone interested, please email resume and cover letter to admin@pacehsnyc.org ____________________________________________________ CITE is the Center for Integrated Training and Education. For over 25 […]
How to be Flexible, Creative and Adaptable with Research-Based Literacy Practices in Order to Promote Independence Presented by Erica Pecorale
This full day workshop will pull from the most reliable names in Literacy Education to provide multiple strategies that will empower educators to incorporate well-researched literacy practices into their daily routines. Participants will revisit the power of transformative Interactive Read Aloud. We will examine how meaningful writing about reading can easily be incorporated into our […]
