ELL Classroom Strategies
Engaging English Language Learners in a Mainstream Classroom (ELL Classroom Strategies) By Matt Zagami Students come into classrooms at various stages of language acquisition. Because schools have shied away from self-contained English Language classes, they’ve mixed these students into the general classes. This creates a challenge for the teacher. You could have 25 students in a class, 20 […]
Doctoral Program Open House – CSA Only
Sage Doctoral Program Open House CITE will be holding an Open House for the Sage Doctoral Program: 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 1st at the CITE office 50 Court Street, Suite 1111, Brooklyn, NY 11201 RSVP: 718-923-9333 This program is offered exclusively to CSA members, and will be the fifth cohort of the successful partnership […]
Let us Pay for your GRE or MAT
The State now requires the GRE or MAT for entry into all teacher education programs. We know that this is a hassle, and an expense. To make things easier for you, CITE will cover the $205 cost of the GRE (or the cost of the MAT) if you are accepted and start the College of Mount […]
Job Opening – Bronx – Special Ed
Job Opening: Special Education intructor PUBLIC SCHOOL 91X Meridith Nasjletti, Principal REQUIREMENTS: Possession of a New York City Department of Education license in Special Education. Demonstrated knowledge of writing IEP goals and objectives. Demonstrated knowledge of Common Core Standards, NY State Standards and creating NYSAA data folios. Demonstrated knowledge of assessments and curricula solutions for […]
Universal Pre K Gains
Recently, the city hired an outside firm to evaluate its Pre-K gains, and this article in Chalkbeat details some takeaways. It does not list how the firm did its assessments of the kids, but notes that it was done in conjunction with NYU. The report has a series of interesting findings: 70% of the children were at or […]
Principal Turns Boys and Girls HS Around
The NY Daily News has an article about how Grecian Harrison, the new Principal at Boys and Girls High School in Brooklyn has increased enrollment in her first year at the struggling school. Principal Harrison is a graduate of the College of St. Rose Program in partnership with CITE, where she earned her School Building […]
6 Challenges for a New Assistant Principal
6 Challenges for a New Assistant Principal, by Michael Duggan, Assistant Principal of Bronxdale High School. One year ago I began my internship as the interim assistant principal for Bronxdale High School. As a lead teacher in the school I thought my transition into a leadership position would come easily. My principal, although very supportive, […]
Crisis Intervention and Disaster Response
Dr. Jay Cerio, Dean at Alfred University, instructs the second-year Alfred downstate graduate counseling students on crisis intervention and disaster response this past Sunday morning, on opening weekend for classes in Brooklyn – timely topics on the 15th anniversary of 9-11. For more information on our counseling programs, please see these links: School Counseling Master’s […]
