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, […]
JOB – Educational Director
The East Harlem Block Nursery has asked us to post a job opening for them. Please direct all inquiries their way. POSITION: Educational Director (Job Description follows) LOCATION: East Harlem Block Nursery (EHBN – Nursery #3) – 1299 Amsterdam Avenue START DATE: Immediately SALARY RANGE: $55,000 to $60,000 (negotiable) Position Summary: EHBN, Inc. is a community-based […]
What do Great Principals Do?
Teachers should not feel alone. That’s the premise of this great piece from WNYC. It’s also the core of readings in our SBL courses 505 and 590. In the WNYC piece, David O’Hara argues that great principals do three key things: provide time for teachers to collaborate empower teachers to own their professional development build […]
Alumni Success – Director of Early Childhood, District 11
Deborah L. Alford is the District 11 Director of Early Childhood Education. Before that, she worked at The James Mc Cune Smith Community School 200, in Harlem, as a Testing Coordinator, Pre-K Supervisor, AIS Liaison, Saturday Academy Instructor for the English Language Learners (ELLS), and Early Childhood Specialist. Deborah graduated in 2008 from Cohort 18 in our […]
SBL Graduate Success Spotlight – C Davis
We’re happy to celebrate SBL graduate success! Crystal Davis is the Assistant Principal / Co-Director at the Institute for Health Professions at Cambria Heights, and a graduate of Cohort 44 of the College of St. Rose SBL (School Building Leader) Program. We recently got the opportunity to catch up with Crystal about her training, and […]
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 […]
Renewal Schools Update
The city actually released its goals for renewal schools and put them on their websites. It still doesn’t call for the elementary and middle schools to average a passing grade on the math or language arts exams, but at least they are somewhat clear. Here’s the link to the Chalkbeat article. http://ny.chalkbeat.org/2015/12/08/after-criticism-city-publishes-renewal-goals-arguing-they-top-state-targets/#.VmbuDriDGkp Here’s a […]
