Education Administration Graduate Perry
Education Administration Grad Willis Perry We recently caught up with Willis Perry, Principal at Lawrence Middle School, on Long Island. Willis is a graduate of our education administration program, given in partnership with CITE and the College of St. Rose. 1. What is your name and what is your new job? Willis Perry- principal […]
Test Taking Tips for the Literacy CST
12 Test Taking Tips for the Literacy CST Before taking your test be sure to eat foods that will aid in your success. Foods such as milk, nuts, seeds, rice and oats help your study efforts by releasing natural study enhancers called CCKs (cholesystokinin). All of these chemicals enhance the neurotransmitters associated with memory. Read […]
Writing Tips for Grad Students
Four Writing Tips for Grad Students If you’re in a Master’s Program or taking a graduate course, you need to write papers. You might be researching a topic, writing anecdotal observations, or compiling your notes from lectures. Maybe you’re making an argument based on several sources. In any case, you’re going to need to […]
DeBlasio Universal Pre K Plan
Mayor De Blasio’s Universal Pre K Plan Mayor DeBlasio stood with labor leaders today to announce his plans for a Universal Pre-K program in NYC. Mike Mulgrew was there, representing the Teachers’ Union @uft, while on hand were reps from Central Labor @centrallabornyc, the Council of Supervisors and Administrators @followcsa, the 1199 Hospital Workers Union […]
5 Tips for Principals
5 Tips for Principals Whether you’re in your first year or 50th (we’re looking at you, Mrs. Brennan!) here are some tips for Principals that we hear a lot! Listen, listen, listen! (not just for 1st years!) Principal Vincent Murray came to his school in the middle of the year. Many principals this year will […]
5 Classroom Management Tips
5 Classroom Management Tips The Holidays are coming! The Holidays are coming! And Classroom Management gets more challenging — Restless students, the end of a marking period, the chill in the air… the rush of the coming school breaks! It’s enough to make any class of students (and any teacher) fidget, or chatter, or test […]
School Turnaround
11-13-13 School Turnaround by Jared Gellert Edweek had a fascinating piece on the turnaround effort of the 17 lowest performing schools in the LA school district. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/08/21/01tuck.h33.html (-Marshall Tuck and Coleen Oliver) The authors highlight 4 core strategies that they “believe are the foundation for any school turnaround.” These 4 strategies are: Leadership, Effective teaching, […]
