A Tree Grows in Staten Island
Actually, it’s five gardens and five Staten Island public schools with grants totaling $11,000. All the schools will use the gardens to teach children about health and nutrition. But to me, the most important thing is that growing a garden changes a person’s relationship to the world. For most of us, everything we eat and […]
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 […]
This community college system is using free MetroCards and subsidized books to boost graduation rates
It’s time to go back to school. Lozada planned to simply stop his schooling after getting his GED. READ MORE — http://ift.tt/1cn4Scl
The New Teacher Evaluations Won’t Work
CHANGE 101 or WHY THE NEW TEACHER EVALUATIONS WON’T WORK There are a variety of theories about how change happens. Change is difficult, because the power of inertia is ever present and comfortable. As humans, most of us are hard wired to not be risk takers. The first step in any change process are that […]
Leaders Listen
Continuing our exploration of School Leadership, this week we share 5 more tattoos from Dr. Hawkins. If you’ve taken the College of St. Rose SBL course with CITE, you’ll recognize Dr. Hawkins’ tattoos. these are not literally tattoos. But they’re ideas that are so important for school leaders, that you might want to tattoo them […]
Zen Principal – 5 Tips
Dr. Hawkins teaches in the College of St. Rose Administration Program, with which CITE proudly partners. Ask any of his SBL or SDL students what sticks in their mind from the courses, and they’ll tell you about what Dr. Hawkins calls his “tattoos.” What are these Tattoos? These are not literal tattoos. Instead, they are […]
School Leadership Advice (5 Tips)
Dr. Hawkins makes sure that his St. Rose Administration students take practical wisdom with them, when they graduate, to help in every-day situations. Graduates of the CITE/ St. Rose administration program (SBL and SDL) always mention how useful these maxims are once they’re in school leadership positions. We started part 1 of this series last […]
5 School Leadership Mantras
Ask a graduate of the College of St. Rose Administration program how the CITE/ St. Rose School Leadership program prepared them for their administration job, and more often than not they will say something like this: Dr. Hawkins’ tattoos echo in my mind nearly daily. For those in the know, this is no surprise. The program […]
