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Network Leader Nancy Scala with Chancellor Walcott

9/13/2013

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Nancy Scala with Chancellor Walcott at our very own Gregorio Luperon HS on the first day of the 2013-14 school year!

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A Teacher's Poem

7/25/2013

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A Teacher's Poem
by Lisa Lauritzen

I am a New York City public high school teacher
Do not look surprised.
Do not feel sorry for me.
Do not pity me.
Do not offer me your condolences.
Do not pat me on the back, shake my hand,
Cross yourself or speak of my bravery.
Do not ask me if I receive combat pay
Or wear a bulletproof vest.
Do not ask me when I plan to get a real job,
Apply to law school,
Or what my first career choice was.
Do not assume my head is in the clouds
And I have no grasp on reality.
Do not sympathize, empathize,
Or tell me about the job opening in your cousin's business.
Do not suggest that I join the Peace Corps.
Do not ask if my parents were teachers.
Do not ask if my parents were hippies.
Do not assume that I am a saint, naive, innocent,
Searching for my childhood,
Living for summers off,
Home by 2:15,
Use a red pen,
Play the Lotto,
Wish for the glory days of the past
Or would rather teach in the suburbs where I could really teach.

I am a New York City public high school teacher
Ask me why I chose to be a teacher.
Ask me if my students have books, supplies, and chairs.
Ask me my opinion of the Superintendent, the Mayor, and the Governor.
Reminisce with me about your favorite teachers,
Share with me the qualities that made them admirable.
Tell me about your favorite projects and trips.
Ask me what my students are working on now.
Gasp when I say how many students are in each of my classes.
Gasp when I say how many I see in a week.
Cry with me about Marc sleeping in the subway,
Simone losing her father,
Maria thinking she's pregnant,
And Rick dropping out of school.
Laugh with me about Kenny (caught in the act) insisting it was the "Stalin in him,"
My classroom being toilet papered,
And the Great All-Out-Classroom Trash Throwing War of '94
(fought just to get Sharon to smile on the last day of school)
Marvel with me over my students' intelligence
Achievements, diligence, creativity, and strength.
Cheer with me as they write their college essays and take their S.A.T.'s.
Soar with me as they get their college acceptance letters.
Ask me how to create a scholarship,
Ask me how to volunteer,
Ask me about the qualities needed to become
A New York City public high school teacher.

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Lab School Holds HIV/AIDS Action Day

12/7/2012

On December 7th, NYC Lab Schol for Collaborative Studies held their 15th annual HIV/AIDS Action Day. This event remains a tradition at Lab School that is devoted to education around the epidemic, self-awareness and healthy decision-making, and social justice.

This year, students took on the following challenge: "How Can We Educate and Motivate 5,000 Other Teens to Stop the Spread of HIV/AIDS?" Using the Stanford Design Model, students will developed various responses to the challenge. Following today's event, Lab School will implement pursue one of 17 student-developed response and make it public!

Congratulations to Lab School students for their thoughtful responses to the stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS!

CEP Information...Finally!

12/6/2012

Principals, your 2012-13 Comprehensive Educational Plans (CEP) & School Comprehensive Educational Plans (SCEP) are due on
January 18 2013.

Your will receive an email on December 12 with login information to access your customized CEP or SCEP template in the iPlan Portal. Please work with your liaison and the network team to craft your CEP or SCEP.

Details regarding CEPs and SCEPs will be released in the December Principals will be notified in the December 11th edition of Principals’ Weekly.

For all your iPlan and S/CEP related questions, please contact i.

December Principals' Meeting

12/5/2012

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our last Principals' Meeting of 2012! We had a very productive meeting. Some comments were:
"I will be able to send my...teachers out to a fellow network high school for help with developing Common Core tasks."
"The teacher effectiveness tools were useful."
"[I discovered]...a great new history Common Core Learning task for my school."
For all our materials from this meeting, visit our PD website.

LEAP Open House on December 3rd from 5-8 pm

11/30/2012

Interested in becoming a school leader? NYC DOE's Leaders in Education Apprenticeship Program may be the right fit for you. Find out more about LEAP here or get more information at their open house on Monday, December 3 at Art and Design High School (249 East 56th Street, Manhattan) from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Please register for the open house here.

IS 281 Hosts Displaced Students from Coney Island's PS 188, UFT and NYC Officials Visit School

11/16/2012

CFN 107 would like to thank principal Maria Bender for hosting students from PS 188, whose school was damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Thank you, IS 218 for providing these students with a sense of normalcy in the wake of this devastating natural disaster. Read about the UFT's distribution of backpacks and schools supplies to PS 188's students here.

Teacher, Paraprofessional, and Secretary PD Sessions Have Been CANCELED

11/5/2012

Due to the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, all CFN 107 professional development sessions have been canceled.

Important Testing Updates Week of 10/22

10/25/2012

High School Principals:
Please be sure to nominate your candidates for Regents Distributed Scoring management positions only by completing this online survey by October 31.

Please have your test coordinator register for Regents training (week of October 29th) using this link: http://www.eventbrite.com/org/2689362676?s=10585366

Middle School Principals:
The NY State 2012 ELA and math Item Analysis Tool is now available! You can find this in your ARIS private community. There have been some changes to the tool. Due to new State Education Department guidelines, the Item Analysis now only shows the percentage of students who answered the question correctly, but does not indicates the correct answer to the question or which answer choices were incorrect. The tool also shows the standard or strand and performance indicator with which the item is associated, but does not indicate the item number. If you have questions about this tool or would like to have someone run a PD session around it, please contact your Instructional Liaison.

Please have your test coordinator register for Regents training (week of November 5th) using this link: http://www.eventbrite.com/org/2690234738?s=10613846

Middle Schools Students! Join the Middle School Chorus!

10/24/2012

All middle school students are invited to audition for the Citywide Salute to Music Chorus.

If you work in a middle school, please let your students (and music teachers) know about this great opportunity!

Beginning this Saturday, October 27th, middle school students can audition for and participate in this chorus.

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