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Center for School Improvement Planning - The Association has opened a Center for School Improvement
Planning with the help of Lonnie Palmer, former Interim Superintendent Troy CSD and former Albany CSD
Superintendent and Charles Winters, SCSD Consultant and Professor (School Finance), SUNY New Paltz.
The Center currently offers two levels of participation. In connection with Level I services, the Center will be
using data and methodology developed by Charles Winters and Lonnie Palmer. The Center will provide data
analysis and a team of experienced professionals to help districts analyze district operations. This first level of
participation will enable the Center to develop the data base necessary to provide your district with the analysis
of comparable districts. The flat fee will be charged at this level to cover all the administrative, technical and
organizational services and associated costs needed to develop the data report and present the report to your
district. Participation at Level II includes services to be provided only at the recommendation of the
Superintendent and approval of your board. The second level of participation involves usage of the Center
Teams, each consisting of superintendents/administrators emeritus, academicians and other highly experienced
professionals necessary to assist district staff
1. in the additional review and analysis of relevant data,
2. in development of new or modified programs under the C4E ,
3. in implementation, monitoring and evaluating of the new or restructured programs under the C4E during the
balance of 2007-08 and in years two three and four of the C4E.
Services provided under this second level would be funded from C4E dollars, a portion of which could be set
aside for planning under each of the C4E categories, class size reduction, time on task, teacher/principal quality,
middle school/high school restructuring, full day kindergarten and pre-kindergarten. We have been advised by
SED that planning set asides for these categories are approvable under the C4E.
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Other Activities - Our next event is scheduled for October 26, 2007 and will introduce the Center and its
activities. Our breakfast will be held during the annual NYSSBA conference in New York City. Due to
difficulties in the execution of the breakfast last year, the Association’s planning committee has decided to take
our breakfast off site and has made arrangements at the Cornell Club for an 8:00 am breakfast. Our staff is
working on providing a shuttle to and from the Cornell Club. The Cornell Club is less than 3/4ths of mile from
the NYSSBA event. Further information will be provided, please feel free to call or email our office if you have
any questions.
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UPCOMING
EVENTS |
September 26, 2007
Board Meeting
1:00 pm
Fort Orange Club, Albany
October 26, 2007
annual breakfast in conjunction with NYSSBA Convention
The Cornell Club, NYC
8:30am |
