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In Pact with City, Principals' Practices Will Be at Heart of New Evaluation ZĞƟƌĞĞŚĂƉƚĞƌƵůƚƵƌĂů ^ƉĞĐŝĂůWƵůůͲKƵƚ^ĞĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂůWƌŽŐƌĂŵ W'^ϱͲϭϮ Jan. 2017 Volume 50, Number 5 American Federation NEWS of School Administrators, COUNCIL OF SCHOOL SUPERVISORS AND ADMINISTRATORS AFL-CIO Local 1 In Pact with City, Principals’ Practices Will Be at Heart of New Evaluation System BY KATE GIBSON place citywide the next year. “We are pleased that we have been A new way of evaluating principals able to work collaboratively with the and teachers should go into effect in the Department of Education, within the new year, so long as state officials approve constraints of the law, to come to terms an agreement reached between the CSA, on a plan that is focused on school UFT and New York City’s Department of leader development,” CSA President Education. Ernest Logan said in a statement. “The Under the accord, principals will con- goal must be continuous improvement tinue to be evaluated on a four-point scale of our practice, and we feel with proper of highly effective, effective, developing implementation this can be another step and ineffective, as opposed to an earlier in that direction.” satisfactory and unsatisfactory metric. NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen “We now have an agreement that val- Fariña agreed to apply for a waiver from ues principals’ practices,” CSA Executive a state requirement that mandates inde- Vice President Mark Cannizzaro told the pendent evaluators to observe princi- Dec. 21 news conference at DOE head- pals and teachers, arguing the mandate quarters announcing the agreement. is costly and an additional burden on Major work is still ahead to implement schools and supervisors. the accord, he added. CHUCK WILBANKS The DOE and the UFT also The updated process will be imple- QUnited Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, CSA Executive Vice President announced an agreement on teacher mented in schools in January, assuming Mark Cannizzaro, Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña with public school parents behind them evaluations. That agreement was the state officials green light it by Dec. 31. as they discuss the new evaluation agreements. result of collective bargaining between The CSA and city will pilot two the UFT and the DOE, and follows a state approaches, aligned to the 2015 profes- Board of Regents decision a year ago to sional leadership standards, for the mea- The new rubrics will focus on prin- school performance. They will be piloted hit the pause button on the use of state sures of leadership practice, or MOLP, to cipals’ practice, as opposed to current in two community school districts, with exams in rating elementary and middle assess principals in the 2017-18 school year. quality reviews that consider overall the idea of picking one to be put in school teachers. PRESIDENT’S LETTER Partnerships Nonprofit ECE Deal Benefits Kids and Society Groups Bring Early Childhood Education, the Bedrock Of Learning By Ernest Logan ver since Mayor de Blasio health insurance. The city made a big play Holiday launched his Universal Pre-K pro- to insure our members through MetroPlus, gram, I’ve been both elated and the insurance provided to other employ- Help to East exasperated. He made early child- ees at early childhood centers. When we hood education and UPK part of refused to accept anything less than the far Harlem Kids Ethe national conversation about how to superior EmblemHealth, Mayor de Blasio lift all boats, raising academic achievement backed us. Our members will continue to BY KATE GIBSON across all states. At the same time, he was be insured by EmblemHealth, without any slow in bringing equity to some of the edu- increase in their contribution. This benefit, isette Caesar, principal cators who had the most experience in the as well as an allocation for professional at Mosaic Preparatory field: our early childhood education direc- development, should go a long way in Academy in East Harlem tors and assistant directors, most of them encouraging our members to stay in their L the past nine years, is usu- highly educated women of color. I wasn’t positions. ally able to bring the 300-plus shy about speaking out on this, nor were Why is this so important? For years I’ve children at her school gifts for our members, and the mayor heard us. been writing that early childhood education the holidays with the help of The ink is barely dry, but at last we’ve is the bedrock on which our entire educa- the nonprofit volunteer group forged an important ECE contract with the tion system should be built. Along the way, New York Cares. But when the city. The mayor came through: The new I’ve quoted Nobel Prize-winning economist paperwork didn’t get done in contract provides substantial raises, with James Heckman. Among the many expert time to make it a reality this significant retroactivity to address the years that our ECE voices on the value of UPK, Dr. Heckman’s has been the most year, others came to the rescue, members went without raises. Cumulative increases amount convincing for his research into the economic benefits. He said Ms. Caesar. to 34.5 percent between now and September 2020. Our direc- demonstrated that it pays off in terms of lower social welfare Miami-based Dibia Dream tors and assistant directors will see more than $10,000 in costs, decreased crime rates and increased tax revenue. Foundation along with other retroactive pay almost immediately, cash in hand. Prior to Although voices on the right -- including those that tried concerned citizens partnered this agreement, some of them were paid less than some UPK to thwart Mayor de Blasio’s effort -- claim that there is no to collect more than 800 edu- teachers; now they are guaranteed a 3 to 6 percent differential quantifiable benefit to educating four-year-olds, the pre- cational toys, hats, scarfs and above the highest paid teacher. ponderance of evidence from National Bureau of Economic gloves, which were distributed on Over the course of contract talks, the thorniest issue was Continued on Page 2 Continued on Page 2 2 CSA NEWS Jan. 2017 ‘WINTER WONDERLAND’ Nonprofits Bring Holiday Cheer to Mosaic Preparatory Academy Continued from Page 1 Council of School Thursday at the elementary public school in Supervisors & Administrators a room decked out as a winter wonderland, American Federation of School with silver trees and hanging snowflakes. Administrators, AFL-CIO, Local 1 The winter accessories were particularly 40 Rector St., NY, NY 10006 important at the school, as “we have kids Phone: (212) 823-2020 Fax: (212) 962-6130 coming in not appropriately dressed” for the www.csa-nyc.org cold weather, said the principal, noting that President more than 90 percent of her students qualify Ernest A. Logan for free or reduced-cost lunch and more than Executive Vice President 42 percent live in temporary housing. Mark Cannizzaro “This is the biggest we’ve ever had,” Ms. First Vice President Caesar said of the fundraising effort, which Randi Herman, Ed.D was given a big donation and help from Treasurer Walmart in Old Bridge, NJ. Henry Rubio “I was fortunate enough to have a Secretary Class-A education and it made the difference Sandy DiTrapani for me,” said Eric Ocasio, a businessman and Vice Presidents Debra Handler one of the benefactors of the event, who was Lois Lee born and raised in the neighborhood, and Chris Ogno attended nearby PS 108. Ronald Williams Nancy Russo, Retiree Chapter rphaned as a teenager when his mother KATE GIBSON Executive Director Operations died, Mr. Ocasio said it was important QEric Ocasio, in back, a Miami businessman who generously helped brighten the holidays O of children at Mosaic Preparatory Academy, was born and raised in the school’s East Harlem Erminia Claudio to him to give back, and that he hoped to neighborhood. General Counsel create an incentive for kids who often don’t David Grandwetter have positive role models beyond athletes Pennsylvania, alongside the children of their own gingerbread houses. and celebrities. President-elect Donald Trump. Mr. Oscasio, who earned an MBA Executive Director Field Services “We already know the kids are behind “This is my best Christmas since my from the University of Miami in 2008, Sana Q. Nasser the eight ball,” said Mr. Ocasio, who mom died,” said Mr. Oscasio of his time runs a technology consulting company, Field Directors Juanita Bass, Stephen Bennett, received a scholarship at 15 to attend at Mosaic, which included a lunch of Mako7 Digital Media, in Miami. Mildred Boyce, James Harrigan, the Hill School, a boarding school in pizza and apples and children creating Christine Martin, Daisy O’Gorman, Mercedes Qualls Assistant Field Directors Eleanor Andrew, Mauro Bressi, Laverne Burrowes, Kenneth Llinas Charles Dluzniewski, Nancy Esposito, ‘Our Investment in Early Childhood Aura Gangemi, Ellie Greenberg, Ray Gregory, Robert Jeanette, Kate Leonard, Monica McDonald, Dorothy Morris, Ralph Santiago, Shelli Sklar, Wanda Soto, Education is a Model for the Nation’ MaryAnn Tucker, George Young Continued from Page 1 pragmatism, where wealth accumulation is the dominant Grievance Director Research, Harvard University, the Rand Corporation and others, value, regardless of consequences. So, a post-election NPR Robert J. Reich demonstrates the opposite. Early childhood education programs interview with my friend Dr. Heckman seemed to be speaking Assistant Directors – especially in economically disadvantaged communities – yield directly to Donald Trump and the Goldman Sachs alumni Carol Atkins, Alex Castillo, Ed. D benefits in later academic achievement and labor market success. now glutting his cabinet.* According to Dr. Heckman, with Robert Colon, Jermaine Garden Marlene Lazar, Ph.D, Steve Rosen This country has just plunged into an abyss of market comprehensive early childhood education, “we can compute Director of Communications a rate of return, the dividend would be from the investment.
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