Analysis: Ways to The Quality Honor Roll: The Welfare Fund: meet the needs of Review Rubric: CSA Salutes Open Enrollment English Language A Square Peg in its Members Period Affords Learners a Round Hole Who Served Members An 4 In Our Opportunity to 3 Country’s Change Dental Armed Forces Coverage Program 5 10

Nov. 2015 Volume 49, Number 3 American Federation NEWS of School Administrators, AFL-CIO Local 1 COUNCIL OF SCHOOL SUPERVISORS AND ADMINISTRATORS The Push for Computer Achievement Educator Awards Science: Revisiting P-Tech n Educators and schools around the BY MARIA SMITH CUNY. The idea? Take raw tal - city were feted for Students, staff and ent, hone it, teach it, and their achieve- During Mayor de Blasio’s develop a force of young adults ments. We high- “Equity and Excellence” educa - the business world who not only graduate high light some of the tion speech in Sept., he stated school but also earn an associ - awardees and their that one goal was to provide are all invested. ates degree and are ready to accomplishments every public school student work in high-paying jobs the this month on with a computer science educa - day after graduation. A chal - page 6. tion by 2026. Yes, all 1.1 mil - P-Tech, under the leadership of lenge? Yes. Impossible? No. AT LEFT: Pathways lion of them. To meet that Principal Rashid Davis. CSA Now in year five, Mr. Davis in Technology mark, he introduced Computer News recently revisited P-Tech, can reflect on P-Tech’s revolu - Early College High Science for All, a public-private home to a unique partnership tionary blueprint, which School Founding partnership under the aegis of of business and public for a includes a 9-14 curriculum, a Principal Rashod the New York City Foundation robust discussion of the need for non-competitive open-entry Davis, left, received for Computer Science Education computer science in schools policy that allows admission to a Hometown Hero award from the NY

(CSNYC), an organization led by nationwide. (Also, see p.6 for kids who aren’t tech-savvy or N A Daily News. venture capitalist Fred Wilson. news of Principal Davis being even academically inclined. The M H

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The CSA LEADERSHIP Scholarship Distinguished Individuals to Be Needs Your Honored at Annual Conference

Assistance! BY CSA STAFF the CSA Central Retiree Chapter and the Bronx The CSA scholarship is a fantastic program, At CSA’s Educational Retiree Chapter, to which but to work well it needs everyone’s financial Leadership Conference on she also belongs. She assistance. The scholarship is open to all stu - Nov. 14 , held at the NY serves on the Special dents graduating from a NYC public school Hilton, we will proudly Events committee and who will be attending any college, including honor two extraordinary the Constitutional community college, in the fall. It’s intended individuals for their long Committee at CSA and is for students who show leadership in school and distinguished careers. Special Events or outside school and who may have had to New York Assemblyman Coordinator for the overcome hardships to graduate. The award Peter J. Abbate, Jr., has rep - Bronx chapter. Mrs. Clay is not based on the GPA or SAT scores. resented the people of is also a member of CSA’s Each school may submit up to three appli - Dyker Heights, Bath Beach, CLEM RICHARDSON Lower Hudson Valley cations. One scholarship per borough will be Bensonhurst and Borough n Left: CSA Retiree Chapter Advisory Board member Regional Retiree unit. awarded and presented at a dinner in June. Park since 1986 and has Eathelle Clay. Right: NY Assemblyman Peter Abbate, Jr. She received myriad Each award is $1,500. You can download a always been a staunch honors during her Board copy of the scholarship application at our defender of public educators. He currently serves as of Education career, where she served as District 6 website. If you have questions, please contact Chairman of the Committee on Governmental Personnel Director, taught Adult education and rep - [email protected]. Employees. resented the Chancellor at all Central Board C-30 prin - To support the Scholarship Fund, make a Honoree and CSA member Eathelle Clay brought cipal interviews. check out to the CSA Leadership Scholarship the energy and drive that served her well before her She remains active in the NY Police Department’s Fund and send to CSA Leadership Scholarship 1991 retirement to her current work on the CSA Retiree 47th Precinct Community Council. Fund, 40 Rector St., 12th Floor, NY NY 10006. Chapter Executive Board Advisory Committee. “It’s a lot, but I just find the time,” Mrs. Clay said. The contribution is tax deductible. You may Mrs. Clay sits on the Legislative committees of both “If you want to do something you’ll find the time.” also donate online at our website. 2 CSA NEWS Nov. 2015

PRESIDENT’S PAGE For DOE’s King,

Council of School Hope and Skepticism Supervisors & Administrators American Federation of School Administrators, AFL-CIO, Local 1 Stakes Are High For the Country’s New Appointee By Ernest A. Logan 40 Rector St., NY, NY 10006 Phone: (212) 823-2020 hen President Obama educational equity would be undermined. Fax: (212) 962-6130 www.csa-nyc.org appointed former NYS Access to equal education opportunity can - Education Commissioner not be left to the state of Mississippi, Illinois President Ernest A. Logan John King as Secretary of or Texas. The U.S. is in bad enough shape on Education, I thought civil rights. It is DOE’s Office of Civil Rights Executive Vice President Mark Cannizzaro Wabout opportunities won and squandered by that collects all data and acts on all issues First Vice President the education bureaucrats I’ve known in my surrounding students with disabilities, sex Randi Herman, Ed.D career. This appointment raised hope in discrimination, ELL, and race and national Treasurer some quarters, a hue and cry in others. Off origin discrimination. It is also the DOE that Henry Rubio the bat, I was bored hearing about his “com - makes sure federal aid is going to the stu - Secretary pelling story.” I have a compelling story, too. dents who need it most. Sandy DiTrapani Big deal. You better have a lot more as a With due respect to President Obama, I Vice Presidents Debra Handler member of the President’s cabinet and leader can’t imagine what he was thinking when he Lois Lee of the premiere education bureaucracy in the said King’s predecessor Arne Duncan brought Chris Ogno Ronald Williams land. Dr. King is smart and passionate about American education “kicking and screaming Nancy Russo, Retiree Chapter education, but this didn’t always benefit into the 21st Century.” But Duncan did schools when he was in Albany. I hope he some good. He advocated Universal Pre-K. Executive Director Operations Erminia Claudio will grow as he contends with this far more He targeted predatory for-profit colleges and General Counsel consequential job. championed the president’s plan to make David Grandwetter With every presidential election, I brush off my wish list community college free. And he kept an eye on the crazies. Comptroller about I want the Secretary and the Department to do. The Frankly, we need a strong secretary and DOE just to guard Phil Fodera Republican candidates always start talking about crushing the against the total lunacy of local school boards. Louisiana DOE. This time, there’s Marco Rubio who supports teaching recently tried to repeal the Louisiana Science Education Act. Executive Director Field Services creationism and would consider shutting down the The Texas State Board of Education uses religious belief to dic - Sana Q. Nasser Department; Donald Trump who would at least shrink the tate the content of textbooks. All things considered, without Field Directors Juanita Bass, Stephen Bennett, Department and “tear down the union walls;" Jeb Bush who DOE, the education picture would be totally grim. Mildred Boyce, James Harrigan, would consider closing the Department and voucherizing the But the Department is flawed. It should focus on public Christine Martin, Daisy O’Gorman, entire school system. We need to resist efforts to shut down schools and stop throwing money at charters. If the Democrats Mercedes Qualls DOE and instead focus on improving it and keeping Dr. King regain the White House, we will have to watch John King, Assistant Field Directors Eleanor Andrew, Mauro Bressi, Laverne honest. who, like Arne Duncan, is a pioneer of the charter movement. Burrowes (Special Projects), Rosalie David, • • • The Department should call a halt to its worst initiative: test- Charles Dluzniewski, Nancy Esposito, based teacher and principal evaluations that have nearly Martin Fiasconaro, Aura Gangemi, Ellie Greenberg, Ray Gregory, an you imagine a nation like China, Germany or Japan derailed the Common Core. In this, too, Mr. King is made from Robert Jeanette, Kate Leonard, without a Ministry of Education? Education is central to Monica McDonald, Dorothy Morris, Ralph Santiago, Shelli Sklar, Fran Walters Cthe health of their economies and national defense. Same goes for us. Our wellbeing totally depends on preparing The survival of the Department of Grievance Director our citizens for jobs and defending our national security. To Robert J. Reich turn around our weakening position in science and technology, Education correlates directly to the Assistant Directors we need a national strategy for education, not a New York strat - Carol Atkins, Robert Colon, egy, an Arkansas strategy or a West Virginia strategy. We are not success of our nation. Jermaine Garden, Marlene Lazar, Ph.D, Steve Rosen fifty separate nations. We are one strong and indivisible nation and we better make sure education is at the top of the presi - Director of Communications Clem Richardson dent’s agenda if we want it to stay that way. the same cloth as Mr. Duncan. He was way off base when he Assistant Director of Communications Without the DOE, our ability to strengthen civil rights and forced test-based evaluations on New York. The fallout is still Corey Bachman being felt as families continue to rebel Director of Political Affairs against over-testing. Herman Merritt Live On Air! The Department also has to be much Assistant Director of Political Affairs braver about managing out-of-control col - Gabe Gallucci lege fees and lowering student loan Assistant Director John Khani default rates. In addition, its Office of Educational Research and Improvement Director of IT needs to expand its capacity, focusing Egal Sanchez more on what happens to students after Special Assistant to President they graduate high school and college; Gary Goldstein the challenge of educating men of color; CSA Conference Chair the practices that have the greatest effect Pierre Lehmuller on student achievement; and which sub - CSA Historian Manfred Korman jects have the most impact on students’ CSA Retiree Chapter lives. Gayle Lockett, Chair Mark Brodsky, Director • • • ’m cautiously optimistic about Dr. CSA NEWS King. His commitment to educational Editor Chuck Wilbanks I equity isn’t in doubt. I’ve worked very Associate Editor Maria Smith effectively with him. When talks broke Design Consultant Michele Pacheco down with the city over the APPR, he Production Assistant Christine Altman proved to be a wise and patient arbitrator, able to broker a settlement that was fair to our members. When it came to closing CSA News (004-532) is published our struggling schools, he was usually monthly except July and August for MARIA SMITH supportive of our efforts to use every $35 per year per member by CSA, 40 CSA President Ernest Logan, left, gets miked up for a radio interview with Teamsters Local Rector St., NY, NY 10006. Periodical n available means to help those schools suc - postage paid at Manhattan, NY, and 237 President Gregory Floyd at the station 970-AM, New York. The pair discussed current ceed. I’m more concerned about main - additional mailing offices. POSTMAS - educational policies, including Universal Pre-K, advanced placement courses, the new disci - TER: Send address changes to CSA taining a viable Department of Education. News, 40 Rector St., NY, NY 10006. pline code, and porfessional development for educators. Our national survival is directly linked to the Department’s survival. Nov. 2015 CSA NEWS 3

Analysis COMING EVENTS New Beginnings: Leadership Events are at CSA’s Manhattan Headquarters, 40 Rector Street Support for Integrated ELL ( unless otherwise noted. ) OCT 7, 10 AM: Chancellor’s BY CAROL WERTHEIMER ing that all teachers have adequate Consultation AND ANDREA HONIGSFELD resources, planning time, and pro - fessional development opportuni - OCT 13, 5 PM: School losing the achievement gap ties. Safety Meet and Greet for ELLs has always been a While inclusion classes, challenge for educators— referred to as integrated co-teach - classroom teachers, ESOL ing (ICT), are widespread, co- OCT 14, 3 PM: Early specialists, and school lead - teaching to support ELLs is not Childhood Education S

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Education Department published A schools. As one administrator sional B L the Blueprint for English Language I pointed out, her school has been developmeeting W

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administrators across the state U tive for several years and has OCT 15, 5 PM: New H started to think about how this doc - C established a school culture that Member Reception ument could support their advocacy Carol Wertheimer Andrea Honigsfeld prioritizes this model. Not only and leadership work on behalf of does it benefit the students, she OCT 21, 3:30 PM: ELLs. As the blueprint notes, “All noted, but also it encourages teachers are teachers of English Language former ELLs who are entitled to teacher leadership as ESOL teachers open NYCESPA Executive Learners,” and it reinforces the need for receive this teaching? their co-teaching classroom to share lan - Board meeting sustained collaboration among all stake - How do we provide the appropriate guage and literacy development strate - holders. The forthcoming changes to the ● planning time for the teachers? gies. Another administrator remarked OCT 30, 8 AM: Executive Commissioner Regulations Part 154 (CR As participants explored each chapter that the changes to CR Part 154 enable Leadership Institute’s 154) provided a further impetus for of the book, they identified their conjec - her to ensure that students who have professional school leaders and teachers to examine tures and discoveries and discussed prior tested as Proficient on the NYSESLAT not development instructional program design and leader - experiences – challenges as well as suc - only receive testing accommodations for ship practices. cesses – with co-teaching for ELLs, as well two additional years and additional help NOV 4 , 1 PM: In the spring of 2015, the Executive as plans and preparations already in before or after school, but also must be Chancellor’s Leadership Institute (ELI), a not-for-profit place for the coming school year. While serviced for an additional 90 minutes organization, responded to these changes it was evident that even more questions during school. Consultation in New York State by hosting a book could be raised, the overall conclusion study on Collaboration and Co-Teaching: A was that the co-teaching collaborative s the school year begins, the LI con - NOV 5, 1PM: CSA/NYPD Leader’s Guide (Honigsfeld & Dove, 2015), model is going to be a powerful frame - tinues to provide research-stan - Meet and Greet as one possible way to initiate and sus - work for instruction. Adards-based professional develop - tain the dialogue about ELLs’ needs ment for all New York City and New York NOV 19, 3:30 PM: among school leaders. The study partici - o-teaching between a general educa - State school supervisors and administra - NYCESPp Institute’s pants were a tion teacher and an ESOL teacher tors to better meet the needs of ELLs. professional group of New Ccan be challenging but with the sup - developA Executive B York City school port of the administration it becomes a Carol Wertheimer holds a professional and district unique collaboration benefiting the edu - diploma in supervision and administration administrators cational community. Co-planning, co- from St. John’s University. A former New NOV 5, 1PM: CGNYCESPp gathered to dis - differentiating, and co-delivering instruc - York City elementary principal, she currently Institute’s professreet cuss how tion, as well as collaboratively assessing writes and presents workshops for adminis - teacher collabo - student growth to meet individual needs, trators on leadership strategies for the super - NOV 5, 1PM: CSA/NYPD ration and co- creates a positive effect on both the vision of English language learners. She has Meet and GNYCESPp teaching can be teacher and the student. As teachers and presented at both national and international Institute’s professreet an effective administrators work together, a shared conferences and has served as a peer reviewer framework for vision develops of how instruction will for Corwin Press. integrated go and what the expected outcomes are. Andrea Honigsfeld, Ed.D, is associate Confirm the above meeting English as a An outgrowth of this vision is trust, one dean and director of the Ed.D. program times and dates with the event New Language that the Framework for Great Schools (Educational Leadership for Diverse Learning coordinator before attending. n This book was the (ENL) practices promotes, in which school staff, parents, Communities) at Molloy College, Rockville focus of a study to support ELLs’ students, and administrators value each Centre. A Fulbright Scholar and respected designed to facilitate academic, cul - other. national presenter, Andrea is the co-author dialogue about ELLs tural, and lin - It emerged as a shared belief that or co-editor of over 15 books on education among school leaders. guistic develop - administrators must not only schedule and numerous chapters and research articles Teachers’ ment in the common planning time for the general related to the needs of ELLs. www.andrea - context of the K–12 ELA and content education and English as a second lan - honigsfeld.com Retirement area curricula. guage teacher, but also should communi - A version of this article appeared in the The study format allowed participants cate frequently with both parties, ensur - Fall issue of Idiom magazine. System to raise critical questions and explore possible answers in a collegial, highly engaging, and safe environment: October 2015 How do we find teachers in both the Unit Values ● elementary and secondary levels with the appropriate certifications? Participate in the Survey! Diversified Equity How do we find teachers who can Fund: 74.680 ● plan together, collaborate on shared The Center for Court Innovation is conducting a confidential independent survey of Bond Fund: 17.547 decision making, are held account - current principals to learn more about school safety, climate, and security. This is your International Equity able to each other as well as to the opportunity to describe what is going on at your schools, including positive practices! Fund: 9.085 students, and can share the every - The survey takes about 20-30 minutes to complete and your progress cannot be saved. day responsibilities for each and Please make sure you and your school are included! To complete the survey, click on Inflation Protection every student in their classroom? this link (or copy-paste it into your browser): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/nycprin - Fund: 10.256 To whom, and how, do we provide cipalsurvey. Socially Responsive ● professional development for the More details about the survey, confidentiality, and how your information will be used Equity Fund: 13.710 teachers indicated in CR Part 154? are available at the survey link. To complete the survey on paper or over the phone, of if With the new CR Part 154 mandate, you have questions, please email the study director, Lama Ayoub at [email protected]. www.trsnyc.org ● how do we provide the necessary 90 minutes of integrated instruction for 4 CSA NEWS Nov. 2015

From Rector Street Mark Cannizzaro The QR Rubric: A Square Peg in a Round Hole

find it hard to believe that, as we enter school.” Unfortunately, it now appears that standards were not considered when the QR the 2015-2016 school year, that the the pilot was used to “bait and switch” as cur - rubric was developed and, it was designed to Quality Review (QR) Rubric is the one rent QR parameters narrowly define how measure school quality, not principal practice. document to survive through the years, good schools operate. albeit in several iterations. It seems that New York State has mandated its own • • • Ievery time the DOE trains it sights on some - rubric, the Diagnostic Tool for School and lt hough the difference between school thing new, some DOE official explains how District Effectiveness, or DTSDE, be used qu ality and principal practice is the QR rubric fits nicely with this newly when state officials review our schools and A nuanced, it is also significant. The prin - minted idea. districts, while the DOE has added the cipal who takes over a struggling school may This supposedly multi-purpose document Framework for Great Schools to the mix. demonstrate outstanding practice by first tack - has been used to measure both school quality We are required to use DTSDE, the ling the most pressing issues facing the institu - and principal practice. Defenders boast of its Framework for Great Schools and the QR to tion simply because it is not practical or possi - amazing “alignment” to all other accounta - analyze our schools’ health when completing ble to fix everything at once. This type of com - bility documents. our Comprehensive Education Plan (CEP). mon sense leadership is recognized by princi - The DOE seems unwilling to recognize We are told that they are all “aligned.” pal practice rubrics but less so by the QR. Better that the QR rubric has long outlived its use - Although I question how well they are Or consider the seasoned principal who fulness. Two major problems have rendered it actually aligned, I must ask the obvious: If has several new teachers working in a school measures obsolete. First, the QR rubric was designed to they are aligned, why do we need all three? struggling to raise student achievement. This measure school quality, not principal prac - In 2010, New York State charged all of its principal should be evaluated based on how of school tice. Second, changes and tools implemented over 700 school districts with creating an he/she is addressing the anticipated deficien - by our new DOE administration as well as Annual Professional Performance Review cies in new teachers. But the QR focuses on quality those mandated by NY State have exposed (APPR) for its teachers and principals. One the fact that these expected deficiencies exist the rubric as narrow and unnecessary. key component of this plan was the identifi - at all. This is not only unfair but doesn’t have The DOE instituted the QR in 2006, after cation and implementation of a rubric make sense when trying to ascertain a school the advent of the school progress report. A designed to measure a principal’s practice. leader’s effectiveness! Although we did agree emerged May 17, 2006 Education Week article notes the in 2013 to use the QR rubric as part of the DOE’s hiring of the global education products • • • overall evaluation system based on the DOE’s company Cambridge Education to “help he State further mandated that the pledge to focus PPO visits more on a princi - design a process for judging how well schools instrument be researched-based and pal’s practice, the timing is right for a change. make decisions about instruction… The aim T aligned to the Interstate School Leaders Thankfully, better measures of school is to balance outputs, such as test scores, with Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards. quality have emerged. These well researched a more qualitative snapshot of how schools Over 70% of districts chose the tools recognize best practices broadly enough are functioning.” Multidimensional Principal Performance so that adjusting to a new rubric would Since then, the DOE has changed the Rubric (MPPR) and almost all of the others require little more than familiarizing yourself rubric several times to focus more on student chose similar rubrics created by respected edu - and your staff on the new tool. outcomes, exactly the opposite of its original cators like Kim Marshall and Robert Marzano. Efforts to align the QR Rubric for use in intent since school progress reports were These rubrics were chosen because they PPO visits, although well intentioned and already in place and being used as an outcome were researched based, designed to measure a thought out, have fallen quite short. Under based measure. In fact, a successful QR appeal principal’s practice and were directly aligned, education law 3012-d we are charged with must now be accompanied by a demonstrated as required, to the ISLLC standards. The QR renegotiating our previous APPR agreement. “impact” on student learning. What hap - rubric is deficient in all three of these areas. Hopefully, the DOE will make the changes pened to the “qualitative snapshot?” It has undergone so many changes that that many of their superintendents and top In the same Education Week article one any research done is no longer applicable. By officials quietly agree are necessary. principal describes her pilot QR as “like here the DOE’s own submission to New York State, are two colleagues having a conversation some of the QR alignment to ISLLC standards Mark Cannizzaro serves as the CSA Executive about what it means to create this particular is “implicit” which makes sense as the ISLLC Vice President. New York is Delivered from Eva – For Now

BY CHUCK WILBANKS hedgefunders, made big purchases of the island’s troubled debt. To make good their ho calls a press conference to investments in the bonds, they have announce that she’s not run - argued that the government must close W ning for office? Eva Moskowitz, public schools and lay off teachers. that’s who. Claiming that speculation over While Ms. Moskowitz addressed her political plans was so intense that she reporters, a protest against her was being felt it necessary to tamp down the fires, held about 100 yards away in adjoining Ms. Moskowitz told an assembled crowd City Hall Park. About 150 people gave of reporters on the steps of City Hall on voice to some of the criticism and resent - Oct. 8 that she would not run for mayor. ment that would complicate any run for The founder (along with the backing public office she might contemplate. of hedge fund supremos) of the Success Gathered under the banner of “Hedge Academy chain of charter schools, Ms. Clippers,” a partially union-backed activist Moskowitz claimed that “winnability” was organization, they chanted, “Hedge fund not an issue, nor, she said, was the belief CHUCK WILBANKS money has got to go,” and, “Billionaires that a run for office and the apparently n Above: Eva Moskowitz, Success Academy founder should pay their share.” At times the voices inevitable victory would be too hard on and CEO, at City Hall Oct. 8, said she will not seek the of the protesters made it difficult for Ms. her family. Instead, she offered a different mayorality. Inset: Protesters highlighted Ms. Moskowitz to be heard. bromide: She blamed the UFT and other Moskowitz’ anti-tax, anti-union allies. After she had spoken, Billy Easton, political enemies, and said she is better sit - executive director of the Alliance for uated where she is to foster her brand of She said she would point out to him that in donations from wealthy hedge fund Quality Education, took to the podium and “transformational change” in education, the entire New York school system is a vast investors and corporate leaders, many of called her performance the “biggest non which she compared to Apple’s contribu - failure, and she would argue in favor of whom are avowedly anti-tax and anti- news conference I have ever seen.” tions to computing and Google’s efforts to “the elimination of early 20th century union. Investor John Paulson, for example, “The hedge fund billionaires who have develop a driverless car. work rules.” who gave Success Academy $8.5 million sponsored Eva Moskowitz have already “If I won, one of my first conversations As of late last year, Ms. Moskowitz was in July, has urged his fellow investors to made it known that they plan to run would be with [UFT President Michael] collecting a salary of $567,500 a year to move their business operations to Puerto another candidate, so we can fully antici - Mulgrew,” the former member of the City manage the 34 schools in her organization, Rico, where they have received preferential pate that they will have another puppet Council said. “How is that going to go?” and has received tens of millions of dollars tax status, and has, along with other candidate.” Nov. 2015 CSA NEWS 5 HONOR ROLL Grievance Bob CSA Salutes Veterans Corner Reich BY MARIA SMITH country’s Armed Forces. The Thank you for all your hard first list was published in the work as educators. Thank you In honor of Veterans Day, June 2015 issue. This second list for serving our country during Nov. 11, CSA News is proud to includes names of members not wartime, military actions and Avoid Missteps, publish the second list of CSA on the original list but learned peacetime. On behalf of CSA, members who served in our from you – our readers. we salute you! Protect Your Career

Albert Fox Abraham Morris he Department of Education Howard Fritsch Michael Mulee advises school leaders and Education Administrators, Andrew Galdi Arnold Nager whatever their level of experi - Herbert Gardner Vincent O’Connor ence, that staff members work - Gilbert Garshman Max Parnes Ting at the Borough Field Support Service Al Gentile Rhonda Pekow Centers (BFCSs) are there to assist and Alfonse Gentile Seymour Perlin guide them. That’s true, as far as it goes. Aaron Gerstman Joseph Porzio But be aware: Seeking this assistance Dennis Gladstone William Raffa may be hazardous to your career. Department of Education Attorneys Herbert Gold Arnold Raisner work for the Chancellor. In other words, Lester Golden David Ramos they are her attorneys, and their duty is Sidney Goldstein Seymour Richman to her, not you. So if you ask one of them Rosemarie Martin Rivkin about whether something you have Gonzalez Jim Roberts done is in violation of a Chancellor’s Anything Terry Grady Sonja Rose Regulation, you will enjoy no benefits Robert Graham Stanley Rose of attorney client privilege. They may answer your question, but they will you say Wilbur Grant Howard Rosen report any potential violations you Seymour Greenstein Sidney Roth may have committed to the Special can and Harold Grill Roy Rubenstein Commissioner of Investigation, Office Howard Gross Marvin Rubinstein of Special Investigations or Office of will be Jack Hadler Lawrence Rucker Equal Opportunity. used Frederick Hellman Edward Rudetsky The OSI, the OEO and Diversity Martin Herman Ned Sachs and the Department of Education Conflicts Office all offer to conduct against Sidney Hollander Howard Sadowsky training at schools and to answer Clarence Holmes Rick Safran inquiries you may have. They can be a you Clint Jackson William Samber good resource. But remember that they are investigative offices. If Percy Jenkins Matthew Scaffa your inquiry raises concern about your actions, you will become Howard Justin Ira Schaeffer the subject of an investigation. And as I pointed out in my last Stanley Katzman Pearl Scher column, these investigations can take a long time to complete. Thomas Kelly Lester Schlumpf taff members of the investigative offices I have mentioned Max Kessler Mitchell Schulich are personable and skilled in what they do. Do not be mis - James Kincaid, Jr. Gilbert Seidman Sled by their gentleness, even if they say, “Don’t worry, this Wilbur Klein Gary Shandroff is not about you.” Answering questions without a union repre - Harold Kobliner Harold Sheikowitz sentative can result in serious trouble. You have the right to have Steven Koenigsberg Irving Silberberg a representative present whenever you are interviewed, and you Frederick Koury Marvin Silverman should use that right. If an investigator comes to your school or

MARIA SMITH Herbert Laden Michael Skodnik n This monument in New York City’s Battery Park Vincent Lamorgese Martin Smith Do not be misled by the friendliness of honors Navy military personnel who perished in the Jack Landman Lawrence Solow Atlantic Ocean in World War II. Leslie Langer James Spatley an investigator. To be interviewed, you Jack LaRock Sheldon Meyer Lehman Spiegelman need a union representative present. Donald Abramson Nathan Chaiken Harold Lehrman Thomas Steinfeld Albert Ahlstrom Mitchell Checrallah Philip Lembo Arthur Stracher Joseph Alfieri Paul Cioffari even your home, simply state that you will gladly answer your Stanley Leshaw Daryl Straughter questions when your union representative is present. Request Jack Alkana Jacob Cohen Herbert Leshner Sorol Suffman the investigator’s card and case number and immediately send Irving Alter Jacob Cohen Harold Levine Seymour Sundick this information to me. You do not need a representative to be Gregory Arnold Maxwell Cohen Jack Levine Harry Swanson present when students are interviewed, but an adult should be Stefan Axelrod Arman Colangelo Bertram Levinson Seymour Sworkin present with the students and the investigator. You should pro - Herbert Baldwin Herbert Coleman Irwin Levy Philip Thau vide the investigator with copies of any documents they request. Bob Barrett Philip Cox Ralph Levy Eugene Tierney If they ask for original documents make copies for your own files Roberto Batista Victor Crecco and ask the investigator to sign for them. If a computer is being Meyer Lieman Gilbert Tufel removed, demand that the investigator sign for it. Albert Benjamin Harald Dale Seymour Litman Sherman Tufel The possible negative consequences aren’t as dire when you Carl Benjamin Adolph Dembo Anthony Locurto Bernard Unger speak with HR specialists at the BFCSs, who can assist you with Jack Berberian Solomon Leonard Lurie Milton Vogelstein personnel issues. But again, caution is in order. They frequently Carl Berlin Derewetsky John Maher Dave Waldman provide inaccurate information, either through lack of experi - Jerome Bloom Peter DeStefano Charles Majors David Wallis ence or knowledge. For example, we have learned that many Jerome Bloom Morris Diamond Edward Malench Albert Weinstein administrators, both school- and central-based, are often given Albert Bortnick Druckman wrong information about their tenure status. So if you have Joseph Malone Max Weinstein questions about tenure, ask us. If you’re thinking of taking a Bernard Bragin Henry Epstein Edward Albert Wiley leave or a sabbatical, you can review the procedures on the DOE Ira Brand Leonard Epstein Markantonio Delius Wilson website. Yes, you can ask advice from the HR person, but only Ira Brand Frederick Ergany John McNeil Robert Winthrop your union knows what all your rights are. It is in your best Stanley Bribbon Leonard Fagen Morton Meisner Daniel Wohl interests to discuss such matters as leaves, sabbaticals and pay - Leonard Burgess Edward Ferraro Bernard Mendelson Elmer Yearwood roll status with CSA before reaching out to the DOE. Francis Caiola Bennett Fisch Donald Milrod Mark Yohelman Stanley Carter Joe Fisler If you have any questions related to this column, your contract, or Bernie Modell Robert Yurasits whom your Field representative is, or have concerns you would like Anthony Catania Paul Flaumenhaft Joe Molone Mel Zimmerman addressed in future columns, please email me at [email protected]. 6 CSA NEWS Nov. 2015 Awards & Honors Coveted Blue Ribbon Innovative Approaches

BY COREY BACHMAN bonus: Students can also compete for Awards for NY Schools positions at tech giant IBM. Mr. Davis The NY Daily News held its 2015 eventually hopes to expand so that stu - BY BY MARIA SMITH Kennedy, completed the lengthy docu - Hometown Heroes in Education Awards dents can earn four year degrees. “I give AND CHUCK WILBANKS ment. "We were very exact in our answers Breakfast at the Edison Ballroom in and showed our school's solid accomplish - Manhattan on Oct. 1. The judging panel, The US Department of Education ments," said Ms. Fish, who started at PS which included CSA President Ernest handed out its coveted National Blue 277 as a teacher. "We are just thrilled Logan, designated eleven NYC educators Ribbon Schools awards to 335 schools beyond words with this designation." as Hometown Heroes for their innovative across the nation on Sept. 30, and among Ms. Fish credits high standards of staff approaches to learning. the winners were seven New York City and students alike and a solid, proactive CSA Executive Vice President Mark schools. The awards are based on aca - relationship with the community, as rea - Cannizzaro, who spoke before the event, demic excellence or progress in closing sons why PS 277 received this honor. "I detailed why these educators are the achievement gaps among student sub - know this neighborhood and I respect the cream of the crop. groups, the DOE said. Public and non- community," she said. "We work together “They’ve earned our thanks by work - public elementary, middle and high as partners. When educational demands ing tirelessly to educate our children, to schools, including traditional, charter, became more rigorous, we worked give them the intellectual tools and skills magnet schools, parochial and independ - together to achieve those goals." they need to become productive citizens ent schools received awards. Hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, PS 277, and contributing members of American The New York City winners are: P.S. 5 which sits on slightly higher ground, society,” he added. “This is no small The Huguenot School in Staten Island; P.S. remained functional and provided a safe task.” 100 The Coney Island School; P.S. 244 The haven for the community since many res - Pathways in Technology Early College Active Learning Elementary School in idents were displaced by flooding. "I made High School Founding Principal Rashid sure there were after-school programs, Ferrod Davis was the only public school COREY BACHMAN CSA Executive Vice President Mark weekend programs and that the school Principal to be honored in the ceremony. n Cannizzaro spoke at the Education Awards was an outlet for services families needed. Mr. Davis’ groundbreaking school, nick - ‘We have a rigorous Breakfast Oct. 1. We've been through a lot together... this named P-TECH, gives students the curriculum and high designation is a wonderful recognition for opportunity to receive a high school my students the same message that I all of our hard work." diploma while earning an associate’s received as a youngster,” said Mr. Davis. standards for our kids, Robert Groff, Principal of PS 244 in degree in computer science. An added “Education is the key to a better life.” Queens, runs a Title 1 Pre-K through 3 ourselves and parents.’ school in which a majority of students are Asian English Language Learners. "It's a great opportunity to showcase the hard Queens; P.S. 277 The Gerritsen Beach work that our families and staff have Better School Contest School in Brooklyn; P.S. 682 The Academy done," Mr. Groff said. His school, dubbed of Talented Scholars; Harlem Success TALES, for "The Active Learning Academy Charter School 3; Icahn Charter Elementary School," is also known for pro - Yields 3 Grand Prizes, School 2 viding a vegetarian breakfast and lunch Principal Lisa Arcuri of PS 5 cited hard program. work on the part of everyone from chil - The Department will honor all the Highlights Cooperation dren to staff to parents for the honor. "We schools at a recognition ceremony on Nov. have a rigorous curriculum and high stan - 9-10 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in BY CLEM RICHARDSON get things done,” he said. “Thank you dards for our kids, ourselves and the par - Washington, D.C. Each school will receive for teaching all of us.” ents as well," she said. "We work smart and an award plaque and a flag as symbols of CSA President Ernest Logan joked that President Logan thanked Fernandez creatively with the resources we have." their accomplishments. In its 33-year his - the annual “Build a Better School” con - for creating the contest. “MCU could Ms. Arcuri and other recipients said the tory, more than 8,000 of America's schools test always costs him money. have written a check and no one would application process was formidable: School have received the award. This year’s ceremony, held Sept. 22 at have noticed,” he said. “But by doing this administrators had to submit five years' Principal Arcuri said she and her the United Federation of Teachers head - they have allowed us to showcase some worth of data, including standardized test Superintendent, Anthony Lodico, will quarters, was no exception as Mr. Logan, great talent in our schools.” results. "Completing the application was travel to Washington D.C. for the national UFT President Michael Mulgrew, and WPIX-11 News Achor Sukanya almost a full-time job," said Jeannie Fish, honor ceremony. "The best part of that trip Corey Fernandez, the Municipal Credit Krishnan hosted the event. City Principal, PS 277, Gerritsen Beach, is that you can collaborate with so many Union’s Vice President for Business Councilmen Donovan Richards Jr., (Dist Brooklyn, who along with AP Janet other Principals and share best practices." Development, pledged $10,000 to the 31 – Queens) and Robert Cornegy Jr, (Dist program. 36 – Brooklyn), introduced videos from Created by the MCU, and co-spon - students in their respective boroughs. sored by CSA, the UFT, the New York CUNY Athletic Conference Executive City Department of Education, the City Director Zak Ivkovic introduced the PS Outstanding Educator University of New York and the Daily 106 video, and said his group was com - News , the contest requires public school mitted to supplying the equipment and n Assistant Director, students to create a three minute video coaches for the basketball court the stu - Grievance describing a school project they would dents requested in their video. Department was complete if they won the $10,000 BBS PS 47 students video, titled “Hydro honored by New Life grand prize. Who? Hydro What? Hydroponics Sounds Tabernacle Church in Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina Cool,” made an argument to create a Brooklyn for her work praised this year’s finalists, student groups school hydroponics garden. as an “outstanding from PS 106 in Far Rockaway, Queens, Research & Service students wanted educator” and for PS 47 in the Bronx, and Brooklyn’s money to expand its Campus Care “service to the com - Research & Service High School, for their Community Pantry and nutrition pro - collaborations. gram to serve it’s Bedford Stuyvesant munity.” In the photo “A classroom is not teachers leading neighbors. with Ms. Atkins are kids, it is kids and teachers working “To have our kids understand the sig - Doreen Figueroa, together,” she said. “It’s coming up with nificance of giving back in this way is wife of Pastor Eric R. an idea and deciding whose role it is to incredible,” Cornegy said. Figueroa, Hospitality do what. Remember that when we work Choosing one winner proved too dif - Committee together, good things happen.” ficult for the judges. So each of the three ChairMalike Mulgrew also touted cooperation. “I finalists received the grand prize as well Simmons. would love to send you children to as a $10,000 shopping spree at the Washington to show Congress how to Barclay School Supplies in Brooklyn. Nov. 2015 CSA NEWS 7

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VIRGINIA: Principals Have Their Very Own Move Over Lockers With few students requesting them, lockers are being replaced by charg - Ambassador in Washington, D.C. ing stations. In Albemarle County, only 25 out of 2,000 high schoolers BY CHUCK WILBANKS guide Principal Ambassadors asked for lockers. One Virginia high school replaced hundreds of lockers in coming years. with charging stations, whiteboards Alicia Perez-Katz can nor - “Many times, the Principals and benches, allowing students the mally be found in the halls are added on in documents, ability to continue collaboration in and classrooms of Baruch High almost as afterthoughts to pol - the hallways. Renovations may be School in Manhattan, where icy,” she said in a recent inter - expanded in the next three to five she has been Principal for the view. “I try to get people to years. (districtadministration.com) last 12 years. But right now, understand how much the she is more likely to be seen in principal is really key to PENNSYLVANIA: her cubicle near the office of reforming and changing the Secretary of Education in schools.” One-To-Ones Washington D.C. Ms. Perez-Katz credits CSA Researchers at the Universities of Ms. Perez-Katz is one of four with helping make her year in Pennsylvania, Washington and 2015 Washington Principal Washington come to pass. California (Riverside), recently pub - lished findings indicating that effi - Ambassador Fellows. Fellows in “The union was hugely ciency in the use of one-to-one the prestigious program come helpful,” she said. “I was in an assistants to work with students to Washington for a year, in the unusual situation. I had envi - with IEPs may not be optimal. The words of the Department, “to sioned myself as a part-time CHUCK WILBANKS study showed that one-to-ones gain in-depth knowledge of fellow – relocating wasn’t our engaged with students only 57% of national policy issues in edu - n Baruch High School Principal Alicia Perez-Katz, left, says Principals plan because our kids are in are the key to reforming and changing schools. the time, compared to teachers and cation and to contribute their New York schools. I was able classroom assistants (98% and 91%, expertise to those discussions.” to work out a deal to commute respectively). The study concluded They don’t just hang around in D.C. bring attention to the essential role of [she’s only in Washington a few days a that its findings might be “sympto - though – they travel the country, leading great school leaders in creating great week]. I also wanted to make sure I can go matic of broader challenges related roundtable discussions, meeting and school environments for students. We back to my school. CSA and David to the delivery of special education sometimes shadowing other principals to must do more to recognize our school Grandwetter really helped to ensure I services”. (www.disabilityscoop.com) learn and share current best practices. principals and their work, especially on could go back to my school.” Outgoing Education Secretary Arne behalf of students coming from some of The other fellows are: Joseph Manko, ILLINOIS: Duncan announced the winners of the the most challenging circumstances.” the principal of Liberty Elementary School Virtual Reality program, now in its second year, in Ms. Perez-Katz said she has gotten a in Baltimore, Maryland; Jessica Nauoikas, Google Expeditions – a field-trip September. “The inaugural class of window into how policy is made and how the founder and principal of Mott Haven simulation system – is making its Principal Ambassador Fellows made it affects people. Meanwhile, she has found Academy Charter School in New York debut in classrooms. The system is tremendous contributions to our work at plenty of opportunities to educate bureau - City; and Christopher Pearson, the touted as being more immersive the Department,” said Duncan. “I am crats of the importance of school leader - Superintendent of Conway School District than similar programs before it. It excited to work with this new team to ship, and is crafting a strategic plan to in Mt. Vernon, Washington. allows for 360-degree views of places and 3-dimensional images of about 100 places, to date. As the technology is still being developed, Expeditions is being offered free- COALITION of-charge. The Google kits come with cardboard viewers and a teacher app to guide the trips. Postal Privatizers Get Union Pushback (www.nytimes.com) MICHIGAN: BY CHUCK WILBANKS post offices, including paycheck cashing, Math Content Organized labor, allies bill payments, savings accounts and small CSA is supporting a new coaltion of loans, all at a reasonable rate. Such services Weak math content in schools that labor, religious and civic organizations in would add immense value to citizens in teach low-income students is create wall of opposition adding to the achievement gap its fight to preserve the US Postal Service. rural areas where banks can be scarce, and between poor and wealthy stu - AGrandAlliance.org, which includes to protect USPS would provide the USPS with much dents. The problem has been iden - among its coalition the American needed cash. Needless to say, payday tified worldwide. A peer-reviewed Federation of School Administrators and lenders, offering similar services at exhor - study in the American Educational the AFL-CIO, is taking on the Obama itable leg of a parcel’s transit. bitant rates, hate such an idea, so appoint - Research Association found 40% of Administration’s efforts to put privatizers Meanwhile, the AFL-CIO is backing a ing someone with Mr. Barnett’s back - the gap in the US is due to unequal on the USPS Board of Governors. USPS Workers Union boycott of office sup - ground is an obvious conflict of interest. access to strong Math content; the The USPS has for several years been plies giant Staples, which has opened USPS The president is facing a wall of oppo - balance is attributed to family/com - laboring under assaults from a wide variety kiosks in their stores, staffed not with USPS sition on the nominations. The Grand munity background. (www.wash - of corporate interests who want to see it workers but with low-wage, high-turnover Alliance is supporting another wide coali - ingtonpost.com) diminished or entirely privatized. Staples employees. tion of labor and social groups known as The USPS has been hobbled with The latest outrage comes courtesy of the Leadership Conference, which sent a LOUISIANA: budget constraints, such as when Congress President Obama, who has nominated a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch mandated that it fund its retiree health slate of candidates to the Board Governors McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Pre-K Funding Loss benefits program for ten years to the tune of the United States Postal Service, includ - Harry Reid, pleading that the slate not go The US Education Department, of nearly $60 billion, a requirement ing the renomination of James Miller, the through. House Appropriations, has unheard of in corporate America. Without former director of the Office of “We would be deeply troubled if any - approved a bill cutting $22.5 mil - lion to fund the final two years of that burden, the USPS would have enjoyed Management and Budget in the Reagan one confirmed to a leadership position preschool expansion. The com - an ample surplus. Management has Administration. Mr. Miller has said there within the USPS used that position to pro - bined $32 million was to educate responded by closing post offices and pro - is no need for a postal service and says it mote the sorts of practices we have seen 4,580 new children with an addi - cessing facilities, cutting business hours, should be privatized. Another Obama pick, in the payday lending industry, or to block tional 6,000 children to receive and reducing services in general service. Mickey D. Barnett, is a lobbyist for the pay - the advancement of alternatives’” the letter enhanced care. About half of the Thousands of postal workers have lost their day lending industry – think legalized loan stated. state’s Kindergartners enter pre - jobs – middle class jobs. sharking to some of the most vulnerable pared for school. Over 5,300 4-year- Yet competitors UPS and FedEx benefit people in society. CSA stands behind the AFL-CIO, a Grand olds did not attend pre-school in hugely from USPS: For example, Postal car - The payday lender advocate is a partic - Alliance and other allies in the fight to protect 2013. (www.nola.com) riers deliver nearly 30 percent of FedEx’s ularly galling choice. One idea to enhance the USPS. You can learn more at our website, — C OMPILED BY business to homes and businesses – reliev - USPS (artificially ailing) revenues has been CSA-NYC.org, that of AFSA, Afsaadmin.org, CHRISTINE ALTMAN ing the private company of the least prof - to introduce modest banking services at and Agrandalliance.org. 8 CSA NEWS Nov. 2015

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Notebook Legislative Agenda Herman Merritt ABENY Update: Free Riders, Fair Shares, and the Court Membership Meeting and s I studied the results of the recent General Election, I was amazed at the Essay Contest low voter turnout. I don't understand The push against organized the term, "off-year election." There is labor may have had the ABENY's Nov. Membership no such thing: All elections have con - Meeting will take place Nov. 15 Asequences. We saw recently in Kentucky how a opposite effect; support for from 3 - 6 pm at the Bedford clerk’s decision could gain nationwide attention. Stuyvesant YMCA, at 1121 Of course, I’m not saying consequences are all unions is on the rise. Bedford Ave. in Brooklyn. equal: On the federal level, for example, one of Professional development on the most important duties of the president is to the latest developments regard - nominate jurists to serve on the Supreme Court. with the Fight for $15 movement to raise the ing the Common Core Once confirmed, a justice will have an impact on minimum wage. When AFSCME began drives to Standards and strategies for the country for decades. Today’s Supreme Court convert fair-share payers to full members, they engaging parents will be offered has two appointees from Ronald Reagan, one succeeded, signing up more people in the union. as well as a meet and greet. All from George H.W. Bush, two from Bill Clinton, I believe that the push against organized labor in educators and parents are Collective two from George W. Bush and two from Barack Wisconsin and Michigan had the opposite effect invited. Obama. Two Justices have served close to thirty than the Koch brothers had intended: Union Students in grades 2 - 10 are bargaining years. members appreciate what the union has done for invited to participate in To be reminded of the significance of a presi - them and understand that in addition to fighting ABENY's annual Black History sets the dent’s choices for the Court, a unionist need look for the rights of their members, we fight for all Month Essay Contest. Twenty no further than a case the justices have agreed to workers, union and non-union alike. Collective winners from around the city standards hear that will have an impact on public sector bargaining sets the standards for each industry. will be selected and honored at unions across the country. That case is Friedrichs Skeptics may ask, “What have you done for the Cadman Plaza Library in for each v. California Teachers Association, in which a me lately?” They can get a ready answer from our Brooklyn Heights on Feb. 6. California teacher, Rebecca Friedrichs, has ATR supervisors who no longer have to move industry. claimed that making her pay an agency shop fee from school to school while looking for a perma - For more information, contact interfered with her First Amendment rights by nent position. Or they can ask the retirees who Dr. Sheilah Bobo at sheilah - forcing her to subsidize someone else’s speech. As recently received their retroactive pay increases. [email protected] or 917-412- you know, public sector unions provide collective Or they can talk to the members who received a 9099. bargaining for both members and non-members. portion of their retroactive pay. Or they can The Supreme Court ruled in 1977 that non-mem - speak with frightened members who, facing bers may be charged such “fair share” fees to help investigations, are represented by skilled, trained cover the union’s expenses. Union leaders call advocates. people who pay nothing but get the benefits of Retirement collective bargaining anyway “free riders.” lease monitor the Friedrichs v. California There is fear in some quarters that an adverse Teachers Association. It has implications for Lisa Esposito , Principal of PS ruling will result in a nation of such free riders, Pall of us. Regardless of how the Court 203, Brooklyn is retiring. A dinner ultimately prompting the demise of unions decides, our unions will continue to thrive. celebration of Ms. Esposito’s years of themselves. There have been predictions of Remember to vote in every election, no matter service with the NYC DOE will be union members opting out en masse, refusing to how insignificant the office may appear. And held Thursday, November 12, at pay dues to save themselves a few bucks. This talk finally, follow the activities of the AFL-CIO Russo’s on the Bay, Queens. For has no basis in reality. Recent national polls show (www.aflcio.org). These are important times for more information, contact Ruth that union favorability is on the rise, especially organized labor. Schwartz at 718-753-1847. Call for CSA Executive Board Nominations

BY CSA STAFF the union’s fiscal year, Sept. 30, 2015. – 1 person are submitting your name or another’s The Constitution calls for one vote • Education Administrators/CSE name, CSA is seeking nominations for del - for each 125 members or major fraction Chairs: 6 votes – 3 people f) A statement of qualifications not egates and alternate delegates in all thereof of a membership classification. Any member of a membership clas - to exceed 150 words. (This will be sent Membership Classifications (i.e. license No member of the Executive Board shall sification*, (i.e. license area), may submit along with the ballot to all members areas) to serve on the CSA Executive have more than two votes. nominations or self-nominate for voting in that license area.) Board from Feb. 1, 2016 to Jan. 30, CSA is seeking nominations for del - Executive Board delegate in that classi - Membership Classification balloting 2019. Candidates must be members in egates in accordance with the following fication. The Constitution requires that is handled by Central CSA. Ballots will good standing for sixty (60) days or breakdown: nominations and elections for delegates be mailed on Dec. 14, 2015. The com - more prior to the mailing date of the • Principal – Elementary: 5 votes – to the CSA Executive Board take place pleted ballots must be received by 5 PM, ballots, which is Dec. 14, 2015. 3 people within one month of the deadline for the close of business on Jan. 15, 2016. Executive Board members are selected • Principal – Middle/K-8: 3 votes – receipt of ballots for the election of CSA by a majority of votes cast. Alternates 2 people officers. That deadline this year is Dec. Executive Board: Community are selected on the basis of the next • Principal – High School & 14, 2015. School District and Borough largest number of votes cast. In case of Alternative HS: 3 votes – 2 people Therefore, it is requested that you a tie, the ballots are with both names • Principal – Special Schools: 1 vote submit nominations for membership High Schools Election are re-sent to members of that classifi - – 1 person classification delegates and alternates Procedures cation. Appeals of the process are • Assistant Principal – by Dec. 7, 2015 by 5 pm, the close of Both the nomination process and addressed in writing to the appointed Elementary/Middle: 13 votes – 7 business. the voting must be completed by Jan. Election Committee that makes a rec - people Submit names in nomination, by e- 15, 2016. Districts conduct their own ommendation to the Advisory • Assistant Principal – HS mail to [email protected] or in writ - elections for District Delegate(s) and Committee. The Executive Board will Supervision: 5 votes – 3 people ing to Erminia Claudio, Executive Alternate to the CSA Executive Board, make the final resolution. • Assistant Principal – HS Director, CSA, 40 Rector St., 12th Floor, Secretary and Treasurer. In accordance with the CSA Administration: 3 votes – 2 people New York, NY 10006-1729 . You must Constitution, every three years a census • Assistant Principal– Special include: * Note: There is no direct relationship is taken of the membership by license Education: 1 vote – 1 person a) your name, between being a member of a membership area and is used to determine delegate • Assistant Principal – Special b) title, classification and being a member of a pro - apportionment to the union’s Executive Schools & Citywide: 1 vote – 1 c) work site, fessional organization, e.g., the NY City Board in those categories. The census person d) e-mail address, Elementary School Principals’ Association. has been taken on the basis of member - • Supervisors of & Principals Adult e) CSA Executive Board Membership Professional associations have no official ship in good standing as of the close of Ed & Asst Coord Adult Ed: 1 vote Classification position for which you relationship with CSA or its voting process. 10 CSA NEWS Nov. 2015 The Welfare A Call to Leaders: Send Us Your Info From the Association of Assistant Principals whether membership dues are collected by CSA Douglas to the Latino Caucus, there are a host of profes - or paid directly by the member. Fund V. Hathaway sional organizations affiliated with the union that We are hoping to put together a comprehen - do solid work for their members and play vital sive directory in the Jan. issue of CSA News . role in the life of CSA. To help provide recognition and keep everyone up to date, send us your pro - Send an email to Chuck Wilbanks, chuck@csa- Home Health Aide fessional association's latest information, including nyc.org and Lynn Melfi, [email protected]. And don’t your officers, their contact information, a descrip - forget to send Chuck any announcements you need to tion of your mission, membership eligibility, and make in the CSA News. UESTION: I am a retired spe - cial education supervisor. My husband suffers from dementia or the beginning of Alzheimer’s Annual Event disease. He broke his hip, Qnecessitating surgery and hospitalization. I could not leave him alone in the hospi - tal – he tries to get out of bed, spills things,etc. Can I be reimbursed for the services of a home health aide even though he isn’t home? ANSWER: The purpose of our home health aide benefit is to help you cope with situations you have described. As far as we are concerned, home care is where the patient is. If you need medically justified assistance, and it Home care is obvious your husband does, we is where will provide the coverage if he is home, in the hospital, in a rehab the patient center or nursing home. The key is, is the service necessary? And is it is, so long being provided by a trained profes - sional? Remember also that if he is as the to be moved to a rehab center, the Fund will also reimburse the ambu - service is lance or ambulette costs since your Medicare or health plan does not. necessary DAN GOODMAN

UESTION: I am an active EA in the Bronx. I have been a member of the Healthplex dental program since I became Assistant Principals Conference: Qa CSA member many years ago. My dentist retired and sold his practice. I do not like the new dentist. What can I do? Educating the 21st Century Learner ANSWER: You have great timing. All three CSA Welfare Funds (CSA Welfare fund for in-service Department of BY STEFFANI FANNIZZI throughout the years. In addition, new Education participants, CSA Retiree Welfare Fund for Assistant Principals, and those members serv - Department of Education retirees, and DCC/CSA Welfare Fund n Oct. 17, The Association of Assistant ing five, ten, or fifteen years were also honored for Day Care directors and Assistant Directors and retirees) con - Principals (AAP) held its 73rd Annual by the Association. duct an open enrollment for dental programs each November. OConference; Educating the 21st Century The conference offered assistant principals You may select any dental plan available to participants in your Learner. CSA Executive Vice President, Mark and other school educators workshops for pro - fund (or in-service Department of Education, your choices are Cannizzaro, was honored, along with former fessional development and provided a pub - Healthplex and SIDS), and the change will take place effective SSP Coordinator, Dr. Nancy Westerband for lishers’ exhibit. The keynote speaker was Ann Jan. 1, 2016. You may choose a different Healthplex dentist their remarkable dedication to the students E. Burg, an award-winning author of children any time during the year. Please see accompanying description of NYC and their continuous support of AAP books. of each of these dental plans.

Open Enrollment Period: Dental Coverage Each November., as a member of the DCC/CSA Welfare Fund, CSA Welfare Fund or CSA Retiree Welfare Fund, you are afforded an opportunity to change your dental plan cov - erage for the next calendar year. Each plan is summarized below. If you wish to change your coverage for the new year, (beginning in Jan.) call (212) 962-6061 for a dental selec - tion form. If you do not wish to change your plan, do not do anything. 1: SIDS Dental Program (HMO) which offers you and eligible x-rays and exams. Basic services such as Members who enroll in either the Active and Retired Members. The SIDS dependents a unique arrangement that fillings are either free or at substantially Dentcare or Delta dental plan may administered CSA self insured dental pro - requires no claim forms or outlay of reduced fees. Major restorative services change primary care dentists during each gram offers you the choice of selecting monies (except for a $50 copay to cover such as crowns, bridgework, and ortho - annual enrollment period or at any time any dentist you desire. Reimbursement some lab charges for crowns and $125 dontic care will cost the member 50% or if they are dissatisfied with their dentist. is based on a specific schedule of set fees. for orthodontics). Members select a pri - less than the usual and customary charge In addition, a substantial number of den - mary care dentist from a list of providers. for these services. 4: Healthplex – S200 Florida tists have agreed to be participating The primary care dentist provides total The Delta Deltacare plan is a most Program providers and accept the CSA schedule dental care at no additional cost and, appropriate choice for members who For Retirees Only . Healthplex offers this of allowances as payment in full without when necessary, arranges for treatment reside in a geographic area in which there new option for those retirees perma - any additional charge to you (except a by participating specialists – for example are few or no SIDS participating dentists nently living in Florida. The new small co-payment where indicated in the surgery, endodontists, periodontists - also or Healthplex dentists. The panel of par - Healthplex S200 program covers more schedule). This plan provides reimburse - at no cost to the patient. Dentcare den - ticipating dentists is broad covering the procedures than the previous plan ment of dental costs with participating tists are private practitioners located states of Arizona, Florida, California, New offered with CompBenefits, and had a or non participating doctors. Using par - throughout New York, New Jersey and York, New Jersey, Washington D.C., greater number of participating ticipating dentists, however, will sub - Pennsylvania. Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Texas, providers. With over 2,300 participating stantially reduce a member's costs. Maryland, Massachusetts and Virginia. A providers plus hundreds of specialists in 3: Delta Dental - Deltacare listing of dentists in your geographic area Florida, you may select ANY participating 2: Healthplex Dentcare SIDS USA Plan 2A is available upon request. This plan provider without a referral. There are NY, NJ and PA, Active and Retired For Retirees Only. This is a dental HMO requires a minimum of 7 members in a defined co-payments for some proce - Members. The Healthplex Dentcare plan which provides cost free dental care state. If there are not at least 7 enrollees, dures, and no additional reimbursement Dental Program is a pre-paid dental plan for preventive services such as cleanings, the plan will not be available. is provided. Nov. 2015 CSA NEWS / Retiree Chapter 11

RETIREE Chapter CHAIR’S MESSAGE Gayle Lockett RC Regional Units Ready for Action! SUNCOAST QUEENS Suncoast will have it's first of two 2016 On Dec. 11 the Queens Unit is featuring a meetings on Jan. 26. Information will be mailed luncheon at Il Poeta, an Italian restaurant in his year’s federal, state and to just after Christmas. Our second, final 2016 Forest Hills. A flyer has been prepared with all local elections are behind us. meeting will be March 11. Norm Sherman will of the details. Also, our Book Club and Bridge Now, we must monitor the provide a Retiree Benefit Refresher Course and Clubs meet regularly throughout he year. So, actions – or inaction – of offi - a speaker from Mobile Physicians will discuss take advantage of our numerous activities at cials at every level and be MD home visits. More info will be provided at reduced rates for members. Further, you can Tready to take action. our Jan. meeting and in the March meeting download our enrollment/renewal form for Nowhere is this more imperative mailing. Remember, if you need assistance, call membership, keep up to date about our events, than with policies affecting our Social me at (941) 383-0408 . view all of our flyers and download our newslet - Security and Medicare benefits. A major —MIKE NEMOYTIN ters as well as read timely information from worry is whether Medicare officials will CSA on our website: www.csaqueens.org. You use their tremendous buying power to can also contact me with your questions at: significantly reduce the spiraling costs STATEN ISLAND [email protected] of drugs. We should have the same —LEONARD B. S TERMAN advantage as Medicaid, which obtains On Sept. 21, we held our annual BBQ at the We must major rebates from drug manufactur - Berlin Lodge. Members enjoyed coffee and ers. The biggest hurdle to that? Getting donuts on the veranda overlooking the lake. insist Congress to revise the 2003 Medicare State Sen. Diane Savino brought us up to date PENNSYLVANIA Modernization Act, which created the on political matters. To top off the day, our res - Congress Medicare prescription drug program. ident chef, Lou Greenzweig, cooked over open The newly established Pennsylvania Retiree All of us need to carefully follow the coals. Joining us were RC leader Gayle Lockett, Unit held its first meeting on Sept. 28, at the modernize presidential candidates’ solutions to Director Mark Brodsky, and Title TKTK Nancy Hideout in Lake Ariel, PA. Dr. Douglas this potentially serious and escalating Russo. Our holiday gala will be held Dec. 8 at Hathaway, Administrator of the CSA Welfare the 2003 financial problem. And it is a key rea - the Staten Island Hilton. Fund, was the guest speaker. Participants son that all RC members should con - —AL NIELSEN learned about the many benefits of being a Medicare tribute to CSA’s Political Action member of the Retiree Chapter and had the Committee. opportunity to have their questions answered. legislation Is this happening to someone you MANHATTAN A needs and interest assessment for planning know? According to AFSA more than of future events will be sent to Pennsylvania 160,000 retirees and 83,000 people Remember to send a copy of your registration retiree members within the next few weeks. receiving Social Security disability ben - form for CSA’s Nov. 14 conference to: Stanley H Please contact Denise Sandra Levinsky, Unit efits are seeing their Social Security checks garnished in order to Wilson, 400 E. 56 St., 8M, New York NY 10022 Leader, at [email protected] for more pay for their student loans. This is a horrendous public policy. so that you can receive your $15. rebate. information on the unit. For many people, Social Security helps cover their basic needs of —STANLEY WILSON —DENISE LEVINSKY housing and food. For more information contact The Action Network of AFSA, [email protected] What’s New Bravo to the new steering committee in Northern New Jersey for successfully holding their second planning session. Mark Upcoming: RC Elections Jacobi volunteered to be the unit leader. After establishing this unit, we will move on to Connecticut, where we may form our eighteenth unit. For our members who are not geographically Nominations and the election of CSA Retiree Chapter officers and Executive Board located in an area with enough members to form a unit, the 3-5 shall be held within one month of the last acceptable date for ballots for election of year planning committee, chaired by Joe Rosenberg, the RC the CSA officers as enumerated in Article VI, Section 1 of the CSA Constitution. Executive Vice Chair, is working on a tentatively named “Out of Bounds” unit to better serve members. Retiree Chapter officers are: Chairperson, First Vice Chair, Second Vice Chair, We are investigating the feasibility of developing and linking Treasurer and Secretary. The Executive Board shall consist of the officers, 20 elected unit websites to the RC website. Also, we are discussing how members and six alternates. The present Executive Board will approve the selection of modern technology can be used to enhance keeping our mem - an election committee appointed by the Chair. Further information will be in the Nov. bers informed on political issues and concerns as well as social issue of the CSA News. events. • • • ust a reminder: if you change your main address, email address, and telephone or cell phone numbers, you need to Jnotify the RC and the Welfare Fund offices to ensure that your contact information is updated. If you live for several Welcome New Chapter Members months at at an address different than your main address, please Cruz, Maria Livanis, Olga Rosales, Leslie Tobman-Michelen, tell us where and how long you are temporarily relocated. Darrigo, Barbara Mcclain, Deborah Rosenbloom, Brian Rhonda Thank you to our veteran’s, past and present, who are our Fairweather, Gary Neil, Faye Sundick, Robin Vellucci, Barbara Kavanagh, Andrew Pisacano, Anthony Thompson, Sharon Walsh, Christine heroes! Wishing you a healthy, inspirational and happy Thanksgiving! Save the Date There will be a Nov. general membership meeting at the NY Hilton on November 14. For a list of current officers and Executive Board members, visit the CSA web - site, www.csa-nyc.org. Click on the Retiree Chapter. t l l n f d b G T i o h o M i c e e r n o a r h

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