Updated SLT NYCDOE Training Sessions

School Leadership Team Training
The Office for Family Engagement and Advocacy will offer borough-wide, two hour trainings for School Leadership Teams in March. All sessions will be convened from 5:00-7:00 p.m. The sessions being offered: 1- CEP and Data; 2- Working through CEP and Budget Alignment; and 3- Consensus and “No-Fault” Decision-making. We recommend that whole teams attend trainings with the Principal; however, individual members are welcome to attend alone.

Please advise members to pre-register for the training online. If you know of a team member who is interested in attending training and will require interpretation services, or is having trouble registering and needs to speak to someone, please call 212-374-4118 (M-F, 9AM - 5PM).

Borough
Date
Location
Time

Bronx
3/8/2010
Bronx HS of Science
75 West 205 Street
Bronx, NY 10468
5PM - 7PM

Brooklyn
3/9/2010
MS 113
300 Adelphi Street
Brooklyn, NY 11205
5PM - 7PM

Manhattan
3/16/2010
PS 30
144-176 East 128th Street
New York, NY 10035
5PM - 7PM

Queens
3/17/2010
Queens HS of Teaching Liberal
Arts and The Sciences
74-20 Commonwealth Blvd
Queens, NY 11426
5PM - 7PM

Brooklyn/Staten Island
3/18/2010
TBD
5PM - 7PM



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CEPs now on School Web Portals for viewing

According to the Office of School Improvement, 2008-2009 Comprehensive Educational Plans(CEPs) are on the school's DOE web portal. Go to schools.nyc.gov and type in your school number which will take you to the school portal.Click on "statistics" and scroll down to Comprehensive Educational Plan 2008-2009.

However, in a random check of twenty five schools,sixty percent (15) did not have the CEP listed. The Office of School Improvement responded that three of the schools did have the CEP listed but the other twelve did not and they were determining if those schools submitted a 2008-2009 CEP.

The Office of School Improvement will be posting 2009-2010 CEP's starting this month.It is required under NYS Education Law.

If your school portal does not have its 2008-2009 CEP posted, please contact Sharon Rencher (srenche@schools.nyc.gov)from the Office of School Improvement.

In addition, contact Ms. Rencher for inquiries concerning the template for the 2010-2011 CEP. SLT's should be developing the 2010-2011 CEP and then aligning the school budget when it is allocated around April.

SLT Member Survey for Biennial Review Process

The Biennial Review survey is important to provide information to each district concerning how well SLTs are functioning according to State mandates.Each district then has to send its report to the State.It is important as a School Leadership Team member to be honest in your responses so that the problems concerning our SLTs can be documented.

The link to the survey is: schools.nyc.gov/offices/ofea/biennialreview. The deadline for submission is January 15.

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Biennial Review Survey

Dear School Leadership Team Member,

In accordance with Commissioner’s Regulation 100.11, an evaluation of SLTs will be performed every two years as part of a Biennial Review process. This survey has been designed for you by our office in consultation with District Leadership Team (DLT) members to provide candid information about the overall effectiveness of School Leadership Teams (SLTs) and your experience as a member of a team. Your full participation in team activities ensures that stakeholder voices are heard and considered in the important work of educational planning and shared decision-making at the local school level.

The questions in this survey correspond to DLT priorities as outlined in Commissioner’s Regulation 100.11. With your responses, DLTs will collect and process information from each school, allowing a fair assessment of district-wide implementation of the regulation based on actual team member feedback. The next Biennial Review must be completed by February 2010.

Please begin completing your survey by clicking the link to your district below. All surveys must be submitted by January 15, 2010 to ensure that DLTs have sufficient time to review the data and complete their review.

Thank you for your ongoing commitment to the children in our school communities!

Sincerely,


Martine Guerrier

Chief Family Engagement Officer

If you are aware of a team member who needs a translated version of the survey please email: ofea@schools.nyc.gov.

School Leadership Team Borough-Wide Training Sessions

School Leadership Team TrainingThe Office for Family Engagement and Advocacy will be offering borough-wide, two hour trainings for School Leadership Teams in January. The sessions will cover the Roles and Responsibilities of School Leadership Teams; Organization and Bylaws; Meeting Management; Consensus-Based Decision-Making. We recommend that teams attend training together, however individual members are welcome to attend. This training will satisfy the mandatory training required by Chancellor's Regulation A-655.To register for the training, call 212-374-2434 (this is an RSVP line only, messages are checked twice daily) or email Emccall2@schools.nyc.gov. Should you require to speak to someone, please call 212-374-4118. Additional training dates will be added for February (dates and training locations will be updated as soon as they are confirmed).
Borough
Date
Location
Time
Manhattan
1/12/10
Food and Finance High School525 West 50th Street, NY NY 10019
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Queens
1/13/10
P.S. 65 103-22 99th Street, Queens, NY 11417
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Bronx
1/19/10
Theodore Roosevelt Educational Campus500 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Brooklyn
1/20/10
Brooklyn High School of the Arts345 Dean StreetBrooklyn, NY 11217
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Staten Island
1/21/10
The Michael J Petrides School715 Ocean Terrace, Staten Island, NY 10301
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm.

Should anyone need further clarification, please contact the Office For Family Engagement & Advocacy (OFEA) @ 212-374-2323.

Thanks
Office for Family Engagement & Advocacy

Central Office(212) 374-2323ofea@schools.nyc.govMartine GuerrierChief Family Engagement Officeraskmartine@schools.nyc.gov



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School Leadership Team Training Session

School Leadership Team Training http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/OFEA/default.htmThe Office for Family Engagement and Advocacy will be offering borough-wide, two hour trainings for School Leadership Teams in January. The sessions will cover the Roles and Responsibilities of School Leadership Teams; Organization and Bylaws; Meeting Management; Consensus-Based Decision-Making. We recommend that teams attend training together, however individual members are welcome to attend. This training will satisfy the mandatory training required by Chancellor's Regulation A-655.To register for the training, call 212-374-2434 (this is an RSVP line only, messages are checked twice daily) or email Emccall2@schools.nyc.gov. Should you require to speak to someone, please call 212-374-4118. Additional training dates will be added for February (dates and training locations will be updated as soon as they are confirmed).
Borough
Date
Location
Time



Queens
1/13/10
P.S. 65 103-22 99th Street, Queens, NY 11417
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Summary of Changes to B-801 (School Based Budgeting)

Principals must consult with their SLT in developing the budget. The SLT must align the budget with the CEP. SLTs can request training and technical support for its budget responsibilities.


SUMMARY OF CHANGES
This regulation updates and supersedes Chancellor’s Regulation B-801 dated June 14, 1999.
Changes:
Reflects structural changes implemented following 2002 and 2009 amendments to the Education Law.
Eliminates those sections of the previous version of B-801 dealing with the budget request process and the process of approving the overall Department budget pursuant to Education Law § 2590-q.
Eliminates deadline for issuance of proposed allocation formulas to CECs and superintendents in order to maximize the time for the formulas to be finalized prior to their release (page 1, § I.A).
Creates process by which school principals, school leadership teams ("SLTs"), and community superintendents ensure that a school’s budget is aligned with its Comprehensive Education Plan ("CEP") in compliance with the requirements imposed by the 2009 amendment to the Education Law.
The revised process begins after the Mayor’s Executive Budget ("MEB") is released. The preliminary total budget set forth in the MEB is allocated among individual schools based on the allocation formulas (pages 1-2, § I.B).
The principal of each school, in consultation with the school’s SLT and school community, creates a school-based budget detailing how the school plans to spend its allocated funds (page 2, § II.A).
Principals also create a written justification demonstrating that the school-based budget is aligned with the school’s CEP. If the other members of the SLT reach a consensus that the budget is not aligned with the CEP, the SLT may submit a rebuttal. The justification and rebuttal (if any) are then given to the community superintendent. The superintendent can either approve the school-based budget, or order it to be modified to bring them into alignment with the CEP (page 3, § II.A).
The school-based budgets are then aggregated at the district level and approved by the Chancellor. The aggregated budgets and the Department’s administrative budget are then submitted to the Panel for Educational Policy for its approval (pages 3-4, § II.B).
Streamlines process by which principals and superintendents comment on proposed changes to the capital plan (page 4, § II.C). Previously, each superintendent was required to submit an annual capital needs assessment to the Chancellor. Under the revised regulation, the School Construction Authority does the initial work of drafting the proposed changes, and principals and community superintendents are invited to submit comments.
Clarifies data to be included in Financial Status Reports and School and District-based Reports (pages 4-5, §§ III.A, III.B). The previous regulation included references to categories of information that were overlapping or unclear. The new regulation clarifies these requirements.

When reasonably requested, the Chancellor or his/her designee shall provide training and technical support to SLT members or members of the school community in order to support their participation in the school-based budget development process.

Summary of proposed changes to A-655 Regulation on School Leadership Teams

This is a summary of the new A-655 Chancellor's Regulation for School Leadership Teams. It incorporates changes in the recent School Governance Law. One area of contention is in the clause that the principal makes the final determination on the CEP if consensus can not be reached after appropriate intervention. This appears to conflict with the law (2590-h(15))as the principal is a SLT member, and therefore should not have final determination.Comment period is until January 25th. Comments can be sent to SLTpolicy@schools.nyc.gov.


http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6CD79BF3-24B6-46D6-BA23-79309DA56B60/73820/A655121109.pdf

SUMMARY OF CHANGES
This regulation supersedes Chancellor’s Regulation A-655 dated December 3, 2007.
Changes:

The SLT is responsible for developing the school’s Comprehensive Educational Plan (CEP) and ensuring that it is aligned with the school-based budget. (Page 1, Section II.)
SLTs must use a consensus-based decision-making process as their primary means of decision-making. (Page 7, Section VIII.)
The principal is responsible for developing the school-based budget, after consulting with the SLT, and ensuring that it is aligned with the CEP. (Page 1, Section II.A.)
To ensure the alignment of the CEP and the school-based budget, the principal shall provide to the SLT appropriate reports from Galaxy. (Page 1, Section II.A.)
The principal determines that the school-based budget is aligned with the CEP and sends justification to the superintendent. (Page I, Section II.A.)
SLT members, other than the principal, may provide a response to the justification if they reach a consensus that they disagree with the principal’s justification that the school-based budget is aligned with the CEP, and that the principal’s proposed budget is inconsistent with the goals and policies set forth in the CEP. The superintendent must then make a determination. (Page 1, Section II.A.)
If the SLT cannot reach agreement on the CEP, it should seek assistance from the District Leadership Team (DLT) or the community or high school superintendent. If no agreement can be reached following assistance, then the principal makes the final determination on the CEP. (Page 1, Section II; also Page 7, Section VIII.)
Support is provided to SLTs and DLTs by parent engagement staff or superintendents. (Page 1, Section II; also Page 7, Section VIII.)
SLT meetings, which must take place at least once a month during the school year, must take place on school or DOE premises. (Page 7, Section VII.)
Notice of SLT meetings must be provided in a form consistent with the open meetings law. (Page 7, Section VII.)
The SLT must be consulted prior to the appointment of a principal or assistant principal candidate to the school. (Page 7, Section X.)
The SLT shall provide to the superintendent an annual assessment of the principal’s record of developing an effective shared decision-making relationship with SLT members. (Page 2, Section II.B.)
Parent members of the CEC (and in an election year, candidates for the CEC) may serve as parent members of an SLT in the school their child attends. (Page 3, Section III.C.b.1.)

The SLT may amend its by-laws, if necessary. (Page 4, Section IV.B.)
The superintendent (or designee) will consult with the SLT regarding any school restructuring plans. The SLT shall participate in the joint public hearing regarding proposals to close a school or make significant changes in school utilization. (Pages 7-8, Section X.B.)
The DLT develops the District Comprehensive Educational Plan (DCEP), which includes annual goals and objectives for the district aligned with the Chancellor’s goals. (Pages 5-6, Section V.A.)
The Central Plan for school-based planning and shared decision making incorporates the individual district 100.11 plans adopted by the DLTs as well as the procedures set forth in this Regulation. The Office of School Improvement is responsible for maintaining copies of each district’s plan and for compiling them into the Central Plan. (Pages 5-6, Section V.A.)
A citywide high school subcommittee will be formed to meet on a monthly basis to review relevant data and identify issues impacting student performance at the high school level and will report on a monthly basis to the DLTs. (Page 6, Section V.C.)
Each SLT must provide a list of its members and a copy of its current by-laws to the DLT annually, by October 31. (Page 9, Section XII.)
Each DLT must provide a list of all SLT member names from the schools in the district and a list of its own members and by-laws to the Chief Family Engagement Officer annually, by November 15. (Page 9, Section XII.)
Parents may file grievances regarding the election of parents to serve on the SLT in the school their child attends within 7 school days of the election. (Page 9, Section XIV.B.)
Parents may appeal grievance decisions to the Chancellor (c/o The Office of Legal Services) within 10 days of receipt of the superintendent’s decision. (Page 9, Section XIV.C
) school based management teams developed pursuant to paragraph 26 (b) of this subdivision shall possess the following powers and duties: 27 (i) develop an annual school comprehensive educational plan [that is 28 aligned with] AND CONSULT ON THE SCHOOL-BASED BUDGET PURSUANT TO SECTION 29 TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-R OF THIS ARTICLE. SUCH SCHOOL COMPREHENSIVE 30 EDUCATIONAL PLAN SHALL BE DEVELOPED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF 31 THE SCHOOL-BASED BUDGET SO THAT IT MAY INFORM THE DECISION-MAKING PROC- 32 ESS AND RESULT IN THE ALIGNMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL PLAN 33 AND the [school based] SCHOOL-BASED budget FOR THE ENSUING SCHOOL YEAR.