Symposium for Selected Schools June 20, 2013 The Downtown Association

WELCOMING REMARKS
Hector Calderon Director of Organizational Learning Expanded Success Initiative New York City Department of Education

HIP-HOP DEBATER
Tyler Anderson ACORN Community High School

WELCOMING REMARKS
Paul Forbes Director, Expanded Success Initiative New York City Department of Education

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Geoffrey Canada President and CEO Harlem Childrens Zone

BUDGET AND CONTRACTING POLICY UPDATES

Charisse Taylor Associate Director, Expanded Success Initiative New York City Department of Education

BUDGET and CONTRACTING POLICY UPDATES

In an effort to better support ESI schools, there are several updates to the Contracting and Budget policies for schools and partner organizations: Some changes include: Schools will receive a snapshot of their FPS budget quarterly during the school year. New contracting procedures for consultants. New contracting and budget timelines.

BUDGET SNAPSHOT

Contracting with External Partners

There are now 92 RFL Approved Organizations.

The list of organizations with contact information, approval areas, and full applications describing the approved service areas, is on the Information about Partners page on the ESI wiki.

The process for contracting consultants has changed.

If a school wishes to contract with an organization/ consultant that is not on the List of RFL Approved Organizations, schools will be required to provide justification for using that partner. A formalized process for exemption is currently in progress.

New Contracting & Budgeting Timelines

Schools will receive budget allocations for the entire school year in September 2013. Schools will receive a calendar with contracting and budget deadlines for SY 2013-2014. Please share this calendar with
your AP of Organization/ Business Managers/ Purchasing Secretaries.

Please review the new Contracting and Expense Policies Guide.

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SUMMER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

Hector Calderon Director of Organizational Learning Expanded Success Initiative New York City Department of Education

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Professional Learning

This Summer, the ESI team will continue to create a Professional Learning community amongst all 40 ESI Schools. We would like to shift the focus to developing strategies that promote strong Academic and Personal Behaviors for all students, including Black and Latino young men. Summer Conversation Series will be held at Open Society Institute & 333 7th ave
Monday, July 15th (2:00 PM 5:00 PM) Open Society Institute 224 west 57th street What are they? How can we teach them? How can we measure them? Monday, July 22th (2:00 PM 5:00 PM) Open Society Institute 224 west 57th street Culturally Responsive approaches to Academic and Personal Behavior Monday, July 29th (2:00 PM 5:00 PM) 333 7th Ave, 7th Floor Creating a College-going Culture: Dispatches from the field

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Culturally Responsive Education Series

Throughout the summer, four providers will offer three or four day trainings that focus on culturally responsive educational techniques and approaches to build institutional capacity among the adults in your school who work with and support Black and Latino young men. Principals are asked to select the provider that the school plans to work with and are invited to send up to five staff members to that training.
The Efficacy Institute July 9th-12th Scholastic 557 Broadway btw Prince and Spring Streets The Metropolitan Center for Urban Education July 16th-19th NYC Seminar and Conference Center, 71 West 23rd Street The Brotherhood / Sister Sol July 17th-19th NYC Seminar and Conference Center, 71 West 23rd Street Michelle Knight August 5th-8th Teachers College, Columbia University

For more information and to register, Visit the ESI wiki at http://esinyc.wikispaces.com

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Other Professional Learning Opportunities

College Access Training for Leaders August 1st NYC Seminar and Conference Center, 71 West 23rd Street All ESI principals should attend to prepare systems that will increase college access for Black and Latino young men. This will be facilitated by Goddard Options program School Time Lab August 13th Location TBD Learning how to program for 4 years of college access.

For more information and to register, Visit the ESI wiki at http://esinyc.wikispaces.com

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WORLD CAF
Hector Calderon Director of Organizational Learning Expanded Success Initiative New York City Department of Education

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WORLD CAF
1: At your table, decide who will be the host school and this trio will remain at the table. Someone from the host trio is responsible for keeping time and ensuring that there is equal air time across schools. The host should pause to ask clarifying questions. 2. There will be 3 rounds of questions, the first two lasting 20 minutes and the last round will last 25 minutes. Each of the rounds will focus on a different aspect of the goals of ESI. 3. Please treat this as an opportunity for dialogue and sharing across schools. Refer to the handout that is an ideas catcher for your convenience. We also hope this will be a way to collaborate and learn together. Be open to new ideas. When you switch, do not travel with the same schools.
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Despite gains in graduation rates, the college and career readiness index for Black and Latino young men has remained relatively flat.
Male Graduation Rate
100% 100% 90% 80% 70% 60%

Males Meeting College Readiness Index (CRI*)

Our Challenge

90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40%

50%
40% 30% 20%

30%
20% 10% 0% 2005 2006 2007 White 2008 2009 2010 2011 Asian Black Hispanic

10%
0% 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Asian

White

Black

Hispanic

*College Readiness Index Percentage of students in the Class of 2011 (all students who entered high school four years earlier) who met the standards for passing out of remedial coursework at the City University of New York (CUNY): o graduated by August with a Regents diploma, and o earned a 75 or higher on the English Regents or scored 480 or higher on the Critical Reading SAT, and o earned an 80 or higher on one Math Regents and completed coursework in Algebra II / Trigonometry or higher level, or scored 480 or higher on the Math SAT.

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ROUND 1: YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

What has been a successful strategy around youth development and engagement among Black and Latino young men in the 9th grade? What were the steps that you took to implement the strategy? How did this strategy lead to increased attendance and reduced suspensions? What other outcomes did you measure to assess the impact of this strategy?

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ROUND 2: SCHOOL CULTURE

What have you done to build the cultural competence and change the mindsets of the adults in your school community as they plan for college readiness for Black and Latino young men? What were the steps that you took to develop culture? How do you know that you have been successful? How will this work evolve next year?

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College and career readiness varies by subgroup, in part, because of racial differences in higher-level course taking
85%

Algebra II Regents Exam Taking by Race and Gender

74%

24 pts. 61% 55% 57% 29 pts. 45%

36 pts.

35 pts.

19%

22%

Asian Males

Black Males % of Group Taking Algebra II Regents Exam

Hispanic Males % Eligible

White Males

Chart includes all Progress Report Class of 2009 students. Eligible is defined as having taken and passed the Math A Regents with a 65 or higher previous to senior year of high school. Algebra II Regents is defined as either the Math B or Algebra II Regents.

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ROUND 3: RIGOROUS ACADEMICS

Given that 90 percent of a young persons time in school is spent in class in front a teacher, how are you approaching the instructional changes needed to support academic development of Black and Latino young men? We also know that college readiness is defined largely by some external benchmarks in math and ELA. In math especially, we know that Black and Latino young men do not have access to higher-level courses that prepare them for college. What have you done with 9th graders that shows promise and how are you measuring this? How will you focus on math next year?

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THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT

Visit the ESI wiki at http://esinyc.wikispaces.com

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