Center For Educational Innovation

Public School Consulting- Includes customized services, technical assistance, school improvement planning and implementation, leadership development and content area support to superintendents, school leaders, teacher teams, coaches, teachers, and all members of the school community. By design, with aligment to the mission, with a renewed focus on equity and innovation, experienced team members work to build capacity to create the model schools their children need to succeed. Service is delivered in a multitude of modalities including mentoring and coaching, facilitated professional learning in small and large groups, modeling and delivering leadership development and pedagogical support in all content areas tp ensure for improved teaching and learning with measured improvements in student achievement and all areas of the school community.

Other programs - include school improvement activities through our field supportservices, grant funded academic and enrichment services such as NYC Immigrant andCASA funded enrichment and NYC DYCD Summer Rising, which are all consistent with themission of the Organization. The Organization is now a lead agency with contractsfor two NYC Community Schools. This citywide school improvement strategy supports services delivered by the lead agency, community partners and the school community.This organization's mission is aligned to this initiative and with a focus onacademic improvement, provides comprehensive support in all areas, aligned with thetraditional school day, coordinating all programs and services, and infuses itsphilosophy, with a focus on equity and innovation, to develop model communityschools in all neighborhoods. The Community Schools program supports the wholechild and the childs family, with learning both inside and outside of the classroom. The Organization supports the staffing to identify and coordinate all partnerships,delivery of direct academic and enrichment service including elements of ProjectBOOST, professional learning for school staff as well as all partners and theirstaff, the greater school community including parents. The lead agency works toseamlessly bridge the school day with before, during, and after school support tothe entire school community with strong measurable outcomes in all areas of childdevelopment, community, family engagement and academic achievement. This is amulti-year contract with the NYC Department of Education with potential for growthin the future.1) META/Meridian - CEIs Meridian (formerly META) program is funded by an Assistancefor Arts Education (AAE) $6M five-year grant awarded in 2021 by the Office ofElementary and Secondary Education of the United States Department of Education.Meridian is a professional learning program for K-5 teachers of students withdisabilities in New York City (NY), Rochester (NY), San Juan (PR), Baltimore (MD)and Bridgeport (CT). The program builds on the success of the Organizations ETAprogram and expands its scope by utilizing an art integrated, differentiatedcurriculum, and providing teachers with workshops, PLC sessions and modeling. Thecurriculum includes innovative projects in music and visual art that teach literacy and math and strengthen SEL skills. There are six versions of every project andmaterials include, curriculum maps, lessons, implementation slide decks, modelingvideos, resources, and materials, and supporting documents. Meridian also includes(1) training classroom teachers to be teacher leaders in arts integration and tofacilitate PLC sessions; (2) hosting national annual conferences to disseminate thework; and (3) building a digital repository of all curricular materials.2) Charter Schools - Given the history of the Organization and its foundersinfluence in the development of Charter School Law, Charter School Support remainsone of the main programs of the Organization.Following several cycles of federal funding sunsetting, the Organization continuesto support charter Boards and school leaders via school-based contracts and grantfunding to become highly effective and grow successful charter schools in three keyareas:Educational SuccessOrganizational SoundnessFaithfulness to Charter and LawWith alignment to the mission and continued focus on school transformation, theOrganization continues to support the development of new charters, lead the renewalof charters, and explore and lead the expansion of charter schools. TheOrganization continues its support of struggling charter schools with schoolimprovement planning and implementation. With several long-term whole school reformprojects and multiple short-term engagements, the Organization continues its focus on leadership development, supporting improved performance as well as compliancewith autonomy to achieve continuous academic improvement with alignment to publicschool accountability in all areas. The Organizations team of experts work closelywith Charter School leadership and Boards in all areas of the NYS performanceframework: student performance, teaching and learning, culture, climate and studentand family engagement, financial condition, financial management, Board oversightand governance, organizational capacity, mission and key design elements,enrollment, retention and retention, and legal compliance.