S3: Ep 55: Teacher Diversity Series Part 2 – Highlighted Organizations
Amplify Good
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Greece Central School District:
Serving a student population of 10,775 students in 17 schools in grades PreK-12, Greece Central is the largest suburban school district in Monroe County and the tenth-largest district in New York State. The Greece Central School District serves most of the Town of Greece. The Greece Central School District was created in July 1928, but schools existed in the area before the Town was established in 1822.
Vision:
We are committed to building a culture of high standards, engagement and supportive relationships. We provide equitable access to opportunities for all students to pursue their full potential and become healthy, productive citizens who are actively involved in their communities.
Core Beliefs:
We believe in placing Students First
Our student's strengths, values, and opinions are at the forefront of our work.
We believe in Equity and Access
Our students have access to high quality schools, innovative programs and necessary supports and we strive to remove all barriers that interfere with student success.
We believe in Striving for Excellence
Our environment cultivates excellence by utilizing each student, parent, employee and community partner talents, strengths and skills.
We believe in establishing Coherence
Our strategies and efforts are aligned, focused, and connected in order to ensure system-wide understanding and success.
We believe in establishing Collaboration
All students, parents, employees and community partners communicate and work together for excellence and success.
We believe in inviting Voice
Our students, parents, and community member's contributions, opinions, questions and concerns are valued and drive our work.
National Parent Leadership Institute (NPLI):
The National Parent Leadership Institute is a nonpartisan, parent-centered, and anti-racist organization that partners with parents and communities to equip families with the civic skills, knowledge, and opportunities to be leading advocates for children at home, school, and in the community.
We are pioneers in developing the field of parent leadership by embracing a cross-race, cross-class, parent-informed and pro-social learning approach to building parents as a constituency for community and recognizing children as the beneficiaries.
Mission:
We work with parents, public agencies, community organizations, local and state governments, foundations, and more to increase parent leadership, parent partnership, and parent voice at decision making tables, in order to create more caring communities for children. We support and celebrate PLTI alumni as they continue their leadership journey. We partner with Connecticut and Colorado in supporting their State-wide PLTI Initiatives We provide technical assistance to communities across the country as they support new cohorts of parent leaders, and as they work to build capacity within systems and staff to partner with parents.
NYU Center for Policy Research:
The Center for Policy, Research, and Evaluation (PRE) conducts applied research and evaluation studies focused on promoting positive educational outcomes for youth, and understanding the influence of both schools and communities on those outcomes. Its goal is to use research to inform educational policies and practices at federal, state, local, and programmatic levels.
Mission:
Our mission is to make research and evaluation for education that is action-oriented, liberating, accessible, and results in more equitable systems, policies, and practices.
Recognizing that research is often used as a tool of domination, we believe in the reclamation of research tools to illuminate marginalized truths, stories, and experiences.
We pursue our mission:
in solidarity with youth, parents, educators, and communities that have been historically marginalized by oppression;
collaboratively with researchers and practitioners from universities and community-based organizations;
using a critical lens in our work and in our own personal development;
with culturally responsive quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods;
through rigorous and thoughtful work that affirms humanity.
Too often, parents’ opinions go unheard. Many parents lack the tools of civic engagement, the know-how of working in systems, but not the motivation or will to change their children’s lives. PLTI provides parents with the necessary skills to lead change for the next generation.
Mission:
The mission of the Greater Rochester Parent Leadership Training Institute is to build bridges and advocacy skills to support parents becoming leading advocates for children.
Parents’ opinions are often unheard. They lack the skills, but not the motivation or will to change their children’s lives.
St. John Fisher University School of Education:
The School of Education provides programs that prepare education professionals for teaching and leadership certifications and careers in schools, elementary through high school. Our Ed.D. in Executive Leadership program extends our purpose to prepare leaders at the doctoral level in higher education, health care, non-profit, public sector, corporate, and other service organizations.
Mission:
The mission of the School of Education at Fisher is to provide a quality educational experience that prepares candidates for distinguished careers in their chosen profession and for leadership roles in a diverse, rapidly changing, and increasingly technological society. To this end, we seek to:
Prepare highly capable and ethically responsible professional educators who are committed to improving educational conditions, opportunities, and outcomes for all students.
Prepare candidates who share the belief that all students can and will learn.
Prepare candidates who understand educational theory, research, best practices and the use of various technologies, and how to apply this knowledge in diverse school settings and communities.
Prepare candidates to meet University, state, and national standards and requirements for graduation and certification
Goals:
University-wide Pillar One: Intellectual Vitality
School of Education Goal 1 — Amend the initial undergraduate program so that more teacher candidates (new and transfer) can finish in 4 years
School of Education Goal 2 — Conduct curriculum review/revision based on data and/or CAEP accreditation reports
School of Education Goal 3 — Achieve national recognition from all Specialty Professional Associations (SPAs) for each content-area certification
University-wide Pillar Two: Holistic Approaches to Student Development
School of Education Goal 1 — Adapt to new resources to create and implement one Candidate Support System
University-wide Three: Equity, Inclusion, Community
School of Education Goal 1 — Increase enrollment of diverse teacher candidates
School of Education Goal 2 — Increase retention of diverse teacher candidates
School of Education Goal 3 — Respond to diversity needs of the community and increase retention and recruitment in all programs
School of Education Goal 4 — Amend initial undergraduate program to increase diverse enrollment for new and transfer students
University-wide Pillar Four: Community Engagement
School of Education Goal 1 — Develop and sustain community partnerships to support teacher and leadership needs
School of Education Goal 2 — Collaborate with completers to address P-12 student learning impact
School of Education Goal 3 — Implement assessment and TK20 skill development and training for internal and external stakeholders
University-wide Pillar Five: Institutional Excellence and Effectiveness
School of Education Goal 1 — Improve governance, reporting and communication processes
Links:
Greece Central School District
Greece CSD SEPTA (Special Education Parent Teacher Association)
NYU Center for Policy Research
RCSD East HS Teaching and Learning Institute (TLI)
Regional Equity Network
Rochester City School District
St. John Fisher University School of Education
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