NYC Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit Newsletter – July 31, 2023

ASSESSMENT AND TESTING STUDENT & SCHOOL PERFORMANCE

NYC’s 5th and 8th graders must take spring’s state tests on computers. Are schools ready? By Eliana PerozoJul 26, 2023, 5:34pm EDT Last spring, 100,000 students statewide ditched pen and paper for computers for their state testing; 16,300 of them were New York City students. The state will phase in computer-based testing until 2026 when all …

Reminder! D28/QSHS/QHSPC: PA/PTA Professional Development: PA/PTA Roles & Responsibilities: A660 overview (August 9th) Funciones y Responsabilidades de Las Asociaciones de Padres y las escuelas: descripción general de las regulaciones del cancilleres A-660 (August 10th)

Good morning District 28 / QHSPC Parent Leaders, Friendly reminder: We will be offering our PA/PTA summer professional development session: PA/PTA Roles & Responsibilities: A-660 overview.  This same session will be offered twice: Wednesday August 9th 2023 at 9:30 am and 6 pm. Additionally, it will be conducted in Spanish on Thursday August 10th at 9:30 am. See email below for …

News and Notes from Commissioner Betty A. Rosa

News and Notes July 2023 Dear Colleagues, I hope you are enjoying plenty of much-deserved fun and rest this summer. I know that as educators, we never stop thinking about our students and ways to improve the learning process. The State Education Department and Board of Regents have already turned our attention to the upcoming …

CPAC’s August Monthly Meeting.

Topic: CPAC General Membership MeetingTime: August 10, 2023, 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Please join us as an observer.  All are welcomed!The meeting will be livestreamed on CPAC’s YouTube channel CPAC NYC – YouTubeReminder: For the purposes of voting on any CPAC business, only the voting members/designee of your district who is eligible to vote shall be seated …

CUE Teen Collective After School Arts Program 2023-24

Hi there, I’m reaching out from CUE Art Foundation, a non-profit arts organization based in Chelsea, to let you know that we recently released applications for the 2023-24 class of our CUE Teen Collective, an after school arts program for NYC high school students that I have been leading for the past six years. You should have …

(HYBRID MEETING) Citywide Council on Special Education Hybrid Annual/Business Meeting – Thursday, August 3, 2023 6:30 pm (HYBRID MEETING)

Citywide Council on Special Education  Annual-Business Meeting (Hybrid) Thursday, August 3, 2022 6:30 p.m. *In Person Tweed Courthouse, 52 Chambers Street – 2nd fl. Conf. Rm  New York, N.Y 10007 *Please register in advance (by noon August 3) at ccse@schools.nyc.gov, if you plan to attend in person. Space is very limited. Otherwise you can join via …

Administrative Assistant to the Community & Citywide Education Council Vacancies

Vacancy Details Position Type: Administrative and Central Office   Office Title/Functional Title: Administrative Assistant to the Community & Citywide Education Council – 21967 Civil Service Title: Administrative Assistant to Community Education Council (DOE)   Level: N/A   Division/Office: Division of Family and Community Engagement and External Affairs   Borough: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island …

FYI – Updated DOE Org Chart and Leadership Descriptions

https://www.schools.nyc.gov/docs/default-source/default-document-library/central-org-structure-accessible.pdf DOE Leadership and Offices Meet the Chancellor and Deputy Chancellors who lead the New York City Department of Education David C. Banks, Chancellor David C. Banks is Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, the largest school system in the nation. Appointed on January 1, 2022, he is the former President and CEO …