In this workshop, participants will explore the role of the Educational Administrator in the New York City, Department of Education by defining the work of the EA, analyzing the Tenure Decision Framework, identifying the various ways EAs support schools, providing support for the social emotional side of being an EAs and identifying resources to design […]

Equitable Access to Supportive School & Classroom Environments (School Climate, Academic Supports, Perceptions of Safety, Discipline…) - Dr. Elam facilitates a 3-hour interactive stand-alone workshops to discuss research and implement turn-around strategies and evidence-based equitable practices. Administrators will build capacity to increase their effectiveness in professional development and/or strategic plans that address High-Leverage Priorities/Problems (HLP) […]

The 2024-2025 Annual Evaluation Process for APs and EAs:  Completing the Annual Pedagogical Supervisory Personnel Report Evaluation instruments and procedures for Assistant Principals, EA’s and Supervisors Of, vary greatly within the Department of Education and within respective Districts.  Self-assessing and goal setting are key to promoting self-growth, leadership effectiveness, and to improving overall job performance.  This […]

Description:  This workshop provides participants with a review of what every administrator should know about the tenure decision-making process. Participants will learn key terms, how tenure decisions are made, tenure outcomes, what documents may be used to support submission of tenure evidence, as well as how to develop talking points for preliminary tenure conversations. Participants […]

This workshop presents ways that supervisors can support teachers in Running the Room. Rather than tackling a series of tasks and problems one after the other, a teacher who is ‘running the room’ understands their classroom as a complex web of desires and needs and human tendencies wherein every part affects the whole and it’s […]

This workshop supports supervisors in having conversations about racism. Participants identify the skills necessary to lead a school. They explore ways to begin the talk about racism including empathy and the right to be safe. The workshop provides opportunities and support in acknowledging the value of reflection and feedback in promoting social justice

Professional Development is a transformative process in which learners are actively engaged and for which the aim is to experience and expand behaviors, beliefs and ways of being; a learning process that results in a change of practice. This workshop invites you to come to the P.A.R.T.Y. and explore the habits of transformational PD: Purpose, […]

This workshop focuses on the creation of a collaborative school environment and culture promoting buy-in and developing teachers‘ instructional expertise and leadership abilities. Participants explore strategies and activities that nurture both new and veteran teachers and effectively leverage resources to move the work of each school forward to sustain improvement.

Equitable Access to Supportive School & Classroom Environments (School Climate, Academic Supports, Perceptions of Safety, Discipline…) - Dr. Elam provides a 1-hour technical assistance (TA) office hour available for administrators for additional guidance on how to implement educational tools and templates that are designed for topics discussed in 3-hour sessions, such as: increasing K-12 Learning […]

This workshop provides a wide-ranging repertoire of strategies for preventing and responding to conflict. School leaders can create more peaceful environments where precious time can be spent on teaching and learning instead of distractions.