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** eso2 | network for sustainable excellence**


 * As of 5/15/08, we have migrated this wiki to our new googlesite:**

http://sites.google.com/a/nycempowerment.org/eso2yuet/network-updates


 * Please visit us there!**


 * //Yuet//**

Our schools span the K-12 continuum across Manhattan and the Bronx and represent the diverse mosaic of New York City students. Some of us have long histories of success while others of us are just beginning our journey into excellence. We are proud of many promising practices that are emerging in our schools. The heart of our work lies in recognizing and celebrating excellence while always thinking forward about how to sustain the wonderful work in our schools. Our support philosophy reflects what our schools aspire to do -- know students well and tailor instruction to accelerate learning for every student.

PS6, PS40, PS77 Lower Lab, PS87, PS89, PS150, PS197, PS199
 * Elementary Schools**

Welcome to our ** new schools ** for 2008-09 PS385 Performance School - Scott Parker, School Leader PS130 Hernando DeSoto School - Lily Woo, Principal PS183 Robert L Stevenson School - Mary Anne Sacco, Principal

Urban Science Academy, William Niles MS118, Dual Language, Center, Computer, Community Action, Mott Hall 2, Sun Yat Sen MS131, Booker T. Washington MS54, CASTLE, University Neighborhood MS
 * Middle Schools**

Beacon, Mott Hall, Pace
 * High Schools**

Special Music School, Roosevelt Island School, American Sign Language & English Dual Language School
 * K - 8 Schools**

New York City Lab School
 * 6 - 12 Schools**

Fran Taurasi - Strategic Operations Chuck McEvoy - Special Education & Youth Services Isora Bailey & Judith de los Santos - Achievement & Accountability Jill Myers - Senior Achievement Facilitator Yuet Chu - Team Leader
 * Our team** brings a wealth of experience from our previous work as school leaders and in business services, office of new schools, special education instruction and administration, ELL instruction, grants office.

Welcome to our wikispace. We hope to use this tool as a way to gather and showcase the amazing work we are doing as a network.
 * Message from our team - 2/22/08**

We are delighted with the overwhelmingly positive results of the november principals satisfaction survey - over 90% of respondents indicated satisfaction with ESO and our network support team. About 95% of respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with the work of individual team members. We will be conducting midyear check-ins with our principals in the coming weeks to determine how we can better serve our schools in the coming months.

In reflecting on the past half-year, we are proud of many initiatives - CTT Labsites, Mentors Symposium, Assistant Principals Forum, Quality Review preparation, PPR Goals work, intra-network/SO school visits. We look foward to continuing this work and deepening our collective knowledge with network events with experts like Heidi Hayes Jacob, Marilyn Friend, and Carol Ann Tomlinson. As a support team, we see our primary role as facilitators who not only serve as a bridge to central DOE and ESO, but also as your allies in the constant and vigilant work of improving student achievement.

As the intrepid Yvette Sy - principal of Pace HS - likes to say ...


 * //Onwards and Upwards!//**

We believe that it is important to put the decisions about how to educate students as close as possible to those who work with them – the principals in collaboration with the school community. Such key decisions include broader authority over educational programming and curriculum, greater discretion over budgets, a significant role in selecting and evaluating the dedicated administrative team that supports you in your work and the chance to decide what customized professional development you want for yourselves and your staff.
 * WELCOME TO EMPOWERMENT!**
 * WELCOME TO EMPOWERMENT!**

One of the core principles of the Empowerment Schools initiative is that we do not want to spend money on your behalf, but rather, we want you to determine how your school’s budget should be spent. The cost of joining the Empowerment Schools and all of the related support and advocacy is roughly the cost of a paraprofessional. We are committed to continue advocating for increased evolvement of funds from the central organization to the classroom to further empower you.

Today, principals in more than 400 New York City public schools have the freedom and flexibility that comes with being empowered and have been using it to improve the educational opportunities for their students. They’re members of our growing network of Empowerment Schools.

Sincerely, //Eric Nadelstern// CEO, Empowerment Schools

For more on Empowerment, visit: http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/DD96235C-CA36-4554-8050-F49E82F5781B/32167/FactSheetESO2.pdf