Center For Educational Innovation

Programs: Partnership for innovation in compensation for charter schools (tif/piccs): see schedule othrough the piccs program cei has been able to support educators and school leaders to become highly effective professionals in the following ways: - foster authentic collaboration at all levels of the school through professional learning communities (plcs) that use data to research student learning challenges and create shared action strategies. - support teacher effectiveness through observations using the danielson framework. Support principal effectiveness through the use of the vanderbilt assessment of leadership in education (val-ed). - provide a comprehensive educator and school leader evaluation system that integrates measures of professional practice and student outcomes to provide educators with an annual review tied to compensation. - offer extensive professional development and a structure to participate in instructional rounds across and within schools. - assist schools in creating a performance-based salary schedule and teacher career ladder that allows effective teachers to advance their career without leaving the classroom. - hone the instructional and leadership expertise needed to dramatically improve student achievement, rewarding our most effective educators, and achieving high levels of performance for all students and teachers. Piccs is funded through grants awarded to cei by u. S. Department of education (usdoe) through its teacher incentive fund (tif) legislative appropriation.

public school professional services:customized services, embedded professional learning, coaching, mentoring, technical assistance and professional learning for teachers and school leaders to facilitate the turnaround of low-performing schools.

project boost: see schedule oproject boost - project boost (building options and opportunities for students) is one of cei's oldest programs, which targets elementary and middle school students in 5th through 9th grade, who have demonstrated academic talents but do not have the financial resources necessary to cultivate and enrich their academic quality. The overall goal of the program is to assist and to inspire participating students in gaining admission to the high-quality high schools. Cei offers a triangle of services to build academic, cultural, social and service skills necessary for long-term student growth, academic enrichment, cultural enrichment and community service. Over the past ten years of its operation, project boost has grown to include a wide range of activities and resources through partnerships with some of nyc's finest academic, social, and cultural institutions. Project boost also encourages the student to take full advantage of the opportunities afforded to them, but also emphasizes the need to give back to the communities. Students are taught that regardless of their socio-economic background, they can make fundamental contributions to society by giving of themselves through service. In 2011 project boost was extended to include the early stages program. Early stages has provided free and significantly reduced-cost theatre tickets to underserved schools and their students. This has afforded the opportunity for exposure to the performing arts, which included attendance at nyc's most renowned performing arts venues, such as broadway theatres, lincoln center, and carnegie hall, and to provide multiple opportunities for students to respond to the theatre through workshops, discussions, and writing (since its inception over 5,000 tickets have been made available to students). To accomplish the goals of project boost, the program provides funding for cultural enrichment experiences, test preparation, academic guidance, college visitations, and community service opportunities through grants to schools funded by nys special legislative grants, private grants and donations, and cei's annual gala. During the 2015-2016 school year, over 140 elementary and middle schools students were selected for project boost.

21st century nysed - the nys education department's 21st century community learning centers program is funded in two middle schools, providing after-school recreational and instructional activities. Other programs - school network activities that typically are for short-term duration and are consistent with the mission of cei.