http://modshare.local/middlestart/index.php/site/index/ en info@mod-lab.com Copyright 2010 2010-03-04T23:30:02-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_march_5_2010/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_march_5_2010/#When:23:30:02Z Read entire bulletin below Bulletin, AED PSO 2010-03-04T23:30:02-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/haiti_and_aed_donations/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/haiti_and_aed_donations/#When:20:48:43Z Dear AED Colleagues, The situation in Haiti is devastating. We have ascertained that our staff there is safe, and we are committing $25,000 of our own resources to assist them and their family members, as well as the families of partner staff. These funds are from donations by board members, senior officers, and other contributors to AED. With our staff and partner staff we are targeting these funds to where they can best be utilized in Haiti. If you would like to donate to this fund, it would be most welcome and appreciated. Please make the check payable to AED and note Haiti Relief Fund in the memo line and send/bring it to our Vice President for Financial Management and Billing, Paul Turner, Room 842 North Building. We are also providing below a link to other organizations involved in disaster relief in Haiti. We are also working with our donors to assess how AED can best address the needs of the Haitian people in both the short- and long-term and will provide updates on our efforts. I want to thank the many staff and officers here and in Haiti and the Dominican Republic who have spent countless hours making sure that all of our staff and partners’ staff are accounted for and making special arrangements for some of their family members who were hurt and out of their homes and in need of assistance. It has been a wonderful and generous outpouring of concern and very practical help. Now many of these staff are working on the plans to followup with new development and humanitarian assistance to Haiti. Haiti needs our help, and these organizations are accepting donations for immediate disaster relief http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=1004). Sincerely, Steve Moseley Middle Start News 2010-01-20T20:48:43-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_leadership_fellows_program_2010/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_leadership_fellows_program_2010/#When:14:30:56Z The AED Leadership Fellows of the second cohort are: Carlos Acevedo Michelle Allen Stephen Beckles Kevin Boston-Hill Janet Hackshaw Johanie Hernandez Max O’Casey Elizabeth O’Raffity Lourdes Prieto-Lopez Nancy Sotomayor-Einstein Tommy Yahn Middle Start News, Middle School Leadership Project (MSLP) 2010-01-15T14:30:56-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_feb_9_2010/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_feb_9_2010/#When:20:09:17Z Read more . . . Bulletin, AED PSO 2010-02-09T20:09:17-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/assistance_for_haiti/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/assistance_for_haiti/#When:16:05:15Z Dear AED Colleagues, According to one of our staff members in Haiti, the devastation there is overwhelming. We are trying to confirm that all our staff are safe. Through the New Partners Initiative in the AED Center on AIDS and Community Health, we work with three local health services partners in Haiti—Serve Haiti, World Hope International, and Cross International. AED will contribute to the relief effort with a goal of sending the funds to these organizations. We are trying to determine whether they are in a position to accept them, and if so, we will gladly forward contributions from staff. If you would like to do this, please bring/send donations to Mary Maguire, our sr. vp and director of communications, and make the check payable to AED. If you would like to contribute immediately, Charity Navigator has compiled a list of organizations working in Haiti which have four-star CN ratings http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?keyword_list=haiti&Submit2=GO&bay=search.results Thank you for your support of the people of Haiti. Steve Stephen F. Moseley President and Chief Executive Officer Academy for Educational Development 1825 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington, DC 20009 tel: 202-884-8102 fax: 202-884-8430 email: smoseley@aed.org http://www.aed.org Middle Start News 2010-01-13T16:05:15-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_january_11_2010/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_january_11_2010/#When:14:01:15Z Click below to read more . . . Bulletin, AED PSO 2010-01-11T14:01:15-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_december_4_2009/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_december_4_2009/#When:20:29:49Z A message from Patrick Montesano and the events for December, January and February are included in this issue. Bulletin, AED PSO 2009-12-03T20:29:49-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_november_5_2009/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_november_5_2009/#When:19:10:20Z This Bulletin highlights the PD and events during October and November. Below are: Bulletin, AED PSO 2009-11-06T19:10:20-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/from_the_aed_mslp_director/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/from_the_aed_mslp_director/#When:16:35:06Z Dear Assistant Principal, Are you interested in preparing to be a principal? Are you interested in a free year-long professional development program focused on both improving your leadership and your expertise in middle schools? If so, the Academy for Educational Development (“AED”) invites you to apply to the AED Leadership Fellows Program, a year-long fully-funded advanced leadership program that prepares you to be a highly qualified middle grades principal. We are currently recruiting a second cohort in the AED Leadership Fellows Program, and we invite your interest and application. As a member of the AED Leadership Fellows Program, you will attend monthly after school classes that are rigorous and engaging, provide you with feedback and give you an opportunity to learn and build your leadership skills. In addition, you will practice these skills through in-school experiences that you will document in an electronic portfolio. Your expert knowledge about middle schools and adolescent learners will be supported through two full day instructional rounds as well as a weekend retreat. Early in the program you will attend a multi-district leadership institute at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina and throughout the year you will be invited to attend other workshops with national experts. You will also be supported through the principal application and selection process with special sessions devoted to preparing for the Principal Pool and C30 interviews. The program is highly selective and the application process is rigorous. To apply for the program fill out the application provided below. We look forward to your interest in the AED Leadership Fellows Program. If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email any of us. Calvin Hastings Project Director (212) 367-4594 chastings@aed.org Laura Dukess Program Facilitator (917) 951-1500 laura@onpointleadership.org Carmen Jimenez Program Facilitator carmen@onpointleadership.org Please note: The program is open only to Assistant Principals in Bronx schools with middle grades (K-8, 6-8, 6-12, etc.) Middle Start News, Middle School Leadership Project (MSLP) 2009-11-02T16:35:06-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/mslp_fellows_program_2010/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/mslp_fellows_program_2010/#When:14:12:31Z A fully-funded professional development program for experienced Assistant Principals working in schools with middle grades in the Bronx, AED Leadership Fellows Program is a selective, rigorous, experiential year-long program that has a dual focus on leadership and middle schools, and it successfully prepares Assistant Principals to be successful principals of middle grades schools. The Assistant Principals wishing to apply for the AED MSLP Fellows Program in 2010 are invided to attend one of the informational meetings scheduled as follows: Thursday, October 29th, 2009 PS 306 in CSD 10 (40 W. Tremont Ave., Bronx, NY) 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Thursday, November 5th, 2009 District 7 Office (501 Courtland Ave., Bronx, NY) 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Application Deadline: November 20, 2009. Email your application to Aurelia Enache at aenache@aed.org For questions or more information please contact Carmen Jimenez at Carmen@onpointleadership.org or cjimene@schools.nyc.gov Laura Dukess at laura@onpointleadership.org Attached are the following documents: Middle Start News, Middle School Leadership Project (MSLP) 2009-10-28T14:12:31-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_october_1_2009/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_october_1_2009/#When:21:29:34Z Please read the attached October 2009 bulletin. It contains news, calendar and reminders during the month of October. As always, we appreciate your feedback and comments. Bulletin, AED PSO 2009-10-01T21:29:34-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_september_9_2009/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_september_9_2009/#When:21:17:01Z Attached please find the AED PSO Bulletin for September 2009. We welcome your feedback and any information related to your schools that you wish to be included in the next bulletin(s). Best wishes for a successful and healthy 2009-10 school year! AED PSO Team Attachments: Bulletin, AED PSO 2009-09-11T21:17:01-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/three_new_middle_grades_schools_join_the_aed_pso_network_in_2009_10_schools/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/three_new_middle_grades_schools_join_the_aed_pso_network_in_2009_10_schools/#When:15:17:30Z AED is very pleased to announce that three new middle-grades schools have been approved to open in the fall of 2009-10. AED provided extensive technical assistance and support to the schools’ planning teams from the application to the planning phase of the work and implementation support during its first first year. The schools are: MS 366 The Science and Medicine Middle School, under the leadership of Ingrid Thomas-Clark MS 421 West Prep Academy, under the leadership of Emily Noto MS 448 Soundview Academy for Culture and Scholarship, under the leadership of William Frackelton AED New School Development 2009-06-15T15:17:30-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_june_5_2009/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_june_5_2009/#When:22:45:26Z Congratulations again on the continued progress you each have made in math achievement. Read more . . . Bulletin, AED PSO 2009-06-04T22:45:26-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_may_8_2009/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_may_8_2009/#When:14:03:35Z This issue contains events and workshops provided during the month of May. Bulletin, AED PSO 2009-05-08T14:03:35-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_april_24_2009/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_april_24_2009/#When:14:27:15Z This end of April bulletin shares an exciting set of professional development offerings for the spring! . . . Read more in the bulletin and the flyers below. Bulletin, AED PSO 2009-04-24T14:27:15-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_march_20_2009/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_march_20_2009/#When:21:27:51Z PSO bulletin for March/April with important reminders, events and workshops. Also attached is the article Teacher Learning by Linda Darling-Hammond and Nikole Richardson. You are welcome to send to my attention your comments and additional news that you want to be included in the bulletin. Aurelia Enache: aenache@aed.org Bulletin, AED PSO 2009-03-20T21:27:51-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/meet_the_middle_start_sso/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/meet_the_middle_start_sso/#When:05:01:12Z Meet the Middle Grades SSO: An informational session / meet & greet to learn more about the AED PSO Are you interested in joining a school support organization focused on the principles and practices of highly effective middle grades schools? Do you want to engage in ongoing professional development around school leadership and middle grades education? Come to a networking event to learn more about how the AED PSO is supporting middle grades school. This will be offered on different dates and locations: April 7th, from 4:30 – 6:00 pm MS 80, 149 East Mosholu Parkway, Bronx, NY (dinner provided) April 21th, from 4:30 – 6:00 pm AED, 100 5th Avenue, New York, NY (dinner provided) To register for either event: Contact Aurelia Enache at 212-367-4575 or aenache@aed.org Meditations on a Middle School PSO: A webinar to learn more about the AED PSO Learn more about how the AED PSO is supporting middle grades school by participating in an interactive webinar! This will be offered on different dates: April 6th, from 4:00 – 5:00 pm April 26th, from 4:00 – 5:00 pm To register for either webinar: Contact Aurelia Enache at 212-367-4575 or aenache@aed.org AED PSO 2009-03-16T05:01:12-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_february_27_2009/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_february_27_2009/#When:22:24:37Z . . . Now that the USDOE-funded Middle School Leadership Project has launched, the AED PSO network now has access to a range of exciting leadership professional development opportunities. Read the bulletin to find out more. Also attached are: MSLP Coaching for Leadership Institute Flyer MSLP Cultural Competency Seminar Flyer Youth Studies Certificate Program Info Bulletin, AED PSO 2009-02-27T22:24:37-05:00 http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_february_6_2009/ http://middlestart.org/middle-start-news/detail/aed_pso_bulletin_february_6_2009/#When:15:24:59Z Last week’s retreat was a wonderful experience . . . Click on the bulletin to read more. Attached are also five documents for your review: math focused visit to 342x, templates/tools used at the retreat and an article from Harvard Education letter. Bulletin, AED PSO 2009-02-06T15:24:59-05:00