New York Collective of Radical Educators

March 6, 2014March 14, 2014

RELOCATION- NYCoRE 2014 Conference

New Location: 2014 NYCoRE Conference

New Address:

The Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women

Date and Time Remain the Same
March 15th, 2014
8:45-5:45

NYCoRE is committed to holding our annual conference in NYC public school buildings because we believe that public schools should be community spaces where education stakeholders such as teachers, students and parents can come together to engage on issues of educational justice. Our decision to host the conference in a public school building is not without its challenges. One such challenge is the issue of locating a barrier free building that can accommodate 800 participants! Sadly, 75.7% of NYC public school buildings are not even “functionally accessible”. Despite considerable efforts on the part of many, we were unable to obtain the equipment necessary to make our initial conference home even partially accessible.

This is why NYCoRE has decided to relocate the conference to Urban Assembly Institute in downtown Brooklyn. This experience has opened our eyes to the ways in which we have not organizationally attended to issues of (dis)abilities and has bolstered our commitment to increasing access at the conference and other NYCoRE events. We look forward to further dialogue with the larger community about further steps to make our organization and its events more inclusive for all.

We are grateful to both BCAM and our new home Urban Assembly Institute for working with us to make this conference great!

For registration information: http://www.nycore.org/conference (Update 3.14.14: Online conference registration is now closed. There will be limited on-site registration tomorrow (Saturday) at 8:45 am.)

Transportation: 2, 3, 4, 5 to Borough Hall – A, C, F to Metro Tech-Jay Street- [check for service changes]

Questions? info@nycore.org

Icon Parking Systems	111 Livingston Street (between Boerum Pl and Court St)	0.3 miles	$10/10 hours
GGMC Parking	22 Smith Street	0.3 miles
Manhattan Parking Boro Corporation	40 Clinton Street	0.3 miles	$13 all day; $23 for vans and SUVs
Central Parking at the Marriott	333 Adams Street	338 feet	$18/car, $30/SUV
Brother’s Car Park	180 Montague Street	0.3 miles	$12 all day, $18 for SUVs
Central Parking at 1 Pierpont Plaza	300 Cadman Plaza West	0.2 miles
Car Park Systems	120 Concord Street/219 Jay Street	0.3 miles	$16/12 hours, $24 4×4, out by 12am

February 25, 2014February 25, 2014

Join us for our February meeting 2/28!

NYCoRE’s General Meeting

Friday, Feb. 28th, 6-8 PM

Sharing Our Vision with the Chancellor of NYC Schools

RSVP HERE!

We are well into the new year, Mayor de Blasio has unpacked (most) of his boxes, and our new Chancellor is gearing up to enact her policy vision. However, two months into their terms, neither the Mayor nor Chancellor Fariña have given us a specific policy outline. Let’s help them figure one out, shall we?

Last month we reviewed Farina’s vision for five Cs (and, curiously, an E): a Department of Education that emphasizes collaboration, communication, capacity building, content, celebration, and efficiency. Using your feedback, one of the working groups at least month’s meeting drafted an open letter to the Chancellor on behalf of NYCoRE.

Please join us on February 28th to collaborate with fellow members to edit and revise the content in our letter efficiently. Help usher NYCORE into a new era. Now that we’ve built the capacity to stand united, we must communicate our vision to the DOE and celebrate our successes thus far. (See what we did there?)

Location:

NYU Pless Hall 3rd Floor Lounge

82 Washington Square East

New York, NY

Time:

6:00 to 8:00 PM

NYCoRE 101 at 5:30 pm for new members!

Questions? Please e-mail info@nycore.org

Individual working groups will continue their work:

*New Teacher Underground*

*Teach Dream*

*NEW Break Out Group: High Stakes Testing and English Language Learners*

Check out this break out group discussion facilitated by teachers from the International HS at Prospect Heights (open to all teachers!)

*NEW Break Out Group: Curriculum*

Check out a New Curriculum Break Out Group Facilitated by members of the Educators of Color Working Group:

The curriculum breakout session aims to be a place where educators can share resources not limited to curricula with one another, and additionally serve as an open space for dialogue about issues of social justice in the classroom/within education. This group will operate in units, each of which will last for 3 consecutive meetings. Each unit will be centered around a theme and will have consistent membership in order to foster a productive, progressive working space and the continuation of norms and practices set forth in that space. People interested in joining a unit should be prepared to commit to attending all 3 sessions. Throughout the sessions, facilitation will rotate between members who volunteer to walk the group through lessons inspired by the unit’s theme-based resources.

February 24, 2014

Crowdsourcing for NYCoRE Educators of Color 3rd Annual Retreat

NYCoRE Educators of Color 3rd Annual Retreat: Pulse Taking

Colleagues:

It’s that time again! The Educators of Color Annual Retreat planning committee has begun…drumroll…planning!

NYCoRE-Educators of Color Mission Statement:

We are a group of people who identify as educators of color, who are committed to fighting for social justice in our school system and society at large. We emerged in order to uphold NYCoRE’s commitment to maintaining majority people of color. We seek to sustain a visible and critical presence within the larger NYCoRE collective. We advocate for a nurturing, transformative and action-driven space for educators of color to connect, learn, struggle, and heal together. We do this work to build and connect bridges for our collective liberation.

NYCoRE-EoC group needs some feedback on location for the 3rd annual retreat.

Past Retreat Locations
1st Annual Retreat, 2012: World Fellowship Center (http://www.worldfellowship.org)
2nd Annual Retreat, 2013: Betances Community Center (http://bronxworks.org/betances-community-center)
3rd Annual Retreat, 2014: Dreamyard Project (http://dreamyard.com) and/or Queens Museum (http://www.queensmuseum.org). Help us decide!

Option 1: DreamYard Project
Pros: DreamYard has plenty of space for gathering to together and breaking out into small work groups.
There’s a kitchen.
There are yoga mats and space to do yoga, movement, theater.
There are general art supplies, butcher paper, etc. So we wouldn’t have to bring any of that.
Cons: It’s a bit of hike depending on where you’re coming from, but accessible via public transportation.
There isn’t any park (green) space near by.

Option 2: Queens Museum
Pros: Near a park, tons of (green) space and a “rep” who will inform us of all of the awesome resources the Queens Museum can provide us. According to the rep, we can “meet/interact with our education department and introduce them to the museum and our programs (we could do a tour and activity that takes them through the museum and let them know about our programs).”
Cons: Far.

Option 3: Combo
Saturday at DreamYard with a South Bronx or Harlem social option, and Sunday at the Queens Museum with some park activity options.

Let us know your thoughts!
–NYCoRE Educators of Color Group

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For more information about the group or the next potluck, please email us at: poc-group@nycore.org or info@nycore.org