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iZone360 Orientation Packet: NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IZONE OFFICE


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February 16, 2011

Dear Nancy Scala, It is my privilege to invite CFN 107 to join the inaugural cohort of iZone360 networks. Together we will work on behalf of the larger system to build innovative new school models around the needs, motivations, and strengths of individual students. As you know, over the last four months we have sought out the most forward-thinking, innovative networks and schools to take on this critical challenge. We found tremendous examples of innovative practices already happening in our schools. Your team and your schools demonstrated capacity, commitment, and passion for leading this work, and will, we believe, contribute tremendously to creating the next generation of schools that will prepare our students for college and career in a globally competitive, 21st century world. By its name, iZone360 lays claim to an ambitious vision—wholly transforming schools around the needs, motivations, and strengths of individual students. We aspire to rethink every aspect of school that impacts our kids, and to rigorously align our priorities, practices, and resources around meeting the needs of each student. We will draw on the power of technology and the expertise of partners where appropriate; mostly we will draw on the creativity and commitment that each of us must bring to create a community of schools dedicated to the success of every child. While we are humbled by the aspiration, we are emboldened by the quality and enthusiasm of the networks that comprise this inaugural cohort. CFN 107 will be joined by four other networks that are equally excited and ready to take up this important work:

CFN 101: Bridges For Learning; Network Leaders: Marina Cofield and Megan Roberts CFN 532: CEI-PEA; Network Leader: Alan Cohen CFN 404: Network Leader: Terry Byam CFN 411: The Innovative Schools Network; Network Leader: Emily Sharrock

Today we kick off a three-year commitment to one another to realize this vision. We will collectively define

what it means to build schools around the needs, motivations, and strengths of individual students; set

goals, make commitments, and hold one another accountable to transforming our schools on behalf of the

system and on behalf of our kids. This orientation packet provides a description of the iZone360 inaugural

school community, a description of the design process, and the next steps for schools and networks as we

embark on this journey together. On behalf of the iZone staff, we look forward to the road ahead.

Welcome to iZone360!

Sincerely, Arthur VanderVeen


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Table of Contents

Sections

Section 1: Introduction to the iZone ..................................................................................................................... 4

Section 2: iZone Design ........................................................................................................................................ 5

Section 3: iZone Accountability ............................................................................................................................ 6

Section 4: Policy Updates ..................................................................................................................................... 8

Section 5: Supports .............................................................................................................................................. 9

Section 6: Operations and Implementation ........................................................................................................ 13

Appendices

Appendix A1: ACTION ITEMS & NEXT STEPS FOR NETWORK LEADERS ................................................................ 16

AppendixA2: ACTION ITEMS & NEXT STEPS FOR PRINCIPALS .............................................................................. 16

Appendix B: Inaugural iZone360 Cohort ............................................................................................................. 17

Appendix C: Contact List for iZone Staff ............................................................................................................. 20


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Section 1: Introduction to the iZone

What is the iZone? The iZone is a community of educators building schools around the needs, motivations and strengths of individual students. iZone schools achieve this mission through three initiatives:

iZone360: New school models that are working toward organizing all resources (budgets, staff, space, schedules, instruction, technology) around needs, strengths, and motivations of individual students

iLearnNYC: Flexibly meeting the needs of individual students through online and blended learning

InnovateNYC: Piloting, evaluating, and scaling promising innovations that leverage technology to accelerate student learning, e.g. School of One

This orientation packet provides a detailed overview of what it means to belong to the iZone360

community of networks and schools that have committed to this mission.

Setting the Vision The iZone360 community of networks and schools has come together on behalf of the larger system to meet a

common challenge: to develop innovative new strategies that better prepare students for the rigorous demands

of college and careers in the 21st century. iZone360 schools are collaboratively designing, implementing, and

evaluating new school models that organize school resources (budgets, staff, space, schedules, instruction,

technology) around the needs, motivations, and strengths of individual students. iZone networks and schools

align around five key design principles as they design new school models:

Globally Competitive Standards – Student learning outcomes are aligned to rigorous standards and

assessments, such as the Common Core, that define the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind that graduates

need to be successful.

Competency-Based Learning and Assessment – Students demonstrate progressive mastery of rigorous

competencies through performance tasks and projects, rather than receiving credit for time spent in the

classroom.

Personalized Learning Plans – Teachers, advisors, students, and parents manage a personalized learning

plan that accounts for each student’s learning pace and preferred learning methods.

Multiple Modes of Learning – Students learn in the ways they learn best – be it independently, one-on-one

with a coach, collaboratively in small task groups, online, and beyond school, in real-world contexts, such as

internships or early-college courses.

New Staff and Student Roles – School staff and teacher teams will adopt new roles as learning coaches,

advisors, content experts, and assessment experts. Students will take on new roles planning and managing

their own learning in a variety of modalities. As a result, schools will have greater flexibility in scheduling

appropriate learning supports according to individual students’ personalized learning plans and staff talent.


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Section 2: iZone Design

Design and Planning Deliverables, Spring 2011 Each iZone360 network will engage in a structured design process with its schools to design and plan their

evolution toward new school models. This process will be structured around the following four work

products:

STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING INDEX

iZone360 networks and schools will collaboratively develop the Student Centered Learning Index

(SCLI) to define what it means for schools to be designed around the needs, motivations, and

strengths of individual students. By defining innovative practice across a set of key indicators,

iZone360 schools will articulate their vision for using the five design principles to build school

around individual students. This index, developed collaboratively by all iZone360 networks, will

serve as a common measure of innovation for each indicator along a continuum from traditional, to

emerging, to innovative. Once complete, the SCLI will enable schools to self-assess their current

practices against innovative, student-centered practices, and to set goals and monitor progress over

three years as they build toward their vision.

FUTURE STATE DESIGN

Using the SCLI, iZone360 networks and schools will define how schools will look in three years when

they have organized their practice and resources around the needs, motivations, and strengths of

individual students. Working with its model design partner, each network will select key indicators

from each design category of the SCLI and translate the “innovative” descriptors into a future state

design for the network. The design will specify the innovative practices for each selected indicator

that schools will be implementing in three years.

iZone360 networks will work toward a shared future state design for each selected indicator across

all of its lab schools. Where lab schools cannot agree upon a common set of priority indicators, or

the innovative practices they will develop for specific indicators, the network plan will specify the

school-specific alternatives. iZone360 networks should strive to achieve a shared future state design

for the majority of its selected indicators across all of their lab schools.

THREE-YEAR ROADMAP

Having developed its future state design, each iZone360 network will develop a three-year roadmap

describing how it will phase in its innovative practices over three years to realize its future state

vision. The roadmap will specify what practices will be developed and adopted in which grades and

subjects each year to achieve the full future state design over the course of three years.


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As with the future state design, iZone360 networks should work toward a common three-year

roadmap for their lab schools. Developing and adopting new practices together as a community will

enable lab schools to collaboratively problem solve and share lessons learned as they address

common challenges; it will also enable the network to leverage partner resources more effectively.

The network may choose, however, to have individual lab schools pilot innovative practices for

selected indicators on behalf of the larger network, leading to some intentional variation in how

schools phase in specific innovations.

ONE-YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

Having developed its three-year roadmap, each iZone360 network will develop a detailed year one

implementation plan outlining how it will execute the practices targeted for the first year.

Implementation plans will identify primary work streams, major deliverables, tasks, task owners,

milestones, and timeline at the network and individual lab school level.

These four documents—the SCLI, future state designs, three-year roadmaps, and year one implementation

plans—are the tools by which each network will design and plan its evolution toward new school models

organized around the needs, motivations, and strengths of individual students.

To initiate this process, the iZone staff will work with the iZone360 networks and model design partners

over the next few weeks to finalize templates for each of the deliverables and develop working processes

for how network schools will develop them.

Affiliate Schools

Through acceptance into iZone360, networks will commit to expanding school participation over three

years to have a majority of their schools engaged in the iZone360 redesign process. Schools that are

actively engaged in the redesign process are known as “lab schools”; schools that are planning to join the

process in the next year take on the role of “affiliate schools.” Representatives from affiliate schools will

participate in their network’s iZone360 activities, including professional development, inter-visitations,

residency days, and regular reviews of progress toward iZone360 goals. iZone staff will work with networks

to select up to five affiliate schools for their first affiliate cohort, which will begin its design and planning

process with the model design partner in fall 2011, preparing for a fall 2012 launch as a lab school.

Section 3: iZone Accountability As has been discussed throughout the recruitment process, iZone networks, schools, partners and staff will

be held accountable to goals in the following categories:

1. Degree to which schools organize around needs, motivations, and strengths of individual students

as measured by iZone Student Centered Learning Index


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2. Fidelity to design and implementation plans

3. Achievement of student outcomes as defined in goals and agreed upon by networks

4. School satisfaction as measured through surveys

The iZone staff will be working with each network over the coming weeks to come to agreement on the

goals, templates and indexes to be used as measures of the indicators above. The process is laid out below.

Formal evaluation points take place in November and March of each year.

1. Each iZone360 network community (network team, schools, partners, and iZone staff) sets three-

year and annual goals for increasing student achievement and adopting innovative practices for

each selected SCLI indicator (February-April, 2011).

2. iZone360 network communities regularly evaluate their progress toward meeting their goals,

sharing evidence of progress, identifying risks, problem solving around challenges, and holding one

another accountable to commitments.

3. Networks evaluate fit with partners at formal evaluation points; continuation of partner contracts

are contingent on fit and performance as indicated by fidelity to partner scope of work and school

satisfaction.

4. Networks evaluate fit and commitment level of schools at formal evaluation points; continuation in

iZone360 is contingent on fit and commitment as indicated by fidelity to implementation plan,

participation in iZone360 activities, and school satisfaction.

5. iZone staff evaluate commitment level of networks at formal evaluation points; continuation in

iZone360 is contingent on fit and commitment as indicated by fidelity to implementation plan,

participation in iZone360 activities, and school satisfaction.

6. Networks evaluate iZone staff (including Innovation Coach) at formal evaluation points;

performance management responses determined as needed.

Evaluation iZone networks and schools are developing and evaluating innovative new school models on behalf of the larger New York City system of schools. In this research and development role, iZone schools carefully design, pilot, and evaluate promising new practices and determine which innovations can and should be scaled. They evaluate what is required for specific innovations to be successful, and measure their impacts on student achievement. They also consider which innovations achieve the most impact, given constraints on time and resources.


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The iZone Research & Evaluation team works with iZone360 networks and partners to design evaluations to answer these questions. Evaluators will collect and analyze student achievement data from existing assessment programs. Schools will be expected to support other data collection activities, including completing school-wide teacher and student surveys, participating in periodic focus groups, and allowing evaluators to conduct observations. Finally, each iZone360 network will be expected to designate two network schools by July 1st not participating in iZone360 activities to serve as control schools that will also complete the data collection activities.

Section 4: Policy Updates iZone staff are continually driving for policy and regulatory changes that will enable iZone schools to pilot

and scale innovative school models that accelerate student achievement. This includes working with the

Division of Academics, Performance, and Support to ensure that DOE accountability systems support

forward-thinking schools’ development of innovative practice. The iZone is also exploring new competency-

based credit models with the NY State Education Department (NYSED), and discussing more flexible

schedules and teacher roles with the UFT. The iZone staff will continue to keep you informed on a regular

basis of developments in each policy area.

Progress Report - iZone staff are working with the Division of Academics, Performance, and Support

to consider alternative measures of innovative school performance to be piloted for inclusion in

future Progress Reports. These alternatives will be reviewed with you during the design process

(Feb-April 2011).

Quality Review - The iZone staff and DOE Quality Review team will jointly train a cadre of Quality

Reviewers to become familiar with iZone360 goals and practices, including mapping student

centered learning practices to the Quality Review criteria and showcasing how iZone360 schools are

using innovative new practices to meet those criteria. Trained Quality Reviewers will manage iZone

school Quality Reviews in the future whenever possible. The Quality Review team will consider

adopting elements of the Student-Centered Learning Index (SCLI) into future versions of the Quality

Review as iZone360 schools demonstrate the value of the SCLI for organizing schools around the

needs of individual students and demonstrate accelerated student outcomes.

Competency-Based Credit - The iZone policy team is working with the NYCDOE Research and Policy

Support Group to present to NYSED a plan for piloting competency-based high school credit models.

More information will be provided as it is known.

Credit for Online Courses - iZone team and the Research and Policy Support Group have been

supporting NYSED and the Regents in developing new policies allowing schools to grant a unit of

credit to students who successfully complete an online course that the principal and a school-level

curriculum committee have judged to be the equivalent of a unit of study, irrespective of actual

seat time. Details of this developing policy will be made available through the design process.


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Flexible scheduling and teacher roles - The iZone team is working with the UFT to identify a menu

of supported SBOs that principals and chapter leaders at iZone360 schools may bring to their

teachers for a vote that would facilitate greater flexibility for schools to customize learning for each

of its students. The iZone team will also establish parameters for online instructors with the UFT.

In the coming weeks, iZone staff will develop a strategy for value-add assignments in iZone schools.

The iZone’s plan will support schools in efforts to organize teachers and scheduling around the

needs of individual students. Please send any issues or questions that you would like to flag for the

iZone to [email protected]. We will provide updates during the design process.

ACTION ITEMS/ DELIVERABLES for Principals: The NYSED has requested that schools complete the College and Career Readiness Survey relating to increasing the rigor and flexibility of high school graduation requirements. It is highly recommended that you complete this so as to help foster conditions that support your activities in the iZone (i.e. increased credit flexibility) and contribute to improved student achievement and increased preparedness for college and career. This survey should be completed by February 28, 2011. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LJTTZ6R

Section 5: Supports

iZone Leadership Program The iZone Leadership Program will help iZone360 network and school leaders build the next generation of New York City schools organized around the needs, motivations, and strengths of individual students. iZone staff and the Innovation Unit, an international not-for-profit consulting organization that supports public sector organizations in building capacity for innovation, will facilitate this year-long program to develop leaders’ capacity for fostering an innovative culture in their schools. The program will be organized around the needs of participants, and will be anchored in participants’ actual challenges of practice.

Goals:

Establish a professional learning community for iZone360 network and school leaders, using structured protocols for inquiry, action, and reflection

Provide coaching and consultancy for change management efforts within network and school communities

Enhance network and school leaders’ skills and understanding in implementing iZone principles and develop collaborations across and within networks and schools to facilitate shared problem solving

mailto:[email protected]

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Innovation Coaches

Each network will have one funded Innovation Coach. The Innovation Coach will work directly with the

network team and schools as the primary design expert and point person for iZone efforts. The final job

description is available HERE. In the interim, the same member of the iZone360 team that has been

working with networks will continue to provide that support until an Innovation Coach has been identified.

Deliverables/Action Items for Network Leaders:

Please provide a network-based point person for all communication going forward and let Nora Abramson

([email protected]) know the person’s name and contact information.

Network leaders should also take time throughout February and early March 2011 to assess the needs of

their team in supporting schools with this work. This will help iZone staff to recruit the best candidate for

your team.

Component Partners As iZone360 networks create their future state design, three-year roadmap, and year one implementation

plans, they will likely identify areas where they need additional support beyond that offered by their model

design partner. iZone360 networks will be allocated a budget to engage pre-qualified component partners

in the following areas of school practice:

Stage One Focus:

Curriculum

Assessment and grading

Scheduling and staffing

Direct instructional supports

Personalized Content

Student coaching and advising

Component partners may be individual consultants, technology tool providers, non-profit organizations,

private companies, corporations, or other types of service providers. They must explicitly support the

network or selected schools in achieving their future state design. The iZone staff will review networks’

proposals for alternative component partners, or alternative uses of component partner budgets, as

presented.

Deliverables/Action Items for Network Leaders:

The iZone Office knows that network leaders and principals are aware of change agents in the field who

already work to personalize learning. If there is an individual or organization that offers technical

assistance or services in any of the above categories aligned to the iZone360 mission and would be a

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good component partner, please let us know. Submitting a name does not guarantee that they will be

approved for iZone funding. In order to submit any suggestions please answer the following questions

no later than Friday, February 28th. You should email these responses to [email protected]

with the subject line “Component Partner Suggestion” and indicate which network you are from.

Questions to address in your response:

1. What is the name and contact information for the individual/organization in question?

2. Describe their service or tool, and include which category of component partner they align to (from

list above). Also, explain what is unique about them relative to others in their field.

3. Describe any past interaction you or someone in the network has had with this individual or

organization.

4. Be sure to note any potential Conflict of Interest concerns that might arise in procuring their service

(e.g., have they worked at the DOE in the past year?)

Competency-Based Learning and Assessment A key iZone design principle, competency-based learning and assessment, has tremendous potential for

personalizing learning to the needs, motivations, and strengths of individual students. Building upon

resources and lessons learned from numerous iZone360 schools that are already using competency-based

learning and assessment, the iZone360 staff will work with networks to develop a process where iZone

networks will collaboratively develop, share, and refine competency frameworks and a library of

performance tasks and rubrics to use as they transition to competency-based learning and assessment

models that support this student-centered personalization. This work will help lead the District’s transition

to Common Core State Standards and the new performance-based assessments that will be implemented

statewide by 2014. Instructional support will be provided to align instructional with competencies and

performance –based assessments on both the planning and implementation level. Individual teachers,

department teams and administration will also receive support in using student work and competency data

to reflect on and revise their approach. The iZone team will expand its capacity both internally and through

component partners to support and scale this work. Through the design process the iZone360 staff will

introduce potential partners and work to ensure that schools are developing designs that reflect this

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iLearnNYC All iZone360 schools are eligible to access iLearnNYC, the DOE’s online learning program, for no cost in the

2011-2012 school year. iLearnNYC gives schools access to a state-of-the-art online learning platform that

supports online and blended learning for teachers and students. With this tool, principals and teachers will

be able to provide access to courses not currently offered in their schools, differentiate instruction by using

existing and developing online resources to supplement face-to-face instruction, and monitor student

progress and achievement. iLearnNYC will provide schools with a way to build on many of the iZone

principles. The iZone Office encourages all schools to consider participation. More information on the

program can be found here on the iLearn website.

While iLearnNYC is just one of many component partners that will be made available to iZone360 schools, it

is moving on an expedited timeframe due to internal procurement deadlines. Please take note of the

following dates, as they are key milestones to ensuring your school will receive access to iLearn, as well as

the technological resources necessary to build and implement your designs:

February 18th – All schools interested in receiving access to iLearn must send an email expressing

that interest to Brendan Lyons at [email protected] and complete an online school readiness

survey (see Deliverables/Action Items for Principals section below).

February 28th – Schools participating in iLearnNYC will have access to a catalog of hundreds of

online courses. To help determine which courses are best for your network and school, iLearnNYC

will send you a Content Selection Planning Guide the week of February 28th. This guide will help

you start to think through what is available and how it aligns with your needs.

March 4th – All schools that wish to receive access to iLearn must formally accept the offer.

March 10th – iZone staff will be sponsoring a vendor showcase on March 10th to give participating

schools an opportunity to meet with content vendors and see demos of their products to learn

more about available content in the iLearn system. More information on this showcase will be

forthcoming.

Early March – Schools select the content they will use with iLearn. More information to come.

Spring - Summer – There will be a number of trainings throughout the spring and summer for this

program.

Note: These are the essential steps for joining iLearnNYC. Please make sure you can fully commit to these requirements in order to ensure full and sustained participation in the program.

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Section 6: Operations and Implementation

Budget The iZone staff plans to work closely with Networks and schools to ensure that the resources for this project

allow schools to accomplish the stated goals while also recognizing the challenging current budgetary climate.

The iZone360 program is being funded through the Race to the Top grant as well as the 5-Year Capital Plan and

private funds. It is not funded through DOE operating dollars and therefore uses of the funding are restricted to

certain purposes. The iZone Office will be working with your network to introduce component partners in the

coming months but it is important to note that the flexibility of that funding allocation is limited given the

current funding sources. To that end, the component partner budget originally shared may change as the iZone

Office learns more about the needs of networks during the design phase and addresses the reality of budgetary

constraints within the NYCDOE. As iZone360 networks begin the design process, iZone staff will work closely

with each network to understand their needs and make decisions around how networks and schools will want to

use the component partner budget over the coming weeks.

At this time, per session for schools within each network is budgeted at $26,000 per network for FY11 (through

June 2011) and $56,000 per network for FY12 (through June 2012). There is flexibility in moving the funding

forward between fiscal years. Due to the source now funding per session, all per session monies will be posted

and processed centrally.

Equipment and Devices Given the importance of technology to the iZone, the iZone staff has set a goal to reach a 1:1 computer to

student ratio in all iZone360 schools in three years. Schools will receive devices over the next three years

with quantities escalating each year in alignment with the school design. Schools will need to manage daily

technical support, as well as the storage, security, and payment of maintenance contracts of all devices.

Laptops will be purchased for schools based on the operating system they current have in their school. If a

school uses both MACs and PCs, the operating system that comprises the majority of machines and is the

most recently purchased will be used. One of the key reasons for ordering this way is to streamline the

technical support needs within each school. This equipment will be purchased centrally through the DOE to

obtain the best price and final purchase of equipment is subject to funding availability. In year one, the

iZone’s goal is for all schools to receive 100 laptops to initiate their whole school redesign plan. If a school

currently has a one-to-one laptop ratio the school will not receive additional computers unless the existing

computers are more than 2 years old.


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In addition schools will receive the equipment listed below.

Equipment Quantity

Printers 2

Scanners 2

Laptop Carts 3

School Bandwidth and Wireless Upgrades

School bandwidth and wireless technology upgrades will be provided to all iZone360 schools. All schools

will undergo a School Readiness Audit to determine if bandwidth and/or wireless upgrades are necessary.

Schools receiving upgrades will work with the iZone’s School Readiness team on the scheduling and

timeline for completing their bandwidth and/or wireless upgrades. Currently School Readiness Audits are

scheduled to start in March 2011, and wireless and bandwidth upgrades will begin in early April 2011.

Current iLearnNYC schools may not be eligible for upgrades.

Technical Support

Critical to the effective deployment of technology in iZone360 is providing the necessary support to ensure

teachers and students experience uninterrupted utilization of school laptops and access to content. There

will be central support in the form of a help desk and Central Office iZone Network Technicians assigned to

each borough to support iZone schools. Given the investment that the DOE is making in the infrastructure

upgrades and devices for iZone schools, all schools must have a dedicated technician to oversee all school

devices. The iZone Office recommends that the technician’s role description encompasses the following

tasks:

Liaise with iZone Network Technicians in response to on-site support calls.

Serve as schools’ single point of contact to the DOE help desk, vendors, and iZone Central

staff regarding all technical issues.

Conduct basic troubleshooting to diagnose cause of device or application malfunctions.

Work with school staff and device/application users to devise solutions to device or

application malfunctions.

Ensure device readiness on a day-to-day basis.

Manage the process for resolving all repairs, swap-outs, device inventory etc.


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Once a school has identified the dedicated technical support resource, training will be provided to school

level staff this summer and throughout the year. More information about the technology supports and

expectations for implementation can be found here on the iZone360 Wiki.

DELIVERABLES/ACTION ITEMS FOR PRINCIPALS:

In order to plan for and procure the necessary devices and technological infrastructure necessary to

support the implementation of school and network designs, the iZone staff will need to work very

closely with each school to survey its current technology inventory and future needs. Budgeting and

procurement deadlines for the DOE require that iZone staff, networks and schools work together to

gather the necessary information by the end of February.

To this end, schools will need to complete a school readiness survey by February 18th. This survey

will request information around your school’s current technology needs and technology-based

initiatives. It will also ask you to make some assumptions about the technology needs you are likely to

have in the future. The survey can be accessed by clicking here:

In addition to this survey, the iZone Staff will need to work with school principals to arrange and on-

site audit of school tech resources and infrastructure later in the month.

To make this technology integration process as seamless to students and staff as possible, iZone

schools must assign a person to be dedicated on-site to manage the technical support processes and

protocols within a school. Schools will need to account for this role within their whole school redesign

plans. Schools who foresee challenges with staffing on-site support are encouraged to discuss their

concerns with iZone staff. This position should be a full time person but if that is not possible there are

other options available to schools including: CUNY Techs, MOUSE Squad, or school aids that have

adequate skill and technical support training.

Please reach out to Ronald Bryant ([email protected]) with any questions or concerns about

the survey, the tech audit, or resource allocation. Please note that failure to complete the survey and

audit may result in your school’s forfeiture of planned device allocation and tech upgrades.

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APPENDICES

Appendix A:

A1: ACTION ITEMS & NEXT STEPS FOR NETWORK LEADERS

For more information related to the following action steps or other issues, please visit the iZone Resources Wiki.

1. By Friday, February 18th: Identify a network-based point person for all iZone360 communication going

forward. Please send this name to Nora Abramson at [email protected] . Nora will be the

first point of contact for all Network questions and concerns going forward.

2. By Friday, February 28th: Please suggest organizations that can support designs as component partners.

Send suggestions to [email protected] with the subject line “Component Partner Suggestion”

and indicate which network you are from. Questions to address in your response:

a. What is the name and contact information for the individual/organization in question?

b. Describe their service or tool, and include which category of component partner they align from

the following five categories: Curriculum and content; Assessment and grading; Instructional Support; Student coaching and advising; Scheduling and staffing. Also explain what is unique about them relative to others in the field.

c. Describe any past interaction you or someone in the network has had with this individual or organization.

d. Be sure to note any potential Conflict of Interest concerns that might arise in procuring their service. (e.g., have they worked at the DOE in the past year?)

A2: ACTION ITEMS & NEXT STEPS FOR PRINCIPALS

1. By Friday, February 18th: Complete a technology needs assessment survey HERE.

2. By February 28th: Complete the NYSED College and Career Readiness Survey related to

increasing the rigor and flexibility of high school graduation requirements HERE.

3. By July 1st: Dedicate a full or part-time on-site technology manager. This position can be filled

by college students and other non-traditional personnel via: CUNY techs, MOUSE Squad, or

school aides that have adequate skill and technical support training. Schools who foresee

challenges with staffing on-site support are encouraged to discuss your concerns with

Innovation Team staff. Please feel free to contact: [email protected] .

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Appendix B: Inaugural iZone360 Cohort List of All Participating Networks and Schools

CFN 101, Bridges for Learning Marina Cofield and Megan Roberts, Network Leaders

Lab

Schools

2011-12

School Name Location Grade Levels

Principal

Global Technology Preparatory Manhattan 6 – 8 Chrystina Russell

I.S. 289 Manhattan 6 – 8 Ellen Foote

M.S. 250 West Side Collaborative

Middle School

Manhattan 6 – 8 Jeanne Rotunda

School of the Future Manhattan 6 – 12 Stacy Paige

Goldstein

Tompkins Square Middle School Manhattan 6 – 8 Sonhando Estwick

Young Women's Leadership School,

Astoria

Queens 6 – 12 Laura A. Mitchell

CFN 107, A Network of Dynamic Learning Communities Nancy Scala, Network Leader

Lab

Schools

2011-12


Principal

Brooklyn High School of the Arts Brooklyn 9 – 12 Margaret Lacey

Berman

El Puente Academy for Peace and

Justice

Brooklyn 9 – 12 Hector Calderon


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Gregorio Luperon High School for

Science and Mathematics

Manhattan 9 – 12 Juan Villar

High School M560 - City As School Manhattan 9 – 12 Alan Cheng

N.Y.C. Lab School for Collaborative

Studies

Manhattan 9 – 12 Brooke Jackson

CFN 404 Terry Byam, Network Leader

Lab

Schools


Principal

Academy of Urban Planning Brooklyn 9 – 12 Monique Darrisaw

Arts & Media Preparatory Academy Brooklyn 9 – 12 Robert Hall

Bushwick School for Social Justice Brooklyn 9 – 12 Mark Rush

Hillside Arts & Letters Academy Brooklyn 9 – 12 Matthew Ritter

Hudson High School of Learning

Technologies

Manhattan 9 – 12 Nancy Amling

CFN 411, The Innovative Schools Network* Emily Sharrock, Network Leader

Lab

Schools*


Principal

Bronx Writing Academy Bronx 6 – 8 Kamar Samuels

I.S. 339 Bronx 6 – 8 Jason Levy

New Design High School Manhattan 9 – 12 Scott Conti

University Heights Secondary Schools Bronx 9 – 12 Hazel Joseph


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Roseboro

Validus Preparatory Academy: An

Expeditionary Learning School

Bronx 9 – 12 Brady Smith

Washington Heights Expeditionary

Learning School

Manhattan 6 – 11 Brett Kimmel

*The network and its lab schools’ participation in 2011-12 is tentative as of 2/16/2011.

CFN 532, CEI-PEA Alan Cohen, Network Leader

Lab

Schools


Principal

Holcombe L. Rucker School of

Community Research

Bronx 9 – 12 Sharif Rucker

J.H.S. 151 Lou Gehrig Bronx 6 – 8 Socorro Rivera

P.S. 089 Bronx K – 8 Ralph Martinez

P.S. 333 Manhattan School for

Children

Manhattan K – 8 Susan Rappaport

Soundview Academy for Culture and

Scholarship

Bronx 6 – 8 William Frackelton


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Appendix C: Contact List for iZone Staff

Last Name First Title Email Address Phone

Administration

VanderVeen Arthur Chief of Innovation Research & Development [email protected]

(212) 374-2446

Gillett Stacey Chief Of Staff [email protected] (212) 374-2448

Kurshan Debra Chief Operating Officer [email protected] (212) 374-0560

Operations and Technology

Bryant Ronald Director of School Readiness [email protected]

(212) 374-7843

Feinberg Rachel Director of Operations [email protected] (212) 374-0239

Franklin Daphne Operations Analyst [email protected] (212) 374-6743

Design and Implementation Support

Warner Cynthia Innovation Design Specialist [email protected]

(718) 935-2782

Skolnick Jonathan Director of Design [email protected] (212) 374-5976

Frumin Kim Director of Organizational Learning & Human Capital [email protected]

Singh Nina Organizational Learning and Practice Manager [email protected]

(718) 935-3581

Abramson Nora Director of Implementation [email protected]

(718) 935-2365

Fischer Troy Director of Product Development [email protected] (718) 935-

Jenkins-Stevens Sally Innovation Manager, Time and Staffing [email protected]

(718) 935-2356

Lyons Brendan Director of Implementation, ILearnNYC [email protected]

347-620-3022

Evaluation

Ruff, PH.D Ryan Richard

Director of Research & Evaluation [email protected]

(212) 374-5397

Chesal Kara Research Analyst [email protected] (718) 935-2096

















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Academics and Policy

Hatterer Jane Director of Policy [email protected]

Azukas Liz Curriculum Director [email protected]



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