Campus Schools

New York City's Solution to Underperforming and Violent Schools

Mónica Ortiz

Campus creation was the means to providing the children of NYC with the opportunity to engage in the learning process in a personalize environment of their choice that was safe and orderly regardless of where they lived. However, campus settings are complex environments with multiple principals responsible for one building; each leader with his or her unique personality, experience, and educational commitment.
This book delves into the concept of collaborative leadership in campus principals charged with the task of transitioning two large underperforming and violent schools to campuses of small schools while learning to collaboratively manage a campus.
Campus management, a new form of school leadership and administration, required consensus building among diverse and at time, competing forces. Multiple principals were now collectively responsible for agreeing on how to best serve the greater campus community while considering the unique needs of their small schools. Their greatest challenge was not the hostility from the closing school community or reducing school violence or even the countless restructuring from central administration but rather dealing with each other.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 118 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-4758-1525-2 • Hardback • October 2015 • $66.00 • (£51.00)

978-1-4758-1526-9 • Paperback • October 2015 • $34.00 • (£26.00)

978-1-4758-1527-6 • eBook • October 2015 • $32.00 • (£22.99)

Subjects: Education / Urban, Education / Administration / General, Education / Counseling / Crisis Management, Education / Multicultural Education, Education / Violence & Harassment

Campus Schools

New York City's Solution to Underperforming and Violent Schools

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Campus creation was the means to providing the children of NYC with the opportunity to engage in the learning process in a personalize environment of their choice that was safe and orderly regardless of where they lived. However, campus settings are complex environments with multiple principals responsible for one building; each leader with his or her unique personality, experience, and educational commitment.
This book delves into the concept of collaborative leadership in campus principals charged with the task of transitioning two large underperforming and violent schools to campuses of small schools while learning to collaboratively manage a campus.
Campus management, a new form of school leadership and administration, required consensus building among diverse and at time, competing forces. Multiple principals were now collectively responsible for agreeing on how to best serve the greater campus community while considering the unique needs of their small schools. Their greatest challenge was not the hostility from the closing school community or reducing school violence or even the countless restructuring from central administration but rather dealing with each other.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 118 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-4758-1525-2 • Hardback • October 2015 • $66.00 • (£51.00)

978-1-4758-1526-9 • Paperback • October 2015 • $34.00 • (£26.00)

978-1-4758-1527-6 • eBook • October 2015 • $32.00 • (£22.99)

Subjects: Education / Urban, Education / Administration / General, Education / Counseling / Crisis Management, Education / Multicultural Education, Education / Violence & Harassment

Author

Mónica Ortiz, EdD, is principal in the School for Legal Studies, New York City Department of Education, Brooklyn, NY.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Introduction
Chapter 1: There Are No Quick Fixes
Impact School Initiative
Controlling Student Behavior
New Beginnings and the Twlight Program
Small Schools in NYC
School Closures
Logistics and Impact of School Closings
Campus Schools
Conclusion
Chapter 2: The Campus Schools
The Cuomo Campus
Academy for MST Studies
College Preparatory High School
The Marin Campus
Dual Language High School
The High School for Performing Arts
The High School for International Studies
School for Professional Careers
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Collaborative Leadership: The Inner Workings of the Principals’ Council
Principals’ Council Legitimacy
Governance
Autonomy or Collective
Collaborative Leadership
Assigned School Space
Budget Woes
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Under New Management: Campus Logistics and Operation
Shared Expenses and School Budget
Shared Space and Student Behavior
Shared Space and Instructional Programs
Trouble with the Law
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Where’s the Boss? The Role of Central Administration
Constant Flux
Who’s in Charge
Building Capacity
The Superintendent
Conclusion
Conclusion: Creating a Better Plan
References

Campus Schools

New York City's Solution to Underperforming and Violent Schools

Mónica Ortiz

Campus Schools

New York City's Solution to Underperforming and Violent Schools

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