Center for Educational Innovation Inc

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2011 to Jun 30, 2012

Signed

Mar 25, 2013

Return Version

2011v1.5

Gross Receipts

$16,962,939

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Pso, see schedule onyc department of education - partnership support organization - partnership support organization (pso) is a 6 year contract with the nyc department of education that began july 1, 2007. As a pso, cei-pea was providing during 2011-12 customized support to 148 public schools to help teachers and school leaders accelerate learning among more than 70,000 students. These services are delivered on-site, embedded professional development, as well as through a network system in which schools identify collective changes for network-wide professional development. Schools have different needs, working styles and educational cultures. In order to meet the specific needs of individual schools, cei-pea's model provides both a core leadership team and a school customized pool of instructional specialists.

Activity 3

Piccs, see schedule o.us department of education - teacher incentive fund - partnership for innovative compensation for charter schools program (piccs). Piccs was initially a 5 year project helping nyc charter schools recruit, retain, develop, and reward top quality teachers and school leaders. Funded initially through a $10.5 million teacher incentive fund (tif) grant from the us department of education, piccs is designed to drive increases in student performance. Due to the success of the program, cei-pea was awarded 2 additional piccs (tif3) grants in fy 2010. Additional charter schools in new york city, and buffalo, ny were added to the program. Piccs takes a comprehensive approach to performance-based compensation by integrating the latest educational technology with best practices in peer review and technical assistance to generate a community of educators striving for excellence. During the final year of the original piccs grant with the achievement of all deliverables, incentives based upon student outcomes were paid to teachers and school leaders in the 9 participating charter schools of approximately $ 712,000. In the second year of our tif3 piccs grants, 12 charter schools were given approximately $662,000. National leadership activities funded our building better charter schools grant. The network of independent charter schools helps independent "mom and pop" charter schools succeed. The network helps principals, teachers, administrators and trustees at independent charter schools collaborate with one another and establish and sustain effective programs. The network delivers a comprehensive and integrated array of services and resources free of charge to support teachers, administrators and trustees at independent charter schools.

Filer

EIN

13-4113613