NYC SPECIAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE TO CONVENE OVER 500 ATTENDEES FOR 6th ANNUAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE
Two-Day Event Will Feature Educators, Service Providers, Advocates and Parents
(New York, NY) – On Tuesday, May 31st and Wednesday, June 1st, at Baruch College in Manhattan, the New York City Special Education Collaborative will host its 6th Annual Education Conference, designed to highlight best practices in serving all students, not just students with disabilities. The conference will bring first-rate professional development opportunities to over 500 attendees, including school leaders, teachers, service providers and parents.
This year’s conference will feature over 30 breakout sessions and three keynote addresses. Keynotes will focus on how education can be used as a social justice tool, how schools can think and educate differently, and how to use lessons from the disability rights movement to impact instructional mindsets.
All public school educators, administrators, advocates and parents are invited to attend.
| What: | 6th Annual Education Conference |
| Who: | Over 500 school leaders, teachers and related special education service providers |
| When: | Tuesday, May 31 and Wednesday, June 1 |
| Where: | Baruch College Newman Conference Center 55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10010 |
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About the NYC Special Education Collaborative
The NYC Special Education Collaborative is a citywide, membership organization committed to empowering NYC charter schools to develop high quality special education programs for students with disabilities. Founded in 2011, the Collaborative provides professional development, instructional resources, recruitment activities, and technical assistance to schools so that they can build and maintain the capacity to meet a diverse student population. Learn more about the Collaborative at www.nycsped.org.
About the New York City Charter School Center
The New York City Charter School Center is an independent non-profit committed to fostering an environment in which public charters can open and flourish, and, through their innovative approaches, provide models for improving all public schools. The Charter Center helps new charter schools get started, supports existing schools, and engages the charter school community around key issues. Learn more about the New York City Charter School Center at www.nyccharterschools.org.
About NYC’s Charter Schools
Charter schools are free, independently run public schools that are able to innovate in their classroom structures, curriculum, and teaching methods. In return, they’re held to higher standards of accountability. More than 90 percent of the City’s charter school students are African-American or Latino, and over 70 percent are from low-income families. There are 205 public charter schools serving over 95,000 students in all five boroughs for the 2015-2016 school year.
