• Midwinter Professional Development Day

• Annual Best Practices Fair

• Implementation of National Networking Grant

As an essential component of the “Developing Networks Initiative” is a three-member steering committee. The responsibilities of the steering committee is to:

1. Gather information from various community constituents to complete and submit the initial grant application
   
   
2. Recruit and select an eighteen-member cohort to participate in the local Leadership Program
   
   
3. M ake arrangements for working sessions to develop action plan
   
   
4. Work with IEI facilitator and process facilitator to plan working sessions
   

May 2-4, 2003, IEI held a retreat at their Seattle, Washington headquarters to orientate organizing team members about their roles and responsibilities, and the grant initiative.

New York City Steering Committee:

University Representative: Dr. Noreen Hosier
Coordinator, Medgar Evers College learning Community Network

P-12 School Representative: Jacqueline Foster
Principal, Clara Barton High School, NYC Board of Education Region 6

Community Representative: Autumn Lucas
BASE Parent

Developing Network of Responsibility to Educate America’s Youths

Grant Initiative 2003-2004
Learning Community Network Participants

Medgar Evers College

1. Carolyn Beck –Coordinator GEAR UP
   
   
2. Dr. Louise Giddings-Teacher Educator(Co-Coordinator Service Learning Project/NNER)
   
   
3. Dr. Brenda Greene –English Dept. (Co-Coordinator Service Learning Project/NNER)
   
   
4. Dr. Noreen Hosier –Teacher Education , MEC Learning Community Network Coordinator
   
   
5. Dr. Nancy Lester-Teacher Education
   
   
6. Abdul Lloyd-Bey-Director, Youth Development
   

NYC Dept of Education Region Six Educators

1. Jacqueline Foster-Principal, Clara Barton
   
   
2. Veronica Peterson- Principal, Brooklyn Academy of Science and
   the Environment
   
   
3. Amote Sias-Community Coordinator, Office of Small Schools
   
   
4. Holly Thomas-Math Teacher, Brooklyn Academy of Science and the
   Environment
   
   
5. Carlos Walton-Dean Middle School 61
   
   
6. Prince Brown-Student, Prospects Heights High School
   
   

Broader Community

1. Ibrahim Abdul-Martin-Coordinator Prospect Park Alliance Youth Program
   
   
2. Elyssa Arnone- Education, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
   
   
3. Pam Fishman-Education Director, Prospect Park Alliance
   
   
4. Sharon Kettrles-Brooklyn DA Office
   
   
5. Autumn Lucas- High School Parent
   
   
6. Althea Solomon-Middle School Parent
   
   

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