Mentor Schools

The schools whose practices are showcased here have been funded to form a partnership with a Replication School in need of assistance or intervention to improve outcomes in an area targeted by the New York State Improvement Plan.

Overviews are organized by the area of validated practice; each provides a narrative description of the validated practice along with video of school/district staff discussing the highlighted elements of the practice.

Literacy

• Bilingual Special Education Model for Literacy
  Marguerite L. Mulvey School, Central Islip Union Free School District
• Collaborative data based decision-making for effective evidence-based instruction and behavior intervention
  Morrisonville Elementary School, Saranac Central School District
• Data based decision-making for instruction and tiered intervention in behavior and adolescent literacy instruction
  Cohoes Middle School, Cohoes City School District
• Data based decision-making model for K-12 Literacy
  Sachem Central School District, district wide
• Early Literacy Instruction
  Penn Yan Elementary School, Penn Yan Central School District
• Grand Rounds for data based decision-making
  Schlegel Road Elementary School, Webster Central School District
• Inclusive Reading First Program
  Sandy Creek Elementary School, Sandy Creek Central School District
• K-6 Data based decision-making in Literacy
  Westport Elementary School, Westport Central School District
• Literacy
  Charter School of Educational Excellence
• Tiered Literacy Intervention
  Joseph Henry Elementary School, Galway Central School District
• Tiered Response Framework- Emphasis on Literacy
  Cooperstown Central School District

positive behavior intervention

• Collaborative data based decision-making for effective evidence-based instruction and behavior intervention
  Morrisonville Elementary School, Saranac Central School District
• Data based decision-making for instruction and tiered intervention in behavior and adolescent literacy instruction
  Cohoes Middle School, Cohoes City School District
• Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
  West Street Elementary School, Orleans/Niagara BOCES
• School wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
  Lanigan Elementary School, Fulton City School District

special education instruction

• Bilingual Special Education Model for Literacy
  Marguerite L. Mulvey School, Central Islip Union Free School District
• Collaborative data based decision-making for effective evidence-based instruction and behavior intervention
  Morrisonville Elementary School, Saranac Central School District
• Communication and Social Skills (CASS) Program for students with Asperger's Syndrome at Middle and High School levels
  Monroe #2 BOCES, Spencerport Cosgrove Middle School and Greece Arcadia High School
• Co-Teaching Model
  Pine Valley Elementary School, Pine Valley Central School District
• Data based decision-making for tiered instruction and intervention in literacy for students with disabilities
  Charlotte Kenyon Intermediate School and John Harshaw Elementary School, Chenango Forks Central School District
• D.R.I.V.E. Postsecondary Transition Program
  Penn Yan Central School District, Penn Yan ARC, and Keuka College
• Inclusive Reading First Program
  Sandy Creek Elementary School, Sandy Creek Central School District
• May Moore Autism Program
  May Moore Elementary School, Deer Park Union Free School District
• Ridge Elementary Autism Program
  Ridge Elementary School, Longwood Central School District
• Special Education Inclusion Support Model at Middle School
  Garden City Middle School, Garden City Union Free School District
• Tiered Response System and Co-Teaching
  North Salem Central School District
• Transition Services Model for High School Students
  Freeport High School, Freeport Union Free School District