The New York State School Superintendent Hearing Handbook 3rd Ed.is a reference book for school administrators, hearing officers, Board of Education members, and parents.The handbook covers the legal rights and "due process" that a student charged with a major breach of discipline is entitled to in a superintendent hearing. Also addressed are the duties and responsibilities of a hearing officer, and an outline of the essential elements in a hearing. Included are pertinent Commissioner of Education Decisions and their relevance in the application of NYS Education Law 3214, the Individual with Disabilities Act, the Gun free Schools Act, and the Dignity for All Students Act.

"The New York State School Superintendent Hearing Handbook" covers every aspect of the school superintendent hearing process. The guide is a must-read for school principals, superintendents, Board of Education members, and hearing officers.

An updated and revised reference on superintendent hearing procedures, this guide includes new coverage of the Commissioner of Education appeals process and the latest precedent-setting Commissioner Decisions.

Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.