The Classroom Academy and
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The Classroom Academy offers a unique solution to the challenge of financial sustainability facing residencies across the nation. As an innovative residency pilot for teacher preparation, the Classroom Academy offers the first fiscally sustainable model in New York State by leveraging an existing state aid model and now, as a NYS Registered Apprenticeship, applying for NYS Department of Labor grant funds through the Apprenticeship Expansion grant to help offset tuition costs for residents.
This initiative allows New York’s thirty-seven Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES)~similar to Education Service Agencies throughout the country~ to partner with 697 of the 721 districts across the state to provide shared, relevant, and cost-effective programming. The BOCES state-aid reimbursement model embeds the residency work in the existing state level education aid formula, providing districts with a reliable revenue stream and return-on-investment: a culture of improved professional practice that strengthens student learning, along with a systematic approach to recruiting and retaining educators of demonstrated quality. |
BOCES aid rate is based on a financial need formula and ranges from 36-90% across the state.
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The Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES does not discriminate in its programs and activities, including employment and admission as applicable, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, age, economic status, marital status, veterans' status, political affiliation, domestic victim status, use of a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog, disability, or other classifications protected under federal or state law, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The designated district compliance officer(s) will coordinate compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements of Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act, and the New York State Human Rights Law. The BOCES Civil Rights Compliance Officer is: Turina Parker, Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES, 267 Ballard Road, Suite 5, Wilton, NY 12831. phone: (518) 581-3716, email: [email protected]. Complaints may also be filed with the Office for Civil Rights, New York Office, U.S. Department of Education, 32 Old Slip, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10005- 2500, phone (646) 428-3800, fax (646) 428-3843, email:[email protected].