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Partnership Support Organizations As of 2007, all schools are required to choose a School Support Organization, known as "SSO," to supply curriculum support and professional development as well as a range of other services. The SSO function is to support student learning. The Department of Education retains management and supervision, standard setting, student placement, funding, teacher recruitment, hiring and firing of principals and other mandated functions. There are three types of SSO: Empowerment, Learning, and Partnership. Principals may choose which SSO to join regardless of geographical location. Partnership Support Organizatinos, or “PSO” are led by nonprofit groups that have a history of working with and creating schools. Chief Executive Officer: Joellen Lynch, (212) 374-6713 Fordham University: Fordham's Graduate School of Education has partnered with a handful of schools, which will have access to the university's faculty and research centers. Contact: Marge Struk, 646-579-7082 CUNY School Support Center CUNY is working with middle and high schools that already had a partnership with the city university system or individual colleges within it. This PSO's focus is on preparing students for success in college. Contact: Cass Conrad, 646-344-7262 Center for Educational Innovation-Public Education Association (CEI-PEA) CEI-PEA is the most recent iteration of an organization that has been active in the city's schools for over 100 years. Originally taking a broad approach to reform, CEI-PEA in recent years has narrowed its focus to developing school choice programs, small schools, and principal leadership in the city and nationwide. This PSO will provide schools with the instructional and administrative support they request. Main number: 212-302-8800 Frank Paliotta New Visions for Public Schools New Visions has partnered with hundreds of New York City schools since it was founded in 1989. The organization has been a major player in the small schools movement and has started more than 100 small schools itself. Most, but not all, of the 70 New Visions schools, have had close ties to the organization in the past. Lead Development Facilitators Alice Young, 646-486-8533 Replications, Inc. Replications is the organization responsible for creating clones of successful schools, including the Mott Hall schools, Frederick Douglass academies, and KAPPA schools. Replications also founded Brooklyn Latin, the newest specialized high school. A few of these schools have joined the Replications PSO, as well as other schools that have not had a relationship with Replications in the past. Main number: 212-714-3514 292 5th Avenue, 4th Floor Network leader: John Sullivan Academy for Educational Development The Academy for Educational Development is an international non-profit organization that since 1961 has worked on education, health, and environmental problems worldwide. AED is working with a small network of middle schools. Contact: Calvin Hastings, 212-367-4594
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