The Urban Assembly

BIG NEWS! The Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management is changing its name to The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine, effective July 1st, 2024.

was recently awarded a $2.46 Million PTECH grant by the New York State Education Department and Governor Kathy Hochul. With this grant comes an exciting partnership with the largest healthcare provider in New York State, Northwell Health.

The grant will enable the school to establish a tuition-free Associates degree program in Paramedicine at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), expanding the existing EMT program at UASEM.

With these changes in mind, school stakeholders came together to come up with a new name and logo for the school.

We are so excited for the future of UA Emergency Medicine!

Only a couple of weeks away from our 7th annual SEL Symposium!

If you haven't gotten your tickets already then head to bit.ly/SELSYM24 to get them while you still can!

Here is a reminder of what you can expect from the panels and presentations this year. There will also be student panels so you can hear about the importance of high quality SEL from the students themselves!

We can't wait to see you on May 17th 🙌

We are honored to have Dr. Christina Cipriano back at this year's SEL Symposium!

Dr. Cipriano will be a panelist on the Challenging Disparities: The Role of SEL in Promoting Educational Equity panel.

Dr. Cipriano is the Director of The Education Collaboratory at Yale School of Medicine, and is a national expert in SEL with extensive experience working in classrooms with marginalized populations, providing training to teachers and support staff, and direct instruction to students.

Join us for this panel and others by getting tickets to the SEL Symposium at bit.ly/SELSYM24

We can't wait to hear remarks from Byron K. Sanders, our keynote speaker for this year's SEL Symposium! As the President and CEO of Big Thought, Byron is a committed advocate for equity in education and was awarded the 2020 CASEL O’Brien Award for Excellence in Expanding the Evidence-Based Practice of Social and Emotional Learning.

Get your tickets while you can at bit.ly/SELSYM24

It wouldn't be the Urban Assembly SEL Symposium without some UA representation!

We're so excited to have Daana Archer, Johanna Josaphat, Meena Miller, and Rosario Orengo from Urban Assembly Unison School presenting on how to work with families to foster social emotional development in students.

Secure your spot at the SEL Symposium today at bit.ly/SELSYM24 so you won't miss out on how to get family buy-in around SEL!

Here's another panel at this year's SEL Symposium that we can't wait for: Dismantling Systemic Barriers to Implementation.

We are grateful to have Shannon Cox from Montgomery County Educational Service Center, Deirdre Hon from University of Portland, and Blake Zimmerman from Purpose Built Schools join us for this important dialogue where they'll share how they overcame barriers to social emotional learning implementation in their own communities.

We hope that you are able to join us for this panel and much more at the 2024 SEL Symposium! Secure your spot at bit.ly/SELSYM24

Time for another SEL Symposium panel reveal! We are thrilled to be discussing SEL integration in higher ed programs and we have a fantastic group of panelists that are higher ed experts.

Barbara Budaj from Central Connecticut State University, Joanna Chin, LMSW from New York University, Stephanie Fiorelli from The Urban Assembly, Deirdre Hon from University of Portland, and Jeneca Parker-Tongue from Hunter College will show you how to integrate social emotional learning into postsecondary life.

You can still get tickets at bit.ly/SELSYM24

"It is time for schools and districts to abandon the search for the one perfect curriculum — it does not exist. Instead, they should focus on how to better implement the systems they have in an engaging, effective way."

Urban Assembly Director of Algebra Success Shantay Mobley penned an op-ed for The Hechinger Report on the importance of training and support of teachers to master instruction of a curriculum, rather than always trying to find a perfect curriculum that doesn't exist.

Read the full article at https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-algebra-success-isnt-about-a-perfect-curriculum-schools-need-to-invest-in-math-teacher-training-and-coaching/

We are almost a month away from our 7th Annual SEL Symposium! We can't wait to hear Susan Rivers, the Executive Director and Chief Scientist at iThrive Games, deliver a presentation on the future of SEL and Technology! 🤖

Susan Rivers brings her expertise as a psychologist and learning experience designer to this year's Symposium and you won't want to miss it!

Get your tickets while you still can at bit.ly/SELSYM24

The UA SEL Team is back with another free virtual PD. Join us Wednesday, 5/22 to explore the connection between social-emotional learning, trauma, and student success in the classroom. Register at https://zpr.io/XkesAjs92sNr

Time for another SEL Symposium 2024 reveal! We are very excited to have Shannon Cox presenting this year on "Discovering the Power of SELLA: More Than Learning Recovery."

Shannon will also be a panelist on our "Dismantling Systemic Barriers to Implementation" panel at the Symposium.

Shannon is the Superintendent of Montgomery County Educational Service Center, has been on the TEDxDayton stage, and also has served as an adjunct professor at University of Dayton where she taught courses in Education Leadership.

You don't want to miss out! Get your SEL Symposium tickets while you still can at bit.ly/SELSYM24

After the earthquake and before the eclipse another major event occurred: The Urban Assembly Innovation in Education Luncheon!

The afternoon was filled with incredible insight on the future of education from President of Fund for the City of New York, Lisette Nieves, Principal Researcher at American Institutes for Research, Orrin Murray, NYC Council Members Jennifer Gutiérrez and Rita Joseph, and UA Managing Director of Program Habib Bangura.

Thank you to everyone who was able to join us in envisioning the future of public education!

We're a little over a month away from the 7th annual Urban Assembly SEL Symposium, so we are going to start giving some sneak peeks as to what you can expect this year!

We can't wait to hear expert insights from Christina Cipriano, Britney Foster, Lee Keylock, and Jeneca Parker-Tongue in this panel on the role of SEL in promoting educational equity.

May 17th is fast approaching, but there is still time to secure your spot at bit.ly/SELSYM24

Our SEL team is hosting another free virtual professional development session on April 3rd, 2024! Interested in learning how to build a sustainable SEL system in your school community? Register at bit.ly/STSSEL

📢 Exciting news! National Geographic Learning and The Urban Assembly have joined forces to shape the future of education by inspiring the next generation of students! 🎓

National Geographic Learning, known for providing equal access to education across the globe, has partnered with The Urban Assembly, a nonprofit that innovates in public education, to prepare our next generation of leaders. This partnership seeks to bridge the opportunity gap in urban communities by providing access to high-quality education materials and experiences, empowering all students to reach their full potential.

Follow for updates related to our most recent partnership!

The Urban Assembly Maker Academy hosted visitors from Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools today! Students led the group on a tour of the school and spoke about what makes UA Maker such an innovative high school experience.

The visit ended in the school's Maker Space, where students got to discuss their work in designing grass roots planters for Gotham Park that are better for the environment, while also useful to the population that uses the park.

At schools like The Urban Assembly Maker Academy, students are designing solutions and forming partnerships with local groups to solve problems that their community is facing. This is innovation in public education. This is the Urban Assembly!