INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS
PS 596X Instructional Focus
2024 - 2025
The Chancellor’s Four Pillars
Reimagining the Student Experience
Scaling, Sustaining, and Restoring What Works
Prioritizing Wellness and Its Link to Student Success
Engaging Families to Be Our True Partners
The Chancellor's Priorities
All students will learn to read well
All students will be physically and emotionally safe
All students will have a high-quality academic experience
All students will graduate with a strong plan and pathway to economic security
All districts and schools are more inclusive and responsive for parents and families, Including having more families choose NYC public Schools
P596x CEP Goals 2024 - 2025
Priority Area 1: All Students will learn to read well
By June 2025, literacy for 6:1:1 Students with Disabilities (SWD) will improve, as measured by a 2% Increase, from 3% to 5%, in component G - Labeling, on the ABLLS Assessment.
By June 2025, literacy for Students with
Disabilities (SWD) in the 8:1:1 and 12:1:1 classrooms will improve by an increase of 5% from 51% to 55%, in identifying, producing, or verbalizing phonemes as measured by the SANDI assessment.
Priority Area 2: All students are physically and emotionally safe
By June 2025, the physical and mental
wellness for 596X Students with Disabilities (SWD) will improve, as measured by a 30% decrease in the occurrence of problem behaviors across BIP data with the average deduction in frequency over the school year changing from 5.96 occurrence to 4.17 occurrences, per comparison of progress
monitoring cycles in the Fall 2024 to Spring 2025.
Priority Area 3: All students have a high-quality academic experience
By June 2025, 596X performance in ABLLS Assessment - Domain (B) Visual Performance will Increase by 3% from 9% to 12%, for 6:1:1 Students with Disabilities (SWD), as measured by the ABLLS Assessment.
By June 2025, 596X data on SANDI Fast -
Operations and Algebra Subtest will Increase by 5% from 52.8% to 57.8%, for 8:1:1 and 12:1:1 Students with Disabilities (SWD), as
measured by SANDI/FAST.
Priority Area 4: All students graduate college and career ready and have a strong plan and pathway to economic security
By June 2025, 596X students with disabilities (SWD) who move to a less restrictive class ratio (LRE) placement will increase by 2% from 0 to 8 students, as measured by program recommendation data.
Priority Area 5: All districts and schools are more inclusive and responsive for parents and families, including having more families choose NYC Public Schools
By June 2025, we will improve the number of students and families who have continued potential for access to OPWDD through sustained participation in the school sponsored intake process by 14% from 13 families to 14 families as measured by parent survey data and
Front-Door attendance and follow-through data.
P596X's INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS
Every child must have an accessible education emphasizing communication and creativity that leads to a deepened connection to their community.