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As the principal of a new “Technology Early College High School” (P-TECH), I had to get comfortable with the idea of building a program even if students enrolled in it. Fortunately, my leadership team and I understand what our school will look like when everything is in place.
We don’t have to do everything at once because we have a plan that we are implementing in one year. We also have a partner in the Ulster Board of Co-operative Education Service (BOCES) who have successfully run a similar program for eight years providing guidance and support. Here’s how it’s working so far and why it’s so important to our students and community.
Building the plane as we fly – excellent mechanics on board.
I became the principal of Ellenville P-TECH Academy in July 2022 after its first year of existence. One of the first things I did was contact Ulster BOCES and State University of New York (SUNY) Ulster. These are important partners for us. Ulster BOCES helped us write the grant that got us the funding to start our school and served as a role model for us. Our students, like them, take classes at SUNY Ulster and some attend Ulster BOCES itself.
With Hudson Valley Pathways Academy serving as a model for Ulster BOCES in its own operation and relationship with SUNY Ulster, we were fortunate not to be starting from scratch, but are working to adapt a successful model to meet the needs of our own community. It was important for me to understand what role those institutions play and what they expect from me and my students.
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