The Turning Point Academy

Anyone who knows Marty, Carol and Maryln Appelbaum knows Marty and Carol co-founded The Turning Point Academy because we strongly feel a need to provide a new model to educate secondary school students.  They know how entrenched we are in our nations education. How we truly feel the heartbeats of our nations educators.

The Turning Point Academy is very proud to also be co-founders of Appelbaum Training Institute. Today is a big day for ATi.

The Appelbaum Training Institute (ATi) received an impressive invitation from the NYC Board of Education. It is such a great feeling to know we are such an asset to schools everywhere. We have always felt called to be difference makers for educators. They have such an influence on our future as they interact with their students daily. We were thrilled to be invited to NYC and participate in something that has the potential to help educators and ultimately the students who, we feel, need a major change in our nations education system.

 

 

NYC Board of Ed. received a grant through the Federal Title I School Improvement Funding (1003a).

Selected NYC schools have been deemed eligible to apply for a special school improvement grant made available by the New York State Education Department, targeting schools in NYC Districts in Need of Improvement (DINI) who meet the following criteria:
-         low graduation rate for all students (below 60%);
-         low performance index (PI) in ELA and/or no Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for students with disabilities (SWD);
-         low PI in ELA and/or no AYP for English Language Learners (ELLs)/Limited English Proficient (LEP) students; OR
-         disproportional percentage of SWDs and ELLs. 

Fifty-one (51) eligible elementary, middle, and high schools will have the opportunity to apply for this funding through a mini-application process that will require a description of how the school would use the specific amount requested to implement research-based programs with proven successful strategies to:

ATI is a recommended NYC preferred program vendor that can provide the above criteria. Maryln Appelbaum will be there working her tail off demonstrating the benefits of using this grant money with ATI. This will all happen very fast. School applications are due June 11 and it is expected that schools will be notified of grant awards by June 21 so that funds will be available in school budgets by July 1 for summer programs and activities.

 

We are so blessed and want to assist educators to make the changes necessary to provide a better learning environment and to better equip our nations students with the tools for success that they need. The tools that they will carry into their future so they are better prepared to participate and be successful in the global workforce.

It is ATi and The Turning Point Academy's mission to provide motivation and experience to educators and students in the U.S.A.