New York State Division of Urban Education New York City School-Community Interaction Umbrella Program Correspondence and Project Files
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Overview of the Records
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
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Arrangement
Subseries 1, Umbrella Program files, is arranged by umbrella program number. Subseries 2, Project files, is arranged chronologically by school year, then by umbrella program number, and then by project number.
Administrative History
The New York School-Community Interaction Umbrella Program evolved from Title III of ESEA, which was enacted in 1968 to fund innovative and imaginative solutions to educational problems. From 1968 to 1971, the program was funded by federal Title III funds. Beginning in July 1971, the New York State Legislature assumed funding of the program (under a specific budget appropriation), and the program was administered by the Division of Urban Education of the New York State Education Department.
The umbrella program was divided into topical focuses, or "umbrellas". These focuses included curriculum and teacher growth, student guidance, basic skills and English as a Second Language, and communications between schools and their surrounding communities. Each umbrella was controlled by an "umbrella board" consisting of professional staff and community representatives from each of the component projects of the umbrella program. Each component project was related to the umbrella topic, and was sponsored by a public school or school district, as well as a community agency.
An SED audit of the program from 1972-1973 found the Umbrella program to be ineffective and hampered by a lack of guidance and oversight from city and state education authorities. Beginning in the school year 1974-1975, administrative control of the various umbrella programs was centralized under the Division of Community School Affairs of the New York City Board of Education.
Scope and Content Note
This series contains correspondence, project applications, evaluation forms, and other records documenting the work of the Division of Urban Education in administering the New York City School-Community Interaction Umbrella Program. Included are files documenting the operation of the program as a whole, as well as files on specific projects funded by the program.
Program files include administrative summaries of the umbrella program activities, as well as project summary forms for all projects under a given umbrella program in a given year. Summaries include project narratives, budget, and application forms. Also included is correspondence between SED staff and umbrella program directors. Files on specific funded projects include original project applications, each of which contains a project description, a projected budget, and a list of specific expenses required, including project staff. Along with these applications are forms requesting modifications to the existing project plan, as well as review forms completed by staff members of the Board of Education of New York City. Also included are correspondence between Division of Urban Education staff and umbrella program directors and travel expense reports from Division of Urban Education staff. Projects were focused on topics such as bilingual education, teacher training, remedial instruction and reading comprehension.
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Detailed Description
Subseries 1: Correspondence and subject files
Scope and Content Note:
This subseries contains administrative summaries of the umbrella program activities, as well as project summary forms for all projects under a given umbrella program in a given year. Summaries include project narratives, budget, and application form. Also included is correspondence between SED staff and umbrella program directors.Arrangement:
By umbrella program number.
Dates | Contents | ||
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Accretion: 14238-85 |
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1971 September-1972 May | 14-71-U2 | ||
1971 October-1972 August | 14-71-U3 | ||
1971 August-1972 May | 14-71-U4 | ||
1971 August-1972 November | 14-71-U5 | ||
1972 June-July | 14-71-U4 | ||
1972 July | Umbrella 5 (8 Components) | ||
1971 July-1972 March | Umbrellas - 1971 | ||
1971 July-1972 April | Umbrella Legislation - 1972 | ||
1971-1972 | Umbrella Legislation - Supplementary Budget - 1971-72 |
Subseries 2: Project files
Scope and Content Note:
This subseries contains files documenting specific projects funded by the New York City School-Community Interaction Umbrella Program. Each umbrella project file contains an original project application, which includes a project description, a projected budget, and a list of specific expenses required, including project staff. Along with the applications are forms requesting modifications to the existing project plan, as well as review forms completed by staff members of the Board of Education of New York City. Also included are correspondence between Division of Urban Education staff and umbrella program directors and travel expense reports from Division of Urban Education staff. Projects were focused on topics such as bilingual education, teacher training, remedial instruction and reading comprehension.Arrangement:
By umbrella program number.
Dates | Contents | Box | Folder |
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Accretion: 14238-85 |
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1971 October-November | Umbrella 2 Evaluation | ||
1970 October-1971 November | Richmondville - Umbrella 2 | ||
1971 July-1972 January | Umbrella 2 | ||
1971 July-1972 July | Umbrella 2 - Correspondence | ||
1971 September-1972 September | 14-71-U2-CAB: Umbrella 2: Curriculum and Teacher Growth | ||
1971 August-November | 14-71-U2-01: The Mental Hygiene Linguistic Reading Program | ||
1971 August-November | 14-71-U2-02: Teaching Decoding for Perceptual Conditioning Utilizing the Glass-Analysis Approach | ||
1971 August-November | 14-71-U2-04: Massive Attack on Reading Disabilities | ||
1971 August-November | 14-71-U2-05: A Visual Approach to the Individualized Teaching of Reading Concepts and Ecology | ||
1971 August-November | 14-71-U2-06: Project Gain | ||
1971 August-November | 14-71-U2-07: Afro-American History Caravan | ||
1971 August-November | 14-71-U2-08: Richmondtown Restoration Social Studies Project | ||
1971 August-November | 14-71-U2-10: Elementary School Industrial Arts Learning Center | ||
1971 August-1972 August | 14-71-U2-11: Paraprofessional Academy | ||
1972 July-November | Re: Complaint - Dr. John J. Spurling | ||
1972 January-1973 March | Correspondence - Component 16 | ||
1971 August-November | 14-71-U2-12: Teacher Self-Help Project | ||
1971 August-1972 August | 14-71-U2-13: Improving Children's Reading Skills Through Cooperative Instruction in the Open Court Reading Program by Professional and Auxiliary Teachers | ||
1971 August-November | 14-71-U2-14: Teacher Training in Reading and Other Curriculum Areas | ||
1971 August-November | 14-71-U2-16: Problem Solving Coop for Teacher Growth | 2 | 1 |
1971 September-1973 March | Umbrella 3 | 2 | 2 |
1971 November-1972 January | Contracting Services - Components #9, 14 | 2 | 3 |
1972 January-September | Confidential - Umbrella 3 - 1971-72 | 2 | 4 |
1970 December-1971 November | U3 Evaluation | 2 | 5 |
1972 February-August | Confidential - Umbrella 3 - John Spurling | 2 | 6 |
1971 August-1972 July | U3 Correspondence | 2 | 7 |
1971 August-November | 14-71-U3-CAB: Umbrella 3 - Guidance Counseling and Innovative Education to Needy NYC Children and Their Parents | 2 | 8 |
1971 August-1972 May | 14-71-U3-01: Urban Counseling Center | 2 | 9 |
1971 August-1972 May | 14-71-U3-02: Rehabilitation of Youths in Selected Areas | 2 | 10 |
1971 August-1972 May | 14-71-U3-03: Practical Skills Training | 2 | 11 |
1971 August-1972 February | 14-71-U3-04: Cultural Heritage with Emphasis on Black History | 2 | 12 |
1971 August-1972 February | 14-71-U3-05: Saturday Morning Reading and Physical Education Program | 2 | 13 |
1971 August-1972 August | 14-71-U3-06: Community Sports for Health and Physical Education | 2 | 14 |
1971 August-November | 14-71-U3-07: Advisory Workshop for Dropouts and Effective Counseling for Return to School | 2 | 15 |
1971 August-1972 April | 14-71-U3-08: Remedial Reading Instruction and Family Assistance | 2 | 16 |
1971 August-1972 April | 14-71-U3-09: Settlements as Supplementary Education Centers | 2 | 17 |
1971 August-1972 March | 14-71-U3-10: Diagnosis and Referral of Youth with Educational and Employment Problems | 2 | 18 |
1971 August-1972 June | 14-71-U3-11: Junior Guidance | 2 | 19 |
1971 August-1972 June | 14-71-U3-12: Parent Education Program | 2 | 20 |
1971 July-1973 March | 14-71-U3-13: Parent Student Guidance Program | 2 | 21 |
1972 January-February | 14-71-U3-16: A Program in Remedial Reading, Guidance and Homework Help | 2 | 22 |
1971 August-1972 June | 14-71-U3-14: Early Childhood Parent Training and Technological Resource Centers | 2 | 23 |
1971 July-1972 August | U4 Correspondence | 2 | 24 |
1971 August-1972 April | Umbrella 4 | 2 | 25 |
1971 October-1972 July | U4 Evaluation | 2 | 26 |
1971 August-1972 July | 14-71-U4-CAB: Umbrella 4 - Basic Skills - English as a Second Language | 2 | 27 |
1971 August-November | 14-71-U4-01: Harlem Education Program (HEP) | 2 | 28 |
1971 August-November | 14-71-U4-02: Parent Education for Pupil Progress (Parents of District 18 & 23) | 2 | 29 |
1971 August-November | 14-71-U4-03: Parents Orientation Class | 2 | 30 |
1971 August-November | 14-71-U4-04: Walk and Talk | 2 | 31 |
1971 August-November | 14-71-U4-05: Mini Teachers | 2 | |
1971 August-November | 14-71-U4-06: Happy Day Pre-Kindergarten | 2 | 33 |
1971 August-November | 14-71-U4-07: After School Pre-Kindergarten | 2 | 34 |
1971 August-November | 14-71-U4-08: Parents as Assistants to Teachers | 2 | 35 |
1971 August-November | 14-71-U4-09: Teaching English to Adults in Their Homes | 2 | 36 |
1971 August-1972 April | 14-71-U4-11: Parent Preparation Inc. | 2 | 37 |
1971 August-November | 14-71-U4-12: Brooklyn College Tutoring Program | 2 | 38 |
1971 October-December | U5 Evaluation | 3 | 1 |
1971 September-December | Umbrella 5 | 3 | 2 |
1971 March-1972 May | U5 Correspondence | 3 | 3 |
1971 August-1972 July | 14-71-U5-CAB: Communications | 3 | 4 |
1971 September-November | 14-71-U5-01: School-Community Neighborhood Center | 3 | 5 |
1971 September-November | 14-71-U5-02: District 28 Newsletter and Handbook | 3 | 6 |
1971 September-November | 14-71-U5-03: Parents Resource Center | 3 | 7 |
1971 September-November | 14-71-U5-04: Student Progress Reporters Corps | 3 | 8 |
1971 September-1972 August | 14-71-U5-05: Community School Referral | 3 | 9 |
1971 September-November | 14-71-U5-06: Bilingual-Bicultural Program | 3 | 10 |
1971 September-November | 14-71-U5-07: Production of a Film Concerning Education in the Ghetto | 3 | 11 |
1971 September-November | 14-71-U5-08: Operation Reach-Out | 3 | 12 |
1972 August-October | Project Proposal Status Report - 1972-73 | 3 | 13 |
1970 November-1972 April | Project Proposal Status Report - 1971-72 | 3 | 14 |
1970 July-1971 July | Project Proposal Status Report - 1970-71 | 3 | 15 |
1972 July-1974 February | Umbrella 2 - 1972-73 - General Correspondence | 3 | 16 |
1972 February-1973 February | Umbrella 2 - 1972-73 - Interim Report - PRA | 3 | 17 |
1972 June-1973 July | 15-72-02-DAB: Administration and Dissemination | 3 | 18 |
1972 July-1973 July | 15-72-02-01: Mental Hygiene Linguistic Reading Program | 3 | 19 |
1972 July-1973 July | 15-72-02-02 | 3 | 20 |
1972 July-1973 July | 15-72-02-03: Cameras Help Children Learn | 3 | 21 |
1972 July-1973 July | 15-72-02-04: Richmondtown Restoration Social Studies Project | 3 | 22 |
1972 July-1973 July | 15-72-02-05: Massive Attack on Reading Disabilities (MARD) | 3 | 23 |
1972 July-1973 July | 15-72-02-06: Project GAINS | 3 | 24 |
1972 July-1973 July | 15-72-02-07: Afro-American History Caravan | 3 | 25 |
1972 July-1973 July | 15-72-02-08: Teacher Training & Instructional Innovation Reading and Other Curriculum Areas | 3 | 26 |
1972 July-1973 July | 15-72-02-09: Perceptual Conditioning for Decoding | 3 | 27 |
1972 July-1973 July | 15-72-02-10: Teacher Self-Help | 3 | 28 |
1972 July-1973 July | 15-72-02-11: Children Learn to Read Through Cooperative Efforts of Teachers and Paraprofessionals | 3 | 29 |
1972 July-1973 January | 15-72-02-12: Problem Solving Cooperation for Teacher Growth | 3 | 30 |
1972 April-1973 July | Umbrella 3 - General Correspondence - 1972-73 | 4 | 1 |
1972 May-1973 August | Umbrella 3 - General Correspondence - 1972-73 | 4 | 2a |
1972 May-1973 August | Umbrella 3 - General Correspondence - 1972-73 | 4 | 2b |
1972 June-1973 June | 15-72-03-CAB | 4 | 3 |
1972 July | 15-72-03-01: Special Guidance Service to Junior High School and High School Students | 4 | 4 |
1972 July | 15-72-03-02: Educational Guidance Through Cultural Enrichment with Emphasis on Black History | 4 | 5 |
1972 July-August | 15-72-03-03: Remedial Reading and Enrichment Through Black Studies | 4 | 6 |
1972 July-1973 March | 15-72-03-04: Preventive and Rehabilitative Counseling for Potentially High Risk Youthful Drug Users | 4 | 7 |
1972 July-August | 15-72-03-05: Guidance, Counseling and Innovative Education to Needy New York City Children and their Parents with Community Involvement | 4 | 8a |
1972 July-August | 15-72-03-05: Guidance, Counseling and Innovative Education to Needy New York City Children and their Parents with Community Involvement | 4 | 8b |
1972 October-1973 July | 15-72-03-06: Guiding Students Through Parents | 4 | 9a |
1972 October-1973 July | 15-72-03-06: Guiding Students Through Parents | 4 | 9b |
1972 October-1973 July | 15-72-03-07: Counseling and Remediation for Potential Drug Users | 4 | 10a |
1972 October-1973 July | 15-72-03-07: Counseling and Remediation for Potential Drug Users | 4 | 10b |
1972 October-1973 September | 15-72-03-08: Remediation and Guidance for Underachievers | 4 | 11a |
1972 October-1973 September | 15-72-03-08: Remediation and Guidance for Underachievers | 4 | 11b |
1972 June-1973 August | Umbrella 4 - 1972-73 - General Correspondence | 5 | 1 |
1972 June-1973 May | 15-72-04-DAB | 5 | 2 |
1972 June-1973 July | 15-72-04-01: English as a Second Language | 5 | 3 |
1972 June-1973 July | 15-72-04-02: Tutoring Component | 5 | 4 |
1972 October-1973 July | 15-72-04-03: Pre-Kindergarten Program | 5 | 5 |
1972 June-1973 October | Umbrella 5 - 1972-73 - General Correspondence | 5 | 6 |
1972 July-1973 May | 15-72-05-CAB | 5 | 7 |
1972 July-1973 August | 15-72-05-01: Student Progress Reporter Corps | 5 | 8 |
1972 July-1973 August | 15-72-05-02: School Community Neighborhood Centers | 5 | 9 |
1972 August-1973 August | 15-72-05-03: Bilingual and Bicultural Program | 5 | 10 |
1972 October-1974 March | Umbrella 2 - 1973-74 - Program Proposals and General Correspondence | 5 | 11 |
1971 August-1972 March | An Evaluation of Community Education Center Programs - Umbrellas 1, 6 & 7, 1970-71 (Book) | 5 | 12 |
1972 July-1973 March | An Evaluation of Community Education Center Programs - Umbrellas 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 and Experimental Elementary Program, 1971-72 (Book) | 5 | 13 |
1971 August-1972 March | Community Involvement in Creative Education: An Evaluation of Umbrella III--Guidance and Other Community Related Services in New York City (Book) | 5 | 14 |
1973 October | Umbrella 2 - 1972-73 - New York City School-Community Interaction Project - Programs in Curriculum and Teacher Growth (Unfiled) | 5 | 15 |
1974 March | 15-72-03-06: Guiding Students Through Parents | 5 | 16 |
1974 March | 15-72-03-07: Guidance Counseling and Remediation for Potential Drug Users | 5 | 17 |
1973 November | 15-72-03-08: Remediation and Guidance for Under-achievers | 5 | 18 |
1973 October | Umbrella 4 - 1972-73 - Evaluation Report - Basic Skills; English as a Second Language | 5 | 19 |
1973 October | Umbrella 5 - 1972-73 - New York City School-Community Interaction Program - Communications (Unfiled) | 5 | 20 |
1972 October | Umbrella 2 - Teacher and Curriculum Growth - 1971-72 - Innovative Learning: An Evaluation Report (Bound) | 5 | 21 |
1972 August | Umbrella 4 - Basic Skills; English as a Second Language - 1971-72 - Final Evaluation Report (Book) | 5 | 22 |