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The Council of School Supervisors and Administrators (CSA) is Local 1 of AFSA, the American Federation of School Administrators, which in turn is part of the AFL-CIO. CSA is also part of NYSFSA, the New York State Federation of School Administrators.

CSA represents more than 6,000 Principals, Assistant Principals, Supervisors, Education Administrators, Day Care Directors and Assistant Directors. CSA members work in schools and city-funded day care centers across the five boroughs, as well as at District and Regional Board of Education offices and the Central BOE. CSA also represents more than 8,500 retirees and their spouses, as part of the union's Retiree Chapter.

CSA represents its members individually and collectively, in matters concerning salaries, working conditions and educational policies, and all other areas which relate to the administration and supervision of schools. CSA also assists members in matters concerning their welfare, and provides professional development through the Educational Leadership Institute (ELI), the Supervisory Support Program (SSP), and the Leadership Institute for Educators (LIFE).

New York City Meetings:
The school system is now organized into 10 Regions
across the city – each of which includes approximately 120 schools. Each Region contains 2, 3 or 4 Community School Districts, as well as the high schools located within their geographic boundaries.
Each Region has a Learning Support Center which houses the instructional leadership team for the Region as well as a full service Parent Support Office. Six of the Learning Support Centers also house Regional Operations Centers which provide operational support to schools.
The Regions are led by 10 Regional Superintendents who, together, function as the senior instructional management team for the school system and report directly to the Deputy Chancellor for Teaching and Learning. Within each Region, the Regional Superintendent supervises approximately 10 to 12 Local Instructional Superintendents (“LISes”) , each of whom has supervisory responsibility for a network of about 10 to 12 schools and principals. The LISes will provide schools in their networks with instructional leadership and will support principals and their teachers in implementing the new instructional approach and improving the quality of teaching and learning in their schools. Principals within each network will report directly to the Local Instructional Superintendent assigned to lead that network. Under the new structure, each school will receive greater individualized support and supervision. In addition, 32 LISes are designated as Community School District Superintendents while continuing to serve as LISes. These 32 LISes each oversee a community school district office and fulfill the reorganization’s commitment to linking the new management structure with the Community School Boards and the parent-focused Community District Education Councils that are replacing them.

The Board of Cooperative Educational Services of the Second Supervisory District of Erie, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties is the eighth largest of the 38 BOCES, covering a 1,791 square mile area. It extends from southern Erie County, west to the shores of Lake Erie, and south to the Pennsylvania border in Chautauqua County. Eight of the component districts are located in Erie County, one in Cattaraugus County and 18 in Chautauqua County. The Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, home of the Seneca Nation of Indians, also lies within its boundaries. Responding to the needs of its 27 component districts, Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES provides over 259 shared service programs. These include specific professional development and instructional support programs, various management services, and numerous Career and Technical, Alternative and Special Education programs, delivered by the 750+ support, instructional and administrative staff members. These services are funded in 2004-05 by a $50+ million operating budget.

For more than 75 years, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) has been dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of mathematics. It is a recognized leader in efforts to ensure an excellent mathematics education for all students and an opportunity for every mathematics teacher to grow professionally.