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Subject Area	Content Specialist / E-mail Address	Web Address
The Arts	Leslie Yolen (Visual Arts) lyolen@mail.nysed.gov Associate in Instructional Services (1), Music, TBA emscurric@mail.nysed.gov	www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/arts.html
English Language Arts	Christine Levine clevine@mail.nysed.gov Erik Sweet esweet@mail.nysed.gov	www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/ela.html
Generalist	Anita Behn abehn@mail.nysed.gov	www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai
Instructional Technology	Constance Centrello ccentrel@mail.nysed.gov	www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai
Mathematics, Science, and Technology (MST)	Judy Fantauzzi (Mathematics) jfantauz@mail.nysed.gov John Svendsen (Mathematics) jsvendse@mail.nysed.gov Ann Crotty (Science) acrotty@mail.nysed.gov Anthony "Will" Jaacks (Science) ajaacks@mail.nysed.gov Associate in Instructional Services (1), Science, TBA Philip Dettelis (Technology Education) pdetteli@mail.nysed.gov	www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/mst/math.html www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/mst/sci.html www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/mst/tech.html
Middle Level Education	Marybeth Casey mcasey2@mail.nysed.gov	www.emsc.nysed.gov/rss/mle/mlehome.html
Physical Education	Patricia "Trish" Kocialski (PE) pkocials@mail.nysed.gov	www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/physed.html
Reading/Literacy	Tracey Bennett tbennett@mail.nysed.gov Cindy Williams cwillia8@mail.nysed.gov	www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai
School Library Services	John Brock jbrock@mail.nysed.gov Joanne Parnes Shawhan jshawhan@mail.nysed.gov	www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai
Social Studies	Jo Ann Larson jlarson@mail.nysed.gov Larry Paska lpaska@mail.nysed.gov	www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/social.html
Graduate Student Interns	Marcie Bouchard mboucha2@mail.nysed.gov Michael Charlebois mcharleb@mail.nysed.gov Alicia Hazen ahazen@mail.nysed.gov Thomas Madureira tmadurer@mail.nysed.gov Chintan Mistry cmistry@mail.nysed.gov

The New York State Education Department website provides links to each of the offices under its governance. Important news items from the University of the State of New York (USNY) are posted periodically. A Google^™ search engine provides quick and easy access to important topics.

The CI&IT website provides quick access to each of New York State’s seven learning standard areas, core curricula, resource guides, publications, the CI&IT E-Blast news and updates broadcast, and links to related resources.

The Part 100 website provides current information about general education and graduation requirements for elementary, middle, and secondary education. Links to regulatory language, Q&A regarding policy, program offices and contacts, resource materials, and a “hot topics” briefing are included.

NYSED Virtual Learning System (VLS) www.nysvls.org The NYSED VLS presents the definitive set of New York State's learning standards, including the full text of the 28 standards and their respective key ideas and performance indicators, as well as the alternate performance indicators for students with severe disabilities. VLS offers lesson plans and tasks to support PreK-12 standards-based instruction, such as sample tasks and learning experiences. Other teaching resources from the State Library, Public Broadcasting Services, Archives, and Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) are also available.

Call for Expertise www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/call.htm The New York State Education Department has issued a “Call for Expertise” to solicit teacher/educator interest in ongoing, State-level consulting work in the areas of curriculum, assessment, and instructional technology. Upon completing the online survey, names are registered in a database, which SED staff will use to establish committees.

State Assessment (OSA) www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa The Office of State Assessment website includes links to specific content areas, schedules for upcoming State assessments, previously administered State tests, test samplers, and communications to the field regarding test administration.