The PS 188 team works on a vision statement for their Brooklyn school, a pilot school in the Community Learning Schools Initiative.

The PS 18 group drafts a vision statement for their Bronx school, a pilot in the Community Learning Schools Initiative.

Noemi Medina, chapter leader of PS 188 in Brooklyn (left) with UFT staff member Seth Goldstein as Vice President Karen Alford looks on.

The team from PS 30 in Manhattan works on their draft vision statement for their school.

Melissa DeJesus and Shameicka Philip of PS 30 in Manhattan show a draft vision statement for their school.

Joseph Tarlo and Julie Stein-Brockway of Sunset Park High School.

From left, Jasmin Varela, principal of PS 18 in the Bronx, and Norma Ortega, paraprofessional representative at that school, with Patricia Filomena, UFT District 7 representative.

Participants at Community Learning Schools retreat are out of their seats with hands in air in a demonstration of a classroom activity for getting students’ attention.

UFT Vice President Karen Alford speaks to participants at Community Learning Schools retreat.

UFT District 5 Representative Dwayne Clark (left) with Rina Dorley-Amos, of PS 30 in Manhattan and Mark House of the Community Health Academy of the Heights in Manhattan.

Nancy Mazella of the UFT Teachers Center (standing), with (from left) Chiniza Batiste, Noemi Medina and Gloria Centowitz from PS 188 in Brooklyn and District 21 Representative Judy Gerowitz.

Community Learning School team from Curtis HS on Staten Island