Outlook Users – Changes to Password Reset Process
February 25, 2010
From: Hamami Oren
Sent: Wed 2/24/2010 1:18 PM
Subject: Changes to Password Reset Process
Dear Outlook Users:
Last year around this time we reached out to you and asked for your help in securing and protecting your DOE identity by making use of the Password Recovery and Account Confirmation Tool (PRACT) to validate that the email account on record was in fact the email account that you used. I am pleased to advise that the overwhelming majority of you took this seriously as over 110,000 user accounts have been confirmed via the tool. Thank you all for your help!
In a continuing effort to ensure that proper measures are in place to secure and protect DOE user identities we are at a point where we need to move forward with the next steps, by having ALL DOE Outlook password resets done via the PRACT website. While many of you are already using the PRACT website to do this, there are still a fair amount of calls that come into the Service Desk for Outlook password resets. Even though we have implemented additional security measures at the Desk, there still exists the exposure of the wrong ID being reset and we need to address this. Effective March 1, 2010, for calls that are placed to the Service Desk for Outlook Password resets, the Service Desk will provide users with the link for the PRACT website and ask that you log on and reset your password via this means. For your convenience there is a step by step guide that walks you through using the tool available on the web page. In the event that the application does not recognize your credentials there is an option on the tool that will allow you to open an incident and one of our Security Analysts will contact you and provide assistance with identifying and resolving your issue so you can safely use the tool in the future. The Password Recovery and Account Confirmation Tool is currently available to DOE employees. Non-employees, such as consultants, will be brought on-line in the future and should continue to contact the Help Desk for password resets.
In order to use the PRACT website you will need to know the following: your last name, the last 4 digits of your Social Security number and your Employee ID Note that this is not your file number. The Employee ID is a unique seven character number assigned to every employee via the Human Resource process and is listed as the “reference number” on your pay stub. Instructions for locating your Employee ID can be found on the PRACT web page or by contacting HR Connect @ 718-935-4000. Also, as part of the confirmation process you will be asked to review and accept the DOE Internet Acceptance Use Policy (IAUP).
There are a number of different ways in which this tool can be accessed:
· by clicking “Forgot your UserID or Password? Click here” from the Outlook Web Access login page
· by browsing directly to https://idm.nycenet.edu/selfservice <https://idm.nycenet.edu/selfservice> link.
· by being redirected to this link automatically by Outlook Web Access when your password expires (every 90 days).
Again we thank you for your support and cooperation, in helping minimize the potential exposure for identity theft in the DOE environment.
Oren Hamami
Chief Information Security Officer
Division of Instructional and Information Technology
New York City Department of Education
Lunch and Learn
February 24, 2010
Dear Colleagues,
Please join us on Thursday, February 25, 2010, for our first Lunch and Learn in Room 450A during periods 4, 5, 6 and 7. The Lunch and Learn for this week will serve as a way to help you set up your benchmarks and performance indicators for your lessons. If you need help in setting them up or have questions about them, please bring your lunch and stop by Room 450 A. We will help you as best we can! Coffee will be served!
We would like to continue to have Lunch and Learns every other week. They will serve as small PD sessions and will address topics that teachers feel we need to work on. We would love suggestions as to what you would like to see in these Lunch and Learns. Please email me comments/suggestions so that I can have an idea as to how to frame the rest of the Lunch and Learns. These sessions are not mandatory but will only serve to help you!
Hope to see you there!
MID-WINTER RECESS
February 12, 2010
MID-WINTER RECESS starts on MONDAY February 15, 2010 and ends on FRIDAY February 19, 2010.
First Day of School is MONDAY February 22, 2010
Faculty Member Publishes Book of Photography and Poetry
May 5, 2008
by Lorri Giovinco-Harte (Published in the May 2008 issue of the Harry S Truman Faculty Newsletter)
Raphael Lopez is a teacher of Foreign Language and Photography at Truman High School who has recently published a book of photographs and poetry entitled My Mother’s Hands. The book is described in the following manner:
Motherhood, a universal concept that transcends time and place, is revealed and revered in this book. “My Mother’s Hands” is a photographic celebration that honors and highlights the lives of mothers with a perfect combination of imagery and poetry. It is a collection of sepia toned photographs of women’s hands interacting with other people, and familiar objects of daily life. This book is a superb collection of images and poetry that validates, recognizes and appreciates mothers around the world.
The book is a culmination of several years of work by Raphael and has received great praise thus far.
THS Annual Family Day
April 17, 2008
Our Annual Family Day is fast approaching. Last year was a success. This year, we’d like to build on that success by including a wider variety of activities and events.
Some proposed ideas include, but are certainly not limited to:
Basketball, Softball, Flag Football, Track and Field Events, Face Painting, Tennis, Water Balloon Toss, Dancing, Egg-spoon Race, Potato Sack Race, Eating Contest, Limbo, and of course, FOOD!
Making this day a special event for students, staff, and the community-at-large will take innovation and inspiration. If you have ideas and/or would like to help, WE NEED YOU!!!
THS Family Day is Saturday, May 17, 2008
In addition, AP Leddy will also need logistical/operational support during this event for those who feel they could contribute to that part of this effort.
Contact AP Barakat if you would like to help.
Foreign Language Department Teacher of the Month
December 12, 2007
AP Jacobo of the Foreign Language Department has decided to recognize one teacher each month for his or her hard work and outstanding service to our students. The Foreign Language Department’s teacher of the month for the month of November was Leyti De Los Santos.
Leyti De Los Santos was born in the Domincan Republic, where she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Psychology. Soon after, she found herself working with children with mental and emotional problems at the Centro de Rehabilitacion de Santo Domingo. Once she was settled in her new home in New York City, she decided to go back to school for a Master’s Degree in Secondary Education in Spanish. In 1996, she started working at A Phillip Randolf High School as a Spanish teacher, and then came to Harry S Truman High in 1997. Read more
Mr. Williams facilitates parent involvement within the school community by working with the school Principal, school leadership team, PTA, and various community groups. Mr. Williams is dedicated to creating a welcoming environment for parents withing the school. 
