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 * Mover Name:** Jill Levy


 * Basic Work:** President of the New York City Council of School Supervisors and Administrators (CSA)


 * Key Work:** Jill Levy disseminated pro-union literature in her building. She helped design the supervisory support program, which provided mentoring to supervisors, who felt they needed help. Furthermore, she founded a Florida-based non-profit organization, called The Women's Health Education Network in 1989. The mission of this organization was to inform women about self-examinations and stress-related issues.


 * Why/How a mover?** Jill Levy was a mover because she was not only the President of CSA, but also a prominent teacher, special education supervisor and representative for Union For Teachers (UFT) . Upon being a special education supervisor, she made sure that all students had access to a quality public education, where no student felt rejected or separated, at any time, from their parents or community. Furthermore, upon obtaining her position as President of the CSA, she stated and argued that "Principals are not the CEOS of the schools. They are the instructional leaders of the schools." Therefore, she stressed that students, and peers alone, should follow their dreams and not let other people tell them what they can or cannot achieve.


 * Links: http://www.educationupdate.com/archives/2006/Mar/html/cov-jilllevy.html**