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January 12, 2021News Blog, Uncategorized

Introducing the A-GAME!

January 12, 2021Jobs, Uncategorized

New Position Opening: Program Manager for Partner Services

Position Title: Program Manager for Partner Services We are changing the way public education operates nationally through our work with school leadership and their boards, charter school authorizers, and education support organizations. Our goal is to create the conditions where innovation and inspiration provide amazing experiences for students, staff, families, and communities. The National Charter…

November 16, 2020Founders Library, News Blog, Presentations, Uncategorized

Conquer Politics and Grow the Coalition: Tell Your Story

Presented by Darlene Chambers, Ember Reichgott Junge, Wendy Larvick at the 2020 Independent Charter Schools Virtual Conference. Telling stories – not just personal stories, but all forms of narrative – is one of the most common ways we can “awaken emotions” and gain support from our legislators, our parents, our communities and the public at…

November 12, 2020News Blog, Presentations, Uncategorized

From NY to LA: New Goals for New Times

The best way to support student learning is when alternative education campuses and authorizers create measurable goals that are responsive to the school’s population and mission. Through the A-GAME process, authorizers and schools are able to identify their school’s unique attributes and determine rigorous standards of achievement for all students, especially the most vulnerable. Join…

November 12, 2020News Blog, Presentations, Uncategorized

Hindsight is 2020

There is no more to charter school authorizing than holding a quality standard and ensuring schools are compliant, right? Think again. Learn from the combined 30 years of experience of district, state, and independent authorizers, as they reflect on lessons learned and share what they wish they would have known from the start. They will…

November 12, 2020News Blog, Presentations, Uncategorized

The A-GAME: Measuring Quality

Introducing the A-GAME With traditional assessments unavailable, authorizers and schools are looking for new ways to measure quality. Join a session to learn about the Advancing Great Authorizing and Modeling Excellence (A-GAME) initiative on creating responsive goals based on student population. Focusing on alternative education campuses, 50 authorizers collaborated over the past year to develop…

November 2, 2020Uncategorized

The Safe School Six: Safely Maintaining School Operations

Safely Maintaining School Operations During COVID-19 Our team wants to help everyone we know adjust easily to the repercussions of COVID-19 and the ever-changing information. We have updated our “Safe School 6: Preparing for Reopening Schools After COVID-19” documents to now fit the schools who need to safely maintain operations. The “Safe School 6: Safely…

October 21, 2020Conferences, News Blog, Presentations, Uncategorized

Fiscal Oversight: COVID and Beyond: Is your fiscal oversight proactive enough?

Mary Bradley and Cindy Schumacher Fiscal insolvency is one of the most common reasons charters close, but does it have to be? With COVID, will we see more schools in financial trouble? How will an authorizer know when a school is headed for challenging times? What role should an authorizer play? Dialogue with the presenters…

October 9, 2020News Blog, Uncategorized

Our Virtual Sessions at NASCA 2020

Tune in! We’ve got some great sessions at NACSA 2020 This week kicks off the 2020 NACSA Virtual Leadership Conference. Although we would love to see all of you in person, that just isn’t the case this year. Fortunately, as a community, we have the opportunity to advance excellence in education virtually.There are so many…

August 3, 2020News Blog, Uncategorized

Tools made just for you

We are here for you! Are you feeling overwhelmed by creating accountability systems for the school year (SY) 2020-21? With schools determining whether they can be on-site or 100% remote, or a combination of both, you, as the authorizer, are trying to determine that students and staff will be safe and that learning will occur. This…

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