Critical Conversation – Re-imagining Accountability: flipping the system to put ALL students and families first through creating indicators designed to measure what matters most and identifying schools that are in danger of falling before it’s too late. Participants: Naomi DeVeaux (National Charter Schools Institute), Aimee Evan (West Ed), John Carwell (Delaware Department of Education), David Frank …

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Invited speaker at the National ESEA annual conference: https://www.eseanetwork.org/sched/E23/session/an-ounce-of-prevention-is-worth-a-pound-of-cure-identifying-schools-in-early-distress-1 As a leader your goal is to provide students attending your schools with a high-quality education. Given all that goes into accomplishing this goal both internal and external to your school it can be easy for challenges to bubble up and go unnoticed. Research shows schools …

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This February 14 convening highlights the genesis of Indicators of Distress, a tool charter school authorizers, board members, and school leaders use to proactively identify schools BEFORE they are considered "in need of improvement." Discuss the benefits and challenges of early identifications and what that means for charter autonomy.

Through candid discussions based on real experiences, participants at this April 3rd convening will reimagine what "Authorizer Support" and "Turn around" could look like in NEXT practices. Join school leaders, authorizers, and board members to uncover how schools can be supported and encouraged rather than regulated.

Gather with peer authorizers in person for interactive sessions that will challenge you to push the envelope on what it means to be a high-quality charter school authorizer today.

Greetings everyone, Just a quick reminder for our upcoming Charter Board Fundamentals Seminar taking place virtually on Friday, May 17th, from 9.00am-12pm. The Colorado Department of Education Schools of Choice Office offers the Board Fundamentals twice per year, once in the Fall and once in the Spring. This training is designed to provide charter school …

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A school’s failure has often been almost exclusively defined by its students’ end-of-year test results, i.e. how many students are below grade level as measured by the state’s high stakes tests in reading, math, and science. Identifying failing schools at the earliest stages of decline - when they are in distress - provides an opportunity …

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Presenters: David Greenberg, NACSA; Michele Gray, DC Public Charter School Board; Jess Saven Barton, Washington State Charter School Commission

National Association of Charter School Authorizers Annual Leadership Conference Presenters: Kelly Wynveen and Aimee Evan

National Association of Charter School Authorizers Annual Leadership Conference Presenters: Jamie Garwood (Ball State University); Aylin Bell and Aimee Evan