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Monday March 29th
1:15pm – 2:30pm
Accountability/Accreditation
Public
Schools Accountability Act (PSAA) and NCLB: Accountability from a state
and federal perspective
Room 314
Understanding the provisions and issues of the laws and the
expectations for charter schools.
Moderated by Colin Miller, Director of
Policy and Research, The California Charter Schools Association
Advocacy/PR/Marketing
Guerilla Marketing: How to Reach
Low Income and Diverse Students
Room
302
Innovative recruitment techniques to maintain ethnic and gender
balance at new charter schools. There will be a focus on resources
available in targeted charter school communities, retaining applicants,
understanding local politics, planning contingencies, and student
voices.
Bianca Escalante, Leadership Public
Schools
Authorization/Oversight
Revisiting the Charter School
Petition: Knowing what the Authorizer Needs to Know
Room
103
Key application issues will be discussed based on scenarios
developed through National Association of Charter School
Authorizer’s (NACSA) Applying for Excellence: Fostering
High-Quality Charter Schools in California project.
Learn what information an authorizer needs to make sound petition
decisions and how the petition decision can and should align with the
charter school development process.
William Haft, NACSA (National
Association of Charter School Authorizers); Dave
Taylor, Twin Ridges Elementary School District
Business
Operations
Providing
Quality Employee Benefits at an Affordable Cost!
Room
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Cost
of health benefits increased an average of 20% last year and will rise
again this year! Our panel of industry experts will provide some insight
as to how organizations are managing this growing problem.
Meet one school that has already met the challenge and reduced their
benefits cost by more than $100,000 this year. Be prepared to learn what
is ahead and hear some innovative ideas about controlling your benefit
costs.
Yvonne Sanusi, Regional Employee
Benefits; Carol Cleveland, Controller, Orange County High School of Arts;
Carl Dickerson, Dickerson Benefits, Blue Cross G.A.
Business Operations
Starting a Second School –
Replication Issues and Advice
Room
317
Learn from those who successfully replicated their school, how they
did it. A very practical advice-filled session from those who achieved
success.
Panel, Including: Elliot Washor, The MET
School
Facilities
Navigating
the Charter School Facilities Programs Agencies
Room ---
In March 2004,
the $300 million Charter School Facilities Program application period
will begin. The state representatives will discuss their agency’s role
and the improvements that have been implemented since the initiation of
the program in 2003. This is an important session for those applying for
funding this year.
Moderator: Ernie
Silva, Murdoch Walrath & Holmes; Representatives from the Office of
Public School Construction; California Department of Education;
California School Finance Agency
Governance/Legal
E Pluribus Unum - From Many, One
Room
318
Lack of consensus undermines the ability of charter school Local
School Boards to create a constructive learning environment. Review
major elements of small group dynamics, including the use and misuse of Robert's
Rules of Order, active listening techniques, and various forms of
decision-making and consensus building. Participants assume roles seen
on Boards and collectively analyze the process.
Dr. Robert Alan Fox, University of
Hawaii Charter School Resource Center and Ku'ikaki Mediation Center
Governance/Legal
Free Legal Advice: Is there
really such a thing
Room
315
We will respond to all your legal questions in a quick three to five
minute per question format. Prizes will be given for anyone who can
"stump" the attorneys or for those with the best attorney
jokes.
Paul Minney, SMY&M Law Office
Governance/Legal
Jump Start Your Charter School
Room
306
This session is meant for charter leaders that will be opening in
the fall of 2004. It provides an overview of many of the start-up issues
that schools need to address before they open, including: teacher
credentialing, health and safety, federal and state forms, food service,
accounting, attendance. Handouts and useful forms/resources will be
distributed.
Peter Laub, Adam Musch, Shaheed Haq,
EdTec, Inc.
Governance/Legal
The Nuts and Bolts of Charter
School Partnerships
Room
319
Practical advice to help charter school personnel determine whether
partnerships can be used to enhance the capacity and supplement the
resources of their school. The session provides a step-by step
implementation plan of the partnering process including how to choose
appropriate partners, clearly define the roles and purpose of the
partnership, and manage the partnership for success.
Courtney L. Malloy, Center on
Educational Governance, University of Southern California
Leadership
Emerging
Trends and Issues: The Future of the California Charter Movement
Room
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Where has the charter movement been? Where is the future of the charter
movement headed in California? This panel of charter leaders will
discuss emerging trends and issues. Issues covered will include: Lessons
learned, future goals of the movement, challenges, threats, policy and
legal needs, authorizing issues, California Department of Education
and the California Charter Schools Association capacity and best
practices in charter management.
Moderator: Mark
Kushner, CEO, Leadership Public Schools; Panelists: Caprice Young,
CEO/President, California Charter Schools Association; Don Shalvey,
Aspire Public Schools
Student Achievement
Engaging At-Risk Youth Through
Project-based Curriculum
Room
301
One of Life Learning
Academy’s strongest methods of bringing at-risk youth back to the
classroom has been our project-based, integrated curriculum. LLA
instructors will present three stellar examples.
Joanne da Luz, Justin Warren, and Craig Miller, Life Learning Academy
Student
Achievement
Implementation of the California
Student Information System (CSIS) and Its Potential for
Accountability
Room
201
This session discusses what the CSIS is and how it can be of
value to you in helping with accountability issues.
The California Department of Education
Student Achievement
Personalized Learning Best
Practices
Room
305
Personalized Learning tailors learning according to the individual
needs of each student, using learning environments both within and
beyond classroom. Charter schools of the APLUS+ Personalized Learning
Network Association will provide insights and information on proven
"best practices" on a number of topics and issues unique to
independent study classified charter schools.
Jeff Rice, Founder and Director of APLUS+
(the Association of Personalized Learning Services)
Student Achievement
Prepare Students to meet the
State Writing Assessments
Room
305
We must teach quality writing, as well as meet specific California
writing standards. Keyes to Learning Charter School is conquering
this problem with creative writing packets that are useful in classroom
situations as well as in home school settings. Let us share what
succeeds for us and give you helpful ideas and tips of what you can do
now.
Annette Steele and Cindy Tyson, Keyes to
Learning Charter School
Student Achievement
The Hedgehog Concept: High
School Grade Level Promotions Through Mastery
Room
105
Stanislaus County Office of Education charter schools
School-to-Career high schools blend academic projects with "real
world" internships and experiences. Students graduate with a
culminating celebration before a committee of school and
business/community representatives. Students are promoted through
"grade levels" by demonstrating mastery of the California
academic content standards and other program quality indicators.
Dr. Jeff S. Tilton and Mr. William
Redford, Stanislaus County Office of Education
Student Achievement
The Mueller Resiliency
Quadrants: Schools need to meet the real needs of children
Room
307
We have created a system that nurtures resilient students while
supporting those experiencing a profound life crisis. We will share our
"Resiliency Quadrants" and discuss how we identify and
prioritize the risk factors for each child, assess the degree to which
they inhibit learning and create interventions that allow children to
overcome adversity and achieve at grade level.
Kevin Riley, The Mueller Charter School
Exhibitor
Presentation
Standards
Based Curriculum Planning and Assessments
Room 304
Participants
will learn how to analyze grade level standards, plan appropriate
instruction and periodically assess student progress toward learning
standards. Handouts will include a curriculum planning chart, sample
assessment questions and class or individual student assessment reports.
Presenter: Dr.
Geni Boyer Ph.D, The Learning Classroom
Exhibitor
Presentation
Achieving
the Requirements of NCLB with Microsoft Class Server
Room ---
Designed
specifically to help educators address the challenges of meeting No
Child Left Behind (NCLB) requirements, Microsoft Class
Server 3.0 delivers real-time student achievement data and
standards-aligned curriculum so you can improve the district's
decision-making capability and student performance. Class Server 3.0
is a powerful learning management platform for delivering assessments
and lessons over the Web that enables school districts and teachers to
track and improve student achievement against local curriculum standards.
Presenter: Joy Dakin,
Microsoft Corporation
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