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Monday March 29th 3:15pm –
4:30pm Achieving Genuine Accountability Room 102 Keyes to Learning Charter School combines the best of classroom instruction and home-based education. The presentation includes how we refined our mission and vision statements, organized multiple measures of assessment, and developed lesson plans for students that meet our teaching parent's needs and the California state standards. Lee Ann Staugl and Susan Nisan, Keyes to Learning Charter School Advocacy/PR/Marketing PR 301 Room 304 This advanced public relations session is a must for those who want to take their media and public relations plans to the next level. Participants will learn: (1) About successful public messaging efforts and strategies that resonate with the public. (2) How to use both strategic and tactical messages to create a positive impression of your school – and the charter school movement. (3) About the power of "third-party" validation. (4) How to effectively communicate with and engage important media stakeholders. Gary Larson, Director of Media Relations, California Charter Schools Association Authorization/Oversight The Dynamics of Getting Authorized or Reauthorized with Districts Room 317 What works to assist your charter approval or renewal, what works against you. What's the cost-benefit analysis to various approaches to chartering? Are the trade-offs worth it? Can there be a true "win-win" for a charter and the sponsor? What are strategies for working with authorizers, as well as signs that the appeal process is "just a vote away". Moderator: Bob Pearlman; Panel: Elliot Washor (MET Schools), Don Shalvey (Aspire Public Schools), Deanna Hanson (LEEDS) Business Operations Cal State TEACH, An Alternative CSU Credentialing Path Room 319 The program allows working teachers and other qualified candidates to earn their credential without attending traditional college classes. The curriculum is delivered using a self-study format, and includes online, print and CD-Rom materials, and web-based "class discussions". Professional feedback is through on-site coaching, and guidance from mentor teachers at their school site, as well as CSU faculty. Carolyn Bishop, Director, Cal State TEACH (An Alternative California State University System Credentialing Path) Facilities Finding and Leveraging Private Funding and Financing Room 315 This workshop is led by school leaders that have successfully raised and borrowed private funds to build their own campus and the financial professionals that have helped them do it. Learn how you can get your own campus using private sources of money. Moderator: Carl Cade, Director of Facilities Development, California Charter Schools Association, Dennis "Coach" Snyder Escondido Charter School; Susan Harper, Low Income Investment Fund; Anita Landecker, ExEd; James Willcox, New Schools Venture Fund; Jeff Baratta, Stone & Youngberg LLC. Governance/Legal Chartering as a Vector for Systemic Reform Room 105 Charter schools and traditional districts often have rocky relationships. A few districts see independent public schools as an opportunity for broader reform, e.g., replicating successful charter models to create an alternative delivery system. New American Schools works with a diverse group of American cities where chartering is an impetus for reform. How might their lessons apply to California's chartering districts? Nelson Smith, New American Schools Governance/Legal Advanced Privacy, Public Records, and Business Secrets in Charter Schools Room 307 Charter Schools face a number of unique issues relating to the ownership of written materials, artwork, and other producible works. Understand how to minimize disputes regarding ownership of written works and protect your school's identity in the marketplace. Learn about new California laws regarding security of private information and privacy policies. Checklists and sample policies will be discussed. Greg Moser and Andy Serwin; Foley and Lardner Governance/Legal Avoiding Personnel Landmines: Hiring, Firing and Evaluating Charter Staff Room 302 Some of the most difficult struggles that charter schools face are personnel issues. This session offers tools and tips to prevent common personnel problems by establishing clear hiring, evaluation, and disciplinary procedures and policies. Start-ups to seasoned charter schools will benefit from this presentation. Jim Young and Jessica Hawthorne, SMY&M Law Office Governance/Legal Working with the Legislature Room --- Strategies for getting what we want through the legislature and how you can be involved. Rand Martin, Rose & Kindel; Ernie Silva, Murdoch Walrath & Holmes Leadership Not Reinventing the Wheel: the Charter Mentor Program Room --- Almost all charter schools experience similar "passages" in the start up and sustaining phases; the ability to meet those challenges defines a successful charter school. San Francisco's Gateway High School is starting a Northern CA mentor support program for up to a dozen schools. Come learn about the program and how to apply to be a mentor school. Peter Thorp, Principal of Gateway High School and President of the Board of Directors for the California Charter Schools Association; Ting L. Sun, Ph.D., Vice President, Leadership and Quality, California Charter Schools Association Student Achievement Aligning Theory & Practice: Project Based Learning in Action Room 318 Charlie is building a rock wall, while a community resource specialist shows Amy how to make a siphon. Project-based learning (PBL) like this at the secondary level offers a viable curricular alternative. In this session, participants will learn about the West Hawaii Explorations Academy Public Charter School model as featured in the George Lucas Foundation Learn and Live series. Nina K. Buchanan, University of Hawaii Charter School Resource Center Student Achievement Personalizing Education through Advisory: Support our students in time of diminished resources, budget, and space Room 316 Leadership High School's advisory program forms strong relationships between students, their families and their advisor to effectively support and advocate for the student in his/her academic and personal growth. Hear what we learned in our first four years of co-advising students and how that is shaping our work this year. Students and families will share their experiences as well. Michelle Deiro and Eve Gordon, Leadership High School Student Achievement Teacher Qualification and Credentialing in Charter Schools Room --- Determining what credentials are required for charter schoolteachers is a cumbersome, complex, and often frustrating process. What are current credentialing requirements for California charter schoolteachers? Participants will receive information about the various credentialing avenues available in California, including specific information on the 91 accredited programs currently in place. Michael Moody, and Deanna Brady, Ph.D., Insight Education Group Student Achievement The New SAT and Its Impact on Your Sophomores and College Admissions Room 314 What are the realities of this new test? Does it represent a fundamental shift in what it tests and measures, or a repositioning of the test? Understand how to explain the changes, and how public and private colleges will use SAT I and SAT II scores differently for the class of 2006 than they do for the class of 2005. If time permits, learn astonishing techniques for improving essay scores on the new SAT I Writing section. Paul Kanarek, Founder of The Princeton Review in California Exhibitor Presentation Time-Tested Success with Calvert Curriculum Room 316 For over a century Calvert has been committed to inspiring the best in each student through an integrated, classical curriculum developed and proven in its own classrooms. Discover how this time-tested, academically stimulating curriculum maximizes instructional quality, reinforces concepts through an integrated disciplinary approach, instills a love of learning, and creates a lifelong learner. Presenter: Megin Renaud, Calvert Curriculum Exhibitor Presentation Take a Learning Odyssey for Student Success Room 303 Participants will learn
how Odyssey Charter School in Las Vegas, Nevada, is using a
web-based curriculum option to give parents and students an alternative
to the traditional setting for education. Learn about integrating
web-based learning and student management systems into your charter
school curriculum. |
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