2. Goals for Today
• Network with Friends and Colleagues
• Inspire Hearts and Minds
• Share the Power and Potential of Epicenter
• Answer Questions and Have Fun!
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3. RELATIONSHIPS
“People don’t care how much
you know until they know
how much you care.”
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4. BOOKS
Jim Collins
www.EpicenterNow.org
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5. ACHIEVING
BREAKTHROUGH
Jim Collins’s Good to Great and the Social Sectors
5

6. What best describes your role?
a) Board member of an
d)
e)
f)
g)
19%
6%
0%
2%
2%
6
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authorizing agency
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authorizing agency
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authorizing agency
School board member
School leader
Management company
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35%

7. APPLICATIONS
NACSA’s “Million Lives”
www.EpicenterNow.org
tel.: (989) 317 3510
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8. BOOKS
Michael Abrashoff
8

9. PROTECT
STUDENT & PUBLIC INTERESTS
HIGH
STANDARDS
UPHOLD
AUTONOMY
COMMITMENT &
CAPACITY
REVOCATION &
APPLICATION &
RENEWAL
DECISION MAKING
OVERSIGHT &
PERFORMANCE
EVALUATION
CONTRACTING
9

10. PROTECT
STUDENT & PUBLIC INTERESTS
HIGH
STANDARDS
UPHOLD
AUTONOMY
COMMITMENT &
CAPACITY
REVOCATION &
APPLICATION &
RENEWAL
DECISION MAKING
OVERSIGHT &
PERFORMANCE
EVALUATION
CONTRACTING
10

11. MANAGES EVERY PHASE
11

12. BOOKS
Patrick Lencioni
12

13. 13

16. 16

17. EFFECTIVE BOARD MEETINGS ARE HARD WORK
17

18. BOARD MEETINGS MADE EASY
SCHOOL BOARD
SCHOOL BOARD
PUBLIC
SCHOOL
MANAGEMENT
SCHOOL
AUTHORIZER
COMPILE
& SHARE
PROPOSED
MINUTES
DEVELOP
AGENDA
CONDUCT
MEETING
ASSEMBLE
PACKET
• Agenda (30/30/30)
• Prior Meeting Minutes
• Financial Data
• Academic Data
• Board Materials
• Reports
o
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o
•
REVIEW
DISTRIBUTE
PACKET
PACKET
18
School Leader
Management Co.
Authorizer
Formal Resolutions

21. 21

23. MANAGES EVERY PHASE
23

24. How do your charter applicants currently
submit their applications?
a) In person
39%
b) Mail
29%
c) Email
15%
17%
d) Electronic filing
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system
24

25. 25

26. PHASE 1: APPLICATION
PROCESS
Authorizer
Authorizer
Announce Application Process
Recommend applicants
Authorizer
Applicant
Interview applicants
Complete materials
Applicant
Authorizer
Submit materials
Review materials
26

27. Insert Screen Shot for Basic Application Process

35. 2. AUTHORIZATION &
START-UP
35

36. PHASE 2: AUTHORIZATION
& START-UP
A SIMPLE TRANSITION
FROM APPLICANT TO AUTHORIZED SCHOOL
CHARTER
APPLICANT
AUTHORIZED
SCHOOL
36

37. 3. PERFORMANCE, OVERSIGHT
& ACCOUNTABILITY
37

38. PHASE 3: PERFORMANCE,
OVERSIGHT & ACCOUNTABILITY
MASTER CALENDAR
38

39. PHASE 3: PERFORMANCE,
OVERSIGHT & ACCOUNTABILITY
MASTER CALENDAR
39

40. Compliance Center
40

41. Compliance Center
STATISTICS
41

42. PHASE 3: PERFORMANCE,
OVERSIGHT & ACCOUNTABILITY
• Academic
• Financial
• Organizational
42

43. 4. REAUTHORIZATION
43

44. 44

45. Does your authorizing agency currently have
a system that automatically generates
dashboards showing the performance of the
schools it authorizes?
a) Yes
74%
b) No
45
No
Ye
s
26%

55. 55

56. What source of information do you rely on
most to monitor school performance?
a) State and/or publicly
available data
b) Submissions from
schools
c) Site visits
d) Communications
with school leaders/
board members
53%
29%
56
9%
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9%

57. BOOKS
Patrick Lencioni
57

59. Documents and Files
SEARCH AND RESULTS
59

60. POWERING PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTIVITY
60

61. BOOKS
Stephen Covey
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62. 62