Courses

Courses

Here are the courses sorted by topic: 

Charter Authorizers:

• 1.1 Authorizer Training for School Districts: Part 1
• 1.2 Authorizer Training for School Districts: Part 2
• 1.3 Authorizer Training for All: New Authorizers/ Refresher
• 1.4 Authorizer Training for All: Existing Authorizers
• 1.5 Charter Application
• 1.6 Authorizer Best Practices

Charter Governance Boards:

• 2.1 Governance Boards: Introduction
• 2.2 Governance Boards: Advanced 1
• 2.3 Governance Boards: Advanced 2
• 2.4 Developing a Strong Charter School Family / Community Engagement
• 2.5 Charter School Start-up Project Management
• 2.6 Charter School Strategic Planning
• 2.7 Model Charter Contract
• 2.8 Governance Board Resources
• 2.9 Legal Considerations for Charter Governance Boards

Charter Classroom:

• 3.1 Thinking about Classroom Engagement for Disadvantaged Learners
• 3.2 Enhancing community in the online classroom
• 3.3 Curating your own online playlists for blended and online programs
• 3.4 Using prepackaged online content for blended and online programs
• 3.5 Expanding equity and access in instruction design for blended and online programs
• 3.6 Mental health supports for students and staff

Charter Leaders:

• 4.1 Why Charter (especially in a Rural District)?
• 4.2 Developing a Strong Charter School Climate
• 4.3 Thinking about Equity in Charter Schools for School Leaders
• 4.4 Improving admissions and enrollment processes for online learning
• 4.5 Cultivating a positive culture in online and blended settings

SUMMARY OF COURSES AND IMPORTANT NOTES FOR CHARTER SCHOOL SUB-GRANTEES

• Authorizer attend 1 training
• Governance board attend 2 trainings
• Leader attend 1 training
• Teacher attend 1 training
• (Additional person attend 1 training, for district authorized schools)
• (Attend 1 virtual school training, if virtual school)
• Complete PEFA training (during the life of the grant)
• Register for the fall conference
• Access the mentoring program (more info coming soon)

Each course will be tracked in our internal systems as completed whether they attend in-person or online. It is important that when registering for the courses, participants indicate that they are affiliated with the sub-grantee school in order to meet these requirements. See full explanation of requirements here.

FUTURE PLANNING

Get a head start! Your school will be expected to fulfill these same requirements during subsequent years of your sub-grant. Go ahead and participate more now and all throughout the school year to start checking off your future requirements. And pass the word along! Anyone who takes the courses will be tracked so that if they are a part of a sub-grantee charter school in the future, their work now will count towards those future requirements. Keep in mind that people may likely benefit from participating in courses beyond their role category.