The Wisconsin Resource Center for Charter Schools (WRCCS) knows that juggling the demands of running a school is not an easy task. Your team is balancing both the immediate everyday needs as well as the long term strategic plan and vision for the school.
WRCCS has collaborated with amazing school leaders and fantastic organizations throughout the state and around the country to bring the very best resources to Wisconsin's charter schools. We have helped to build up our state's capacity and resource library around charter schools best practices.
WRCCS has many ways to support your team! Please sign up for our newsletter to stay up-to-date. Reach out anytime to let us know how you would like to engage!
Grant Contract Funded Support and Training
New CSP grant funds have been allocated specifically for every charter school to enhance educational initiatives and access support within the state of Wisconsin through the Wisconsin Resource Center for Charter Schools (WRCCS). This grant represents a significant investment in the future of charter schools, and WRCCS is thrilled to announce that all charter schools are able to benefit from its provisions. See the infographic below for support details.
Don't miss out on this invaluable opportunity to access the support you need to thrive. Reach out today to learn more about how we can tailor our services to meet your specific needs and objectives. The support hours can be customized to the needs of your school, and might include training, answering questions, sharing or editing documents, and more.
The following services are currently available to all district and charter schools at no cost, due to support from Wisconsin's federal Charter Schools Program grant.
Live learning opportunities
Annual statewide WRCCS conference
Training and networking opportunities throughout the year
Personalized support
Personalized support - includes but is not limited to: phone calls, zooms, visits, short training sessions, emailing resources, and reviewing your documents
Online toolse
Courses library
Micro-credentialing program
Online action planning tools
Purchased Service Contracts
If your team would like additional support for larger projects, WRCCS can do that, too! WRCCS offers customized support services through a fee-for-service contract at the CESA 9 daily rate (or a subsidized rate of $1,000 for contracts outside of the CESA 9 region).
For examples of topics for which schools often need more robust support, please see WRCCS Personalized Support Topics. We are not able to provide every service that schools need, which is why we strategically work closely with many partners and encourage you to reach out, or we’d be happy to help you navigate that.
WRCCS Purchased Service Contracts typically include coaching that is unique to charter schools. WRCCS strives to make professional development as embedded in your daily work as possible. Our contracts often build on the complimentary work we are already doing with so many charter school teams.
Here are a few examples of ways our team can take the charter professional development to the next level:
Creating a School Playbook and Practice Profiles
Building a school playbook including standard procedures for school operation
School playbook explaining in detail how you are implementing your own locally-designed school, including on-boarding and self-assessments
Build additional Practice Profiles designed to articulate, implement, and assess key school practices
School Implementation and Design Support
Job-embedded coaching around the following strategies:
Charter school needs assessment and summary
Alignment of current practices with school vision to develop standard operating procedures and measurable goals, along with on-boarding and reporting tools
Weekly virtual meetings, prep and follow-up, task management and delivery, on-site visits
Authorizer Support and Services
Develop organization-specific policies and practices, including:
Vision
Application Review
Monitoring Framework
Renewal Process
Provide support in the monitoring and oversight of your schools
Facilitate authorizing board or committee training sessions
Facilitate contract writing and/or review
Ongoing monthly coaching and board meeting attendance to support developing practices
Governance Board Support and Services
Board meeting preparation and facilitated coaching at a series of meetings or retreats around any of the following:
Consensus governance
Traditional governance
Managing roles and responsibilities
Financial planning
Strategic planning
Performance measure development
Development or refinement of board resources
Facilitate contract writing or renewal
Ongoing monthly coaching and board meeting attendance to support developing practices
PEFA Equity Training
Facilitating training with full teams and boards using the DPI equity tools, reflection on data, and creating next steps for improvement
Project-Based Learning Support
Job-embedded coaching around the following strategies:
PBL tools, assessments, practices
Bi-weekly or weekly check-in meetings
Prioritizing and executing prioritized tasks with strategy and support
Support the design and creation of resources for implementing this academic model
Staff development training
How to Schedule Time with WRCCS Staff
Thank you to all of the teams who welcomed the WRCCS team to collaborate through contracted services this past year. It's been such a joy and privilege to be able to do that work along your side!
Our WRCCS team is already planning for the next fiscal/school year, and so we wanted to make sure to reach out as we begin the process. If your team would potentially like to contract some days of the WRCCS team this upcoming school year, please reach out, so we can get your days reserved for our staff right away. Even if your ideas are still just a brainstorm, please reach out! We want to be sure to hold some days for you.
To request services of any kind, please fill out the personalized support request form, call the office at 715-453-1079, or email support@wrccs.org We will reply to your with resources and discuss your needs in more detail to develop a plan.
