Thinking of Starting a New Charter School?

TCSA announces its charter start-up training series for educational reformers and entrepreneurs.This one-day training session is designed for all persons thinking about applying for a charter school through the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE). This six-hour training session aims to empower future charter leaders with knowledge for the development of a competitive charter application and an effective charter school.

Charter Start Advanced – Ideal for persons who attended “Charter Start Beginner” and for those seeking clarifying guidance on legal, administrative, budget, and political matters that may impact the application process.  Persons attending this training should be well on thier way to completing the Generation 16 Charter School Application by the Feb. 24th, 2011 TEA Deadline.  

The goal of this training is to provide attendees with additional critical insight into the application process and provide quality feedback on your application development. This will not be a sit and get lecture, we will be spending the majority of time reviewing your developing application. The more developed your application is the better feedback we can provide you.

The training will involve a application station review where the participants will be broken into stations where experts will review applications, answer questions and make suggestions for improvement. The key stations will be: Legal, Financial, Academics, Logistics, External Appraisal.

Schedule:

1.     Presentation - Welcome and Process Overview

2.     Presentation – Interviewing with the SBOE

3.     Presentation - Lessons learned from a External Evaluator

4.     Application Station Review

a.     Legal

b.    Finances

c.     Academics

d.    Logistics

e.     External Reviewer Appraisal

5.     Q&A 
  

When: Friday, December 10^th, 2010  9am - 4pm (Working Lunch Provided)

Where: TCSA Conference Room in Austin @ 700 Lavaca Street, 78701

Cost: $295 per attendee

Capacity: Attendance is limited to 20 persons. Register now to secure your seat.

Questions?

Contact Matt Abbott, TCSA Director of Training Services at mabbott@txcharterschools.org and 

512-584-8272