Looking to start a charter school? This free workshop series is designed for those founding groups that are moving forward in the process of starting a charter school, have established a founding group, and intend on submitting a charter school application to a district authorizer in the next 12 months.

The workshop series is four, three-hour virtual workshops from 5:00pm to 8:00pm on Wednesdays, and on-demand specialized topic webinars. To get the most out of the series, attendees will be expected to complete interim projects and view on-demand topic webinars. Because registration is limited, registrants must commit to sending a representative to all four sessions.

Oct 28, 2020 5:00-8:00 PM
Nov 12, 2020 5:00-8:00 PM
Dec 2, 2020 5:00-8:00 PM
Dec 16, 2020 5:00-8:00 PM

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Overall Objectives:

• Present basic information about the nuts and bolts of charter school planning and operations to inform model design and application development

• Ensure applicants have a realistic sense of what is involved in the charter application process

• Familiarize participants with charter guidelines and standards for approval

• Introduce partner organizations who can be resources in particular areas

Topics: These sessions and on demand webinars will cover...

• developing your mission and vision

• defining your target population

• establishing a need, family and community engagement

• student recruitment strategies

• educational design, including curriculum and assessment, goals and accountability,

• serving students with disabilities and English language learners

• staffing and talent management

• school culture and organizational structure

• governance

• facilities

• budgets and financial management

Before completing the Charter Starter Design Workshop Series, you must have first completed the Intro to MD Charter Schools webinar and we recommend that you have attended the Charter Starter Workshop.

Co-workers and colleagues must register individually.