BREAKOUT SESSIONS 2:30pm – 3:45pm Continued
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A variety of factors bring a school leader of a singlesite school to a decision to either merge with a larger management group or potentially shut down (voluntarily or mandated). Hear a debate among school leaders who have faced this struggle and come out on one side or the other. The debate will also cover the authorizer's perspective and what happens to students, facilities, and debt when a school needs to close. Niloy Gangopadhyay, Success Preparatory Academy; Josh Kern, TenSquare
Michael Kleba and Maram Mabrouk, North Shore High School
Outsourcing Out of School Time Programs: Pitfalls and Best Practices
What Happens When You Teach 1,000 Kids to Code?
Leadership
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ROOM 106C
ROOM 104C
Learn how charter school leaders from across the country extend quality learning time beyond the school day. Hear first hand what to look for, problems to avoid, and how these leaders ensure that their students get the most out of every day—without burning out their teaching staff. Julie Cady and Robert Jordan, Viera Charter School; Sherry Pendelton, Somerset Lone Mountain Charter School; Elanna Yalow, KinderCare Education
Instruction
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
BOUNCE: How The Ball Taught The World To Play Operations
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INTENSIVE
ROOM 208A
Join us for a movie and discussion about how something as simple as a ball has had major impacts on how we play. From Brazilian favelas to dusty Congolese villages, from neolithic Scottish isles to modern soccer pitches, BOUNCE explores the littleknown origins of our favorite sports. Equal parts science, history, and cultural essay, BOUNCE removes us from the scandals and commercialism of today's sports world to uncover the true reasons we play ball, helping us reclaim our universal connection to the games we love. After the film screening, we’ll discuss how play impacts education and the classroom. Kevin Carrol, Kevin Carroll Katalyst/LLC; Margaret Huang, Playworks; The Creators of the BOUNCE Documentary
Michael Burgevin, Ravi Gupta, and Ryan York, RePublic Schools
Leadership
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Brand Impact Workshop: Assessing Power and Effectiveness of Your Brand Operations
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ROOM 207B
This interactive session will invite participants to examine their organization's brand and identify ways to stimulate growth and raise awareness. After a brief branding overview, participants will dive into an intensive brand impact rating exercise and identify goals to help them elevate their existing brand to a more compelling and dynamic presence.
School leadership is essential to charter schools, but it can be challenging to develop leaders when performance evaluators may not have educational experience. This interactive session introduces a research-based, customizable principal evaluation system that is being used in several states. Participants will learn about AIR's Five Essential Practices of School Leadership framework and a suite of tools that charter boards and others can use to evaluate and support the professional growth of their school leaders. Matt Clifford and Tammie Knights, American Institutes for Research
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Three Phases of New Schools: Application, Pre-Opening, and First Year
ROOM 107A
2016 National Charter Schools Conference
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Operations
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Policy
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ROOM Davidson B
As school use of technology and data increases, parents and the media are asking more questions about what personal student information is collected and how it is used and shared. Two leaders on policy and practice will outline what charter schools need to know to safeguard student information, work with vendors, and effectively communicate with stakeholders. You will learn to do the right thing while ensuring your parents and community are aware and supportive. Reg Leichty, Foresight Law + Policy; Mark Schneiderman, SchoolMessenger; Aric Dershem, National Heritage Academies
Policy
Clifton Alexander, Emily Barnes, and Chase Wilson, REACTOR Design Studio
Promoting Leadership Growth: A Framework for Evaluation and Coaching
A Charter School Guide to Student Data Privacy
A School Year on the Brink: Saving Washington's Charter Schools
ROOM 202A
RePublic kicked off its 2014-2015 school year with a pledge to teach programming as a core academic class. A year later, over 1,000 scholars are benefitting from our curriculum, including students in partnering districts across the South. RePublic has now launched its first high school and all 168 scholars are enrolled in AP computer science (CS), a statistic set to revolutionize demographics regarding minorities and women in CS. Learn what works (and what doesn't), interact with our curriculum, and participate in Q&A.
#NCSC16
Advanced
ROOM 105A
Professional development often turns off teachers and school leaders because it can be boring and transactional. Educational professionals attend many seminars and meetings because they are required to, and fatigued by "proving" they are learning, educators can lose interest in their own professional development. But most teachers and school leaders actually want to learn and grow. Join us for an exploration of a technique tool kit powered by educator curiosity. When teachers and leaders work together, amazing things can happen.
Leadership
Beginner
Unsanctioned Professional Development Leadership
Merger or Closure?
LEVEL GUIDE
Monday, June 27
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ROOM 209A
Applying to open a charter school? Chartered but not yet open? In the first year of the charter term? If so, this session is for you! During this roundtable session, our expert presenters will move from group to group discussing best practices, common missteps, and mistakes. They will provide honest conversation and feedback from a variety of perspectives, including finance, academics, governance, communications, and media. Join us for a session full of invaluable advice and feedback! Taishya Adams, American Institutes for Research; Karen Daniels, Charter School Business Management, Inc.; Yamuna Menon, Booker T. Washington Academy; Jessica Mokhiber and Jill Shahen, Northeast Charter Schools Network; Charlene Reid, Excellence Community Schools
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ROOM Davidson C3
The Washington State Supreme Court ruled Washington’s new charter school law unconstitutional in September 2015, mere weeks after eight new schools opened their doors. Learn how the WA Charters Association team quickly mobilized their school and funder communities into a strong parent and teacher-led grassroots campaign to pressure the state legislature to pass a new charter school law in six months. Time will be saved for Q&A! Libuse Binder, Bill Kiolbasa, and Maggie Meyers, Washington State Charter Schools Association; Shirline Wilson, Charter School Parent & DFER WA
Accountability Transformed: The Every Student Succeeds Act Leadership
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ROOM 106C
Accountability has been a core value of charter schools since their earliest days, when charter schools first welcomed increased accountability in exchange for greater operational autonomy. Now this accountability faces significant fundamental change, through the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). ESSA returns education policy power to states – for example, by letting states design their own accountability measures and do so with fewer federal rules and mandates. During the session, experts will discuss trends in state accountability. They will also discuss ESSA’s implications for schools, students, and communities, and for charter autonomy and the performance contracts for which charters are held accountable. Danielle Eisenberg, KIPP; Nick Sheltrown, National Heritage Academies; David Stuit, Basis Policy Research
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2016 National Charter Schools Conference
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