NACSA Leadership Conference 2018: Materials

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Block 1

• Applicant Capacity Interviews 2.0
• Diverse by Design Charter Schools
• Governing Board Oversight: Are You Using Data?
• Charter School Autonomy and Smart Regulation
• Opportunities and Scars: Lessons in Closing Virtual Charter Schools
• The Schoolhouse Problem: The Role of the Authorizer in Overcoming Facility Challenges
• NACSA’s Quality Practice Project Focus on Leadership: Communication, Evaluation, and a Harsh Mirror-Using Leadership to Drive Performance

Block 2

• Legitimate Community Input in the Authorizing Process
• The Power of Transparent Authorizing: How to Support Schools that are Struggling
• Policy Challenges and Solutions Associated with Authorizing Charter High Schools Serving Opportunity Youth
• Governing for Growth: Authorizing Practices to Support Growing and Expanding Charter Schools and Networks
• School Safety
• Authorizers and Charter School Associations: Creating and Maintaining a Strong Partnership
• Equity and Excellence: Empowering Authorizers to Effectively Serve Everybody, Including Students with Disabilities and English Learners
• Tips on Identifying Fraudulent Activity from a USDOE Special Agent

Block 3

• Choices, Not Just Choice
• Best Practices in Fiscal Oversight
• Authorizer Shopping: Preparation and Prevention
• NACSA’s Quality Practice Project: Focus on Professional Judgment Moving Beyond Box Checking: Balancing Compliance With Accountability
• Active Ingredients: Expanding the Definition of School Quality
• Building and Managing Relationships with City/State Agencies and Stakeholders

Block 1

• Development of Strategic Priorities for New Charter Applications
• Rural Authorizing and Charter Schools with Indigenous Constituencies
• Authorizers and Funders: Partnerships to Support High-Quality Replication
• Closing the Door: Tackling School Closure via Collaborative Planning and Partnerships
• Transportation Policy and Choice
• Both a Science and an Art: Differentiating Your Renewal Process
• Common Enrollment Systems

Block 2

• Three’s Company: Clarifying the Authorizer’s Role with a Management Company
• Effective Governance Oversight is Integral to Charter School Performance
• How Can Authorizers Customize Expansion Applications?
• Best Practices: Using Data to Inform School Closure Decisions
• Overcoming Barriers to Equitable Enrollment
• Five Simple Things Authorizers Can Do to Support Facility Needs
• To Grow or Not to Grow? Determining Operator Readiness for Replication and Expansion (Old Title: Expansion vs. Replication)
• Insights from Boundary Crossers
• University Authorizer Group Meetup

Block 3

• Authorizing Practices in Complex Organizations
• Incorporating Mission-Driven Metrics into Accountability Systems
• NACSA’s Quality Practice Project: Focus on Commitment How Does Your Approach to Authorizing Mirror Your Expectations for Charter Schools?
• Communications Jedi: Master Comms Tips and Tricks to Succeed as an Authorizer