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Charter School Board Training

The New York City Charter School Center partnered with the SUNY Charter School Institute, the NYSED Charter School Office and the NYC DOE Office of School Design and Charter Partnerships to host a three-part series of events for charter school board members.

Part I - Recruiting & Training Successful New Board Members (October 16, 2017) Building the network and protocols to find members to complement your board Presented by Shereen Williams, Charter Board Partners

Part II - Using Student Data in Academic Oversight (November 14, 2017) Relevance and analysis of student data for the greatest insight into your school's performance Presented by Jen Pasek, Director of Accountability and School Data, Pasek Consulting, LLC Erin Cochran, Director, Analytics and Data Management, NYC DOE Office of School Design and Charter PartnershipsKatie Doctor, Director of Data and Assessment at DREAM Charter School

Part III - Development for Charter School Boards (January 16, 2018) Making fundraising an integral part of every board member’s role Presented by Richmond Rabinowitz, Rabinowitz Partners, LLC

Part IV - Evaluating the CEO or Principal (March 20, 2018) Tools for analyzing academic data and teacher evaluation systems to appraising the performance of the head-of-school. Presented by Deborah Redmond, Soho Strategies

Part V - Financial Oversight and the Audit Process (May 15, 2018) A look at the audit process and revising the budget for the next school year. Presented by Raj Thakkar, Founder and CEO of Charter School Business Management Michelle Cain, Partner at Mengel, Metzger, Barr, and Co. and Gus Saliba, Partner at PKF O’Connor Davies

2016-17 Board Training Series

Part I – What is good charter school board governance? A thorough review of the basics of oversight and applicable laws. Presented by SUNY Charter School Institute

Part II – How do boards ensure the school’s financial management systems are working? Does the school have “audit-proof” fiscal policies and procedures? Do they follow them? What do we learn from recent audit findings? Presented by John Tarvin, Claremont Consulting and Raj Thakkar, Charter School Business Management

Part III – What matters most in academic oversight and evaluating the school leader? Tools for analyzing academic data and teacher evaluation systems to appraising the performance of the head-of-school. Presented by Marci Cornell-Feist, Board On Track

Listed Under:

Financial Management
Leadership & Governance
New School Development

Related Resources:

Students in Temporary Housing: Students’ Rights and Schools’ Responsibilities
Moving In and Setting Up: Templates and Exemplars
Fiscal Decision Making: Staffing and Software
NYC Independent Budget Office (IBO) Education Indicators
Sample Board Prospectus for a Proposed Charter School
Charter School FINDER
About the Charter Center