Plan Ahead for Charter Renewal "Track Sorting"
With strategic planning several years in advance of renewal, more charter schools may be able to achieve the highly desirable “safe” renewal track, and most should be able to avoid the highest-risk “denial” track. This session supports participants to identify strategic targets, specific to their schools, to improve track placement. Topic include:
- The CDE’s methodology for track placement;
- Analysis of past data trends to set strategic renewal “targets”;
- Key dynamics in Dashboard data that can impact track placement;
- Years and cohorts included in track placement; and
- Pitfalls to avoid, including criteria for poor Dashboard performance by a single student group that can disqualify a school from the “safe” track
* Charter schools are subject to “track placement” if the school has two or more Dashboard student groups that perform below the state average for “All Students” (Students with Disabilities, English Learners, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged, etc.). This session does not apply to schools that do not meet those criteria or to Dashboard Alternative Status Schools.
Breakout Session
Strand 1 - Renewal and accountability
Administrators
CEU
Presented by
Susanne Coie
Accountability and Development Specialist
Charter Schools Development Center
Susanne Coie is the Accountability and Development Specialist at CSDC. Her expertise includes school accountability, education program and school administration. Susanne has worked in K-12 education for more years than she will publicly admit. She served as a founding charter school governing board member for nine years. Susanne was Co-Founder and Principal of the Los Angeles Leadership Academy. She started as a continuation school teacher, co-administering a small school-within-a-school. She earned a Master of Public Policy from the UC Berkeley, a teaching credential from Cal State Los Angeles, and a BA from Pomona College.
Breakout Session
Strand 1 - Renewal and accountability
Administrators
CEU