Office of Charter Schools (OCS) Consultant Departure
Lisa Swinson, Education Consultant with OCS will be leaving the office after a four year tenure to complete her doctoral studies. Lisa's last day in OCS will be Monday, August 15, 2016. We are sad to see her go and wish her the best as she completes her doctoral studies.
The departure of Ms. Swinson from our office will require a shift in responsibilities. Last October (OCS) realigned its
work in order to more efficiently and effectively meet the
needs of the State Board, Charter Schools Advisory Board, and the NC charter schools
community.
Lisa's departure provides an opportunity to remind the charter community of our current structure. OCS no longer assigns consultants to be the single point of
contact for each charter school; instead, OCS provides services to the charter community based on areas of work
(such as Applications, RTO, and Amendments), with a
lead/primary contact for each.
OCS no longer visits each school annually; as one of our work streams focuses on
“Risk Assessment,” schools will only receive site visits as needed to address high risk issues or if
required by the Renewal process. Additionally, OCS consolidates communications from various areas of DPI into a weekly
newsletter to charter administrators, board members, and other stakeholders. It is imperative for you to read the newsletter every week for important updates.
Please re-familiarize yourself with the following OCS areas of work and the lead/primary contact
for each. As always, we appreciate any feedback or you might have about OCS!
·
Applications
for charter: Deanna Townsend-Smith (Lead OCS Consultant)
·
Planning
Year (“Ready to Open”) Process for newly approved charters: Kebbler Williams
·
Risk
Assessment (including Performance, Other Data & Reporting, Governance
warnings):
Cande Honeycutt
·
Site Visits:
Kebbler Williams
·
Renewals and
Investigations: Shaunda Cooper
·
Communications
(Inquiries, Complaints, Public Records
Requests, etc.): Shaunda Cooper, Deanna
Townsend-Smith, and Brian Smith
·
OCS Website:
Brian Smith
·
Coordination
of Technical Assistance/Professional Development/Charter Amendments:
Brian
Smith
·
Charter
School Advisory Board: Deanna Townsend-Smith
·
Office of
Charter Schools Administration: Vacant
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