 Lincoln Charter School Presents on its Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) Implementation
The North Carolina CSAB met Monday through Tuesday, April 10 - 11, 2017, in the 7th Floor Board Room, Education Building, 301 N. Wilmington Street, Raleigh.
During the April 10, 2017 meeting, the CSAB heard from Ms. Amy Jablonski, Director, NCDPI, Integrated Academic and Behavior Systems and Lincoln Charter School (Ms. Beverly Sipe and Ms. Tiffany Moceri) on its MTSS implementation. The presentations from the CSAB meeting are attached.
Attachment: April
Presentations and Materials
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Ms. Cheryl Turner and Mr. Eriz Sanchez Receives Recognition
During the April 10, 2017, the Charter Schools Advisory Board (CSAB) in collaboration with the NCDPI Office of Charter Schools (OCS) recognized Ms. Cheryl Turner and Mr. Eric Sanchez for hosting training camps for low-performing and continually low-performing charter schools.
As part of its new
professional development model, OCS recently held two training camps for low-performing
and continually low-performing charter schools. Thank you to the
schools that attended and a special thank you to the schools and leaders that
hosted (Henderson Collegiate and Sugar Creek Charter School). The teams at the
host schools did an awesome job planning for the events and we are truly
appreciative of their dedication to this effort. Again, thank you for the
partnership and collaboration!
OCS plans to offer more
training camp opportunities this fall. Dates and information for these camps
will be included in the Office of Charter Schools weekly newsletter starting in
late summer/early fall.
 Charter School Application Interviews
The CSAB committees continued the interview phase for 7 of the remaining 11 applicants it recommended during its March 2017 meeting. The CSAB also considered additional information on Essie Mae Kiser Foxx and Kaleidoscope Charter High School resulting the CSAB conducting 9 one-hour interviews. After the interviews were conducted, the CSAB determined that 8 of the 9 applicant groups interviewed would be forwarded to the State Board of Education (SBE) to begin the Planning Year/Ready-to-Open process.
The schools applicant groups interviewed and the CSAB recommendation is detailed below:
- Carolina Charter Academy - Recommended to the SBE
- Davidson Charter Academy - Recommended to the SBE
- Kaleidoscope Charter High School - Not Recommended to SBE
- Essie Mae Kiser Foxx Charter School - Recommended to the SBE
- Monroe Charter Academy - Recommended to SBE
- The Experiential School of Greensboro - Recommended to the SBE
- East Voyager Academy - Recommended to SBE
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The Paideia Academy - Recommended to the SBE
- Global Achievers School - Recommended to SBE
Attached below is the approved application timeline and process which details what happens with each phase of the application process for schools proposing to open in 2018-19. The CSAB has concluded its work for applicants proposing to open in 2018. A new timeline and process will be presented at the May State Board of Education meeting for applicants proposing to open in 2019.
Attachment: 2016 Charter Application Timeline and Process (pdf, 86kb)
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Reflections from Mr. Steven Walker, Vice Chair, Charter Schools Advisory Board (CSAB)
Whew! That is probably the reaction of the membership of the
Charter Schools Advisory Board after a busy two days of meetings last week. We
have now completed our annual review of new charter school applications. This
process is the most time-consuming and labor-intensive task that the CSAB
undertakes each year, but the time we spend pouring through the applications,
interviewing applicants, and deliberating is very important in meeting our
mission statement. Congratulations to the 15 applicants that received a
recommendation to the State Board of Education to
begin the Planning Year from the CSAB. We look forward to seeing great
things from you in the future.
Although we have reviewed thousands of pages of
applications, had many multiple-day meetings, and spent dozens of hours
interviewing applicants, our work as a board is not done. We are constantly
looking over policies and procedures to make the process of opening and
operating a charter school more manageable.
I am happy to report that we are sending a recommendation to the State Board
regarding the accelerated opening of charter schools that meet certain criteria
beginning in the next application cycle. We
are also recommending an revision to the current amendment policy. Both
policies are attached.
I can't begin to express how thankful I am for the hard work
that each Advisory Board member has put into this application cycle. I also
thank our external reviewers who spent hours reviewing the applications and
pointed out to us many strengths and weaknesses. Finally, I thank the Office of
Charter Schools, especially Director Machado and Assistant Director Dr.
Townsend-Smith, as the Office's work makes what we do possible.
Attachment: April Presentations and Materials
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