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Charter Leaders, 8/31s 'OCS Office Hours' topic was “Managing Restart Option B”. There was a panel of school leaders sharing their experiences of opening school with a hybrid model. Watch the recording through Epicenter!
Also, COMMUNICATION CONSIDERATIONS & KEY MESSAGES: Addressing COVID-19 Positive Cases in Schools
Some additional FREE resources:
The Training Network
- NC Department of Labor Library free web-based training library
- In order to access the streaming safety videos via subscription, you will need to submit a completed, signed library loan agreement which can be accessed from this page:
https://www.labor.nc.gov/documents/library-loan-agreement
Nick J. Vincelli, Librarian
NC Department of Labor Library
phone: 919-707-7880
fax: 919-807-2849
https://www.labor.nc.gov/safety-and-health/library
Charter leaders, did you miss the Charter Collaborative (OCS, EC, IABS/MTSS divisions) on August 27th? No worries, we have the presentation, recording and resources shared right here:
Video Link
PowerPoint
Padlet
2020 Applications Press Release:
Twenty-five Charter Schools Seek Approval to Open in either 2021 or 2022
Professional Learning 101
The Scoop With Coop-All Things Renewals
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Davida Robinson | Subgrant Program Manager
I am excited to join the NC Access Team as its new Subgrant Program Manager. With over 10 years of experience in both the Dallas higher education and public charter K-12 systems, I am excited about adding my skills and talents to North Carolina’s public charter system. With the collective resources offered by our NC Access team, North Carolina’s charter leaders will certainly grow and soar to new dimensions.
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Lakisha Robbins | Finance Administrator
I am excited to become a part of the NC ACCESS team and the work done on behalf of our North Carolina charter schools and student community. I bring several years of experience in grant management, and program compliance in a financial and project management capacity. I look forward to working with each subgrantee for fiscal program compliance.
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The NC ACCESS Program is committed to increasing access for educationally disadvantaged students in high-quality charter schools in the State of North Carolina. As a result of this commitment, the NC ACCESS Program has developed the Fellows Institute for subgrantee charter school leaders to learn, develop, and demonstrate best practices in serving educationally disadvantaged students and fostering collaboration within the charter school community and between charter and traditional public schools. The Fellows Institute is designed to support the mandatory attendance from two key school leaders from each NC ACCESS subgrantee school in the first year of the subgrant. The sessions will include opportunities to build supportive and collaborative networks, share best practices, and engage in critical conversations with state and national experts who have experience in leadership best practices, developing, expanding and replicating successful high-quality schools, and/or working with educationally disadvantaged populations. The theme for the 2020-2021 Institute is “Leading with Purpose.” The keynote speaker was Tru Pettigrew of Tru ACCESS, LLC. The next Institute meeting is September 17, 2020 with a presentation from the Educational Equity Institute.
NC ACCESS PROGRAM Profiled with the National Charter School Resource Center
The NC ACCESS program was recently profiled by the National Charter School Resource Center, The Charter Connection, Volume 4. Also in this Volume, the NC ACCESS program participated a NCSRC webinar with leaders. Leaders from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC ACCESS) and New York State Education Department offered insights on how their organizations are working to increase the number of high-quality charter school seats and close the achievement gap. They also share how they are disseminating best practices in their States. Volume 4 can be found here.
NC ACCESS Program Launches
Educational Equity Aspiring Minority School Leaders Program
The North Carolina Advancing Charter Collaboration and Excellence for Student Success (NC ACCESS) grant program in the Office of Charter Schools is excited to embark on the newest phase of the grant: the Educational Equity Aspiring Minority School Leaders Program. The purpose of the program is to recruit, select, and train a cohort of twenty (20) aspiring minority school leaders over the life of the project to prepare for service in a leadership role in NC charter schools.
The Aspiring Minority School Leaders Program is designed to recruit, support, and build a pipeline of minority school leaders prepared to meet the challenges of leading schools for educational equity. North Carolina charter schools will benefit by having access to a cohort of school leaders or color who are exceptionally trained, ready to be part of cutting-edge school reform initiatives, and ready to move into leadership positions with strengthened organizational and instructional leadership skills. The Aspiring Minority Leadership Program includes coursework, internship experiences, professional development, and mentoring.
Nominations:
NC charter school leaders can nominate one (1) potential candidate per school for the program. The nominating school leader must write a one-page letter stating why they are nominating this person. Candidates must complete a brief application and an essay to enter the pool of nominees. The deadline for submission of Nominations and the Aspiring Minority School Leaders Program application is October 1, 2020. The applications will be reviewed by the NC ACCESS Program staff and selections will be made by October 5, 2020. Once selections have been made, we will host a virtual webinar with the MSA Program Coordinator from Appalachian State University to answer questions about the program. The program is a collaboration with Appalachian State University. The program is online only.
Click here for: Program Information and Application Package
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NC ACCESS Program Reading List featured Monthly
Removing the Mask
Dr. Paul Slocomb
Ruby K. Payne is best known for her work on the "hidden rules of economic class" and how they affect learning, after 30 years in public education. Now a speaker and publisher, she teams with Dr. Paul Slocumb, former president of Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented and deputy superintendent for curriculum and instruction. Dr. Slocumb is now consulting and writing and speaks extensively on this subject. Removing the Mask provides identification instruments and processes to identify gifted learners from poverty, thus enabling schools to achieve equity in their gifted program. Behavior interventions and support systems for the students, once identified, helps keep them in the program and succeed.
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Please note that response times to voicemails left on our phones will be much slower than usual due to the COVID-19 response efforts. Sending us an email is ideal. Clicking the link on our names will bring up an automatic email prompt. Thank you!
OCS Main number: 984 236 2700 ocs@dpi.nc.gov
Director of the Office of Charter Schools
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Program Administrative Assistance, Communications
Consultant, Renewals & Performance Framework
Consultant, Planning Year & Ready to Open Process
Consultant, Amendments & Compliance
Consultant, Epicenter Tech Support & Performance Framework
Consultant, Applications & Renewals
Program Administrator, NC ACCESS Program
Program Coordinator, NC ACCESS Program
NC ACCESS Subgrant Program Manager
NC ACCESS Finance Administrator
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