Unlike other areas of authorizing practice, authorizers are very hands on (sometimes quite intensively) in the pre-opening process, including directing schools on areas for change, collaborating
with school support organizations, providing explicit informational and step - by - step resources for schools, and advocating on behalf of schools when necessary.
Melissa and Steinar Kristoffersen, who run a home
school support organization in Mount Vernon, have teamed up with Joe Fuiten, who runs a number of private Christian schools in King, Snohomish and Whatcom counties, to apply for the charter school sponsorship.
This proposal builds on some of the lessons learned from the charter school movement and would allow effective charter networks like Green Dot, KIPP, and North Star to operate
as school support organizations on a level playing field with districts, with equal funding and authority.
NSNO serves the city as a strategic leader, accelerates the development of high - quality schools, and provides financial and advisory support to grow, connect, and
sustain school support organizations.
«Last year, the District launched a high school improvement cohort supported by a high - performing
high school support organization — the Institute for Student Achievement.
Modeled after the country's most
notable school support organizations, we will engage leaders in our Indianapolis ecosystem to provide immediate and essential feedback on performance to schools and school leaders.
As the state's primary
charter school support organization, the Tennessee Charter School Center (TCSC) is leading the movement for effective policy, excellent schools, quality operators & informed communities.
Imagine that states instead channel funds directly to schools and require that the schools contract with
a school support organization (SSO) for an array of services similar to what its district's central office now provides (see Figure 1).
This is despite the fact that microlevel data is critical to improving day - to - day student performance, says Beverly Donohue, vice president of policy and research at New Visions for Public Schools,
a school support organization responsible for working with 76 of the district's public schools.
And if the new nonparish / nondiocesan space proves as fertile as chartering, PSMOs could not only proliferate like CMOs, they might also spur the creation of an ecosystem of Catholic -
school support organizations.
In order to help students navigate the college enrollment process, New Visions has partnered with a number of community - based organizations and
school support organizations (Bottom Line, College Bound Initiative, College Now, Goddard Riverside Community Center - Options, Graduate NYC!
Also present will be the Richmond YMCA; Richmond Sol, a sports club for boys and girls 18 years and under; Families That Care, a charter
school support organization; and the nonprofit West Contra Costa Education Fund, which manages seven programs that «support the academic, social and emotional well - being of the students» in the West Contra Costa school district.
We invest in partnerships between networks of schools and
school support organizations, working together to solve common problems by using evidence - based interventions that best fit their needs and data - driven continuous learning — where schools use data to identify a problem, select a strategy to address the problem, set a target for improvement, and iterate to make the approach more effective and improve student achievement.
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A state entity is defined under ESSA as a state educational agency; a state charter school board; a Governor of a state; or a charter
school support organization.
UFT Teacher Center is a collaboration of the United Federation of Teachers, the New York State Education Department, the New York City Department of Education, participating schools and districts,
school support organizations and metropolitan area universities and cultural institutions.