NN4DA and State Partner Events
for District Authorizers
NN4DA partners are always happy to involve authorizers from any of our states in their local events. While each partner is putting on events designed around their local context and challenges, most of the content is highly relevant in other states where districts do the charter authorizing. Check out what your colleagues around the country are up to and bring ideas and strategies back to your peers.
Please plan to join us in Houston for the annual NN4DA meeting and be thinking about colleagues you would like to nominate for this year’s NN4DA authorizer awards. Our official call for nominations will be out next week!
Alex
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NN4DA Annual Meeting, Houston, TX
Sunday, October 20, 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm, and Monday, October 21, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, CDT. Houston Westin Galleria (the NACSA Conference hotel). The NN4DA Annual Meeting is scheduled in conjunction with the NACSA meeting, in Houston, TX. Authorizers, state partners, and facilitators from all NN4DA partner states are welcome to attend. There is no cost to attend. Limited funding for representatives from each partner state is available. Participants will share strategies for making their own state initiative more successful and discuss developments and challenges in authorizing of particular interest to school districts. Contact Alex Medler at Alex.Medler@nn4da.org, or your state facilitator for more information.
Florida Association of Charter School Authorizers Membership Meeting
Friday, August 16, 2024 9 am – 11 am, EDT, register.
FACSA members will be discussing their new online training program, peer mentorships, and an authorizer consultancy. Authorizers from all NN4DA Partner States are welcome to join.
Colorado Authorizing 101:
Biweekly Peer Learning Series
Next meeting Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, 10:30 am to 11:30 am, MDT. (Open and relevant to authorizers in all states.)
CACSA’s NEW Peer Learning Group: Colorado Authorizing Fundamentals: (open to authorizers from all NN4DA states). Meeting Frequency: Biweekly on Tuesdays through December 10, 2024; 10:30-11:30 am MST, registration. This is a series of remote meetings designed for beginning authorizers. While created for Colorado authorizers, the materials will cover the basic requirements used in all states, making the program useful to new authorizers in any state. From CACSA:
“The purpose of this learning group is to provide a space for professionals newer to authorizing (<5 years) to learn the fundamentals of charter school authorizing in Colorado and to become familiar with CACSA’s best practices and resources/tools available. Over the course of ten sessions, participants will become familiar with Colorado statutory requirements, Colorado authorizer best practices, charter school application processes, renewals, decision-making, contracting, compliance monitoring, and annual reporting.”
NN4DA Webinar: Equity-Minded Authorizing for Students with Disabilities
Friday, September 6, 2024; 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm, MDT, registration. The Center for Learner Equity (CLE) conducted a two-year national study of issues related to students with disabilities for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which included a deep dive into work by authorizers. Hear about their findings and the implications for authorizers working to improve access, services, and outcomes for students with disabilities in charter schools. For homework, you can read the CLE brief.
CCAP Webinar on Verified Data to Measure Growth: Exploring i-Ready
September 27, 2024 10:00 am to 11:15 am, PDT.
Register here for the latest in California Charter Authorizing Professionals’ (CCAP’s) free webinar series on state-approved verified data tools for measuring student academic growth. Learn about the i-Ready suite of assessments from Curriculum Associates. California has state policy requirements that affect what data sources charter authorizers can use, but this session will be useful to authorizers in any state interested in learning about the i-Ready assessments.
NN4DA Webinar: CCAP Anti-Fraud Taskforce Lessons for Authorizers
Friday, October 4, 2024; 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm, MDT, registration. CCAP responded to a major fraud event in California by convening a state-wide taskforce to examine the issue. The final report from this effort discusses how to avoid, identify, and address fraud in charter schools. This includes work at the authorizer and policy level that can collectively safeguard the public interest while honoring charter school autonomy. For homework, you can read the Taskforce Report, which includes ideas relevant in any state.
Colorado Authorizer Strand at Charter Summit
(In-Person Conference), Friday, October 11, 2024; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, MDT, Denver, CO. CACSA Hosts an Authorizer Strand at Colorado Charter Leadership Summit: Contact Mackenzie Khan at CACSA via email at Mackenzie.Khan@coauthorizer.org for more details on this event. Authorizers from other states are invited to attend. See here for more information.
NN4DA Partner Sessions at NACSA
Several sessions designed by and for district authorizers are on the agenda at NACSA. We hope to see you there! If you are involved in another session you would like us to promote to district authorizers, reach out to Alex directly.
Authorizers’ Voting Board Members and Staff:
Building Alignment and Leveraging Roles
Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2024, Session Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Host: NN4DA.
Coming Together to Tackle Fraud:
Lessons and Solutions for Everyone
Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2024, Session Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Host: CCAP.
Aligning the Mandate of Community Needs Analysis with Strong Authorizing
Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2024, Session Time: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM, Host: NN4DA & WCSRC.
NN4DA Meet-Up for District Authorizers and Friends
Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2024, Session time: 4:45 to 5:30 PM, Host: NN4DA.
How do Different District Authorizers and Other Types Manage Relationships?
Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024, Session Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Host: FACSA.