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This event is organized by ElevatED Learning Services.

This is the first in a series of 3 Autumn workshops ElevatED Learning Services is offering, all taking place in Downtown Brooklyn. This is a full-day workshop that provides any teacher who works with ELs the tools and strategies they need to put rigorous content instruction within their reach.  Participants will experience the power of learning new content in a new language, thus “walking in the shoes” of their ELs.

After experiencing learning new content in a new language, the workshop methodically breaks down the key strategies and structures used to make the content accessible.  We dive deeply into two core strategies for making complexity accessible to English Learners: applying and building background knowledge and designing effective graphic organizers.

See the agenda here.

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This is an online webinar offered by Charter Support Unit

Cross-sector leaders from the District of Columbia and Boston, MA, will share information about collaborative initiatives they have undertaken to increase access to school choice options and improve students’ educational experiences and outcomes. The initiatives include a common application and lottery system, a cross sector task force, cross-sector professional development for teachers and leaders, and sharing best practices across sectors. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage with the panelists to learn about their successes and challenges. Participants will then learn about a framework for facilitating cross-sector collaboration and will spend time applying it to their own communities.

You can view more online webinars offered by Charter Support Unit here.

This event is organized by DCSC member, City Garden Montessori School, for the St. Louis community.

City Garden invites the St. Louis community to join them on Wednesday, October 16th from 6 – 8 pm for a discussion and reception with Dr. Mira Debs, author of groundbreaking book, “Diverse Families, Desirable Schools: Public Montessori in the Era of School Choice.” Dr. Debs will share insights from her research, and participants will have a discussion on the future of Public Montessori and Montessori Advocacy.

There is a chapter in Dr. Debs’ book that highlights how City Garden, and the families of Saint Louis, have impacted the national Montessori landscape.

Workshop offered by RootsConnectED at Community Roots Charter School

How can we as educators strive to push ourselves beyond the comfort zones of our own disciplines? How do we use Social Justice as a theme to connect across disciplines?  We often wonder how we can create curriculum that connects deeply with what’s going on in other classes, as well as to what is happening outside of school. In this session participants will consider a middle school case study as a lens for how to develop interdisciplinary work with colleagues that is meaningful and strengthens their content area, through using social justice as the common lens. We will share our process of how we created interdisciplinary projects in our Spanish and Art classes and how we connected that with students’ studies in Humanities.  Participants will leave with ideas and some time to think about developing social justice focused interdisciplinary work as it connects to their own school settings. This workshop aims to encourage teachers to develop curriculum that is conducive to making connections across disciplines and actively approaching learning through relevant, engaging, yet rigorous projects that connect to social action.

Join New York Charter Schools Association in Syracuse, NY on October 24 and 25 for the annual New York Charter Schools Conference. Enjoy two days of informative and engaging programming, including unique workshops and sessions that have been selected with the needs of schools in mind, all while meeting with and learning from fellow school leaders, board members, and non-profit partners.

The 3^rd annual DC Charter School Conference, hosted by FOCUS, will bring together public charter school leaders, administrators, board members, and stakeholders to dive into topics including advocacy, data, development, communications, equity, leadership, operations, and more. Conference participants will spend the day:

• Learning from experts about issues facing DC’s public charter schools.
• Sharing innovations and best practices that are driving student outcomes.
• Inspiring each other to engage in advocacy that strengthens our movement.  
• Building our voice so that together we can strengthen quality public school choices for all DC families.

The conference will feature interactive workshops, inspiring speakers, timely content, and opportunities for discussion and collaboration. Attendees will have the opportunity to choose from a variety of substantive sessions that fit their individual needs, as well as to learn together about issues that the entire DC charter sector faces.

Workshop offered by RootsConnectED at Community Roots Charter School

So often we are asked, aren’t they too young to talk about their identities, particularly race, power, and gender in early elementary school? What we have found is that K-2nd grade students are not only open to these conversations, but that, when addressed at a young age, they are able to continue these conversations as they get older and have a deeper understanding of how their identities impact their experiences. In this workshop we will look at how an anti-bias lens allows for these conversations to be embedded into every day lessons and conversations. Participants will learn from sample lessons that address these issues and have an opportunity to think about the implication in their own lessons, units, and/or read alouds.

Workshop offered by RootsConnectED at Community Roots Charter School

A large part of learning and growing stems from our choices, and children, in particular, are making choices every day. However, what do we do when the choice causes harm? We can either ostracize the child from the community by way of detention or suspension or figure out ways to separate the deed from the doer to allow for a depth of learning from these choices. In this workshop we will dive deeper into what discipline looks like, with particular emphasis on grades k-8, by using a restorative justice framework. This work will be done by considering how race, class, gender, and other intersecting identifiers affect patterns of discipline and how restorative practices can help to create whole communities. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the fundamentals of restorative justice practices, have time to self reflect on the type of practitioner they would like to be, see an example drawn from the experience in a school and its perspective and rationale behind developing a restorative school community, and consider the implications for their own practice.

This is an online webinar offered by Charter Support Unit delivered

Despite best efforts, most school improvement initiatives—especially in high needs, disadvantaged schools—fail or show little improvement. And with all the pressing challenges educators face each day, it is easy to get caught up in the day-­to-­day fires and priorities and lose sight on executing on the end goals. Unfortunately, good intentions are not enough when it comes to driving growth. With strong implementation systems and evidence-based approaches, change can happen and schools can execute on their most important priorities. By the end of this webinar, school leaders will know the key strategies to:
Building an instructional coaching program that is aligned to instructional priorities and provides meaningful feedback. Building a PLC based on a positive deviance approach that empowers teachers to find what’s working and to replicate it. Launching an Instructional Leadership Team in order to devise and execute on improvement goals to improve student achievement.

You can view more online webinars offered by Charter Support Unit here.

This is an online webinar offered by Charter Support Unit delivered

The days of “If you build it, they will come” are long gone for charter schools across the country. Schools leaders are having to work smarter to ensure the full enrollment which is so critical to their mission and their budget. Learn the leading student recruitment practices complied from the nation’s top-performing charter school networks, including: setting smart goals, energizing current families, engaging community partners, digital marketing, and ensuring that new students actually show up.

You can view more online webinars offered by Charter Support Unit here.

Join the Coalition of Public Independent Charter Schools at the 2019 Independent Charter School Symposium from November 17-19, 2019 at the Hotel Albuquerque as the organization articulates a collective vision for the direction of the charter movement and all public education. This groundbreaking event will convene school leaders, social visionaries, and policy-makers from across the country in a three-day conference to continue what was started almost two years ago.

The 3-day Anti-Bias and Social Justice Institute offers teams of 3-5 educators and school leaders the opportunity to share in an exploration of the principles and strategies of the social justice work done at both the elementary and middle school level at Community Roots. The Institute will focus both on building an anti-bias lens to curricula and how to develop staff to be leaders in this work.

Participants will be engaged in interactive learning through capacity building, classroom observations, sharing of resources, reflection, and planning time, as well as panel discussions with educators and practitioners engaged specifically in this work.

***This training will be delivered again in May.***

The National Summit on Education Reform, organized by ExcelinEd, convenes the nation’s leaders in education policy to share what works, what doesn’t and what’s next in education reform. Join chairman, Governor Jeb Bush, along with more than 1,000 legislators, state superintendents, policymakers and advocates at the 2019 National Summit in San Diego, California.

This is an online webinar offered by Charter Support Unit delivered

A strategic plan serves as an essential foundation and road-map for all your improvement efforts for your school or CMO. It ensures all educators are on the same page and serves as a “”living document”” that is referenced throughout the year to check on progress and to ensure all initiatives are in direct alignment with the plan. Misalignment or lack of alignment between a strategic plan and additional initiatives not in the plan can lead to confusion among staff, extra burdens on teachers as priorities may conflict, and lack of progress towards student achievement. In this webinar, learn how to start the planning process that will get you to a clear plan that:
Identifies the real instructional needs through data;
Invites internal and external stakeholders to work collaboratively to develop the plan; and
Includes a vision, theory of action, assets (what’s working already), big picture goal, and priority goals.

You can view more online webinars offered by Charter Support Unit here.

This is an online webinar offered by Charter Support Unit delivered by the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition

The public is shining a light on diversity and inclusion in the charter sector. What’s lurking in the shadows is something we’re just coming to grips with – charter school staff don’t always reflect the communities served. How do we begin to change things? This session explores how you can intentionally implement policies that start to crack this nut. We’ll share best practices from other organizations that you can take back to your school to implement tomorrow.

You can view more online webinars offered by Charter Support Unit here.

Institute offered by RootsConnectED at Community Roots Charter School

The New Leaders Institute creates space for leadership teams to be immersed in strong inclusive and integrated  school culture at Community Roots in Brooklyn, New York. Leadership teams will then be guided to use what they see and experience to think about and design for  their own communities and school sites.

The New Leaders Institutes provides 1-1 coaching, coupled with theory and practice in order to meet the needs of its participants. We ask for two school leaders to attend the Institute together in order for everyone to have a thought partner to consult and plan with. Below is the tentative agenda for the New Leaders Institute.

The Diverse Charter Schools Coalition’s (DCSC) Annual Convening brings together 200 member school leaders and partners from across the nation. With this year’s theme of Intentional Integration, you will deepen the practice of leading your school by learning from experts in the movement, examining real-world experiences, data and strategies, and sharing best practices through networking.