State & National Presentations - CMU Center for Charter Schools

State & National Presentations

The Center’s leadership and staff are called on to present regarding elements of the Center’s authorizing model, sharing best practices with others in the education community.

2019 National Charter Schools Conference Presentation

Foundations of Good Governance

Orlando Castellon, the Center’s director of board governance, shared best practices in recruitment, orientation and board room structure.

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2016 National Association of Charter School Authorizers’ Leadership Conference Presentations and Documents

Strategic Planning Workshop

Cindy Schumacher, the Center’s executive director, participated in a group presentation regarding strategic planning.

Standing Up to Scrutiny: Designing a Strong Charter Renewal Process

Barb Zeile, the Center’s deputy director for school performance, participated in a group presentation regarding the details of the reauthorization process. This included a timeline of the steps the Center takes throughout a school’s contract term to ensure they are provided the resources necessary to thrive.

Standing Together to Raise our Voice: Building State Coalitions

Cindy Schumacher, the Center’s executive director, participated in a group presentation regarding state coalitions.

Peer-to-Peer: Making Annual Reports Work for Your Office

Amy Van Atten-Densmore, the Center’s director of school operations, participated in a group presentation regarding items to consider when developing performance reports and how data can drive decision making.

2016 National Charter Schools Conference Presentations and Documents

Strategic Planning: An Essential Component of Success

Barb Zeile, the Center’s deputy director for school performance, and Julie Kildee, administrator at Holly Academy, presented on the topic of strategic planning.

Strategic Planning Workbook

2015 Michigan Senate Education Committee Presentation

Setting the Standard: Charter School Accountability

Cindy Schumacher, the Center’s executive director, testified in December 2015 at a Michigan Senate Education Committee hearing regarding the Center’s reauthorization process.

Charter School Accountability Presentation

2015 National Association of Charter School Authorizers’ Leadership Conference Presentations and Documents

Can This Marriage Last?: The Renewal Process

Cindy Schumacher, the Center’s executive director, participated in a group presentation regarding the details of the reauthorization process. This included a timeline of the steps the Center takes throughout a school’s contract term to ensure they are provided the resources necessary to thrive.

Annual Performance Reporting

The Center is known nationally for their annual performance reporting documents that are provided to schools. In this session Center leadership outlined items to consider when developing performance reports and how data can drive decision making.

2015 Fall Innovators in Education Conference Presentations and Documents

Building Capacity in Your Team One by One

How would you describe the students in a teacher’s classroom? Do they all excel at the same things? Do they all learn in the same way? Are all kids the same? Of course not! Educators place great value on the uniqueness of each student and teachers focus on how to best meet the needs of that individual student. In this session, attendees explored the value to applying this concept to the development of our team including identifying and nurturing unrecognized strengths, leveraging mentoring practices to build capacity with limited resources and creating a strong team as a whole by focusing on the individual. This session was presented by Laura Stabler, the Center’s director of academic performance and accountability.

Fostering Student Engagement

Active learning versus compliant behaviors; can you tell the difference? The students look like they are paying attention to the teacher since they are quiet and facing forward. But, are they really engaged in the learning? This session explored the meaning of engagement as it relates to instructional design and delivery to improve student achievement. Engagement strategies were demonstrated and participants left with ideas to enhance active learning in the classroom. This session was presented by Valerie Bailey, a staff member in the Center’s Office of Academic Performance and Accountability.

2015 National Charter Schools Conference Presentations and Documents

Future Success: The Importance and Process of Board Succession Planning

Orlando Castellon, the Center’s director of board appointments and development walks through the role of the board and important aspects to consider with a focus on having a succession plan in place.

2015 Spring Innovators in Education Conference Presentations and Documents

Finance Isn’t Just for Finance Managers

In this session, attendees examined the value of team engagement in finance through mission intentionality and prioritization of outcomes. It’s not about the numbers. It’s about what the numbers achieve! This session was presented by Derrick Stair, the Center’s director of fiscal performance and accountability.

2015 Florida House of Representatives Choice and Innovation Subcommittee Presentation

A Disciplined Approach to Quality Education Options in Michigan

Cindy Schumacher, the Center’s executive director, testified at a Florida House of Representatives Choice and Innovation Subcommittee hearing regarding the Center’s application process.

A Disciplined Approach to Quality Education Options in Michigan Presentation

2014 National Association of Charter School Authorizers’ Leadership Conference Presentations and Documents

Site Visits and Educational Program Review

The Center outlines the process for site visits and educational program reviews.

Developing Strong Annual Reports

Reporting on performance to schools is vital to their success. They must have access to the data needed to drive decision making and be able to know the context in which the data is framed.

Oversight Methods and Tools: Master Calendar of Reporting Requirements

Schools should be able to focus on what is most important, educating their students. The Center outlines the process for developing oversight methods and tools, including the Master Calendar of Reporting Requirement to ease the burden on schools regarding compliance.