Let's Get to Cooking!

Ever wanted to start a school from scratch? Are you unhappy with school choices in your community? Were you unsuccessful in submitting a charter petition in the past?  Are you really ready to run a school?  

If your answer is “yes” then The Virtual Charter School Kitchen will have you serving up your best charter petition soon!

The Virtual Charter School Kitchen distills years of experience and expertise into monthly workshops packed with presentations, work sessions, and resources to build ongoing internal capacity.  

Let’s cut through the jargon and education-ese and get down to work with this step by step workshop series.  At its core, The Virtual Charter School Kitchen is an incubator of effective teaching, learning, and leading concepts that will support you in transforming your vision of a new school into a reality. 

“Cooking up great ideas with you” is what we do best. Get your team going by reserving your spot today!  SPACE IS LIMITED FOR THIS COMPLIMENTARY WORKSHOP SERIES. 

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Your Outcomes

  • Tell the story of your proposed charter school in a compelling way
  • Explain how and why your charter school concept will achieve desired results
  • Explore and develop your proposed charter school’s vision, mission, and goals; as well as, plans for finance, education, operations, and governance
  • Ensure your stakeholders are on the same page for community meetings and charter petition interviews
  • Leverage your data to make a difference in charter petition quality
  • ​Submit a high quality petition for your proposed charter school with all of the key ingredients included

What's Included

  • Interactive skill-building sessions via Zoom
  • 2-hour group sessions, starting at 10am eastern on select Saturdays from October 2020 to June 2021* ​
  • Access to curated resources including articles, an Idea Exchange of Promising and Best Practices, and informative guidebooks and workbooks
* September 26, October 24, November 21, December 19, January 23, February 27, March 20, April 24, May 15, and June 5

We W.H.I.S.K.

  • Walkthrough and define key ingredients of a high quality charter school petition and provide concrete examples of developing each element
  • Help create and refine your own charter school petition guided by your vision and mission
  • Involve and engage you as leaders and learners with whole group presentations and team work sessions about the key ingredients of high quality charter schools
  • Share curated resources to guide you in creating your charter school
  • Kindle and guide a supportive network with just-in-time coaching and feedback, Peer Mentoring, and Accountability Partnerships

Do you need customized help as you prepare your petition?  Let us know how we may assist you! 

    I need some HELP in the Kitchen!

Are You Ready to Cook Up a Great Idea?

WHO IT IS FOR
Teams of all sizes that are interested in writing and submitting petitions to open charter schools. The Virtual Charter School Kitchen helps both proposed and existing charter schools.  For teams of 5 or more, you’ll need to select 2 to 5 to serve as the critical thought partners for this work.  Your team might include educators, non-profit leaders, community members, or parents. More than anything, you and your team members are willing to roll up your sleeves and get to cooking in The Virtual Charter School Kitchen. ​
WHO IT IS NOT FOR
People who want someone to fully conceptualize and completely ghostwrite their petitions to open charter schools.  We will gladly use our proven recipes to whip up a high quality charter school petition for you as an additional service. For more information contact us at [email protected]
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Menu of Topics (partial listing)

  1. Right From the Start: Your School’s Instructional Vision
  2. Right From the Start: Effective Board Member Orientation and Onboarding
  3. Board Governance
  4. School Finance and Facilities  
  5. The Essential Dimensions of Continual Charter School Improvement (EDCCSI)
  6. What’s Your School’s Data Story?
  7. True North:  Aligning Mission and Vision to Achieve Results
  8. Board Matters: Cultural Courageous Leadership
  9. Equity and Access
  10. Staying in Your Lane: Policy Governance
  11. Board Leadership: Curriculum and Instruction Questions that Drive Achievement
  12. Board Leadership: Financial Questions that Drive Stewardship
  13. Board Leadership: Special Education Questions that Drive Improvement
  14. Board Leadership: Legal Questions that Mitigate Risks
  15. Data Visualization and Storytelling for Governance Boards
  16. Are We Listening? Effective Community Engagement Strategies
  17. Money, Money, Money: Fundraising Practices for Board Members
  18. How Social is Your Media?  Social Media Promising Practices
  19. Strategic Planning 
  20. Managing Your Authorizer Relationship
  21. Priority-Based Budgeting and Charter School Financing