NACSA Annual Conference - Debriefing
Mark your calendars NOW for October 24-25, 2005, in Denver, CO.
The conference was a great success. We are grateful for the efforts of more than one hundred facilitators -- including authorizers, researchers, policy experts, U.S. Department of Education officials, and other education professionals -- who encouraged thoughtful reflection and participation in a wide variety of sessions related to charter schools in general and authorizers in particular.
Special thanks to our 2004 sponsors and exhibitors!
Click here to browse a list of our sponsors and exhibitors.
View the Full 24-Page Conference Program (approx. 1 MB download) with schedule at a glance, session descriptions, membership lists and more!
Conference Sessions
In response to numerous requests, we will be making available conference session materials online as we receive them. These materials will include Powerpoint presentations, handouts, and materials generated in workshop-style sessions. Click on the links below.
Session A - Authorizer and Charter School Relationships: A Model for Public School Governance?
Presentation Slides (Esposito)
Presentation Slides (Heller)
Session A - Measuring Success Part I: Academic Performance
Presentation Slides
Session A - Quality Authorizing and Quality Charter Schools: What's the Connection?
Presentation Slides
Session A - Special Education and Charter Schools: The Authorizer's Role
Presentation Slides
Session A - Stimulating the Supply of Quality Charter Schools
Presentation Slides (Feldman)
Presentation Slides (Peyser)
Session B - Cyber Schools: Contracting Without Classrooms
Presentation Slides
Session B - Evaluating the Capacity of the Plan AND the People Behind It
Handouts
Session B - Performance-Based Contracts: What Are They? Why Have Them? And How Do You Use Them To Raise Standards?
Handouts
Session B - Two Thumbs Up - or Down?: A Renewal Decisionmaking Simulation
Handouts
Session B - Why School Districts Choose to Charter
Presentation Slides (Andrekopoulos)
Presentation Slides (Doyle)
Session C - Authorizers Under the Microscope
Handouts
Session C - Legal Foundations for Understanding Authorizer Oversight
Presentation Slides
Session C - Righting the Boat Mid-Stream: Responding to Underperformance
Handouts
Session D - Driving School Improvement Through Onsite Reviews
Handouts
Session D - Measuring Success Part II: Organizational and Fiscal Performance
Presentation Slides
Session D - Performance-Based Accountability and NCLB
Handouts
Session D - Specialty Chartering: Considerations for Single Sex, Special Education, and Other Targeted Population Schools
Handouts
Session E - Charter Schools Serving English Language Learners: The Authorizer's Role
Handouts
Session E - Converting to Quality: Restructuring to Charter School Status
Handouts
Session E - Encouraging Diversity in Charter School Populations
Presentation Slides
Session E - Media Relations/Crisis Management
Presentation Slides
Session E - Research 101: The Basics Authorizers Need to Know About Research Techniques and Terms
Presentation Slides (Barker)
Presentation Slides (Rhim)
Session E - Working with Education Service Providers
Handouts
Session F - The SEA and Authorizers: A Partnership in Promoting Quality Charter Schools
Presentation Slides
2003 Annual Conference De-Briefing
The National Association of Charter School Authorizers held our Annual Conference, November 13-14, 2003 at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine (near San Diego), CA.
The conference was a great success. We are grateful for the efforts of more than ninety facilitators -- including authorizers, researchers, policy experts, U.S. Department of Education officials, and other education professionals -- who encouraged thoughtful reflection and participation in a wide variety of sessions related to charter schools in general and authorizers in particular.
Special thanks to our Sponsors & Exhibitors!
Click here to browse a list of our sponsors and exhibitors.
Our Conference Program is available online and includes the complete agenda with session descriptions and facilitators.
Conference Sessions
In response to numerous requests, we will be making available conference session materials online as we receive them. These materials will include Powerpoint presentations, handouts, and materials generated in workshop-style sessions. Click on the links below.
Opening Plenary - Welcome
Session A - Planning & Designing A Comprehensive Approach to Charter School Authorization
Session B - Working Successfully with Education Service Providers
Session C - Charter School Responsibilities & Opportunties Under NCLB
Session C - Charter Schools Serving English Language Learners: The Authorizers' Role
Session C - Cyber and Non-Classroom-Based Charter Schools
Session C - Mission Accomplished: Measurable Objectives
Session D - Ongoing Oversight, Evaluation and Intervention
Session E - Working With Charter Lenders (Charter FS Corporation)
Session E - Working With Charter Lenders (Eagle Bank)