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Matters of Principal, November 25, 2014
Please complete and return the legislative surveys by Wednesday!!
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Success by Association
Recognized inside and outside NC as the state's leading advocate for charter education
Working hard- 2014 revenue up 27% over 2013
1,189 news posts to website since Jan. 2012
80 page website with 43,762 visits in last 12 months
76 current dues paid school members and 128 business members
Estimated 500 2013 conference attendees
Offering members Business directory,
Member forum,School locator map
Registerd lobbying services for schools
100+ media mentions in 2014
Attendance at all Advisory Board and State Board meetings
Oversight by 15-member Board of Advisors
Monthly e-Newsletter "Matters of Principal"
Accounting, charter development, and other services to member schools
Respect through proven
Leadership
Although the Association is here to serve you, you should also ask:
What can we do to serve our Association?
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Association & Member News
Education News
Legislative & Regulatory News
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Business members: send us your stories and we'll tell our schools about you
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Rural innovation effort wins $20 million grant
More rural students in North Carolina and several other states will gain new opportunities for college readiness under a new initiative led by NC New Schools and funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced Thursday during a visit at UNC Greensboro that NC New Schools has been awarded a $20 million grant to expand our work extending the reach of early-college strategies into additional rural areas of North Carolina and into four other states.
Read about here...
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Subscriber,
Batter up! The 2015 North Carolina Charter Schools Conference will be in the Durham Convention Center July 19-21! The Durham Marriott City Center will be our host hotel.
We will call for presentations as well as sponsors in a few days so mark your calendars. In this larger venue we will plan for 750 attendees with 48 training sessions and 80 vendor exhibits.
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Lake Norman's girls won the State 2A tennis title!
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We emailed your school a legislative agenda survey last week. We request them back tomorrow please!
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From the National Alliance: "We’ve all seen headlines like, “U.S. High-School Students Slip in Global Rankings,” (Wall Street Journal, Dec. 3, 2013). But we also know our students can do better. For the first time, individual public charter schools can see how well they are preparing students for 21st century success as compared to schools around the world.
Starting in fall 2014, public charter schools can sign up for the OECD Test for Schools, which is based on the internationally-respected PISA test, administered in more than 70 countries. This new tool measures the knowledge of 15 year olds in reading, math, and science, as well as their ability to reason, analyze information, and solve complex problems.
The test is free. The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools will cover the assessment cost for each public charter school in exchange for agreeing to share school results. Read more here...
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Aletha Buck and I enjoyed our visit to the southernmost Carolina charter conference November 7. We enjoyed many of our charter friends in Columbia. Recognize the yellow School Choice Week scarves? Get used to them!
For a real look at how you are perceived by districts see this report just published by Charlotte Mecklenburg's Board of Education. I have said that CMS paid particular attention to our growth and Heath Morrison, to his credit, was doing something about it before his sudden departure. Incidentally, part of that departure was reportedly due to his handling of costs for a new "Early College" he may have gotten off the ground "too early". I wrote about this here.
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This "Separating Fact & Fiction" document published by the National Alliance has already been highly recommended reading by me and linked here earlier this year, but I even suggest you make it mandatory reading by your staff and parent leaders.
I hope all of you are allowed an opportunity this week to reenergize your bodies, minds, and spirits! Happy Thanksgiving.
Take care and in quality education I remain
Very truly yours,
Executive Director
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The Institute for the Development of Young Leaders (IDYL) is tuition free school that provides a project based, child centered educational environment that is inspiring, intellectually stimulating, personally affirming and emotionally supportive.
IDYL meets the needs of every individual child to be educated in a caring, stimulating, culturally competent setting. The setting is designed to empower students to be the owner of their educational experience and to use their gifts to benefit others.
Yvette J. Munro, CEO
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Legislative Matters
Congratulations Senator-Elect Tillis and we thank Senator Hagan for her service! We will be in Washington February 11 with the National Alliance to talk to the newest NC senator about charters.
Feds to consider regulations to tighten charter purse strings...
Federal Budget Update
Gina Mahony, VP, NAPCS
With the midterm elections now behind us, it’s easy to want to look ahead to 2015, but Congress still has a major hurdle to clear before adjourning sine die - it must pass a FY2015 spending bill by December 11. We will keep you informed as we learn more. Read more here...
The Charter School Advisory Board meets December 8 to interview charter candidates for renewal. The SBE will meet December 3-4 but it has not produced an agenda yet.
The NC General Assembly convenes at 9 AM January 14, 2015.
The new GOP House caucus met Saturday and selected Tim Moore of Cleveland County as its next Speaker of the House following a January vote of that full body. Pinnacle Classical, you are well represented.
Just the Facts
Beginning in October, the NCPCSA held "Just the Facts" legislative roundtable meetings across the state to assess what our schools think is important in the upcoming 2015 General Assembly's "long session."
The meetings were at TMSA in Cary, NC Leadership Academy and Langtree Charter (above). Thanks to the over 50 who attended these sessions!
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Workshops & other meetings
(all NCPCSA events R.S.V.P. to aletha@ncpubliccharters.org)
2015 Charter Fair, Holiday Inn Crabtree Valley, Raleigh January 26, 2015. This is in conjunction with NSC Week! Parents, educators, and public are invited. Goal this year is to have 50 schools represented.
Dr. Brian Carpenter, a friend of ours, is starting a new monthly podcast. Feel free to subscribe to it here.
COLLABORATIVE CONFERENCE FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT (CCSA)
“CHAMPIONS ENGAGING NORTH CAROLINA IN 21ST CENTURY TEACHING AND LEARNING”
March 30 - April 1, 2015 Sheraton Four Seasons/Koury Convention Center, Greensboro, NC
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Instruction Matters
K-3 Formative Assessment Matters
Assessment For Learning and Development in K-3
In response to legislation passed by North Carolina’s General Assembly and to meet requirements of the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge grant, NCDPI’s Office of Early Learning is designing a developmentally appropriate, individualized assessment for K-3 children.
Purposeful Play: The Balancing Act of Today’s Busy Classroom
North Carolina’s Department of Public Instruction’s Office of Early Learning is currently designing and piloting a developmentally appropriate, individualized assessment process for K-3 children. This process will be used by all school districts and is intended to be formative in nature. The K-3 Formative Assessment Process is envisioned to inform daily instructional practices, such as purposeful play and other developmentally appropriate activities for young children. Click here to read more
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Success by Association
Schools, prospective schools, and businesses may join Association here!
New School members & renewals
Success Institute
Wilson Preparatory
New Business members & renewals
Daniels and Daniels Construction
First NonProfit Group
Grand Canyon University
MHR Technologies
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From our readers
(this note comes from a doctoral student at Northeastern University whose class interviewed me)
Thank you Eddie for a very insightful interview. We appreciate your time in speaking with us and I can say that it was extremely helpful both for our project and professionally.
Heather Webster, Principal
Swan's Island School
Swan's Island, ME
Eddie,
I find your newsletter updates invaluable. Thanks for the time and energy you put into keeping us informed. Especially helpful to me are updates on initiatives and grants that help rural charters. With 43 counties unrepresented by charters, I believe rural communities are the most underrepresented of all of North Carolina's population.
Fight the good fight!
Ben Butler, Brevard Academy
Good evening Eddie,
Its no wonder NCPCSA is so successful...its a collaborative group of people wanting to do what's right for children. I look forward to furthering the Lexia partnership with NCPCS and our next outing or event : )
~J
Jane Priest, M.Ed.
Account Executive NC/VA
Lexia Learning
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A NOTE FROM NINA
Dear Eddie,
This month’s elections shifted the political landscape in Washington, D.C. and in state capitals across the country, and supporters of public charter schools in both parties scored solid victories. Now that attention will turn from campaigning to governing, we look forward to working with members of both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate to advance sound education policy and increase support for the federal Charter Schools Program that has helped so many charter schools open their doors and begin serving students.
We will also work with our state-level partners to build and strengthen relationships with new and returning governors and other state leaders. For more on our thoughts on the impact of the elections, check out this interview Todd Ziebarth did for Education Week or view my latest U.S. News column.
Our message is simple and powerful: Public charter schools play a vital role in strengthening our public education system for students and families, and with more than one million student names on wait lists to attend a charter school, we need to do all we can to grow with quality.
I encourage you to do your part, too! One great step is to take our pledge to fight for the day that parents in every community and from every walk of life will have the opportunity to send their child to a high-performing public school. With more allies on our side, we’ll have an even greater impact for students and families.
As always, thank you for all you do to support and grow our movement.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sincerely,
Nina Rees, President and CEO National Alliance
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The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools is the premier source for charter school data nationwide. In our efforts to build a stronger, more connected charter school movement, we greatly rely on information from schools like yours. We need your help to make sure our database is up-to-date with the latest information from charter schools across the country.
Please take 5 minutes to confirm the National Alliance has your school's information in our national database.
Put My School on the Map
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Millennium Charter Academy (Mount Airy) is hiring a coordinator of Exceptional Children in January of this coming year. This person will oversee the special education program, supervise staff in this department, keep careful records, and conduct IEP meetings. This individual will also have teaching responsibilities in the Exceptional Children's department. Qualifications include a relevant college degree, a teaching license, and experience teaching exceptional children, working with staff, and working with federal requirements and reporting. A strong candidate is by nature a self-starter who loves to learn. This person is well organized, a great communicator, and is committed to the classical pursuit of truth, goodness, and beauty, as well as the implementation of the trivium. Please contact Kirby McCrary at kirbymccrary@mcacademy.com.
Kirby R. McCrary
Headmaster
Millennium Charter Academy
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Board Chair addresses students at Cardinal Charter Academy grand opening Nov. 10
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Our business members want to say thanks by hosting you at the Wells Fargo golf championship next May 11-17 in Charlotte. If you are interested in going for a day please let us know and we will see how many we can take.
RSVP "golf" to info@ncpubliccharters.org
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