Charter Schools Authorized by the New York State Board of Regents: Performance Oversight – A New Approach - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Charter Schools Authorized by the New York State Board of Regents:Performance Oversight – A New Approach

New York State Education Department

Charter School Office

November 11, 2011

2:00 p.m. — 4:15 p.m.

NYCSA Annual Conference

NYSED Charter School Office Presenters

Cliff Chuang, Director

Barbara Moscinski, Associate, CSP Project Director

Susan Megna, Supervisor, New Schools Development

Target Audience:

Board Members, School Leaders and Teachers at charter schools directly authorized by the NYS Board of Regents

Charter School Consultants who work with Regents-authorized Charter Schools

Prospective founding groups

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This session will provide an update on the Charter Schools Office’s prioritized focus on high quality charter school authorizing in alignment with national best practice standards. This has been most apparent in the new school review process, but we are equally committed to ensuring that all charter schools directly authorized by the Board of Regents are of the highest quality through our ongoing performance oversight and renewal process.

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The Big Picture

Performance Oversight for Regents-authorized charters

Liaison vs. Functional Structure

Performance Framework

Site Visits

Report Format Activity

2012 RFP to Establish New Charter Schools Authorized by the Board of Regents

Open Forum: An opportunity for session participants to ask questions and to share concerns with SED’s Charter School Office

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To create and sustain excellent educational options for New York State families on behalf of the Board of Regents through high quality charter school authorizing, fair and transparent oversight of all charter schools, and the dissemination of innovative school designs and practices.

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NYSED CSO Strategic Plan

http://www.p12.nysed.gov/psc/documents/CSOStrategicPlanJuly2011.pdf

New York Charter Schools Program (CSP) Grant

$113 million for 2011-2016

Planning and Implementation funds for up to 200 new schools

$5,000,000 for high-performing charter school dissemination grants

New York State Quality Charter Authorizing Partnership

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All information pertaining to charter schools can be found at NYSED’s Charter School Office website at http://www.p12.nysed.gov/psc/

Let’s take a brief tour …

About Charter Schools (including laws and regs)

Director’s Messages

Regents-Authorized Performance Oversight

Contact Us

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Contact Us

http://www.p12.nysed.gov/psc/contact.html

Liaison Structure

“Frannie and her friends” – Up to 5 new hires over the next few months.

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Overview of Liaison vs. Functional Structure

Example of administrative oversight activities:

Approval of new trustees

Admissions/Application process

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http://www.p12.nysed.gov/psc/OversightPlan.html

Performance Framework

Monitoring Plan

http://www.p12.nysed.gov/psc/OversightPlan.html

Site Visits

Varying degrees of reporting

Evidence for high-stakes decision-making

Feedback to schools on performance

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“Looking under the hood” from the authorizer’s perspective

Sample 1

Sample 2

Sample 3

What type of reporting feedback do you prefer?

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Draft expected to be posted next week.

See http://www.p12.nysed.gov/psc/startcharter.html

Similar process, but streamlined and strengthened

2 cycles  RFP launched on 1/3/12; Jan-Jun, July to Dec

Expanded LOI, no prospectus, everything incorporated into full application

Eligibility for CSP is qualified by application that meets all criteria, i.e. issuance of charter

Enhanced CSP funding for applications that meet priorities: special populations (at-risk of not graduating, ELL, SPED), innovative instructional models (online/blended), rural, diversity  

Information sessions: November 30, Buffalo; December 12, NYCDoE; December 19, webinar; with others possible

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Revisions of fiscal oversight protocols

Finalization of Performance Framework

Guidance on Enrollment and Retention Targets

Policies around replication and mergers

• Regents-Authorized Charter School Policy Advisory Group. We continue our process of developing and revising our oversight policies and protocols. Last spring, I made a more general call for volunteers to participate in focus group discussions on these topics. I would like to focus this request for volunteers to policies that directly affect Regents-authorized charters. One of the first topics of discussion will be the above-mentioned Performance Framework. I anticipate that this group will meet (generally over conference call) upon request throughout the 2011-2012 school year to provide field-based input on policy development topics. If interested, please send Robin Clow (rclow@mail.nysed.gov) an email message with a subject line of “Regents-Authorized Charter School Policy Advisory Group” containing your contact information (email address and phone number) and a very brief experience history and statement about the perspective and insights you would add to state-level policymaking discussions.

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To make sure you get all communications from NYSED, please make sure that your school’s contact info is updated in SEDREF, NYSED’s administrative information system:

Let’s check one of your schools at: http://portal.nysed.gov/portal/pls/pref/sed_inst_qry_vw%24.startup

For assistance in updating your school’s info, see: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/sedrefupdate.html. Also please be sure to copy charterschools@mail.nysed.gov on any updates.

The Department currently maintains the contact info for the following at a charter school

Board of Trustees President

Chief Executive Officer (direct report to the Board of Trustees)

Director of Special Education

Information Officer

Title I Coordinator

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NYSED Charter School Office

charterschools@mail.nysed.gov

(518) 474-1762