Charter School Petition Success
Establishing a high-quality charter school is a challenging endeavor with one of the first hurdles being the charter school petition. Allow us to offer a few suggestions for specifics that you need to be sure are covered during this process.
- Instructional Leadership: Identify an instructional leader with a good track record, experience with your proposed educational model, and structures in place that will ensure the ability to focus on teaching and learning.
- Target Population: Demonstrate an understanding of your target population and identify how your specific educational program will be effective with this population.
- Consistency: Review your application for consistency among the different aspects of the program and clarify how all components will work together seamlessly.
- Team Synergy: Clarify organizational relationships and lines of accountability. Identify any gaps in your team and plans to address them. Be clear about expectations for the roles of the governing board and the school administration.
- Recruitment: Detailed plans of not only how you will recruit students, but also how you will recruit highly qualified teachers.
- Financial Plans: Give thought to the adequacy of your financial plans and financial capacity. Do you have the financial acumen you will need for this endeavor?
- Evidence: Why does the community need your school? Describe how you solicited feedback and letters of support from the community.
Charter CFO has the proven experience and passion to help you during the charter school petition process. Contact us today for a consultation.