Facilities | Charter Support Unit

Webinar 12 Facility Planning Mistakes…. That You Won’t Make Undertaking a facility development, acquisition, or construction project for your permanent school home is a BIG deal. This informative webinar will show you the 12 most common, fixable – but often devastating – mistakes charter school founders, board, and leaders make in their facility planning. Participants will leave with the…	Webinar Aligning Your Budget to Educational Priorities Balancing budget priorities is difficult for all charter schools in Florida, but trying to prioritize the budget for high needs / turn-around schools is an even more complex puzzle. Aligning your educational priorities to your plan for spending money is essential to ensure the correct staff are in place, and…
Document Annual Facilities Safety Checklist This is a sample checklist that your school’s maintenance staff could use to do annual checks of the physical property to ensure that safety issues are addressed and taken care of on a regular basis.	Document Building Key Signout Form This is a sample form that a school can use for staff members to acknowledge the sign out of building keys, and to warn staff about the consequences of losing keys to the building.
Document Building Rental Agreement If you are able to sub-lease your building, we recommend having policies established regarding the process and requirements for outside organizations who wish to rent out your building’s space. If you are leasing your property, be careful to review your lease, as many leases prohibit sub-leasing your space. This form…	Webinar Charter School Facilities 101 For new schools, or schools looking to expand, facilities issues often cause issues for charter schools in providing the best possible program. Questions around how to go about getting the best deal on a lease, or exploring the possibility of purchasing are stressful decisions for school leadership and governance. This…
Document Classroom Safety Checklist This is a sample form the school could adopt to ensure all of the typical safety issues that schools should be concerned about are completed in each classroom. The school may wish to institute a policy whereby this form is completed each semester for each classroom at the school.	Document Detailed Sample Safety Plan This sample safety plan provides guidance and a sample for developing a comprehensive safety plan. School’s should not just adopt this document!, it is important this only be used as a guide for developing a custom plan specific to your facility, staff and school.
Webinar Finding and Planning for Facilities Facilities is one of the most common difficulties faced by new charter schools. The facilities most charters are able to secure to get their school started may not be the ideal situation to support their future plans. This presentation will talk about the importance of strategically thinking about the future,…	Document Fire Drill Log Form While there is no formal requirement that schools have a specific documentation form to document their fire drills, fire drills are required to be held monthly, and we encourage schools to develop a system for monitoring and documenting these drills. This form is a sample form a school could use…
Webinar From Here to Facility: Overview of Constructing a Charter School Facility “A school is a building with four walls – with tomorrow inside.” This informative webinar will guide you in the multi-year process of planning and constructing your dream school building that will empower you to best teach the leaders of tomorrow. We will discuss creating a realistic timeline and plan…	Webinar How a lender looks at a charter school Parents entrust their children’s education to you… and many charters face difficulty with building their dream facility. In order to make it a reality, schools need a lender willing to invest millions of dollars into the school. During this webinar, the presenters will review actual charter school budgets from a…
Webinar Look Twice Before You Leap: The Essential Art and Science of Charter School Site Selection Whether you are looking to bring your educational model to new markets, or are pioneering a brand new charter organization, site selection will be one of the most important decisions you make in opening a new campus. Being proactive in the selection process will save you many headaches down the…	Document Maintenance Request Form This sample form can be used for staff members to request maintenance assistance and to help the maintenance staff keep track of the requests being received.
Document Monthly Facility Safety Checklist This is a sample checklist that your school’s maintenance staff could use to do monthly checks of the physical property to ensure that safety issues are addressed and taken care of on a regular basis.	Webinar Multi-Hazard Planning for Schools This course covers basic information about developing, implementing, and maintaining a school emergency operations plan (EOP). The goal of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the importance of schools having an EOP and basic information on how an EOP is developed, exercised, and maintained. The topics…
Presentation New School Institute – January 19, 2017 The January 19, 2017 is the second training as part of the 2017 New School Institute. The aim of the New School Institute is to bring together leaders from charter schools who plan to open their doors in 2017 or 2018 to help the get on track to a successful…	Presentation New School Institute – November 10, 2015 The Charter Support Unit was excited to present the first New School Institute training on November 10, 2015 at the state Charter School Conference. The three hour training covered the basic steps that new schools need to start thinking about now in order to be open to open their schools…
Presentation New Schools Institute – January 8, 2016 The second training of the New School Institute was held on January 8, 2016. The training focused on the corporate structure, human resources and financial planning for new charter schools.	Presentation NSI: Hiring a Principal & Securing Facilities This week’s meeting will focus on hiring the school’s Principal and securing a facility. With regards to the Principalship, we will provide the Governing Board tips on how to establish a process to use to recruit and decide upon the most important hire you will make for your school. In…
Webinar School Safety The presentation focused on the connection between educational success for students and the school safety climate. The presenter focused on emergency planning and the types of plans schools should have in place to address potential crisis situations. The webinar also focused on providing attendees information on best practices as they…	Webinar Steps to Raising Your Bond Rating and Lowering Your Facilities Costs Mar 10 Getting bond financing for your school facility may be relatively easy; obtaining it cheaply enough to afford on a tight budget is far harder. School leaders and experts will lay out the top five factors that will get your school to an investment grade bond. The difference can often be…
Webinar The Road from Leasing to Owning – Charter School Facilities Finding a permanent home for a charter school is one of the most complicated tasks the school will face. Options abound for the facility itself and the financing of those facilities. This presentation will share the various options which are available for facilities and financing from one school’s experience moving…