School Operations
Resources and guidance to help charter schools run smoothly and safely
What We Offer
Value of partnership
“The value of the partnership we’ve built with the Charter Support Unit team is immeasurable. They provided guidance and walk each school through the exhaustive foundation-building process to a successful first day of school. Through our partnership, we have developed tools and resources for new schools to utilize. We plan on exploring more opportunities to collaborate. I know they’re just a phone call away. “
– Nadia Luna, VP of Member Services
Texas Public Charter Schools Association
Resources & Templates
From checklists for new schools to sample policy manuals, employment contracts and
forms for parents, the CSU’s library contains invaluable resources to help you run your school. Topics for operations professionals include campus safety, student health, family engagement, nutrition program compliance, marketing, technology and cybersecurity — and much more.
Webinars
Aired live weekly, and archived for viewing anytime, the CSU’s webinar series brings expertise from all over the country to bear on common challenges for charter school operators.
Consultations
Have an operations issue that would benefit from an outside perspective, or would you simply like feedback on how you might move your school to the next level? CSU consultants are available to meet with school leaders and boards to work through your school’s particular challenges or to help you advance your mission in new ways.
Document Review
For schools in their first charter contract, we review operating documents at no cost to schools to provide feedback or suggestions. Whether you are developing an employee handbook, a parent guide, employment documents or forms for your staff, we’re here to help.
Budget Templates
Many schools and districts have long utilized the Budget Template tool available from the Charter Support Unit. We will continue to support and expand upon the existing tool. In addition, we will be creating additional templates and tools to help existing schools with developing future budgets, and to assist schools during their launch year with projecting actual expenses and budgets through the school opening. Watch for more later in the year.
Charters.Link (Florida)
For Florida charter schools and authorizers, this online monitoring tool helps ensure compliance with all of the documents and deliverables that schools are required to provide to their authorizing district throughout the year.
School Operations
Trainings, Webinars, Sample Documents, Resources, and more…
- Student Disciplinary Form
March 9, 2021
This sample form can be used by schools to document student consequences and disciplinary issues.
Read more - Student Emergency Release and Medical Information
March 9, 2021
This sample form is form the school can adapt to collect necessary medical an emergency release information for students. Schools should adopt (or use the district’s) form which does receive permission for the school to get emergency medical treatment …
Read more - Student Behavior Documentation Log
March 9, 2021
This is a log document which can be used by school staff to record incidents with regards to a specific student. This type of a log is particularly beneficial when starting the MTSS process to collect data regarding a student’s behavior prior to meetin …
Read more - SBLT Problem Solving Action Plan
March 9, 2021
This document could be used by a school based leadership team to implement an MTSS process to brainstorm potential interventions which may be effective for an individual student and then to decide upon a course of action, and to document the follow up …
Read more - SBLT Parent Notification Form
March 9, 2021
This is a sample letter which a teacher could use to notify a student’s parent or guardian that the school’s school based leadership team will be meeting to discuss the student.
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