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…
- Hacking Google Analytics: Setup
March 10, 2021
This powerful new webinar teaches Marketers and Webmasters the secrets to Google Analytics’ setup and goals that Google’s online help leaves out. Setting up the foundation is the key to measuring return on investment. These will be very clear, superbly …
Read more - Hacking Google Analytics: Measuring ROI
March 10, 2021
Learn secrets to measuring marketing analytics that Google will not tell you.Over 4,000 Google Analytics campaigns have taught us that Google’s online information will focus on raising your budget. We will cover data collection and reporting metrics th …
Read more - New School Safety Requirements for Charter Schools
March 10, 2021
As a result of school shootings across the country, Governor Rick Scott signed SB 7026, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act. This legislation outlines significant reforms to make Florida schools safer for all stakeholders. Part o …
Read more - Staying True to Your Mission or Are You Drifting? A Conversation on the Organizational Life Cycle
March 10, 2021
We will look at the life cycle of organizations and look how that can affect the mission of the organization. Part of the discussion will be looking at a doctoral study that involved 85 Texas Charter Schools Superintendents’ perception on mission clari …
Read more - School Safety 101: Saving Lives One Threat Assessment at a Time
March 10, 2021
Research indicates that there are almost a half million acts of violence in our schools annually with over 20% of students in grades 9-12 reporting that they have been bullied. School safety and security in these modern times is more than just policing …
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