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League Professional Development Trainings

The League offers a number of professional development training opportunities on a variety of topics throughout the year. Also listed below are trainings offered by other organizations related to assessment, performance management and student information systems commonly used by charter schools.

These trainings are a great opportunity to receive up-to-date information on systems and data, dig deeper into your school’s student performance data, strengthen board governance, and share experiences and collaborate with other schools to strengthen your performance management systems.

(Click on a topic below to learn more about upcoming professional development trainings.)

Board/Governance Trainings
New School Development
Performance Management/Assessment Systems
Schoolwide Climate and Culture
Student Information Systems (SIS)
Teacher Effectiveness

For more information, or to request a customized training not listed below, email the League at info@coloradoleague.org.

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Board/Governance Trainings

Best Practices in Charter School Governance
Cost: $650 half-day | $1000 full-day
Audience: Boards of new or existing charter schools
Description: This training introduces basic roles, responsibilities and general practices essential to creating and/or operating an effective charter school board. This training can be applied to boards of new schools, individual board members, or existing boards needing assistance with structure and operations. The training is customized for each school via a pre-session survey and conference call in order to best meet the needs of the charter school board. This training package can include the review of items such as: committees (work, structure and board oversight), board recruitment, public relations and marketing, measuring constituent satisfaction, evaluating the board and administration, developing essential operating documents, legal roles and responsibilities of board members, running effective meetings, school bylaws (and other foundation documents) and compliance, essential policies as they relate to items such as board meeting/operations protocol, conflict of interest, employment, school operations, accountability, SPED, ESL, and basic contract provisions (especially at the time of charter renewal) and waivers.
Registration: For more information or to schedule a training, contact Kelly Grable at kgrable@coloradoleague.org.

On-Site Performance Management Training for Boards
Cost: $600
Audience: The training is customized in advance to best meet each school's individual needs. These trainings are delivered to individual school boards.
Description: This half-day training is available for charter school board members to learn more about their role in monitoring the academic program and results at the school. This is a customized training that will provide boards with tools and resources to assist in the role of appropriate oversight and evaluation. The focus of this session is on understanding student performance data, key questions board members should know how to answer, and how boards can establish sound practices in providing academic performance oversight and monitoring. Other topics typically included are key school performance expectations and measures as well as state and authorizer performance expectations and measures.
Registration: For more information or to schedule a training, contact Kelly Grable at kgrable@coloradoleague.org.

Strategic Planning for Charter School Boards
Cost: $650 half-day | $1000 full-day
Audience: Charter school boards in the process of creating a strategic plan
Description: Developing a sound strategic plan is key to supporting effective governance and leadership. Strategic plans range from specific goals such as facilities acquisition to more general purposes such as guiding the school’s strategic priorities and continuous improvement. The League can assist your charter school with items such as strategic planning process design and facilitation, SWOT analyses, transition from founding board to policy setting board, and identifying key performance indicators, measures, metrics and targets.
Registration: For more information or to schedule a training, contact Kelly Grable at kgrable@coloradoleague.org.

New School Development

Performance Management Training for Boards
Cost: $600. This training has been pre-approved by CDE and is automatically funded if included in Start Up and Implementation grants.
Audience: The training is customized in advance to best meet each school's individual needs. These trainings are delivered to individual school boards.
Description: This half-day training is available for charter school board members to learn more about their role in monitoring the academic program and results at the school. This is a customized training that will provide boards with tools and resources to assist in the role of appropriate oversight and evaluation. The focus of this session is on understanding student performance data, key questions board members should know how to answer, and how boards can establish sound practices in providing academic performance oversight and monitoring. Other topics typically included are key school performance expectations and measures as well as state and authorizer performance expectations and measures.

If you are interested in receiving this training, please contact Kelly Grable at kgrable@coloradoleague.org.

Colorado Charter Starter Webinar Series
The Colorado League of Charter Schools announces a free webinar series for new charter school developers. These 90 minute webinars are designed for people who are in the process of developing a charter school application; however, anyone is welcome to attend.

For more information or to register, click the "information/register" link next to the webinar(s) that you are interested in attending.

Webinar access instructions will be sent at least one week prior to each webinar.

If you have questions, contact Kathy Zlomke at kzlomke@coloradoleague.org or Jennifer Douglas at jdouglas@coloradoleague.org.

Click here for a list of Colorado Charter Starter Webinars.

Performance Management/Assessment Systems

Other 2011/2012 Regional and On-Site Trainings - Stay Tuned for Dates/Locations
• Alpine Achievement Summer User Conference

Schoolwide Climate and Culture

2011/2012 Regional and On-Site Professional Trainings - Stay Tuned for Dates/Locations

College Access Program and Support
The Role of Advisory in Postsecondary Planning
5 Dimensions of a College Going Culture
Building a High-Performing Classroom Community
Inviting Student Engagement, Cooperation and Self-Correction
Accountable Consequences, Supports and Student Interventions

Student Information Systems (SIS)

2nd Annual Colorado PowerSchool User's Conference
Presented by the Colorado League of Charter Schools
Date: Monday, January 30 - Tuesday, January 31
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Cherry Creek School Achievement Resource Center, 14188 E. Briarwood Ave., Centennial, CO 80112
Audience: Secretaries, registrars, counselors, principals, data base admin, techies
Cost: Early Bird - One Day Registration $100 | Regular One Day Registration $150
Early Bird - Two Day Registration $150 | Regular One Day Registration $175.00
Early Bird ends December 6, 2011
Description: Join PowerSchool users from all over the state for this one-of-a-kind user group event. Beginning, intermediate & advanced sessions will be offered and will also be configured by the PS user’s role. Day one will focus on specific user roles (secretary/registers, counselors/principals) at the beginner and intermediate levels while day two will offer more
Registration: Click here for more information and to register.

Teacher Effectiveness

Accelerating Achievement for English Language Learners
Date: Thursday, April 5 - Friday, April 6
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: Colorado School Districts Self Insurance Pool, 6857 South Spruce Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112
Cost: League Members: $300 per person | Non-members: $400 per person. (Grant funds have been used to subsidize the cost of this training, which would normally cost $655/person.)
Audience: School Leaders, ELL Coordinators, and Teachers
Description: In this highly interactive and hands-on training, school leaders and teachers will walk away with increased understanding, strategies, and motivation to accelerate academic achievement for English learners.
Registration: Click here to register. Deadline: April 2.

Engaging Classroom Assessments
Date: Monday, April 23 - Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: Colorado School Districts Self Insurance Pool, 6857 South Spruce Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112
Cost: League Members: $300 per person | Non-members: $400 per person. (Grant funds have been used to subsidize the cost of this training, which would normally cost $655/person.)
Audience: School Leaders and Teachers
Description: Use “Power” standards to develop meaningful performance assessments.
The two-day seminar focuses on each participant’s effective design, creation, and use of the performance assessments that are the foundation of powerful standards-based instructional and assessment tools. Performance assessments are a powerful teaching and learning tool that make differentiated instruction and assessment possible.
Performance assessments reach all learners including special education, gifted and talented, below grade-level readers, as well as English-language learners. Training contingent upon 15 attendees minimum.
Registration: Click here to register. Deadline: April 18.

Content provided by The Leadership and Learning Center, www.leadandlearn.com.

Rigorous Curriculum Design
Date: Thursday, May 10 - Friday, May 11
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: Denver
Cost: League Members: $300 per person | Non-members: $400. (Grant funds have been used to subsidize the cost of this training, which would normally cost $655/person.)
Audience: School Leaders and Teachers
Description: Explore a thorough model for the development of robust curriculum, fully aligned to state standards, including clear learning outcomes with matching assessments, engaging learning experiences organized into sequenced units of study, and more. Rigorous Curriculum Design is a model for designing or redesigning curriculum so that it truly represents a rigorous 21st century set of comprehensive units of study. This two-day seminar will provide an overview of the entire process so that educators and leaders can, over time, follow the plan to create rigorous curricular units of study. Training contingent upon 15 attendees minimum.
Registration: Click here to register. Deadline: May 2.

Content provided by The Leadership and Learning Center, www.leadandlearn.com.

Other 2011/2012 Regional and On-Site Trainings - Stay Tuned for Dates/Locations

• Differentiated Instruction: Power Strategies for Effective Teaching
• Accelerating Academic Achievement for English Language Learners
• Common Formative Assessment
• Data Teams Seminar

Full Community Calendar

Click here to view the full community calendar which lists upcoming professional development opportunities, as well as events throughout the charter school community.

Host a Training and Earn Free Registration

The League is looking for schools willing to host training sessions in Denver, North Metro, Colorado Springs and on the Western Slope. Hosting schools will receive two complimentary reservations to the trainings and can select a date that works best for them. Computer labs are not needed for some of the training sessions and ideally host schools would have space to accommodate 30-40 individuals. If you are interested in hosting, please contact Sarah Pearman at spearman@coloradoleague.org or 303-989-5356, ext. 114.