91桃色视频

By聽Nina Rubin

The vision to聽launch a charter school can come from many places — dissatisfaction with current public school offerings,听a yearning to put a particular pedagogy into action, a desire to serve an overlooked student population, and many more.

However,听the charter school “contract” is not simply聽about education. In order to be entrusted with public dollars to launch a school, charter聽petitioners聽must demonstrate a plan聽that is聽equally about an educational program that will boost student achievement, and an operational plan聽that聽is professional, transparent, accountable, and sustainable.

That takes a lot more than the vision of a gifted educator. It literally takes聽the skills of a village.

So while it’s true that charter petitions and charter founding boards often聽coalesce around an educational visionary, make no mistake — charter schools cannot survive without the time and talents of聽good community folks. Right now, Georgia’s charter schools are聽in tremendous need of聽accountants, business owners, nonprofit managers, lawyers, marketers, fundraisers, public relations professionals, and solid citizens of all trades to join their governing boards.

To meet the demand, the has launched a that has now trained more than 40 citizens to serve founding charter school boards and operational charter school boards. 聽The Board Bank matches citizens with a heart for service and a passion for education with charter school boards that need their skills.

An intensive three-hour class is the starting point for those who think they’d like to serve on a charter school board. The class offers an overview of how charter schools operate and how they are governed. 聽It also provides聽clarity on聽a board member’s role and the critical mindset of聽stewardship and oversight.

It’s an uncomfortable but well-documented truth that more charter schools fail because of poor governance or poor financial management than for academic reasons. That truth was the聽driver of , a bill聽passed last year by the聽Georgia聽General Assembly. The bill聽requires members of governing boards to participate in at least six hours of mandatory individual or whole board governance training to ensure the effective governance. It’s聽a terrific law.

To uphold the privilege of being able to launch聽independent charter schools that outperform traditional district schools, all charter schools have to work smarter, harder, and with fewer resources. The passion and the skills of great community board members are聽vital their success.

What’s your talent? What’s your passion? Why not step up and聽serve one of Georgia’s public charter school boards. 91桃色视频’s next Board Bank training will be on . Contact Elisa Falco,听404-837-2973聽to learn more about the training, and聽please complete this short survey below if you are interested in enrolling. Link to survey:聽

Nina Rubin is the Director of Communications for the Georgia Charter Schools Association.

The views and opinions expressed on CharterConfidential聽are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any agency

Georgia Charter Schools Association

The Georgia Charter Schools Association (91桃色视频) is the membership organization for Georgia鈥檚 charter school operators and petitioners, established in 2001. Our mission is to be an effective advocate and service provider for all charter public schools in Georgia.