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ALPHA AUTHORIZING:WHY IT MATTERS
2012 National Charter Schools Conference
DR. JAMES N. GOENNER | JUNE 21, 2012
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Goals for Session
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Review the idea behind chartering
Discuss the need for alpha authorizing
Show the promise of performance dashboards
Answer your questions and have fun!
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The Idea Behind Chartering… What’s the Problem with the System?
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The exclusive franchise guarantees the district will always receive:
“This is a system that can take its customers for granted.”
Albert Shanker, American Federation of Teachers
Thereby providing adults with their:
Students and Funding
Jobs and Incomes
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The Idea Behind Chartering… Fix the System by Changing the Incentives
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“It’s unproductive and unfair to put people under incentives that are not aligned with the mission they have been given to perform. That leads to blaming the people for failures that are the fault of the system… We should stop blaming people. We should fix the system.”
Ted KolderieThe States Will Have to Withdraw the Exclusive
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The Idea Behind Chartering… Change Incentives, Change Behavior
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People need compelling reasons and opportunities to take on the challenges associated with
fundamental change.
When people decide to change because it’s in their own interest, it is more likely to be meaningful and
lasting.
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“If you do not change, you can become extinct.”
Who Moved My Cheese?
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The Idea behind Chartering… Kolderie’s Goal = Improve Education for All
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By getting states to withdraw the exclusive district franchise through policies that foster:
CHOICE Empower students to choose the school they attend.
Diversification Empower someone other than
the district to create new public
schools.
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The State of Charter School Authorizing 2011
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The State of Charter School Authorizing 2011
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Common Authorizing Functions
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Gatekeeper
Monitor
Evaluator
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Change Agent
Alpha Authorizing Functions
Market Maker
Force for Quality
Catalyst for Excellence
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Change Agent
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Challenge the “givens”
Foster an environment that attracts talent, capital and entrepreneurship
Influence policy and practice Provide leadership and ideas for
improving education
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Market Maker
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Change the incentives by withdrawing the exclusive franchise
Charter new schools so people have choices
Foster an environment that attracts can-do people
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Force for Quality
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Thoroughly screen applications and applicants
Issue performance-based charter contracts
Measure and evaluate performance
Preserve discretionary judgment
Protect school autonomy
Appropriately intervene when people fail to perform
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Catalyst for Excellence
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Recognize and reward performance Encourage the replication and expansion of
success Create new performance-based paths for
authorizing, overseeing, and renewing charter contracts
Make authorizing a respected profession Relentlessly pursue excellence Protect, preserve and advance the idea
behind chartering
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Alpha Authorizing – 3 Keys for Chartering Great Schools
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Establish a Shared Vision and Commitment
Develop a Relationship of Mutual Trust and Respect
Set Clear Performance Expectations – No Surprises!
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PerformanceAgreement
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= • Academic• Fiscal• Operational
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Setting Goals.Defining Targets.
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THE GOAL
Preparing all students for success in college,
work and life.
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ACT’s Definition of College Readiness:
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FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE AT LEAST A 50% CHANCE OF EARNING A GRADE OF B OR BETTER; OR A 75% CHANCE OF EARNING A GRADE OF C OR BETTER IN ENTRY-LEVEL COLLEGE CLASSES, THEY NEED TO BE PREPARED TO ACHIEVE THE
FOLLOWING ACT TEST SCORES:
ENGLISH = 18READING = 21
MATH = 22SCIENCE = 24
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A Respected Standard for Measuring College Readiness
ACT:
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Backwards Mapping From The ACT:BEGINNING WITH THE END IN MIND
Grade 12
Kindergarten
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Performance Suite
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“Set the standards higher for yourself than others would set
them for you.” -John Maxwell
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THANK YOU!
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