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WELCOME TO THINKTANK PREPARATORY ACADEMY FOR YOUNG URBAN ENTREPRENEURS

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WELCOME TO

THINKTANK PREPARATORY ACADEMY

FOR

YOUNG URBAN ENTREPRENEURS

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A private school education in a public school setting

THINK, EXPERIENCE, LEAD…..

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LOOK FOR US ONLINE

http://www.thinktankprep.org

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Lead Petitioner

Ms. Ceron Christie MA-ED AND MBA

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Other members of the Charter Development team

Mrs. Diana Cancel: Sr. Human Resource Manager, County of Riverside, CA – MBA

Mr. Joseph Mitchell: UHY Advisors - CPA, MBA

Mrs. Maritza Rivera: Payroll Manager for Western Region of a National Consulting Firm - MS

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Charter Development Nonprofit Partnerships

California Charter School Association

ExEd – Charter School Business Operation

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VISION

Every youth will directly influence his emergence from poverty, do his best work and be his best ethical self.

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MISSION

Through a small and academically rigorous but nurturing environment, ThinkTank’s mission is to prepare youths in grades 9th – 12th to become accountable for their actions and further, to use those actions to better their own environment and to compete in the global economy.

The school encourages low-income youth to become knowledgeable and self-motivated, and to employ critical thinking skills to merge theory with practice. Students are encouraged to create and pilot small-scale businesses on campus and in the community while being socially responsible.

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BOARD MEMBERS

Mrs. Betsy Blanchard – National Foundation of Entrepreneurship: Teaching Entrepreneurship in Schools

Mr. John Dowsing – Engineer, Northrup Grumman Aerospace, Redondo Beach, CA

Mr. Greg Koffman - Rosenberg & Koffman Law Group

Mrs. Maggie McCrumby – Retired Educator

Dr. Robert Sinclair – Ph.D Economics, Vice President of Risk Architecture – Citigroup

Ms. Linda White – Director of Special Education, San Marino, CA

Mr. Yale Wishnick - Retired Program Director to California Teachers Association Institute for Teaching (IFT)

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PROPOSED LOCATION

THINKTANK WILL PURSUE PROP 39 FACILITY

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SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PROPOSED AREA

28% or higher of Compton residents

are living below the national poverty level

Median Income $13,972annually

Population58% Hispanic

40% African American

California Poverty level14%

Graduation rate38%

45% overall (high school dropouts are 3.5 times more likely than high

school graduates to be arrested in their

lifetime).

CUSD is the #1

EmployerFood Industry being

#2

CUSD approved $40 million budget

cut2010 Layoff

notices

Only 5% achieving a Bachelors degree

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Surrounding District Academic DataCDE data also shows a consistency of academically low performing districts in middle and high schools; with Compton Schools receiving API decile rankings of 1 and 2 respectively.

Districts APIAPI Rank Similar PI - YR Free &   Subgroups    

      Schools Status reduced Hispanics African Other # of

      API   Lunch   Americans   Students

CUSD           (ALL) (ALL) (ALL) (ALL)  

Middle 535 1 5 5 70% 75% 23% 1% 28,538

High 537 1 5 5          

School                  

                   

LAUSD                  

Lynwood                  

Middle 629 2 3 3 89% 93% 6%   12973

High School 585 1 1 4          

                   

PARAMOUNT                  

Middle 568 2 8 2 85% 88% 10% 5% 12410

High School 492 1 2 1          

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Instructional Framework & Program

Summer Preparatory Programs (SPA –DAYS)

Targeted Instruction (TI) built directly into students’ schedule

Three Career PathwaysArts

Science Business and Entrepreneurship

4 classes/day = 90 Minutes each

Career Pathway begins the day

Extended Learning Time180 + 2 middle terms = 210 days

Experiential (Hands-on) LearningWith Master Teachers

Entrepreneurship in every classroom Student designed businesses

Pilot Micro-businesses on Campus Step into ThinkTank’s Capital VENTURE TANK

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PROPOSED ENROLLMENT

GRADE 9 10 11 12 ENROLLEMENT

YEAR 1 125 125

YEAR 2 90 125 205

YEAR 3 90 90 125 305

YEAR 4 90 90 90 125 395

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Preparatory Accountability Support by Enacting

Students are expected to attend tutorials and encouraged to attend SPA, PAP, BOSS and TWT programs to ensure successful achievement

SPA: Summer Preparation Academy - Training program for accelerated study includes student design and management of academic and professional portfolios.

PAP: Preparation for Advanced Placement Classes

BOSS: Business Opportunity Success Story – Seminars

TWT: ThinkTank Workshop Training in portfolio design in Arts, Science and Business.

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MOST INNOVATIVE PROGRAM

** A small school environment (400 students over 4 years), hosted in an environment reflective of the seven identifiable factors demonstrated on successful high school campuses.

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INNOVATIVE PROGRAM II

Extended Instructional Year - 210 days of balanced instruction that includes:

Traditional Instructional Days + Two Middle Terms (30 days) 180 [Eight periods/day] 15 + 15 = 210 days

**Middle Terms are full day schedules – remedial and enrichment activities, field trips, community service, full and half credit electives.

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INNOVATIVE PROGRAM III

Three Unique Academy Career Pathways: College prep with emphasis in business development

ThinKTank Preparatory Academy of Arts

ThinkTank Preparatory Academy of Math – Science

ThinkTank Preparatory Academy of Business & Entrepreneurship

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INNOVATIVE PROGRAM IV

Core + Experiential + (Network for Student + School Subjects Learning Teaching Success SuccessAreas Entrepreneurship(Career path) Curriculum - NFTE)

ThinkTank will drive Experiential Learning with the use of

NFTE’s Entrepreneur Curriculum

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INNOVATIVE PROGRAM V

Identify Academic Problem + Targeted Instruction Higher Achievement

(Test Scores)

Tutorial sessions are built directly into each student’s schedule for the year.

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INNOVATIVE PROGRAM VI

Learn about + Explore + Plan for College/ + Start Business/self Occupation Future UniversityJob/Career

Kuder Career Navigation program to help students identify they’re best traits,

skills, and occupation

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INNOVATIVE PROGRAM VII

ThinkTank Knowledge + Business + Seed Self-Sufficiency + Financial Base Plan Money Sustainability

Students use entrepreneur tools to design and pilot businesses on campus and in the community

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INTERVENTION FOR TARGETED GROUP

Experiential teaching through strength based learning

Business ownership incentive

Two middle terms for targeted instruction

Tutorials built directly into schedules

Mentor Teacher program (10 students/teacher)

Relevant & aligned benchmark testing

Individual learning plans based on major pathway

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Entrepreneur/Micro-Business Component

Though Entrepreneurship will be integrated into all core classes and

students are required to complete an e-portfolio prior to grade-level

promotion. Those students interested in business, leadership or

entrepreneurship will utilize NFTE direct curriculum on How to Start a

Business.

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How the NFTE program works?

Students are given a proposed situation that affects the school and are asked

to brainstorm ideas to address the situation.

Once the ideas are generated they are taught to utilize:

Research, market analysis, financial plan, design a business, implementation andmaintenance plan. Maintenance plan involves SWOT analysis.

SWOT looks at the strenghts, weakness, opportunities and threats that may face the business.

Micro businesses are piloted on campus; thus allowing students the opportunity to tweek or adjust mistakes. Senior students who successfully run their microbusinesses will step into the ThinkTank’s Venture Experience where they will present their business plan and financial numbers to prospective investors. Businesses that are successful will be implemented in the Compton Communiity.

In brief, utilizing NFTE Entrepreneurship curriculum throughout all courses, brings together a series of activities to

support an area that is regarded as strategically important to the community and US economy - in this case student

entrepreneurship.

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TEXTBOOKS

ARTART: Davis Publication Discovering Drawing,

2007 EditionStagecraft II: Thomson Learning/WadsworthScene Design and Stage Lighting, 2003 EditionDRAMA I: Perfection Learning Corp. Basic

Drama Projects, 2004 EditionENGLISH TEXTEnglish Grammar and Composition: McDougal

Littell. Language Network, 2001 EditionBasic Text: Literature & Language Arts, Third

Course, 2003, Holt, Rinehart, Winston. Teachers may select works from this textbook. Supplemental Text: Holt Handbook

CREATIVE WRITINGBasic Text: Crossroads: Creative Writing

Exercises in Four Genres. Diane Thiel, 2005. Pearson/Longman ISBN 0321127617

Journalism: Glencoe/McGraw-HillJournalism Today, 2005 EditionHistoryWorld History Patterns of Interaction; Beck;

2006; and the support materials provided by McDougall-Littell.

SCIENCEBiology -Basic Textbook and Supplementary

Materials: Biology: Principles & Explorations, Johnson / Raven, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, © 2001

Environmental ScienceHolt, Rinehart & Winston 2006 EditionChemistry - Basic Textbook and Supplementary

Materials: World of Chemistry, Zumdahl/Zumdahl/DeCoste, McDougal Littell, © 2002

Physics: Basic Textbook and Supplementary Materials: Glencoe Physics: Principles & Problems, Zitzewitz, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, © 2002. Or Alternate Basic Textbook and Supplements: Conceptual Physics, Hewitt, Prentice Hall, © 2002

MATHEMATICSAlgebra: Holt California Algebra 1, Burger,

Edward B., et. Al, 2008; Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Geometry: Bass, Laurie, et al. Geometry. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004

US History: The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century 2006; McDougall-Littell

BUSINESSEconomics: Principles in Action and other

support materials provided by Prentice Hall, 2006

ENTREPRENEURSHIPHow to Start & Operate a Small Business, New

10th Edition: Student TextbookNFTE Classroom Support Materials:

Entrepreneurs in Profile

Leadership: Cengage Learning Research Findings, Practice, and Skills / Edition 5 by

Andrew J. DuBrin

Foreign LanguageSpanish: Realidades, 1, Prentice-Hall; 2004

Italian I, II: EMC ParadigmForza Level I, II, 2002 Edition

US. Government: Magruder’s American Government; and the support materials

provided by Prentice Hall; 2006

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CST AND API GOALS

15% improvementeach year

until average is

80% proficient on CST for English &

Math

15 % improvement each year for FBB and BB

for every disaggregated

group

75% of students

move 1 ELD level each

year

Base Target of 700 for

2013 – 2014

30 points growth

each year thereafter

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PARENT INVOLVEMENT

Parent Professional Development& Leadership

*Barbecue* Tea 4 Two

Parent Volunteer &

Family Athletic Competition

Parent WeekendAcademy

2012 -2013

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STUDENT RECRUITMENT

Place information ads on community news portal – HubCity, paper, community center, radio, cable stations and churches

School website – parent and students may fill out application and submit directly online

Direct presentations to middle schools

Direct Mail list

Bilingual English/Spanish Materials

Collected parent signature surveys and letters of support

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BUSINESS & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

NORTHRUP GRUMMAN

DEVRY

NETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP

EXED

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FUNDING SOURCE

Public Charter Grant Program $600,000

Walton Family Foundation $250,000

Chase Manhattan

Citibank

Wells Fargo

Anthony Robbins Foundation