Charter School Resources

**Please note: this page is a work in progress and subject to change. We are currently in the process of ensuring all of our links on this webpage are accessible. Please email soc@cde.state.co.us if you come across a broken link or needed resource. Thank you for your patience.**

Accountability and School Improvement

• Accountability and School Improvement Training: Understanding Student Engagement for Improvement Planning (May 12, 2020
• CDE Accountability, Performance and Support
• Empowering Action for School Improvement (EASI)
• Unified Improvement Planning

Authorizing

• Charter School Application (National Association of Charter School Authorizers) (NACSA)
• Charter School Renewal Application (NACSA)
• Colorado Charter School Institute
• National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA)

Board Governance

• Adult Resilience and Stress Management within a We-Care Culture (May 10th, 2022)

• Board Governance Resources (National Charter School Resource Center)
• Board Training Modules
• Board Fundamentals Seminar
• Governance Board Basics
• Non-Discrimination Training for Charter School Boards
• READ Act Overview and 2023 Updates (December 13th, 2022)

Business Operations

• Adult Resilience and Stress Management within a We-Care Culture (May 10th, 2022)

• Blended and Online Readiness: Overview of the Blended Learning Initiative (November 8th, 2022)

• Economic Mobility Considerations for Charter School Practitioners Talent Development and Career Learning (November 21, 2023)

• School Nutrition Overview, Guidance and Updates for Charter School Practitioners (February 14th, 2023
• Charter School Capital Construction Program and BEST Grant Program Overview (May 9th, 2023)
• Innovative Strategies to Promote Educator Recruitment and Retention for Charter School Leaders (March 14th, 2023)
• Transportation Overview for Charter School Practitioners (January 10th, 2023)

Charter School Development​

• Charter Development Summit Series Webinars 2022-23

• Charter Development Summit Series Webinars 2023-24

• CDE SOC & Collaborative for Exceptional Education Learning Series (2022-2023)

• Past CDE Charter School Bootcamps

• Blended and Online Readiness: Overview of the Blended Learning Initiative (November 8th, 2022)

• READ Act Overview and 2023 Updates (December 13th, 2022)

• Transportation Overview for Charter School Practitioners (January 10th, 2023)

• School Nutrition Overview, Guidance and Updates for Charter School Practitioners (February 14th, 2023)

• Innovative Strategies to Promote Educator Recruitment and Retention for Charter School Leaders (March 14th, 2023)

• Charter School Capital Construction Program and BEST Grant Program Overview (May 9th, 2023)

Charter School Renewal

• Charter School Renewal Process: Data Considerations (January 23rd, 2024)
• Charter School Renewal Support (National Association of Charter School Authorizers)

Equity 

• Advancing Equity Series (2023-2024)
• Anti-Racist Strategies to Disrupt Racial Inequities in Charter Schools (2021-2)
• Equity Convenings (2021-2023)
• Webinar Series: Equal Access Webinar Series in Conjunction with Charter School Institute (2021)
• Equity and Inclusion: Creating a Sense of Belonging Through Tiered Systems of Support (January 12th, 2021)
• Colorado Multi-Tiered System of Supports (COMTSS): Advancing Educational Equity (December 12, 2023)
• CDE SOC & Collaborative for Exceptional Education Learning Series (2022-2023)
• Multi Lingual Learners Supports (National Charter School Resource Center)

• Equity Convenings

• November 2022: Equity Convening White Paper and Toolkit - Prepared in collaboration with the Colorado League of Charter Schools
  • Fall 2022 Equity Convening Toolkit 
  • Equitable Student Enrollment and Retention Practices: Creating Choice for All White Paper to be released in 2023
• June 2022: Equity Convening White Paper and Toolkit - Prepared in collaboration with the Colorado League of Charter Schools
  • Spring 2022 Equity Convening Toolkit 
  • Retaining Staff Using People Centric Strategies to Build a Culture of Equity and Belonging: White Paper (PDF)

• Spring 2021 Equity Convening: Applying Equity Frameworks to Advance Systemic Change in Education

  This one day convening, held Friday June 18th, 2021 assembled charter school leaders and authorizers to discuss how best to leverage frameworks when making systemic decisions around school improvement and policy change to advance equity. This event featured expert guest speakers, panel discussions, and workshops designed to build awareness and opportunities for peer-to-peer strategizing for implementation of equity frameworks at the school level and oversight and support activities for authorizers. Below are the recordings of each session of this event and the DropBox with additional resources.
• Plenary Sessions
  • Welcome & Keynote
  • Panel/Presentation: Leveraging Parents & Community When Applying Equity Frameworks
• Workshops
  • Moving from Theory to Practice: Workshop #1 Culturally Responsive Trauma Informed Care
  • Moving from Theory to Practice: Workshop #3 Targeted Universalism
  • Sharing Power: Centering Parents in our Models
• Authorizer Workshop
  • Authorizer Workshop: Community Centered Authorizing Authorizer
• Resources
  • 2021 Equity Convening: Applying Frameworks to Advance Systemic Change in Education Presentations and Additional Resources (DropBox)

Finance 

• Annual Finance Seminars
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Rural Non Metro Supports

• RNM Seminars & Forums

• READ Act Overview and 2023 Updates (December 13th, 2022)

Special Education​

• CDE SOC & Collaborative for Exceptional Education Learning Series (2022-2023)
• Colorado Multi-Tiered System of Supports (COMTSS): Advancing Educational Equity (December 12, 2023)