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Author: Charter Board Partners | Published: December 2012

Governance Best Practices for Highly Effective Charter School Boards

This toolkit from Charter Board Partners provides a nearly comprehensive compilation of best practices to create and sustain a highly effective charter school board.  Topics covered include roles and responsibilities, running effective meetings, committee structure, and other practices that align with standards for highly effective boards.

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Published: April 2013

Serving English Language Learners: A Toolkit for Public Charter Schools

This April 2013 toolkit from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools focuses on the key laws and policies that govern education for English language learners. The report covers student recruitment and admission, student identification, teacher qualifications, academic and extracurricular program guidelines, and parental communication, as well as examples of school practices.

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Author: Lauren Rhim and Paul O’Neil | Published: October 2012

Authorizer SPED Rubric for Local Education Agencies (LEAs) - Word Version

This rubric for LEAs was developed by Lauren Rhim and Paul O’Neil for authorizers to build their capacity to support development and maintenance of high-quality special education programs.

For the PDF version of the toolkit, please go here.

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Author: Lauren Rhim and Paul O’Neil | Published: October 2012

Authorizer SPED Rubric for Non-Local Education Agencies (Non-LEAs) - Word Version

This rubric for NON-LEAs was developed by Lauren Rhim and Paul O’Neil for authorizers to build their capacity to support development and maintenance of high-quality special education programs.

For the PDF version of the toolkit, please go here.

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Author: American Institutes for Research | Published: December 2012

Supporting English Language Learners: A Pocket Guide for State and District Leaders

American Institutes for Research (AIR) has developed a series of Pocket Guides that provide research-based information to support state and district leaders in implementing ESEA flexibility plans. This particular Pocket Guide focuses on the implementation of reforms related to ELLs across the first three principles in the flexibility waiver requirements. These three principles are particularly relevant to educators working with ELLs.

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Author: GovernanceMatters | Published: January 2011

Good Governance Guide

This tool, developed by Governance Matters, provides indicators, best practices, and case studies for nonprofit boards on a variety of topics, including board effectiveness, operations, strategic planning, program effectiveness, funding stability, financial oversight, constituent voice, external relations, and organizational evaluation.

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Author: Lauren Rhim and Paul O’Neil | Published: October 2012

Authorizer SPED Rubric for Non-Local Education Agencies (Non-LEAs)

This rubric for NON-LEAs was developed by Lauren Rhim and Paul O’Neil for authorizers to build their caacity to support development and maintenance of high-quality special education programs.

For the Word version of this resource, go here.

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Author: Lauren Rhim and Paul O’Neil | Published: October 2012

Authorizer SPED Rubric for Local Education Agencies (LEAs)

This rubric for LEAs was developed by Lauren Rhim and Paul O’Neil for authorizers to build their capacity to support development and maintenance of high-quality special education programs.

For the word version of the toolkit, please go here.

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Author: Beth Giovannetti and Nancy Opalack | Published: June 2012

Special Education Start-Up and Implementation Tools for Charter School Leaders and Special Education Managers

This user-friendly guidebook and toolkit was developed by special education experts to support charter school leaders and special education managers as they build special education programs to serve students with disabilities. The document helps charter school educators understand what they need to know about special education topics and then connects them to helpful resources and tools, including sample job descriptions, performance evaluation forms and file checklists.

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Author: Jacqueline Vialpando, Jane Yedlin, Caroline Linse, Margaret Harrington, and Geraldine Cannon | Published: January 2005

Educating English Language Learners: Implementing Instructional Practices

The National Council of La Raza published this 2005 guide to support charter school educators. The authors describe the process for identifying English language learners (ELLs), review theories related to second language acquisition and language development, discuss considerations for selecting program models and training staff, and outline a number of instructional strategies that can be used to help ELLs succeed.

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