The charter school has implemented a leadership and governance model complete with long-term strategic planning and school policies and procedures for effective school operations.
WRCCS Competencies:
- Governance Board: Governing Practice: Establishes/revisits the board's role in governance (not management) of the school. Autonomy is developed and extended to school leaders and teachers to make curricular decisions, hire staff, manage day-to-day affairs of the school, interact with parents, report to the board, and implement the board's suggestions and strategies
- Governance Board: Culture: Defines/revisits what leadership means in relation to the charter school organizational structure
- Governance Board Legal: Fulfills/revisits policy handbook checklist: employment, teacher contracts, employee handbook, employee harassment policy, HR payroll, etc., student and parent handbook, student policies, nondiscrimination including complaint procedure, grievance policy, service animal, Title IX, bullying, harassment, student records, record retention, open records, weapons on school property, attendance and truancy, discipline – suspension and expulsion, Special Ed policies and procedures -- LEA, 504 policies and procedures, information management system, digital use policy (devices, internet)
Defenders(Presenter): Michael Froehlke and Steve DeMay
Reviewer(s): Sarah Tompkins, Colleen Onsrud, Nicole Beier, Stephanie Aleman, Kay Henrickson
Facilitator:
Mia ChmielWRCCS Micro-credential Come witness the launch of WRCCS Micro-credentials! Planning, opening, and sustaining a successful Wisconsin Charter school requires a ton of commitment, a bunch of learning, and a whole lot of community building. WRCCS Micro-credentials is an opportunity for charter schools to highlight specific strengths, skills, and merits of specific charter schools, elevate their profile in their community, and help other Wisconsin charter schools locate experts in the field. Come learn and gain access to artifacts of success as charter schools from around the state defend a WRCCS Micro-credential live. If you are interested in playing a more active role and want to be a reviewer please click
here. See the full WRCCS Micro-credential process
here. Specific defenses will be announced as we get closer.
See session slideshow here
