WRCCS News
May 2021
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Thank you for all you do!
"By doing what you LOVE, you INSPIRE and awaken the hearts of others." ~ Unknown
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Registration is open for the 2021 WRCCS Conference!
July 27-28, 2021
The WRCCS Team is excited to announce that the 2021 WRCCS Conference registration is now open! Since we are virtual again this year, we worked hard to find a virtual platform to offer you a more seamless interactive experience, including several types of sessions and the ability to connect with coaches and peers. WRCCS believes that networking with others to building stronger relationships across that state can still be at the center of a virtual conference.
This two-day virtual event offers participants the opportunity to build professional connections and to learn alongside our highly experienced charter school coaches. This is an amazing opportunity to celebrate and share best practices with dedicated educators from around the state and even around the country. We look forward to learning with you!
Conference sessions are based on the WRCCS Charter School Competencies and are designed to be hands-on and interactive; participants are encouraged to ask questions, share ideas, and build solutions together. Whether your school is just starting out or has been going strong, your whole team will walk away with resources and action items to support your great work.
- Tuesday, July 27th will be all about charter school authorizing and governance boards
- Wednesday, July 28th will be all about charter school leadership and classrooms
All are welcome to attend both days, but know that the content will be highly focused to maximize our time together. There is no fee for attendees for the WRCCS Conference, as we are supported fully by the federal charter schools program grant. Please pass on this learning opportunity to anyone you feel would be interested.
If you are a DPI charter school sub-grantee, please review your requirements regarding conference participation to ensure your team fulfills the proper attendance requirements.
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WRCCS awards stipends to 11 pre-planning charter school governance boards!
The design teams will be working across WRCCS domains of authorizer, governance board, leadership, and classroom to strengthen the plans for their school. If your governance board design team is in the pre-planning stage and would like to apply in the next round, watch upcoming newsletters or reach out for more information. Congratulations to these hard-working and well-deserving teams!
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Congratulations to these charter schools who have successfully defended a WRCCS Micro-credential!
Ten WRCCS Micro-credentials were successfully defended at the WRCCS Charter School Development Day on April 14. Each school presented virtually live to a panel of peer reviewers from around the state of Wisconsin. A WRCCS Micro-credential is a mini-certification demonstrating competence, experience, leadership, and growth around specific group of WRCCS School Competencies. Schools can defend a micro-credential for school culture, charter school operations, academic model, charter school governance, community engagement, and financial health.
Each charter school defense team consisted of school teachers, leaders, parents, students, governance board, and community members. The defense process followed a specific protocol where a peer review team made made up of a diverse group of educators and community members from around the state. In order to earn a WRCCS Micro-credential, a charter school or governance board needed to demonstrate specific documentation of competence and artifacts of experience that clearly represented competence around specific criteria aligned for each WRCCS Micro-credential.
Through this process, WRCSS is providing a way to showcase charter school accomplishments in a transparent, credible, and collaborative format that aims to:
- Reinforce specific strengths, skills, and merits of specific charter schools
- Elevate charter school profiles in attracting new families, and
- Help other Wisconsin charter schools connect with specific expertise from other schools
Congratulations to these charter schools who have successfully defended the following WRCCS Micro-credential:
Kaleidoscope Academy - School Culture
Valley New School - School Operations
Birchwood Blue Hills Charter School - Academic Model
Tomorrow River Community Charter Schools - Community Engagement
Valley New School - School Culture
Kaleidoscope Academy - Academic Model
Class Act Charter School - Community Engagement
Birchwood Charter Schools - Charter School Governance
Tomorrow River Community Charter Schools - Charter School Governance
High Marq Environmental Charter Schools - Academic Model
How can I get involved in WRCCS Micro-credential movement?
- Learn more about WRCCS Micro-credentials here. Are you looking to get involved? Actively participate in the next round of WRCCS Micro-credentials by signing up to be a peer review here.
- Looking to earn your own WRCCS Micro-credential? Use this quick survey to express your interest and WRCCS will be in touch with you. The next summit will be held virtually at the 2021 WRCCS Conference, on July 27 and 28.
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WRCCS Events
Got PLN?
Join other leaders around the state who are sharing solutions! If you are new to the Professional Learning Network (PLN) movement, click here to learn more.
Upcoming PLNs
Governance Board PLN - Theme: What happens in the summer?
May 19, 2021
Project Based Learning PLN - Theme: The positives of PBL
May 20, 2021
Virtual PLN - Theme: Let's review together best practices we learned from this past year. What worked and what did not in virtual learning?
May 26, 2021
Environmental PLN - Theme: Interdisciplinary Environmental Ed
May 27, 2021
Independent Charter School PLN - Theme: TBD
Click here to register for a PLN today!
For Questions and/or concerns regarding WRCCS PLNs, please email Nick Pretasky npretasky@wrccs.org. #wrccspln
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Other Events
2021 WASBO Virtual Spring Conference
Join WASBO for over 30 live educational sessions plus additional on demand content.
- Access the sponsor resource area to find solutions from WASBO vendors
- Take part in WASBO professional recognition award presentations
- Network in the virtual platform and more!
For more information and to register, visit WASBOs website here.
Student-Centered Learning for Equity 2021
May 18-27, 2021
"Student-Centered Learning for Equity 2021: Learning from Disruption, Healing Forward." This free student-centered PD event is co-sponsored by Education Evolving is highly relevant to Wisconsin schools.
For more information visit the event website below.
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Charter School News and Celebrations
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Charter School Job Openings
Anthony Acres School - Teacher position WECAN
Birchwood Public Montessori - PK/K Teacher WECAN
Carmen Schools of Science & Technology
Northeast Wisconsin School of Innovation and NEW Academy- Teaching positions (4) WECAN
Pathways High - Principal position
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Need support?
Director
Nick Pretasky
Associate Director
Email: support@wrccs.org
Website: wrccs.org
Location: 304 Kaphaem Road, Tomahawk, WI, USA
Phone: 715-453-1079
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