Charter Clues
Updates from IDOE's Office of Charter Schools
October Charter Clues Newsletter
October is National Farm to School Month !
CSP Cohort 3 Awardees
Congratulations to the eight high-quality applicants that were awarded IDOE's Quality Counts grant in Cohort 3!
The awarded applicants are:
The Excel Center Clarksville
The Excel Center for Adult Learners
The Excel Center Shelbyville
BELIEVE Circle City High School
GEO Next Generation Academy
Phalen Leadership Academy - Far Eastside
Rooted School Indianapolis
The PATH School
Feedback for awarded and not awarded applications will be found here very soon!
Cohort 4
IDOE's Charter School Program team will be releasing the Cohort 4 Request For Proposals and application materials in December of 2019.
Free Data Coaching Available to LEAs
The Office of Title Grants and Support is offering free data coaching to LEAs in need of assistance with collecting, analyzing, and visualizing their data. This type of support includes workshops, professional development activities, resource development, and other types of services. More information and the link to the data coaching intake form are available here.
Operations and Finance Collaboration Group
Time: 9:00 a.m. -- 3:00 p.m.
Location: TBD
Group Goal and Mission: Indiana Charter School Network (ICSN) and Center for Innovative Education Solutions (CIES) strive to provide a collaborative space for all Charter School Finance & Operations Staff. Group meetings are bi-monthly and provide professional development, training and one-on-one support in all things Finance and Operations. Please join us for our November meeting!
To be added to our email list or for more info, please email: Kim Ballin: kim@innovativeedsolutions.org.
College Fee Waivers
2020 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program
Do you have students interested in becoming a U.S. Presidential Scholar? The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964, by executive order of the President, to recognize and honor some of our nation's most distinguished graduating high school seniors. The memo and application process can be found here. Please contact Ben Carter with questions.
Girls Who Code
IDOE has partnered with Girls Who Code this year to bring free computer science learning opportunities to Indiana communities. Girls Who Code Clubs are FREE after-school programs for third-12th grade girls. When you start a Girls Who Code Club, you’ll gain access to free resources, flexible plug and play curriculum, funding opportunities, ongoing support, and more! No computer science experience is needed to get started since Girls Who Code is there for you every step of the way. Apply now with the quick, 15-minute Clubs Application through our partnership, or learn more by joining the next live, 30-minute webinar! Contact Jake Koressel with questions.
IN-MaC Micro Grants
Indiana Manufacturing Competitiveness Center (IN-MaC) is offering micro grants. This program aims to provide grant funding to education (K-16), industry, and community-based organizations who implement creative ways to enhance youth industry experiences. Ranging from $1,000 - $2,000, the Micro-Grants are designed to support innovation and encourage organizations to dedicate funds towards development and program implementation that impact industry awareness. The application opened on September 1 and runs through May 31. The application can be found here. Please contact Lisa Deck with questions.
Green Ribbon Award Application Process Now Open
The Indiana Green Ribbon Schools Award program is a joint partnership with the United States Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Awards. The Indiana Green Ribbon Schools program highlights schools in Indiana that educate students about human environmental impact on their communities. In 2019, Goshen Community Schools received this prestigious award. Individual schools, school systems, and institutions of higher education are all eligible to apply. To learn more, visit IDOE’s Green Ribbon site by clicking here. Please contact Matt Walsh for more information and to request an application packet.
Great Information for Early Educators
The September edition of #INspirEDearly, IDOE’s Early Learning Newsletter, is now available here. To receive future editions, please subscribe on IDOE’s Early Learning website.
Federal Accountability Grade
For 2018-2019, schools will receive a Federal rating of either exceeds expectations, meets expectations, approaches expectations, or does not meet expectations based on all applicable indicators. Schools will not receive an A-F grade for Federal purposes.
For additional information on the Federal accountability ratings, please participate in our Moodle course on Federal accountability found here (course title: ESSA Accountability; course enrollment key: ESSAaccountability) and review resources available in our School Accountability and Accreditation Community in Moodle (School Accountability and Accreditation Community).
Questions may be directed to the Office of School Accountability.
Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Computer Science Grant Information
PLTW has a computer science grant available to Indiana schools. Grants like this support new and existing PLTW programs. Learn more by attending an informational session (RSVP here), or visit the PLTW grants page. Contact Theresa Hall with questions.
Monthly Charter Chats
Charter Chats are live, recorded webinars that occur on the first Thursday of every month at 12:15 p.m. ET. The Charter Chat schedule and recordings are posted on this website for future access. The topics discussed are often applicable to traditional public schools and new school leaders as well.
The next charter chat will be:
November 7
TransACT
Alma Flores of IDOE
Join via phone: (415) 655-0001 | Join via computer HERE
Meeting number (access code): 733 656 945 | Meeting password: ZApSh497
Please contact Bea Pacheco at bpacheco@doe.in.gov if you have any questions. Click here to access previous Charter Chats.
School Recruitment, Enrollment, and Marketing Webinar Series
IDOE is pleased to announce the second year of our popular charter school recruitment, enrollment, and marketing webinar series. Building off the success of our first year’s sessions, we are pleased to announce that we will continue to provide monthly webinars to our charter school leaders on how they can improve their school enrollment and marketing.
Nick Leroy, President of Bright Minds Marketing and a Hoosier expert in the field, will be hosting the webinars. Bright Minds Marketing is a consulting company that works specifically with charter schools to support student enrollment, recruitment, and retention through marketing and communications.
Webinars will be held the second Wednesday of every month, starting Wednesday September 11th, and the schedule, resources, and recordings can be found here.
CSP Grant Calendars
Amreen Vora
317.234.3063
Beatriz Pacheco
317) 232-9057
Cole Dietrich
Indiana Department of Education
Website: https://www.doe.in.gov
Location: 115 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone: (317) 232-6610