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Training for Charter School and Grant Applications


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Charter School Boot Camp:  A three-day intensive examination of the Standard Application, Checklist, Review Rubric, and the state's accountability frameworks. Speakers at the event include authorizers, administrators, teachers, board members, and charter school founders who have demonstrated success in charter school best practices.
Goal: Intensive examination of the charter school application requirements.
Attendees: Potential charter school developers, including interested parents, or those planning on submitting a charter school application to a district or the Charter School Institute (CSI).
Frequency: Once a year for three days in June
Location: A metro-area charter school

Click here for the 2011-2012 schedule.

Tier I and Tier II Startup Writer's Training: Highly encouraged for all new charter schools that plan to submit a Title V grant application, this training reviews all elements of the Request for Proposal (FRP).
Goal: Review all elements of the Request for Proposal (RFP).
Attendees: At least one representative from a charter school prior to submitting the Startup Grant application. Other charter school personnel are welcome.
Frequency: Twice a year, approximately six weeks prior to the Tier I and Tier II deadlines (August or September and January).
Location: Tier I: training held at a metro-area location in August or September for those submitting for Tier I deadline. Tier II: training held at the Colorado Talking Book Library for those submitting for the Tier II deadline.

Click here for the 2011-2012 schedule.

Implementation Grant Writer's Training Webinar: This training is highly encouraged as it reviews all elements of the Request for Proposal (RFP) for charter schools in their second and third years.
Goal: Review all elements of the Request for Proposal (RFP)
Attendees: Charter schools in their second and third years
Frequency: Once a year, held shortly after the Tier I Startup Training in August/September
Location: Webinar format facilitated at CDE.

Click here for the 2011-2012 schedule.