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AUTHORIZERS AS CHANGES AGENTS:FINDING YOUR VOICE & INSPIRING

OTHERS TO FIND THEIRS

OHIO ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS

JAMES N. GOENNER, PH.DJOSEPH B. URBAN, ESQ.

OCTOBER 17, 2014

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National Charter Schools Institute

• The Institute is a values-driven, nonprofit organization founded in 1995.

• Our mission is to strengthen the performance and productivity of the charter schools sector.

• We coach and consult with boards, schools, authorizers, support organizations and policymakers.

• Our team is composed of passionate professionals.

• We seek to understand, honor and support our clients.

• We believe in and strive to uphold the Golden Rule.

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Goals for Today

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Review the idea behind chartering

Encourage great authorizing

Inspire hearts & minds

Answer questions and have fun!

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RELATIONSHIPS

“People don’t care how much you know until they

know how much you care.”

The Idea Behind Chartering…What’s the Problem with the System?

The exclusive franchise guarantees the district will always receive:

“This is a system that can take its customers for granted.”

Albert Shanker, American Federation of Teachers

Thereby providing adults with their:

Students and Funding

Jobs and Incomes


“It’s unproductive and unfair to put people under incentives that are not aligned with the mission they have been given to perform. That leads to blaming the people for failures that are the fault of the system… We should stop blaming people. We should fix the system.”

Ted KolderieThe States Will Have to Withdraw the Exclusive


People need compelling reasons and opportunities to take on the challenges associated with fundamental change.

When people decide to change because it’s in their own interest, it is more likely to be

meaningful and lasting.

By getting states to withdraw the exclusive district franchise through policies that foster:

The Idea Behind Chartering…Kolderie’s Goal = Improve Education for All

Empower students to choose the school they attend. CHOICE:

Empower someone other than the district to create new public schools. DIVERSIFICATION:

Reforming Education

Student Learning

Divergent Roads

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“If you do not change, you can become extinct.”

Who Moved My Cheese? ““


Common Authorizing Functions

Gatekeeper

Monitor

Evaluator

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Alpha Authorizing Functions

Change Agent

Market Maker

Force for Quality

Catalyst for Excellence


Change Agent

Challenge the “givens”

Foster an environment that attracts talent, capital and entrepreneurship

Influence policy and practice

Provide leadership and ideas for improving education


Market Maker

Change the incentives by withdrawing the exclusive franchise

Charter new schools so people have choices

Foster an environment that attracts can-do people


Force for Quality

Thoroughly screen applications and applicants

Issue performance-based charter contracts

Measure and evaluate performance

Preserve discretionary judgment

Protect school autonomy

Appropriately intervene when people fail to perform


Catalyst for Excellence

Recognize and reward performance

Encourage the replication and expansion of success

Create new performance-based paths for authorizing, overseeing, and renewing charter contracts

Make authorizing a respected profession

Relentlessly pursue excellence

Protect, preserve and advance the idea behind chartering


“Set the standards higher for yourself than others would set

them for you.” -John Maxwell

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Model the Way

Inspire a Shared Vision

Challenge the Process

Enable Others to Act

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Encourage the Heart5

Five Practices of Exemplary Leaders

Kouzes and Posner

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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

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Be Proactive

Begin with the End in Mind

Put First Things First

Think Win-Win

Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood

Synergize

Sharpen the Saw


Stephen Covey

BOOKS

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Establish a Shared Vision and Commitment

Set Clear Performance Expectations – No Surprises!

Develop a Relationship of Mutual Trust and Respect

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Alpha Authorizing:3 Keys for Chartering Great Schools

PerformanceAgreement

= • Academic• Fiscal• Operational

Setting Goals.

Defining Targets.


THE GOAL

Preparing all students for success in college,

work and life.


Knowing your purpose in life,growing to reach your maximum

potential, andsowing seeds that benefit

others.

-John C. Maxwell

Success is…

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The Road to Greatness

Good, Not Great

Inflection Point

Good, Not Great

Matched-Pair Selection

Comparison Cases

Good-to-Great Cases

GAP


The Flywheel


People Need Systems to Turn the Flywheel

• Principles and practices for predictably

achieving goals

• Processes that are specific, orderly, and

repeatable

• Leverage time, money and abilities

• Deliberate, intentional and practicable

How Successful People Grow by John C. Maxwell


Building forBreakthrough

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Is the academic program a success?

Is the school financially viable?

Is the organization sound & fulfilling its charter?

Key Renewal Questions

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Know Your Boards

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See faces

See term expiration

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History of officer roles

One location for contact information

Notes on key activities

See officer role(s)

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Eliminate Duplication:Automatically Post Documents to Websites

Thomas Shull

Hed and subhed

Thomas Shull

Swap in monitor: Hope website

“Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.”

-Dr. Stephen CoveyThe 8th Habit

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THANK YOU!

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