Strong authorizing demands strong systems, clear expectations, and continuous learning. SchoolWorks® offers tailored technical assistance and training designed to strengthen the practices of charter school authorizers—ensuring oversight that is consistent, compliant, and focused on quality outcomes for students. Whether you’re building foundational systems or refining advanced practices, our expert facilitators design and deliver engaging sessions that connect directly to your goals and accountability framework. Workshops are interactive and solution-focused, with real-world case studies, guided planning time, and tools that participants can implement immediately. We emphasize capacity-building and sustainability—equipping your team with skills and strategies that last beyond the session.
Effective authorizing starts with strong internal systems. This training focuses on aligning staff roles and responsibilities to core authorizing functions, ensuring that team members clearly understand their contributions to oversight and accountability. Participants also learn to develop evaluation calendars, workflow systems, and communication protocols that support consistent implementation and clear documentation across the authorizing lifecycle.
A rigorous, transparent application process is critical to ensuring that only high-quality schools are approved to open. This workshop helps participants strengthen their evaluation process by practicing rubric calibration, deepening rater reliability, and enhancing their capacity to conduct effective interviews and due diligence. Sessions are grounded in national best practices and customized to reflect the authorizer’s standards and values.
Oversight and renewal site visits are only as strong as the teams conducting them. This training equips team members with the tools and techniques needed to gather evidence objectively and document findings clearly. Participants engage in hands-on practice with evidence collection protocols, norming exercises, and strategies for preparing consistent, defensible renewal reports and recommendations.
Strong governance and leadership are key indicators of long-term school success. This workshop focuses on how to effectively evaluate charter school boards and leadership teams, using performance-based criteria and governance best practices. Participants learn how to assess board composition, meeting practices, strategic planning, and compliance to support high-quality school leadership and accountability.
SchoolWorks also provides asynchronous online training through its Charter School Authorizing Online Professional Development Course. Designed and led by seasoned charter school authorizers, this comprehensive series explores the core functions of high-quality authorizing in depth. The course is an ideal resource for onboarding new staff, offering a flexible, expert-led introduction to the essential practices, responsibilities, and standards of charter school oversight.
Explore insights and practical guidance that reinforce the value of high-quality, targeted professional development for charter school authorizers. Our blog posts highlight why ongoing training matters, how to maximize the impact of professional learning, and what it takes to build internal capacity that drives lasting improvement. Whether you're onboarding new staff or strengthening your existing team, these resources support continuous learning and system-wide growth.
SchoolWorks® has supported charter school authorizers since 1998. We currently partner with authorizers in over half of the states that have enacted charter school laws.
Our team members have extensive professional experience in the charter school sector – serving as authorizers, leading charter school associations, managing charter school incubators, and more.
Leveraging our extensive experience and utilizing both state charter school laws and national standards as frameworks, our experts deliver outcome-focused support.
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