2014 SEA CSP PD Meeting

The Future of the CSP Grant Program

U.S. Department of Education

TDC: Room 105/108

400 Maryland Avenue S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20202

Monday, February 24, 2014

8:00am – 9:00am Registration Open

9:00am – 9:30amED Leadership Welcome

Nadya Dabby, Assistant Deputy Secretary

Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education

9:30am – 10:30 amCSP Overview and Update on ED Activities

Stefan Huh, Erin Pfeltz, Kate Meeley, & Leslie Hankerson

10:30am – 10:40am Break

10:40am – 11:30am Update on CSP Activities

CSP Team

11:30am – 12:30pm Charter Schools and Enrollment Policies

Sujeet Rao, Special Assistant, Office of Innovation and Improvement

Renita Thukral, VP Legal Affairs, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

12:30am – 1:30pm Lunch on your own

1:30pm – 3:30pm Updates on the Future of the SEA Program

  • Rulemaking on the SEA Program (60 minutes)

Stefan Huh & Erin Pfeltz

  • Assurances Review Process (15 minutes)

Mukta Pandit, National Charter School Resource Center

  • Updating the Nonregulatory Guidance (45 minutes)

Kate Meeley

3:30pm – 3:45pm Break

3:45pm – 4:45pm Logic Models to Support Program Design, Implementation and Evaluation

Karen Shakman, Ph.D. & Sheila Rodriguez

REL Northeast and Islands – Regional Educational Laboratory at EDC

4:45pm – 5:00pm Wrap up/Q&A

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

8:30am – 9:00am Coffee with the CSP team

9:00am – 10:00amEnglish Learners in Charter Schools and Other Issues

  • Discussion with the Director (20 minutes)

Stefan Huh, Director, Charter Schools Program

  • Title III Guidance (20 minutes)

Francisco Lopez, Title III office, OESE

  • GAO-EL Study and EDFacts Data Reporting (20 minutes)

Joel McFarland & Rachel Sutcliffe, EDFacts Analysts

10:00am – 11:00am CSP Monitoring: Lessons Learned 2008-2014

Sara Allender, CSP Monitoring, Project Director, WestEd

11:00am – 11:10amBreak

11:10am – 12:30pmGrants Management Conversations

  • Resources - Super Circular (10 minutes)
  • Analysis – Definition of a Charter School (25 minutes)
  • Application – Separate Schools (25 minutes)
  • Reflection – Nonregulatory Guidance (20 minutes)

12:30pm – 1:30pmLunch & Learn

Please return to the room with your lunch

A Dialogue: SEA & Charter Support Organization Collaboration

Facilitator: Gina Mahony, Senior VP, Government Relations

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

1:30pm – 2:30pm Dissemination Practices

  • Strategies: Targeting Projects, Application Modifications, Opt-Out
  • The Arts and College Preparatory Academy in Ohio – Collaboration and Dissemination Award Overview

2:30pm – 2:45pm Break

2:45pm – 4:45pmRoundtable Dialogue: Public Accountability

  • Transparency (30 minutes)

Susan DuFour, New York State Education Department

  • School Climate and Student Discipline (45 minutes)

Catherine E. Lhamon, Assistant Secretary, Office for Civil Rights

Jonathan T. Brice, Ed.D, Deputy Assistant Secretary, OESE

Carolyn Seugling, Legal Group, Office for Civil Rights

  • Authorizer Monitoring (45 minutes)

Mark Francis, Arizona Department of Education

Mark Eitrem, Michigan Department of Education

4:45pm – 5:00pmClosing and Final Remarks

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