MOVING FORWARD
2003 TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOL CONFERENCE

May 5-6, 2003 Renaissance Hotel Austin Registration Deadline April 8, 2003

Keynote speakers

Howard Fuller          Chairman, National Charter School Alliance
Nina Rees                Deputy Under Secretary USDOE
Felipe Alanis            Commissioner of Education

• The North Hills Charter School Dissemination Grant team is pleased to announce that each charter that has a Board member or Administrator registered for the conference and attending one of the designated Board /Administrator breakout sessions will receive at no charge:
            PACE I   Governance Manual             (100 page notebook)
            PACE II  Board Policy Manual           (200 page notebook)
            PACE III Administrative Forms           (263 page notebook)
  
  
• Six one-hour training sessions designed to meet the state-mandated training requirements for Board Members, CEOs, Central Office Administrators and Campus Administrators -- covering but not limited to the topics below. All training is without charge to registered conference attendees. Training will be conducted by Bob Schulman, an attorney with the Feldman and Rogers Law Firm.
            School Law
                        “Staying Out of Court and Various Unsavory Locations”
            Health, Safety, and Student Discipline
                        “Law and Order and Other Favorite Television Series”
            Open Meetings
                        “Keeping Your Meetings & Your Records Open & Your Wallets Closed”
            Public Records
                        “The Hidden World of Public Records”
  
  
• More than 70 breakout sessions on educational / financial needs of charters include:
            TAKS Updates
            Content Sessions in Reading, Math, Social Studies, and Science
            Instructional Programs that have Increased Student Performance in Charters
            TEA Updates in Special Ed, Finances, Textbooks, and Bilingual
            ACE: Texas Association of Charter Educators