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The 19th Annual
California Charter Schools Conference
& Advocacy Week FEB 27–MAR 1, 2012 • SACRAMENTO
YOU ARE THE
CHARTER SCHOOL
MOVEMENT
www.charterconference.org
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It Is tIme for the Charter sChool movement
to speak wIth one voICe!
Join us for:
the 2012 Charter sChool fundIng equIty rally
at the state CapItol
Charter school students are public school students and should have access to the same
levels of funding.
We are going to make our voices heard on the north steps of the state capitol! With nearly 1,000
charter schools in operation in California, our time has come!
where: The north steps of the California Capitol, L Street, between 10th and 12th.
when: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 3:45 p.m.
why: Because California’s charter school students deserve better!
Sponsored by
Welcome to Sacramento
Dear Friends,
Welcome to the 19th Annual California Charter Schools Conference and Advocacy
Week!
As in past years, our conference brings together the entire charter school community
to support one another in achieving excellence in every aspect of running a school.
During the next four days, charter leaders will gather to strategize and to share
information, whether about how the state budget affects our schools or about how
the latest innovations are being brought into our classrooms. By attending this
conference, you have the chance to engage with leaders from throughout California
Jed Wallace,
as they present their proven strategies for balancing a charter school budget,
President and CEO
obtaining a new facility, creating a safe school environment, and building a productive
and excellent board. We also have exciting new programming on issues you have told
us are of interest to you including technology, fundraising, developing new charter schools, independent
study and online learning.
Perhaps the most exciting new aspect of this year’s conference is an even greater focus on advocacy. The
theme of this year’s event—“YOU are the charter school movement”— reflects the role each of us plays in
building public awareness of and support for charter schools. It is especially fitting that we are gathering
this year in Sacramento, home to legislators and policymakers whose work has such a tremendous
impact on what we all do each and every day. More than ever, the 19th Annual Conference allows you to
connect your work, your school, and your community to the broader charter school movement.
Do you want to broaden the impact of the success you’re having with your students? Tell someone. The
challenges you’re having in securing equitable facilities? Tell someone. The enthusiasm of your school’s
teachers, who are experiencing the freedom and flexibility that is inherent in charter schools? The
engagement of your school’s parents, who see the promise of a better education for their students? Tell
someone. In fact…tell everyone. Participate in a legislative meeting while you’re here in the State Capitol,
mingle with legislators and policymakers during conference sessions, and march with us to the Rally at
the Capitol on Wednesday.
Conference and Advocacy Week takes advantage of our conference location in the best possible way. By
convening in Sacramento, not only do we have the opportunity to hear from policymakers on how they
make decisions and what decisions they make, but we also have the opportunity to let policymakers hear
directly from us and to witness firsthand the size and strength of our movement. I urge you to join the
thousands of us who will march to the statehouse and make our voices heard.
Spend the next several days networking and learning, yes. But please also take the time to teach the folks
making decisions that directly impact our schools what affect those decisions have on the more than
412,000 students served by California’s 982 charter schools.
Enjoy the conference!
Sincerely,
Jed Wallace
President and CEO
California Charter Schools Association
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Table of Contents
Rally Information............................................................................................................. 5
Welcome to Sacramento Letter...................................................................................... 6
Conference Schedule................................................................................................. 8–9
Map of the Sacramento Convention Center................................................................. 10
Offsite Locations...........................................................................................................11
Exhibit Hall Map and Hours..................................................................................... 12–13
The Association: Overview........................................................................................... 14
CCSA Advocacy Week Overview................................................................................. 15
Schedule Basics
Monday, Feb. 27, Welcome Reception.................................................................. 16
Tuesday, Feb. 28.............................................................................................. 17–18
Wednesday, Feb. 29....................................................................................... 19–20
Thursday, March 1................................................................................................ 21
Breakout Sessions listed by Strand.........................................................................22–25
Cyber Café & Exhibit Hall Raffle................................................................................... 26
Conference Overview and Social Events................................................................ 32–33
Tuesday, Feb. 28—Details
Opening General Session............................................................................... 34–35
Blended Learning/Technology Expo............................................................... 36–40
Board Member Best Practices Summit............................................................41–43
A Commitment to Serving the Underserved Student............................................ 44
Breakout Session Descriptions....................................................................... 45–59
Teacher Expo.................................................................................................. 60–62
Regional Meetings................................................................................................ 63
Wednesday, Feb. 29—Details
Morning Breakout Session Descriptions......................................................... 64–68
Parent Summit...................................................................................................... 69
Facilities & Operations Expo............................................................................70–73
General Session............................................................................................... 74–75
Afternoon Breakout Session Descriptions....................................................... 76–80
Rally Information................................................................................................... 81
Wednesday Evening Event.................................................................................... 83
Thursday, March 1—Details
Breakout Session Descriptions....................................................................... 84–89
Closing General Session................................................................................. 90–91
Board of Directors & Member Council 2012................................................................. 94
The Association: Staff.................................................................................................. 95
The 19th Annual California Charter Schools Conference Team.................................... 96
Conference Programming Committee.......................................................................... 97
Exhibitor Section
Exhibit Hall Hours, Activities, Floor Plan.......................................................100–101
Exhibitor List by Booth Number................................................................... 102–103
Exhibitor List by Company...........................................................................104–105
Exhibitor List by Product/Service Category..................................................106–109
Thanks to the Sponsors!.............................................................................. 110–120
Exhibitor Descriptions.................................................................................. 121–149
Save the Date for 2013!.............................................................................................. 150
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Conference Schedule
Monday
February 27
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Public Charter School Grant Program,
Pre-Conference Event, Room 307
Noon–5:00 p.m.
CCSA California Attorney Network MCLE,
Room 315
3:00–7:00 p.m.
Registration Open
4:00–6:00 p.m.
A+ Annual Meeting, Room 305
5:00–7:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception
at Sheraton Grand’s Grand Nave Ballroom
and Foyer
Sponsored by California Charter Schools
Association Employee Welfare Benefits
Trust (EWBT) and California Charter
Schools Association Joint Powers Authority
(JPA) and EdTec
Dinner on Your Own
Tuesday
February 28
7:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Registration Open, Breakfast on Your Own
8:30–9:30 a.m.
Opening General Session, Halls DE
Sponsored by Piper Jaffray & Co.
9:15 a.m.
Exhibit Hall Opens, Exhibit Halls ABC
9:45–10:45 a.m.
Coffee Break, Exhibit Halls ABC
Blended Learning/Technology Expo (Part 1), Exhibit Hall A
Sponsored by Google Chrome
10:45 a.m.–Noon
Breakout Sessions
10:45 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
A Commitment to Serving the Underserved Student, Starts in
Room 309
10:45 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Coffee Cart
Sponsored by Arthur J. Gallagher, California Charter Schools
Association Joint Powers Authority (JPA) and MAT@USC - Rossier
School of Education
10:45 a.m.–5:15 p.m.
Board Member Best Practices Summit, Starts in Room 202
Noon–2:00 p.m.
Exclusive Exhibit Hall Hours, Exhibit Halls ABC
Noon–1:00 p.m.
Lunch, Exhibit Halls ABC
Sponsored by Dickerson Employee Benefits and
PresenceLearning
12:45–1:45 p.m.
Blended Learning/Technology Expo (Part 2), Exhibit Hall A
2:00–3:15 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
3:45–5:00 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
3:45–5:00 p.m.
Teacher Expo, Exhibit Hall A
Sponsored by Project Optimal
5:00–6:30 p.m.
Happy Hour, Exhibit Halls ABC
Sponsored by DriversEd.com
6:00–7:00 p.m.
Regional Meetings
6:30 p.m.
Exhibit Hall Closes
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Dinner on Your Own
Feb. 27–Mar. 1, 2012
Wednesday
February 29
Thursday
MARCH 1
7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Registration Open, Breakfast on Your Own
8:30–11:00 a.m.
Registration Open
8:30–9:45 a.m.
Breakout Sessions
9:00–10:15 a.m.
Breakout Sessions
9:15 a.m.
Exhibit Hall Opens, Exhibit Halls ABC
10:30–11:30 a.m.
Closing General Session, Hall D
9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Parent Summit, Starts in Room 202
9:45–10:45 a.m.
Coffee Break, Exhibit Halls ABC
Facilities & Operations Expo (Part 1), Exhibit Hall A
Sponsored by Robert W. Baird & Co.
10:45 a.m.–Noon
Wednesday General Session, Halls DE
Sponsored by NobleHour
10:45 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
Coffee Cart
Sponsored by California Charter Schools Association
Joint Powers Authority (JPA)
Noon–2:00 p.m.
Exclusive Exhibit Hall Hours, Exhibit Halls ABC
Noon–1:00 p.m.
Lunch, Exhibit Halls ABC
Sponsored by Ziegler
12:45–1:45 p.m.
Facilities & Operations Expo (Part 2), Exhibit Hall A
1:30 p.m.
Main Raffle in the Exhibit Hall, Exhibit Halls ABC
2:00–3:15 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
2:30 p.m.
Exhibit Hall Closes
3:45–5:00 p.m.
Rally, North Steps, State Capitol, L Street, between 10th
and 12th
5:00–7:30 p.m.
Charter School PAC Fundraiser, 1200 K St.
Sponsored by CCSA Advocates
8:00–11:00 p.m.
Wednesday Evening Event
Sponsored by Revolution K12
Dinner on Your Own
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Map of the Sacramento Convention Center
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West Lobby
Registration
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Rooms 103–105
Breakout Sessions
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Exhibit Hall: Halls ABC
Exhibits
Coffee Breaks & Lunches
Tuesday Happy Hour
Poster Sessions
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Rooms 201–205
Breakout Sessions
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Rooms 301–319
Breakout Sessions
General Session: Halls DE
Keynote Speakers
Hart Vision Award Presentation
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Sheraton Grand, Host Hotel
Welcome Reception
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Offsite Locations
Monday Welcome
Reception
5:00–7:00 p.m.
Sheraton Grand
1230 J Street
Sacramento, CA
The Sheraton Grand Hotel is
just across 13th Street from the
Sacramento Convention Center.
Scan this qr code
to bring up a
Google map to the
Monday Welcome
Reception on your
mobile device!
Sponsored by:
Wednesday Evening Party
8:00–11:00 p.m.
The Park Ultra Lounge
1116 15th Street @ L
Sacramento, CA
Scan this qr code
to bring up a
Google map to
the Wednesday
Evening Party
on your mobile
device!
Sponsored by:
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Exhibit Hall Map and Hours
The 19th Annual
Exhibit Hall, Sacramento Convention Center Halls ABC
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Exhibit Hall Map and Hours
Tuesday
Exhibit Hall hours, 9:15 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
9:45–10:45 a.m.
Coffee Break
Blended Learning/Technology Expo (Part 1), sponsored by
Google Chrome
10:45 a.m.–5 p.m.
Coffee Cart, sponsored by Arthur J. Gallagher, California
Charter Schools Association Joint Powers Authority (JPA)
and MAT@USC - Rossier School of Education
Noon–2:00 p.m.
Exclusive Exhibit Hall Hours
Noon–1:00 p.m.
Lunch, sponsored by Dickerson Employee Benefits and
PresenceLearning
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12:45–1:45 p.m.
Blended Learning/Technology Expo (Part 2), sponsored by
Google Chrome
3:45–5:00 p.m.
Teacher Expo, sponsored by Project Optimal
Lunch and
Refreshment break
Meeting
Room
5:00–6:30 p.m.
Happy Hour, sponsored by DriversEd.com
Wednesday
Sales
Office
9:45–10:45 a.m.
Coffee Break
Facilities & Operations Expo (Part 1), sponsored by Robert
W. Baird & Co.
10:45 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
Coffee Cart, sponsored by California Charter Schools
Association Joint Powers Authority (JPA)
Noon–2:00 p.m.
Noon–1:00 p.m.
Lunch, sponsored by Ziegler
12:45–1:45 p.m.
Facilities & Operations Expo (Part 2), sponsored by Robert
W. Baird & Co.
1:30 p.m.
Main Exhibit Hall Raffle
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The Association: Overview
About the Association
Who we are:
The Association’s mission is to influence the legislative and policy
environments, leverage collective advocacy, and provide resources to
support our members in developing and operating high quality charter
schools reflective of California’s student population.
What we do:
The California Charter Schools Association advances the charter school
movement through state and local advocacy, leadership on accountability,
and a variety of operational and support services to our members.
CCSA runs a comprehensive portfolio of programs and services for
operating charter schools, charter development teams, charter support
organizations, charter-friendly businesses, and charter professionals.
The Association is also a trusted source of data and information on
California’s charter schools for parents, authorizers, legislators, policy
analysts, foundations, the press and other interested groups. We involve
parents in our efforts through Families That Can, a community-based
network of charter school parents united to fight for high-quality public
education choices and to be the voice for the children of California charter
schools.
What we envision:
By harnessing the collective power of the movement, our vision is to achieve
a new era in public education where all students attend independent,
innovative, accountable schools of choice.
Social Media
Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CALcharters
Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/CALcharters
www.calcharters.org
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HOW TO REACH US
Los Angeles 250 E 1st St., Suite 1000
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: (213) 244-1446
Fax: (213) 652-1000
Sacramento/N. California 1107 9th St., Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 448-0995
Fax: (916) 448-0998
CCSA Advocacy Week Overview
19th Annual California Charter Schools Conference
& Advocacy Week
“YOU are the charter school movement”
Advocacy Week at the 19th Annual California Charter Schools Conference includes a series
of advocacy and government relations events woven throughout the four-day conference.
Advocacy Week will provide attendees with multiple opportunities for face-to-face
interactions with legislators and policymakers whose decisions impact your
students. Advocacy Week “takes advantage of our conference location in the best possible
way,” said Jed Wallace, CCSA’s President and CEO. “By convening in Sacramento, not only
do we have the opportunity to hear from policymakers on how they make decisions and what
decisions they make, but we also the have the opportunity to let policymakers hear directly
from us and to witness firsthand the size and strength of our movement.”
How can YOU participate in Advocacy Week?
• Network with other leaders from your region! CCSA’s Welcome Reception will take
place in a large ballroom organized by California regions. CCSA is inviting legislators
and their staff members to attend the reception and meet with charter school
operators, teachers and supporters to network and hear their concerns. Monday,
February 27, 5:00–7:00 p.m. in the Sheraton Grand’s Grand Nave Ballroom.
• Educate yourself and have your voice heard! The conference hosts a myriad of
sessions focused on local, state and federal issues that are affect your school. Attend
these sessions to learn from the experts and to make sure they hear your voice. See
the program for specific locations and times.
• March on Sacramento! CCSA will host the “2012 Charter School Funding Equity
Rally”—an event that will be attended by thousands of charter school supporters and
will ensure that our voice is heard in Sacramento. The rally, on Wednesday, February
29, at 3:45 p.m., is open to the public. The rally will take place on the north steps,
located on L St., between 10th and 12th.
• Be part of the conversation! If you have ever wanted the opportunity to ask a
question of the President of the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of
Public Instruction or the Chair of the Assembly Education Committee—this is your
chance! CCSA will host an Education Roundtable with Q&A on Thursday, March 1,
from 10:30–11:30 a.m. in Sacramento Convention Center Hall D.
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Welcome to the 19th Annual
California Charter Schools Conference!
Join us for a
Welcome Reception
in your honor
Monday, Feb. 27, 5:00–7:00 p.m.
at the Sheraton Grand’s
Grand Nave Ballroom & Foyer
(see map on page 11)
Attendees must pick up their badges at Registration
(West lobby) prior to The Welcome Reception
The Welcome Reception is sponsored by:
SCHEDULE
8:30–9:30 a.m.
Tuesday Morning & Afternoon
Opening General
Session
Halls DE
Coffee Break
Exhibit
Halls ABC
Blended Learning/
Technology Expo
(part 1)
Exhibit Hall A
Breakout Sessions
200 and
300 Level
Rooms
Board Member
Best Practices
Summit
200 Level
Rooms
Exclusive Exhibit
Hall Hours
Exhibit
Halls ABC
Lunch
Exhibit
Halls ABC
see pages 34–35
9:45–10:45 a.m.
see pages 36–40
10:45 a.m.–Noon
see pages 45–49
10:45 a.m.–5:15 p.m.
see pages 41–43
Noon–2:00 p.m.
see pages 100–149
Noon–1:00 p.m.
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SCHEDULE
Tuesday Afternoon & Evening
Blended Learning/
Technology Expo
(Part 2)
Exhibit Hall A
Breakout Sessions
see pages 50–54
200 and
300 Level
Rooms
Teacher Expo
Exhibit Hall A
Breakout Sessions
200 and
300 Level
Rooms
5:00–6:30 p.m.
Happy Hour
Exhibit
Halls ABC
6:00–7:00 p.m.
Regional Meetings
300 Level
Rooms
12:45–1:45 p.m.
see pages 36–40
2:00–3:15 p.m.
3:45–5:00 p.m.
see pages 60–62
3:45–5:00 p.m.
see pages 55–59
see page 63
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SCHEDULE
8:30–9:45 a.m.
Wednesday Morning & Afternoon
Breakout Sessions
200 and
300 Level
Rooms
Parent summit
200 Level
Rooms
Coffee Break
Exhibit
Halls ABC
Facilities &
Operations Expo
(part 1)
Exhibit Hall A
wednesday general
session
Halls DE
Exclusive Exhibit
Hall Hours
Exhibit
Halls ABC
Lunch
Exhibit
Halls ABC
see pages 64–68
9:30 a.m.– 3:15 p.m.
see page 69
9:45–10:45 a.m.
see pages 70–73
10:45 a.m.–Noon
see pages 74–75
Noon–2:00 p.m.
see pages 100–149
Noon–1:00 p.m.
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SCHEDULE
12:45–1:30 p.m.
Wednesday Afternoon & Evening
Facilities &
Operations Expo
(Part 2)
Exhibit Hall A
Breakout Sessions
200 and
300 Level
Rooms
RALLY
North Steps,
The State
Capitol,
L Street,
between 10th
and 12th
Charter School PAC
Fundraiser
Tequila
Museo
Mayahuel,
1200 K St.
see pages 70–73
2:00–3:15 p.m.
see pages 76–80
3:45–5:00 p.m.
see page 81
5:00–7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by CCSA Advocates
see ad on page 82
8:00–11:00 p.m.
Wednesday Evening
Event
see page 83
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The Park
Ultra Lounge
1116 15th
Street @ L
Sacramento,
CA
SCHEDULE
Thursday Morning
9:00–10:15 a.m.
Breakout Sessions
200 and
300 Level
Rooms
Closing General
Session
Hall D
see pages 84–89
10:30–11:30 a.m.
see pages 90–91
Health Insurance Benefits & Services
Created for Charter People by Charter People
You and your staff deserve to have access to affordable quality health insurance
and benefits. The California Charter Schools Association Employee Welfare
Benefit Trust (CCSA EWBT) is designed specifically for charter school leaders
and offers the following benefits and services;
benefits
• Medical – HMO/PPO
• Dental
• Vision Plan
• Group/Voluntary Life
• AD & D
• Flex Spending Account
services
• COBRA, QMCSO, FSA Administration
• Plan Design Flexibility
• Secure Negotiated Rates
• No Medical Underwriting
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HR Support and Resources
Cancer and Critical Illness
Hospital Confinement
Wellness Programs
Voluntary/Worksite Benefits
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Budget Evaluation and Planning
Primary Customer Service Contact
Open Enrollment and Health Fairs
Board/Committee Meeting Attendance
other program highlights
• Created and operated by insurance and charter school experts
• Customized secure account management
• HR/Benefits legislative updates, compliance, and advocacy
• Free web-based HR support and resources – HR Answer Link
• Fully administered health plan – reducing your administrative burden
• Charter schools are pooled together for greater buying power
• Health benefits are provided exclusively to charter school employees!
to join or inquire further contact:
888.392.3928 (EWBT) or [email protected]
www.charterhealthtrust.org
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Breakout Sessions by Strand
Teachers
TEACHERS
At the Intersection of State Standards and Project-Based Learning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.. . . . . . . Room 317
Integrating Music into the Elementary Classroom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.. . . . . . . Room 305
Transformative Mentoring: Inspiring Excellence Through Blended Peer Coaching. . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.. . . . . . . Room 314
Achieving Student Engagement through Great Lesson Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 313
Differentiating Instruction in Reading to Meet the Needs of All Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 316
Essay Writing for High School Language Learners/Struggling Students: How?. . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 317
Get Going with STEM!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 201
Cal Grant Application and Eligibility for High School Counselors.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 304
Supporting Students, Saving Lives: Working with LGBT Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 318
Highly Motivating Writing Instruction for ALL K-6 Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday. . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 312
Making Whole Class Instruction as Powerful as One-to-One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday. . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 301
Prezi: Empowering Students to Creatively Present Their Ideas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday. . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 316
How to Start an Afterschool Program Operated by a Charter School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday. . 8:30–9:45 a.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 316
Lights! Camera! Write! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday. . 8:30–9:45 a.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 317
CA Spoken Word: Language Arts on FIRE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 201
Common Core State Standards Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 204
Detracking to Improve Students’ Achievement and Access to College . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 203
Enrichment Instruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 316
Increasing student achievement
Substrand: accountability
Western Association of Schools and Colleges: The Details for Charter Schools . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.. . . . . . . Room 304
Portrait of the Movement: Assessing and Accelerating the Impact of Charters . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 304
Stress Reduction in Students, Teachers and Administrators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 301
Learning to Love Accountability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday. . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 304
Meeting and Exceeding Academic Progress Goals: PCSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday. . 8:30–9:45 a.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 304
For Data Driven Trendsetters Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 314
The Impact of Charter Schools on Dropout Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 304
Substrand: Performance Management
Leading for Change: A Framework for Instructional Leadership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.. . . . . . . Room 311
Creating Excellence through Multilingualism and Academic Rigor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . Room 302/303
Teacher Leadership in Evaluation, Development and Support Innovation . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 312
Evaluation, Support, Compensation: Lessons from the College-Ready Promise. . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . Room 302/303
How Implementing Professional Learning Helped Us Achieve an
Academic Performance Index of 963! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday. . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 317
The School Leader’s Toolbox: Strategies for Growing Great Teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday. . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . Room 302/303
Transforming Schools Through Purposeful Walkthroughs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday. . 8:30–9:45 a.m.. . . . . . . . Room 302/303
Why Charter Schools Need to Know About Credentialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday. . 8:30–9:45 a.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 201
Leading Change With Data You Can Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . Room 302/303
Using a Learning Cycle to Develop and Evaluate Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 315
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special education
special education
It Takes a Village: Working with Stakeholders and Building Charter Networks. . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.. . . . . . . Room 308
Literacy and Comprehension Strategies for Students Struggling to Read . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.. . . . . . . Room 310
Special Education and Charter Schools: Building a Budget. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 310
Switching SELPAs: When Should My Charter School Consider This?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 310
YOU Can Do Behavior Response-to-Intervention: Enjoy a Year Without Suspensions. . Wednesday. . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 310
It Begins with a Partnership: Going All-In for Student Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday. . 8:30–9:45 a.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 310
Avoiding Special Education and Section 504 Pitfalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 313
Designing and Implementing Cross Curricular Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 310
operations
Substrand: Governance
The Worst Board Meeting Ever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.. . . . . . . Room 202
Building a Dashboard Report for Results-Based Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 1:00–1:50 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 204
Complying with California Conflict of Interest Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 1:00–1:50 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 205
Finding, Recruiting and Retaining Outstanding Board Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 1:00–1:50 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 202
Governance and Accountability: Best Practices and Tools to Stay on Track. . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 1:00–1:50 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 203
Board Member: Your Fiscal Responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–2:50 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 203
Building a Dashboard Report for Results-Based Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–2:50 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 204
Complying with California Conflict of Interest Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–2:50 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 205
Get Fund Raising Results: Charter Leaders Explain How They Do It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–2:50 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 202
Board Agendas: Form, Function and Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 3:00–3:50 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 204
Board Member: Your Fiscal Responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 3:00–3:50 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 203
Comprehensive Brown Act Training for Boards and Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 3:00–3:50 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 205
Get Fund Raising Results: Charter Leaders Explain How They Do It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 3:00–3:50 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 202
Comprehensive Brown Act Training for Boards and Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 4:00–4:50 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 205
Confessions of a Recovering School Leader: How to Survive School Leadership. . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 4:00–5:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 204
Finding, Recruiting and Retaining Outstanding Board Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 4:00–5:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 202
Governance and Accountability: Best Practices and Tools to Stay on Track. . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 4:00–5:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 203
Confessions of a Recovering School Leader: How to Survive School Leadership. . . . . Wednesday. . 8:30–9:45 a.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 204
Scaling Up: Managing Multiple Charter Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday. . 8:30–9:45 a.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 203
Substrand: budget and cash flow
Annual Business Managers Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 315
Advanced Charter School Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 315
Economies and Diseconomies of Scale: Growing Your Charter Intelligently. . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 201
Universal Breakfast: A Win Win For All. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 316
Weathering the Financial Storm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 309
Moving Your Charter School from Red to Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday. . 8:30–9:45 a.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 205
Bridging the Gap: Understanding Cash Flow Options in the Midst of Deferrals . . . . . . . Wednesday. . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 319
Lessons Learned from Charter School Fraud and Mismanagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday. . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 315
Charter School Audits from Preparation to Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday. . 8:30–9:45 a.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 315
Measuring Up: Using and Understanding Benchmarks for Budgeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 319
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Substrand: Facility Planning and Financing
Charter Facilities: A How-To Guide (non-Prop 39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Facility Funding Opportunities: State Agency Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
How to Get There from Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Facility Financing Without Credit Enhancement: Rocklin Academy, Case Study . . . . . .
How to Acquire Facilities Under Proposition 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
How to Get a State-of-the-Art Facility Financed, Constructed and Maintained . . . . . . .
Civic Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nuts and Bolts of Facility Financing: What’s Best for Your School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Can Our School Afford a Permanent Facility? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Extraordinary Teamwork: Bond Sale, Design Build, Occupancy in Six Months!. . . . . . .
Tuesday. . . . . 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.. . . . . . .
Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . .
Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . .
Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . .
Wednesday. . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wednesday. . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . .
Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . .
Room 313
Room 314
Room 307
Room 313
Room 314
Room 319
Room 314
Room 201
Room 205
Room 202
Substrand: fund raising
Get Fund Raising Results: Charter Leaders Explain How They Do It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Get Fund Raising Results: Charter Leaders Explain How They Do It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Technology to Enhance Fund raising: How Your Charter School Can Take
Advantage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Casting Your Net: Diversified Fund Raising Strategies for Sustainability . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wednesday. . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 305
Wednesday. . 8:30–9:45 a.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 305
Substrand: human resources
Attracting, Developing and Retaining High-Performing Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unions and Charter Schools 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Merit Pay: Incentivizing All Teachers to be High Performers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employment Practice Lawsuits: Bulletproof Your Charter School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Leaves and Accommodations for Employees With Illnesses and Disabilities. . . . . . . . .
Employment Policies: Your First Step To Protecting Your School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
STRS/PERS and 403bs: How to Plan for Retirement in Today’s Economy. . . . . . . . . . .
Working With The Union?: Know Your Rights as an Employer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tuesday. . . . . 10:45–12:00 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . Room 306
Tuesday. . . . . 10:45–12:00 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . Room 203
Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 306
Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 306
Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 309
Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 306
Substrand: legal
The Laws Regarding Student Outreach, Admissions and Lottery Preferences. . . . . . .
Education Law 101: What Laws Apply to Charter Schools?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mastering the Suspension and Expulsion Process and Responding to
Disruptive Parents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
An Ounce of Prevention: Keeping Up With Changes in the Law of Charters . . . . . . . . .
Avoiding Personnel Landmines: Hiring, Firing and Evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bullying, Harassment and Free Speech: The Balancing Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Expulsions and Suspensions: This Isn’t How We Did It at the District!. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Do You Think You’re Ready to File a Lawsuit?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employee Performance and Conduct: Policies, Documenting and Investigation . . . . . .
Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–2:50 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 202
Tuesday. . . . . 3:00–3:50 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 202
Tuesday. . . . . 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.. . . . . . . Room 205
Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 308
Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 308
Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 308
Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 305
Substrand: Safety
Supporting Students, Saving Lives: Working with LGBT Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 318
advocacy
Substrand: advocacy
Capitol Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 10:45–12:00 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . Room 307
Election 2012: Election Day! Non-Partisan Get-Out-The-Vote. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 10:45–12:00 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . Room 201
Meet the California Department of Education: A Q&A Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 307
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Parent Empowerment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
State Budget Update: Overview and Outlook of the Education Budget. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Charter School Funding Equity and School Finance Reform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Why the 2012 Elections Matter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wednesday. . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wednesday. . 8:30–9:45 a.m.. . . . . . . . . . . .
Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . .
Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . .
Room 307
Room 307
Room 311
Room 307
Substrand: Authorizer Relations
Charter Renewal Best Practices: Authorizer and School Perspectives. . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Gates Foundation Compact Initiative in California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Data to Ensure a Successful Renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
An Update on Reform Initiatives in Los Angeles Unified School District. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Authorizer Relations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Avoiding the Break-Up: Preparing for Renewal and Avoiding Revocation. . . . . . . . . . . .
Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . .
Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . .
Wednesday. . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wednesday. . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wednesday. . 8:30–9:45 a.m.. . . . . . . . . . . .
Room 311
Room 317
Room 311
Room 205
Room 311
Room 311
Substrand: communications/ public awareness
Crisis Communications: The Five Biggest Mistakes to Avoid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rise Above the Noise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jump on the Social Brand Wagon!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Avoiding the Legal Pitfalls of Digital Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 305
Wednesday. . 8:30-9:45 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 309
Individualized Learning
individualized learning
Non-classroom Do’s and Don’ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 301
1-1 Triple Play: Engage Students, Empower Staff and Differentiate Your School . . . . . . Wednesday. . 8:30–9:45 a.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 301
Inexpensive, Free or Open Source: But Wait, There’s More!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 301
Developing New Charter schools
developing new charter schools
Becoming a Charter School: A Teacher Led Effort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Community-Benefit Schools: Innovations in School and Community Reform. . . . . . . . .
Bulletproof Your Charter: Navigate the Approval Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Year Zero and Beyond: Know What You Don’t Know. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Developing Sound and Defendable Charter Petition Budgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Petitioning a First Time Authorizer: What’s the Plan?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Public Charter School Grant Q&A with California Department of Education Staff . . . . .
Tuesday. . . . . 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.. . . . . . .
Tuesday. . . . . 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.. . . . . . .
Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wednesday. . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wednesday. . 8:30–9:45 a.m.. . . . . . . . . . . .
Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . .
Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . .
Room 318
Room 204
Room 318
Room 318
Room 318
Room 318
Room 317
online learning
online learning
Things to Consider When Considering a Blended and Hybrid Program. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Innovative Technology to Systematically Develop Aspiring Charter
School Leaders’ Learning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
KIPP Empower Academy: A Case Study of Blended Learning and Innovation. . . . . . . .
Using Technology to Effectively Differentiate Instruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Developing a Blended Model in Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Motivating the Math Mind: Oakland Unity High School and the Khan Approach . . . . . .
Choosing an Online Curriculum: What the Vendors Don’t Want You to Know . . . . . . . .
Tuesday. . . . . 2:00–3:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 319
Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 312
Tuesday. . . . . 3:45–5:00 p.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 305
Thursday. . . . 9:00–10:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Room 312
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Cyber café and exhibit hall raffle
Visit the Cyber Café in the Exhibit Hall!
Need to use a computer?
Want to stay in touch with your school or office?
Head to the Cyber Café for all your computer and internet needs. You can even plug in
your own laptop! Stop by and try the new Chromebooks. See the ad on the next page
for more information. The Cyber Café will be open in the Exhibit Hall during the following
hours:
Tuesday, February 28, 9:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 29, 9:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
Sponsored By The Miller Institute for Learning with Technology, Visions in Education, and
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Don’t Miss Your Chance to Win:
Participate in the Exhibit Hall Raffle!
To participate, simply fill out the coupons in
the Exhibit Hall Raffle Coupon Book included
in your registration materials. Drop them
off at the booths listed on the front of the
coupons by 1 p.m. on Wednesday. You could
win prizes such as an iPod, Kindle, gift cards
and more! Make sure to turn in your coupons
by 1 p.m. on Wednesday. THEN, head to the
Exhibit Hall on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. to
see if you are one of the lucky winners.
Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to have
fun and win a FANTASTIC prize in the Exhibit
Hall!
Winners announced Wednesday, February 29, at 1:30 p.m. in the Exhibit Hall at the
CCSA booth (#800)
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Insurance & Risk Management Services Designed Specifically for California’s Charter Schools
Our mission is to
support members
in operating safe
high-quality
charter schools.
Charter schools using retail workers’
compensation and liability insurance are
significantly overpaying and may not be
getting the right coverage. The CCSA JPA
is a self-insured program that enables
better coverage at significant cost savings.
Designed specifically for charter schools,
the CCSA JPA program offers: significant
cost savings, broader coverage, higher
limits, and rate stability over time.
Participating member schools receive risk
management consulting services to
prevent and minimize losses, to help
control costs and to keep their school safe.
The CCSA JPA program provides
coverages for:
• Workers’ Compensation
• General Liability
• Property
• Crime
• Auto Liability
• Board Miscellaneous Liability
• Student Accident
• Employers’ Liability
For more information or to get a quote, please visit:
www.insurance.calcharters.org or e-mail [email protected]
Jennifer Chu – Director, School Insurance (805) 234-2991
Tom Boobar – Vice President, Public Entity & Scholastic Division, Arthur J. Gallagher (949) 349-9871
WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO!
The California Charter Schools Association Advocates
welcomes you to the 19th Annual California Charter Schools
Conference and Advocacy Week
The California Charter Schools Association Advocates (CCSA Advocates) is a 501(c)(4) organization dedicated
to increasing the involvement of the charter school community in the political process and growing the political
influence of the California charter school movement.
CCSA Advocates Board of Directors
Miles Durfee
WIS International
Carrie Walton Penner
Walton Family Foundation
Jackie Elliot
PUC Schools
Irene Sumida
Fenton Charter Public Schools
Barbara Grimm-Marshall
Grimm Family Education Foundation
Jed Wallace
Dave Patterson
Rocklin Academy Charter Schools
Cynthia Bryant
Executive Director
www.ccsaadvocates.org
1017 L Street, #141, Sacramento, CA 95814
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Conference Overview
General sessions
General Session bring the charter school community
together to celebrate with keynote speeches, award
presentations and student performances—don’t miss
them!
Times:
Tuesday, 8:30–9:30 a.m., Halls DE
Wednesday, 10:45 a.m.–Noon, Halls DE
Thursday, 10:30–11:30 a.m., Hall D
social events
Join us for fun social events and network
with other conference attendees.
Welcome Reception
Monday, 5:00–7:00 p.m.
Sheraton Grand, Grand Nave Ballroom & Foyer
1230 J Street
Sponsored by CCSA Employee Welfare Benefits Board,
CCSA Joint Powers Authority and EdTec
Happy Hour
Tuesday, 5:00–6:30 p.m. in the Exhibit Halls ABC
Sponsored by DriversEd.com
Coffee Break
Tuesday, 9:45–10:45 a.m. in the Exhibit Halls ABC
Wednesday, 9:45–10:45 a.m. in the Exhibit Halls ABC
Wednesday Evening Party
Wednesday, 8:00–11:00 p.m.
The Park Ultra Lounge, 1116 15th Street @ L
Sponsored by Revolution K12
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Conference Overview
breakout sessions
Breakout sessions are 75 minutes long and are
scheduled throughout the conference. Typically,
breakout sessions have room for about 100 attendees.
The breakout sessions for the Parent Summit and the
Board Governance Event will, in some cases, be less
than 75 minutes.
Times:
Tuesday, 10:45 a.m.–Noon; 2:00–3:15 p.m.; 3:45–5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, 8:30–9:45 a.m. and 2:00–3:15 p.m.
Thursday, 9:00–10:15 a.m.
Location:
200 & 300 level rooms
expos
Exhibit Hall A
The CCSA conference is happy to host three
Expos in 2012. Expos are made up of poster
and breakout sessions that are hosted in the
exhibit hall presentation areas and are organized
around a broad topic or audience such as
teachers or facilities. These sessions are informal
presentations that provide additional opportunities
for speakers and attendees to interact. Be sure to
attend the Expo that has been designed for you!
Blended Learning/Technology Expo
Tuesday, 9:45–10:45 a.m. & 12:45–1:45 p.m., Exhibit Hall A
Teacher Expo
Tuesday, 3:45–5:00 p.m., Exhibit Hall A
Sponsored by Project Optimal
Facilities & Operations Expo
Wednesday, 9:45–10:45 a.m. & 12:45–1:30 p.m.,
Exhibit Hall A
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The General Sessio
n
begins promptly at
8:30 a.m. in Halls D
E
Tuesday General Session
8:30–9:30 a.m.
2012 General Session Emcee
Ref Rodriguez
CEO, Partners for Developing Futures
student performance
Sacramento High School Cheerleaders
Sacramento High School
Sacramento, CA
2012 hart vision teacher of the year
Kelly Sullivan Perez
San Jacinto Valley Academy
San Jacinto, CA
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Tuesday General Session
8:30–9:30 a.m.
2012 hart vision leader of the year
Dave Patterson
Rocklin Academy
Rocklin, CA
2012 tuesday keynote address
Dr. Howard Fuller
Distinguished Professor of Education and Director of the
Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette
University and Board Chair for the Black Alliance for
Educational Options (BAEO)
2012 hart vision charter School
of the year award
Gabriella Charter School
Los Angeles, CA
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Tuesday Blended Learning/Technology Expo
9:45–10:45 a.m. & 12:45–1:45 p.m., Exhibit Hall A
Featured Blended Learning/Technology Expo Sessions
9:45 a.m.–10:45 a.m. & 12:45–1:45 p.m.
Interactive, Customizable, Free: Using Open Flipbooks® Digital Textbooks
Strand: Teachers
This presentation will introduce participants to the high-quality, standards-aligned digital resources provided at no cost
by CK-12 Foundation. The interactive demonstration will cover customizing Flipbooks® digital textbooks by subject,
language and level of difficulty, giving teachers the flexibility to create tailored content. The session will also introduce
FlexConcepts®, an interactive platform that uses multimedia simulations and adaptive exercises to help students learn
individual concepts.
Presenter:
Tatiana Rostovtseva, CK-12 Foundation
Location:
Presentation Area 1
9:45 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
Can You MOBI Now? Tools of a Digital Classroom
Strand: Teachers
Discover how the MOBILITY of using the MobiView changes classroom instruction through this interactive presentation.
The MobiView in combination with CPS Clickers and ExamView is a teacher’s best tool in a 21st century classroom.
Formative assessment is foremost on the minds of teachers. Ask a question to your class, and then see ALL the students’
responses directly on the Mobi’s data screen. The result is increased student engagement and teachers adjusting
lessons accordingly.
Presenter:
Carolyn Podolak, Digital Edge Learning
Location:
Presentation Area 2
10:00–10:30 a.m. & 12:45–1:45 p.m.
Reduce Your Administrative Burden & Attract and Retain Top Performers with TriNet
Charter School leaders know the key to the academic and operational success
of their schools is to attract, develop and retain a highly productive and talented
staff. At the same time, charter schools are challenged to reduce HR risks and
contain costs. How can you manage these risks while maintaining your focus on
the academic and operational success of your school? TriNet will discuss how you
can help you minimize HR risk and HR administrative burden while attracting and
retaining top teachers and staff.
Presenter: Anthony Miller, TriNet
Location:
Presentation Area 3
10:00–10:30 a.m. & 12:45–1:45 p.m.
Google Chromebooks for Education
Google provides a wide array of innovative products and tools to transform teaching and learning. Google’s Chromebooks
for Education offer intuitive, easy-to-manage and simple-to-scale netbook computers designed to power learning while
delivering the power of the web. Google Apps for Education provides powerful online collaboration tools for teachers and
students. Google supports teachers in their efforts to empower students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge.
Location:
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Presentation Area 4
Poster
Number
1
Balancing Learning and Security in a Web 2.0 World
From online resources to communication and participatory learning, Web 2.0 offers valuable educational
benefits. But with those benefits come content and security risks. Discover how you can help give users the
advantages of Web 2.0 learning, collaborative tools and dynamic content while maintaining network security,
user safety, and Children’s Internet Protection Act compliance. You’ll see powerful, easy-to-use solutions for
Web 2.0 learning, discuss challenges as a group, and learn how districts are meeting those challenges by
balancing learning and security on their networks.
Presenter: 2
Online Learning’s Promise, Potential, and Pitfalls
How is online learning disrupting education, why do schools and students choose online courses, how
should you prepare, and what are the drawbacks of adopting eLearning too quickly? How do virtual schools
perform and how can you ensure that online courses are high quality? This session will review the current
state of online education, explain the reasons for its dramatic growth, and review how schools should
prepare to include eLearning as an option.
Presenter: 3
Come explore our school’s journey implementing Moodle and Google Apps to support our teachers and
4,000 students in grades K-12. We will share our personal experiences leveraging these FREE tools to
improve teaching, learning and productivity. Participants will explore real life activities, model lessons, and
best practices for integrating Moodle, Google Docs, Forms, Presentations, e-portfolios, quizzes, and more.
Attendees will leave with free access to a training site filled with Google Apps training materials.
Quick and Easy Governance Training by the Experts
Marci Cornell-Feist & Coley Perry, The High Bar
www.MyBoE.org: Where California Charter School Educators Get Connected
Collaboration is critical in today’s education environment. Now, more than ever, we should share best practices,
discuss issues challenging our students, and gain access to proven instructional resources. The California
Department of Education introduced Brokers of Expertise (www.myboe.org) to accomplish these goals. You’re
invited to learn strategies for connecting with educators, within your own charter school or across the state, and
finding a wealth of information and resources to meet the needs of all students.
Presenters: 6
Christina McKinnis & Sarah McFarland, Visions In Education
Does your board spend too much of its time on compliance and board meeting logistics? Would you like to
learn how to be a more effective board member, but have really limited time for ‘’training?’’ If you answered
“yes,” stop by The High Bar poster sessions to see how a High Bar Membership might be able to help you
harness the power of your volunteer board to achieve real results!
Presenters: 5
Brian Bridges, California Learning Resource Network
The Perfect Marriage: Harnessing the Partnership of Google Apps and Moodle
Presenters: 4
Brent Dunlap, Lightspeed Systems
Jon Knolle, Butte County Office of Education; Jose Ortega, California Department of Education
Online Instruction: Lessons Learned About Effective Online Instruction
CalStateTEACH is a California State University System wide Teacher Preparation program that provides an
alternative pathway to earning a multiple subject (elementary) teaching credential. The program is totally field
based, and teacher candidates share ideas through web-based class discussions without attending traditional
college classes. Instead, the curriculum is delivered using a self-study format online and teacher candidates
receive professional feedback through on-site coaching.
Presenter: Dr. Chris Foster, California State University - CalStateTEACH
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Poster
Number
7
Free Data Tools and Performance Management Resources
Many schools struggle with finding ways to measure their performance or compare their performance to other
schools. To help schools better manage, analyze, and utilize publicly available student achievement data,
the California Charter Schools Association has compiled a set of free data and performance management
resources. With easy to generate charts and graphs, these tools help schools tell their story of achievement
and performance. Stop by this poster session to learn more about these free data tools.
Presenter: 8
Bring Classroom Lessons to Life
Come witness the most cost-effective and comprehensive digital media management solution for classrooms
that takes course instruction to the most engaging, yet simplified, experience possible. This solution will
help schools manage their classroom technology, build digital curricula, integrate with software applications,
moderate and share user-content and broadcast instruction directly into homes and all forms of mobile
devices. You’ll leave with a new appreciation and excitement for the potential of a digital curriculum.
Presenter: 9
Tracey Katz, California Charter Schools Association
Dana Magenau, SAFARI Montage
Learn How Hybrid Learning Supports Delta Charter Success in Forensics
For five years in a row, Delta Charter School has sent its students to compete at the national level in what is billed
as the world’s largest academic competition. Delta’s performance at state and national competitions have now
placed this hybrid/online charter school in the top 10 percent of speech and debate teams nationwide recognized
by the National Forensic League, proving online/hybrid learning can support success in competition typically
dominated by site-based schools.
Presenters: Reed Niemi & Bill Redford, Delta Charter School
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Creating an Online-Rich School Environment
This presentation will focus on how a charter school can create and utilize an internet domain, which allows
the students and teachers to access the endless online tools that support: communication, teaching, inquiry,
marketing, organization, and school identity. The presentation will demonstrate how this environment is created
using Google apps. as the central foundation for staff and students, which includes: shared calendar, email,
document creation and storage, web tools, etc. ETAA students (K-8) are engaged in a strong technological
foundation for active learning.
Presenter: 11
Matt Retana, Ezequiel Tafoya Alvarado Academy (ETAA)
Virtual Libraries: Information Broadcasting for Digital Natives
Digital natives still need authentic information that school library media centers have assembled and customized
for their learning communities. Schools now use open source, cloud-based, Web-based technology to assemble,
broadcast, and insinuate knowledge in collaborative teaching and learning experiences. This program will focus
on actual implementations that illustrate how these goals have been achieved without substantial funding.
Presenter: Harry Chan, Media Flex - OPALS
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Teaching at the Speed of Learning: Why iPads are Changing Our World
After Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type, it took Europe 150 years to stabilize. Now hand-held
computing devices are doing it again! Connected directly to the world’s information, enhanced with real-time
video, cameras, text, and GPS tools, these devices are entering our classrooms! If you are looking for ways to
jump-start student achievement, capture parent interest, plus save money, bring your smart phone and get ready
to learn! This is a bring your own device session.
Presenter: 38
Warren Dale, Mulholland Middle School
Poster
Number
13
Teaching and Learning in New Ways with PLATO Online
Many California Charter Schools across the state are seeing great academic success using PLATO! We will
show you how your colleagues have implemented our technologies, leveraged teacher training, and impacted
student achievement. PLATO has the tools to help you effectively practice Response To Intervention in K-8,
over 85 online courses for high schools including College and Career Readiness courses, plus assessment
solutions. We will highlight our new vCourses for starting your own virtual school or online program.
Presenter: 14
Using Streamed Media in the Classroom
Teachers will be shown how to use streamed media for 21st Century learning to enhance the classroom and
homework experience. Learn to search databases by subject, keyword, and state standards, create playlists
and slide shows with the ability to save video and audio files for later use, upload custom resources, create
student activities, multimedia assignments and quizzes, and virtually “push” shared content to specific grade
levels or subject areas.
Presenter: 15
@9:45a.m.
Katherine Del Carlo, PLATO
Steve Finch, AIM Education
Building Community in an Online School Environment
Creating authentic connections within a school community is often cited as a challenge when students attend
school online. Learn more about how to combine both technology and socialization so that students can
optimize their educational experience without sacrificing relationships. Hear from a successful virtual school on
how it builds relationships between teachers, students, and parents, which contributes to overall achievement.
This session only 9:45–10:45 a.m.
Presenters: 15
@12:45p.m.
William Crockett & Penny Reeves, California Connections Academy Schools
Interventions in a Virtual Environment
A virtual school environment allows students to maximize their learning potential, but at the same time those
who need additional support may be a challenge to identify and assist. Multiple methods of tracking student
metrics, combined with creative technology based intervention strategies can alleviate this challenge. Hear from
teachers how earlier identification and intervention is helping to keep students from “falling through the cracks’’
and is promoting student success outside of traditional classroom walls.
This session only 12:45–1:45 p.m.
Presenters: Lauren Cunningham, Allyson Curtis & Penny Reeves, California Connections Academy
Schools
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Challenges in Developing Interactive Courses for Online Classes
Online classes have to be participatory so that students rapidly interact with the teacher and learn
simultaneously in an asynchronous environment. Building interactive learning content within fixed timelines
and shoestring budgets is an arduous task. This session would introduce educational tools that help in
building interactive eLearning content that is visual, auditory and kinesthetic. Interaction based learning
content encourages and motivates students to engage and helps retain long term memory through games,
quizzes, videos, etc.
Presenter: 17
Janhavi Padture, Harbinger Knowledge Products Inc.
CaliQity: Free e-Learning Platform
CaliQity is a free Learning Management System and Learning Object Repository, designed specifically for the
K-12 environment. Thanks to a strategic partnership between K-12 High Speed Network and IQ Innovations,
California schools now have free access to CaliQuity’s and the free content hosted in its repository. Districts
may also choose to procure commercial content, including online courses that can be used for credit recovery,
at very reasonable prices through CaliQity.
Presenter: Thomas Crawford, IQ-Innovations
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Poster
Number
18
Tracking Standards Mastery in Moodle 2.1
Wouldn’t it be great to know which standards students have mastered so you can customize instruction?
Heritage Digital Academy, with the help of the Girard Foundation, has developed programming to allow you to
track mastery of standards in Moodle 2.1. See how it works and how you can access the programming for use at
your school at no charge.
Presenters: 19
Adding Online Courses for More Robust College-Prep Education
Today’s competitive marketplace demands more robust, higher quality education for college-prep students.
Yet, today’s economy forces charter schools to address these needs in the face of difficult funding challenges.
By supplementing traditional with online courses, schools can offer a wider selection of high-quality options,
deliver these even when one or a few students enroll, and do so cost-effectively. Learn how this hybrid
approach is improving student opportunities in charter schools today.
Presenter: 20
Learn how Northwest Evaluation Association’s computer adaptive assessments support reflective teacher
practice, student engagement and personalized learning. This presentation will demonstrate through videos,
tools, and models a process for teachers and students to improve student learning by utilizing NWEA
assessment data for student goal setting, academic planning, personalized instruction, and student selfassessment. Models for students to monitor goal area growth and develop academic learning plans based on
learning statements from NWEA will also be shared.
Save Time and Optimize Your Registration and Application Process with infosnap
Visit with representatives from Time Warner Cable as we present a poster session about how to use ERATE
funding for technology migration and other network issues.
Maria Frew, Time Warner Cable
Employing 3D Technology in Your Classroom
There are more and more schools around the country using 3D to engage their students like never before.
However, there are many questions that arise when considering integrating 3D into the classroom, such as
which 3D technology to choose? What kinds of content are available? Who is using 3D in their classrooms
now? Does 3D really increase retention? We will endeavor to answer these questions and explain how to
successfully implement 3D in today’s classroom and take advantage of its proven educational benefits.
Presenter: 40
Anna Oedegaard, infosnap, inc.
Technology Migration from Copper to Fiber Optic
Presenter:
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Tamika Chambers & Raymond Mitchell, Northwest Evaluation Association-NWEA
infosnap is the only provider of custom online Registration and Application solutions, for PreK-12 charter
schools, with data management capabilities, and custom data delivery for many databases. See how other
schools are streamlining their expensive, time-consuming and error-prone paper registration and application
forms processes. Save valuable time, reduce the costs of paper enrollment and admissions processes with
powerful, dynamic online forms. Provide the most efficient, safe and accurate way to consume mission-critical
information from your families.
Presenter: 22
Dawn Eidelman & Gene Eidelman, Mosaica Education, Inc.
Adaptive Assessments Promoting Student Engagement and Personalization
Presenters: 21
Jennifer Cooper, Heritage Digital Academy
Cynthia Jusko, AVRover
Board Member Best Practices Summit
Tuesday, 10:45 a.m.–5:15 p.m.
Morning Session
Special
Event
10:45 a.m.–Noon
The Worst Board Meeting Ever
Back again after its successful premiere in 2011, watch a charter school board suffer through the most common
dilemmas in a fast-paced comedy of errors. Watch it all unfold and see if you can identify the trouble they make for
themselves under the Brown Act, Public Records Act and conflict of interest laws. Gain strategies for avoiding these
issues from a panel of legal experts and veteran charter school leaders.
Presenters:
Julie Umansky, California Charter Schools Association; Greg Moser, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP; Jerry Simmons, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP
Location:
Room 202
Afternoon Sessions
1:00–1:50 p.m. & 2:00–2:50 p.m.
Building a Dashboard Report for Results-Based Management
Charter school leaders need accurate, timely and relevant information to make data-based decisions and measure
outcomes in an increasingly complex landscape. In this session, Nonprofit Finance Fund and ExEd will share
dashboard templates developed for this purpose. We’ll discuss Mission, Capacity and Financial indicators that can be
included in a report for your school and how these metrics can be used to track progress toward stated goals and to
communicate with stakeholders about your school’s desired outcomes, progress and resource needs.
Presenters:
Jennifer Kawar, Nonprofit Finance Fund; Carrie Wagner, ExED
Location:
Room 204
1:00–1:50 p.m. & 2:00–2:50 p.m.
Complying with California Conflict of Interest Laws
This workshop will review conflict of interest laws applicable to charter schools and discuss how to comply with these
laws. We will also review recent enforcement actions by the Fair Political Practices Commission, compliance with the
Form 700 obligations, and concerns raised by granting agencies that are leading to revocation and non-renewal of
charter schools.
Presenters:Andrea Sexton & Jerry Simmons, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP
Location:
Room 205
1:00–1:50 p.m. & 4:00–5:15 p.m.
Finding, Recruiting and Retaining Outstanding Board Members
Want to expand your board, but don’t know how? Need board members who can bring valuable skills to your board?
Have you tapped out all your recruitment leads and don’t know where to go next? This interactive workshop will lead
you through effective recruitment and screening techniques, and provide strategies to avoid rapid trustee turnover.
In addition, we will discuss orientation plans for new board members and advice on how to conduct valuable board
building exercises throughout the year.
Presenter:
Marci Cornell-Feist, The High Bar
Location:
Room 202
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Tuesday, 10:45 a.m.–5:15 p.m.
1:00–1:50 p.m. & 4:00–5:15 p.m.
Governance and Accountability: Best Practices and Tools to Stay on Track
Board governance can dramatically help or hinder the success of charter schools. This interactive session
provides a practical understanding of board responsibilities in fiscal and programmatic oversight. Participants
will leverage an effective tool to score and self-assess their own board performance, identifying areas requiring
improvement and recognizing areas of strength. Participants will learn about the key drivers of success for charter
schools and the responsibility of the board to monitor those drivers.
Presenters:
Brandon Paige & Kelly Theofanis, EdTec Inc.; Jenna Stauffer, Lighthouse Community Charter School
Location:
Room 203
2:00–2:50 p.m. & 3:00–3:50 p.m.
Board Member: Your Fiscal Responsibility
Don’t be surprised. Know what questions to ask when reviewing your school’s financial position. You are ultimately
responsible if your school is financially mismanaged. This interactive, hands-on session will provide you with
unique facts about school finance and the skills needed to identify potential problems. This workshop will also
include group discussion and review of sample school financial statements.
Presenters:
Graham Dye & Tammy Stanton, ExED
Location:
Room 203
2:00–2:50 p.m. & 3:00–3:50 p.m.
Get Fund raising Results: Charter Leaders Explain How They Do It
Charter leaders representing schools with diverse organizational structures and student populations will discuss
how they raise money even during these challenging financial times. In this interactive session, charter leaders will
share proven strategies, best practices and useful resources to help charter schools raise money to enhance and
sustain their programs.
Presenter:
Danny Corwin, California Charter Schools Association
Location:
Room 202
3:00–3:50 p.m.
Board Agendas: Form, Function and Quality
Your board is ultimately responsible for your school’s success. As the school leader, you can prepare effective
board agendas that will help your board members focus on their fiduciary responsibility to monitor academic
achievement and fiscal accountability. Learn how and what to agendize so that your board spends its limited and
valuable time discussing the right things. Agenda templates for the meeting and for agenda items will be provided.
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Presenter:
Carol Barkley, CS2-Comprehensive Strategies for Charter Schools
Location:
Room 204
Tuesday, 10:45 a.m.–5:15 p.m.
3:00–3:50 p.m. & 4:00–4:50 p.m.
Comprehensive Brown Act Training for Boards and Staff
This workshop will teach you everything you need to know to run a charter school in compliance with California’s
open meeting law, the Ralph M. Brown Act. Learn the ins and outs of areas that are cited by District Attorneys and
school districts as the most common violations of the law. Learn strategies for avoiding common mistakes that can
lead to revocation or nonrenewal of your charter. We will simulate a board meeting to see how it works in practice.
Presenter:
Jerry Simmons, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP
Location:
Room 205
4:00–5:15 p.m.
Confessions of a Recovering School Leader: How to Survive School Leadership
Join nationally recognized charter school author/speaker and recovering school leader, Dr. Brian L. Carpenter,
for an unusual session on how school leaders can survive the stresses of school leadership using five slightly
unconventional strategies. Each participant will receive a free 8-page content-rich handout (not a copy of some
PowerPoint slides!).
Presenter:
Brian Carpenter, Carpenter & Associates, LLC
Location:
Room 204
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A COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE
UNDERSERVED STUDENT
Special
Event
Tuesday, February 28, 10:45 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
10:45 a.m.–Noon
African American Student Performance in Charter Schools
“Chartering and Choice as an Achievement Gap-Closing Reform” is a research report detailing the performance and
enrollment trends of African American students in charter public and traditional public schools. The results show
that African American students are experiencing better outcomes in the state’s charter schools. Dr. Aisha Lowe, the
author of the report, will guide the audience through the report’s key findings and an interactive discussion about best
practices for serving African American students.
Presenter:
Dr. Aisha Lowe, STAND UP
Location:
Room 309
2:00–3:45 p.m.
Common Challenges To Equitably Serving Underserved Students With Excellence
How can the charter school movement lead the way in serving underserved students and have an impact on how
traditional school systems address the achievement gap that persists nationwide? A panel of school directors,
administrators and teachers will lead a discussion about where we are in this fight, where we need to be and how we
are going to get there together.
Presenters:
Janis Bucknor, Esq., Culture and Language Academy of Success; Gene Fisher, Watts Learning
Center; Herinder Pegany & Rex Fortune, Fortune School of Education; Hugh Vasquez, National
Equity Project
Location:
Room 309
3:45–5:00 p.m.
Culturally Responsive Instruction That Works: Successful Practices to Use
This session will define concretely what is culturally and linguistically responsive teaching and learning and then
illustrate three poignant responsive teaching activities, so participants will know with resolve what it means to validate,
affirm, build and bridge for all students, in particular the underserved.
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Presenters:
Dr. Sharroky Hollie, Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning; Kelley Finch,
Kim Hyun & Jessica Mellen, Culture and Language Academy of Success
Location:
Teacher Expo, Exhibit Halls ABC, Presentation Area 1
Tuesday Morning Breakout Session Descriptions
10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Teachers
At the Intersection of State Standards and Project-Based Learning
Strand: Teachers
Camino Nuevo Charter High School, based in Los Angeles, serves the unique needs of an urban demographic. Teachers
will discuss their experiences utilizing project-based learning while maintaining the integrity of California Content
Standards. We will share how projects can be purposefully designed for engaging students in authentic “discovery
learning” through the process as opposed to using projects as a means of showcasing students’ existing knowledge.
Presenters:Roberto Auchterlonie, Kenneth Chang, Jeannemarie DeQuiroz & Michelle Lee, Camino Nuevo High
School
Location:
Room 317
Integrating Music into the Elementary Classroom
Strand: Teachers
This session includes practical techniques that incorporate California state music curriculum standards for the everyday
elementary classroom. This session will incorporate music curriculum that can be used by non musical teachers or music
specialists. Concepts of rhythm, pitch, harmony, melody, multicultural music, and music technology will be integrated
into other elementary core subjects. Music is a language without barriers, and it creates a community that’s a model for
humanity.
Presenter:
Frank LaGuardia, Meadow Arts and Technology Elementary School
Location:
Room 305
Transformative Mentoring: Inspiring Excellence Through Blended Peer Coaching
Strand: Teachers
This interactive session explores how the Alliance and Aspire Public Schools are transforming teaching, learning, and
teacher leadership through blended peer-to-peer coaching. The initiatives grew out of each organization’s urban teacher
residency program, which embed teacher preparation within their schools. Mentors from both programs will share
personalized case studies, and lead breakout sessions analyzing blended coaching methodologies. Participants will leave
with the knowledge and materials to begin establishing similar teacher leadership pathways in their own schools.
Presenters:
Katherine Clemmer, Loyola Marymount University; Shari Dickstein, Urban Teacher Residency United; Allison Leslie, Aspire Public Schools; & Robin Manly, The Alliance College-Ready Public Schools
Location:
Room 314
increasing student achievement
Western Association of Schools and Colleges: The Details for Charter Schools
Substrand: Accountability
We will discuss how a charter school can embrace and use the Western Association of Schools and Colleges process to
enrich student learning. You will learn the specific do’s and don’ts of writing a successful self study, how to work with the
WASC visiting team and what to do after the team leaves.
Presenters:
Dr. David Brown, Dr. Lee Duncan & Joe Eldred, WASC
Location:
Room 304
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10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Leading for Change: A Framework for Instructional Leadership
Substrand:
Performance Management
What constitutes effective instructional leadership? What specific leadership practices make a real impact on teaching and
learning? How should instructional leaders begin the complex task of engendering school improvement? This interactive
session provides answers to these and other questions facing school leaders today. Participants will explore and discuss
the innovative resource, Leading For Change, and discover a practical framework for effective instructional leadership.
Presenters:
Michael Moody & Jason Stricker, Insight Education Group, Inc.
Location:
Room 311
Special education
It Takes a Village: Working with Stakeholders and Building Charter Networks
Strand: Special Education
This workshop will describe an effort to assess special education services in Los Angeles Unified School District charter
schools, identify strengths and challenges, and leverage strengths across charters to build special education capacity
in both charter schools and traditional district schools. A panel of stakeholders, representing charters, the district, and
parents, will share what they learned and how they built a new level of networking and collaboration to better serve all
students.
Presenters:Alice Parker & Virginia Simon, Cross & Joftus, LLC
Location:
Room 308
Literacy and Comprehension Strategies for Students Struggling to Read
Difficulty reading and comprehending is one of the primary reasons students are referred to special education programs.
This session will focus on hands-on strategies to improve students’ reading fluency and comprehension. The presenters
will share lists of strategies successful readers use before, during, and after reading and demonstrate how to teach key
strategies to students who struggle the most. Educators will walk away with ideas they can implement in their classrooms
immediately.
Presenters:
Caroll Brant & Jill Haney, PCI Education
Location:
Room 310
operations
Charter Facilities: A How-To Guide (non-Prop 39)
Substrand:
Facililty Planning and Financing
Facilities are one of the major barriers to opening, scaling and sustaining quality charter schools. This interactive session
will cover and demystify the major issues around finding and securing appropriate facilities, zoning/permitting/occupancy,
funding source opportunities and limits, site selection, and getting it done right by building the best team for your school.
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Presenters:
John Lemmo, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP; David Wilson, King-Chavez Neighborhood of
Schools
Location:
Room 313
10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Attracting, Developing and Retaining High-Performing Faculty
Substrand:Human Resources
Research shows that nothing ensures a high-performing school better than high performing teachers. This interactive
session will give attendees an opportunity to learn how Summit Public Schools attract, develop and retain high
performing faculty. Key components discussed: consensus decision-making model; merit-based compensation structure;
differentiated teacher development cycle; full faculty, scenario based hiring process; and resiliency through leadership and
career lattice.
Presenters:
Todd Dickson & Diane Tavenner, Summit Preparatory Charter High School
Location:
Room 306
Unions and Charter Schools 101
Union organization in California charter schools is a growing trend. This workshop explores the rights and obligations of
charter schools in responding to union campaigns and in effectively managing a relationship when employee groups are
represented. Leading experts in this field with extensive charter school collective bargaining experience will share tips and
helpful examples to assist charter schools with avoiding common mistakes and maintaining positive labor relations.
Presenters:
Chastin Pierman & James Young, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP
Location:
Room 203
Centerpiece Session
The Laws Regarding Student Outreach, Admissions and
Lottery Preferences
Substrand:Legal
Charter law in the area of student outreach and admissions is filled with
complex and confusing statutory inconsistencies. The admissions process,
especially regarding the application of preferences and the administration
of public random drawings, can also be overwhelmingly daunting. This
session will critically examine these admissions and outreach requirements
and offer viable solutions for meeting your charter school’s goals while
maintaining a lawful process.
Presenters:Lisa Corr & Paul Minney, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP
Location:
Room 205
Lisa Corr
Middleton, Young
& Minney, LLP
Paul Minney
Middleton, Young
& Minney, LLP
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10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Advocacy
Capitol Update
Substrand:
Advocacy
This session provides current information on advocacy efforts in the State Capitol, with information about the current
legislative session, state budget proposal, recent and upcoming regulatory proposals and other statewide issues affecting
charter schools. This session includes a review of the 2011 legislative session and focuses on the 2012 session underway in
Sacramento.
Presenters:
Tanya Hoffman & Michelle Low, California Charter Schools Association; Rand Martin, Rose & Kindel; Moira Topp, Sloat, Higgins, Jensen & Associates
Location:
Room 307
Election 2012: Election Day! Non-Partisan Get-Out-The-Vote
Substrand:
Advocacy
Charter-friendly elected officials can be a tremendous ally for your school. Learn what volunteers can do to increase the
number of charter school parents, teachers, and supporters that cast ballots in your local election. This session will focus
on non-partisan strategies for increasing voter turnout in the 2012 Election, including tips for successfully registering voters,
educating them about the ballot, and turning them out at the polls.
Presenter:Laura Kerr, California Charter Schools Association
Location:
Room 201
Crisis Communications: The Five Biggest Mistakes to Avoid
Substrand:
Communcations/Public Awareness
Do you have a plan for when the cameras show up at your front door? You never know when a crisis can negatively impact
your school. Telling your story in an adverse situation with all audiences, including the news media, can be the difference
between a school thriving or closing.
Presenter:
Gary Larson, Larson Communications
Location:
Room 301
Developing New Charter Schools
Becoming a Charter School: A Teacher Led Effort
Strand: Developing New Charter Schools
The teachers behind the effort to bring the first large high school conversion to Northern California will share their
experience with the conversion petitioning and approval process. Hear how this group developed overwhelming community
support through social media, community meetings and old fashion boots on the ground.
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Presenters:
Chase Davenport, California Charter Schools Association; Neil McChesney & Pat Middendorf, Clayton Valley Charter School
Location:
Room 318
10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Centerpiece Session
Community-Benefit Schools: Innovations in School and Community Reform
This panel discussion will explore the community-benefit school’s concept of a unique breed of public charter school
that understands the nexus between public education and community transformation. The panel will highlight the work
of those few California public charter schools that have begun to use the charter model as a lever for broader community
transformation in order to remove the various social and economic barriers of that stand between a child and a high-quality
education.
Presenters:
Jean Driscoll & Kate Nichol, Vincent Academy; Carlyn Obringer & Jeff Sands, California Charter
Schools Association; Ana Ponce, Camino Nuevo Charter Schools; Irene Sumida, Fenton Avenue Charter
School
Location:
Room 204
Jean Driscoll
Vincent Academy
Kate Nichol
Vincent Academy
Carlyn Obringer
California
Charter Schools Association
Jeff Sands
California
Ana Ponce
Camino Nuevo
Charter Schools
Irene Sumida
Fenton Avenue
Charter School
Centerpiece Session
Online learning
Things to Consider When Considering a Blended and Hybrid Program
Strand: Online Learning
Learn how to dream about, design and launch a blended learning program.
The Alvo Institute founders, Rebecca Tomasini and Russ Ballati, who have
supported Rocketship, Summit Public Schools and KIPP, and Alvo alum Jose
Salas, Founding Principal of Grimmway Academy’s blended K-5 program,
share experience, video case-studies, achievement data and interactive exercises to introduce
participants
to pre-design
Russ Ballati
Rebecca
Tomasini
The AlvotoInstitute
The Alvo Institute
readiness, as well as critical design and implementation steps and tools, often overlooked,
launch blended programs.
Presenters:
Russ Ballati & Rebecca Tomasini, The Alvo Institute; Jose Salas, Grimmway Academy
Location:
Room 312
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Tuesday Early Afternoon Breakout Session Descriptions
2:00–3:15 p.m.
Teachers
Centerpiece Session
Achieving Student Engagement through Great Lesson Design
Strand: Teachers
How can schools ensure high expectations and academic rigor using Common
Core or state standards without stifling the innovative nature of the teaching
profession? In this highly engaging and interactive workshop, participants will
learn about a process that empowers teachers and administrators to address
this critical question. Participants will learn to use research-based strategies
and resources: Bloom’s Taxonomy, a standards analysis process and the
Common Core standards, for developing authentic learning experiences in a
standards-based system.
Presenters:
Michael Moody & Jason Stricker, Insight Education Group, Inc.
Location:
Room 313
Michael Moody
Insight Education
Group, Inc.
Jason Stricker
Insight Education
Group, Inc.
Differentiating Instruction in Reading to Meet the Needs of All Children
Strand: Teachers
According to the research, no more than four to six percent of our children should ever struggle with learning to read; the
rest are “instructional casualties.” Simply putting struggling readers in easier materials is not the answer. Teachers need to
think and teach diagnostically, which requires a skillful and knowledgeable administrator leading the charge. This session
will address how to differentiate instruction, providing a template for understanding the reading process, forming skillsbased groups, and delivering effective instruction.
Presenter:Ardas Wachter-Grene, Rowland Reading Foundation
Location:
Room 316
Essay Writing for High School Language Learners/Struggling Students: How?
Strand: Teachers
Participants will receive instruction, demonstrations, and research and will participate in hands-on activities for methods
successful in a pilot of the Talk/Write program with English Language Learners at a high school in Barstow, California.
Focus will be on student persuasive writing skills. Topics include: appropriate teacher routines, a sequence of skills needed
by independent writers, methods for building student confidence and independence, and brain based methods and
activities that accommodate auditory processing and language difficulties.
Presenters:Laura Chapman & Maria Davis-Perkins, 3D Educational Solutions
Location:
Room 317
Get Going with STEM!
Strand: Teachers
President Obama’s Educate to Innovate initiative encourages students to pursue education and careers in Science,
Technology, Engineering and Math. Unlike other sectors of the economy, STEM-related job openings outnumber qualified
applicants, a gap that will increase in the coming decade. To succeed in the workplace and compete globally, our students
need 21st century skills. Learn what works at other schools, plan for STEM adoption, explore in-class versus after-school,
and find grants and avoid pitfalls.
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Presenter:
Mark Miller, The Miller Institute for Learning with Technology
Location:
Room 201
2:00–3:15 p.m.
Portrait of the Movement: Assessing and Accelerating the Impact of Charters
Substrand:Accountability
The California Charter Schools Association is leading efforts to measure how charters are adding value to their students’
education, regardless of the gifts and challenges their students face. CCSA will present trends using the CCSA
Accountability Framework, which combines CCSA’s proxy value-add metric, the Similar Students Measure, with measures
of academic status and growth over time. We will assess the charter movement and describe efforts to establish Minimum
Criteria for Renewal that are rigorous, while giving schools credit for growth and for taking on the challenge of serving
traditionally disadvantaged students well.
Presenter:
Samantha Olivieri, California Charter Schools Association
Location:
Room 304
Stress Reduction in Students, Teachers and Administrators
Based on the most current and relevant pedagogical research available, this brief lecture will address physiological and
emotional stressors that inhibit students from learning. It will also help teachers and administrators in gauging and creating
their proactive and innovative curriculum which focuses both on student success and profound academic achievement.
Presenter:Rick Woodward, Palisades Charter High School
Location:
Room 301
Creating Excellence through Multilingualism and Academic Rigor
Substrand:
The Norton Space and Aeronautics Academy is a Dual Language Immersion School dedicated to academic rigor especially
in the areas of science and language. Students study in English, Spanish and Chinese with the goal of reaching high levels
of bilingualism, biliteracy and academic success. We will share our unique instructional model that meets the needs of
English Learners and students from an English Only background. Come hear about our innovative program!
Presenters:
Jan Gustafson-Corea, Norton Space and Aeronautics Academy; Gordon Soholt, Lewis Center For
Educational Research
Location:
Room 302/303
Teacher Leadership in Evaluation, Development and Support Innovation
Substrand:
Innovative teacher evaluation systems are being designed and implemented in California’s charter schools. Attendees will
gain insight into how teachers play a leadership role to ensure critical support for teachers that lead to improved student
performance. This session will utilize audience response technology to pose polling questions and generate in-the-moment
data. These data points will be used to facilitate an interactive discussion with the audience to showcase examples of best
practices at other charter schools/CMOs.
Presenters:
Chris Bertelli, The College-Ready Promise; John Lee, Teach Plus Los Angeles; Jeanette Marrone,
Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools
Location:
Room 312
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2:00–3:15 p.m.
Special education
Special Education and Charter Schools: Building a Budget
A team of experts from the El Dorado Charter Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) will help you navigate the
complex world of special education funding and provide you with tips on building your budget. This session is especially
appropriate for charters with Local Education Agency status or those interested in becoming a LEA charter for special
education.
Presenters:Vicki Barber, Francie Heim-Goode, Emi Johnson & Tammy Watson, El Dorado County Office of
Education
Location:
Room 310
operations
Annual Business Managers Meeting
Substrand:
Budget and Cash Flow
Questions on the new budget proposal and how the state’s financial situation will impact your school? Look no further than
the Business Managers meeting! We will cover the current funding rates, updates on proposed changes, details on new
deferrals and the budget trigger, information on state and federal categorical programs– plus legislative and regulatory
updates.
Presenter:Alice Miller, California Charter Schools Association
Location:
Room 315
Centerpiece Session
Facility Funding Opportunities: State Agency Presentation
Substrand:
Facility Planning and Financing
There are numerous state and federal programs that provide
funding opportunities for charter school facilities. This panel
will provide advice and direction on specific programs
directly from the agencies which administer them, including
the California Department of Education, the Office of Public
School Construction, the State Allocation Board, and the
California School Finance Authority. The panel will discuss
the status of funding for each program and how schools can
advocate for themselves when it comes to facilities and
provide time for Q&A with representatives from each state
agency.
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Presenters:
Katrina Johantgen, California School
Finance Authority; Kathleen Moore,
California Department of Education;
Bill Savidge, State Allocation Board
Location:
Room 314
Katrina Johantgen
California School
Finance Authority
Kathleen Moore
California
Department of
Education
Bill Savidge
State Allocation
Board
2:00–3:15 p.m.
How To Get There From Here
Substrand:
Panel of noteworthy charter school experts shares experiences in developing effective educational facilities. No matter
where you are in the process of finding an appropriate facility, understanding the challenges you are up against and the
options you have will be an important resource moving forward. Learn from those who have experience on how to surpass
the location, funding, and PR challenges that come with developing a successful charter school facility plan.
Presenters:
Stephen Fiss, Communitas Charter High School; Alicia Gallegos, San José Charter School Consortium; Shawn Gerth, Downtown College Prep & ACE Charter School; Bill Gould, Artik Art & Architecture;
Laura Kozel, Launchpad Development Company; Elizabeth Sanborn, Benchmark Realty Advisors;
Linda Stevenin, Summit Public Schools
Location:
Room 307
Merit Pay: Incentivizing All Teachers to be High Performers
Seven years in the making, Summit Public Schools has a merit pay system that helps to attract, develop and retain high
performing teachers; leading directly to our students’ success. The system, designed and supported by teachers, is a key
factor in an annual teacher retention rate of nearly 90%. We will examine the process for designing and implementing a
merit pay system, the elements of the system, lessons learned, potential pitfalls and relevant research.
Presenters:
Todd Dickson, Summit Preparatory Charter High School; Diane Tavenner, Summit Preparatory Charter High School
Location:
Room 306
Education Law 101: What Laws Apply to Charter Schools
Substrand:Legal
While charter schools are exempt from “laws governing school districts” under the Charter Schools Act, there are a
multitude of critical laws, regulations and agency rulings which are applicable to charter schools. We will also review recent
legislative, regulatory and court cases effecting charter schools. Whether you are a charter school beginner or veteran,
make sure you know what laws are applicable to you, so you can audit your program and/or prioritize areas in need of
refinement. Learn to tackle issues before they become costly legal problems.
Presenters:
Paul Minney & James Young, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP
Location:
Room 308
Advocacy
Charter Renewal Best Practices: Authorizer and School Perspectives
Substrand:Authorizer Relations
Participants will learn from both perspectives, the Charter Leader’s and the Authorizer’s, on how to approach and execute
the charter renewal petition process. Areas covered will include: reviewing the original charter, evaluating the school
program against authorizer criteria, analyzing school performance data, conducting an internal compliance audit, re-writing
the charter reflecting past successes and future goals, creating ancillary documents, generating a sound renewal petition
budget, and advocating the petition.
Presenters:Dorothy Lee, EdTec Inc.; Jose Cole-Gutiuerrez, LAUSD, Charter Schools Innovation and Charter Schools Division; Jacqueline Elliot, Ed.D., Partnerships to Uplift Communities (PUC Schools); Jorge Lopez, Amethod Public Schools (Oakland Charter Academy & Oakland Charter High School)
Location:
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Room 311
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2:00–3:15 p.m.
Rise Above the Noise
Substrand:
Communications/Public Awareness
What is the most effective way to communicate to your various audiences? Having a well-rounded communications
strategy requires you send positive messages about your charter school in a variety of ways to ensure that people know
what’s happening at your school and within the charter movement. Rise Above the Noise is a workshop conducted by
the California Charter School Association’s Communications Team to help you stand out by identifying strategies in
communications, media relations, community outreach, and social media.
Presenters:
Sierra Jenkins, Vicky Waters & Music Watson, California Charter Schools Association
Location:
Room 305
Bulletproof Your Charter: Navigate the Approval Process
Ensure you put your best foot forward for charter approval. We have over 18 years of experience assisting charter school
developers to obtain approval at every level: school districts, county offices of education and the State Board of Education.
Attendees will learn valuable drafting tips and how to aggressively manage the authorization process, and will receive a
recommended list of supplemental materials for a complete charter school petition.
Presenters:Lisa Corr & Janelle Ruley, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP
Location:
Room 318
Online learning
Using Innovative Technology to Systematically Develop Aspiring Charter School
Leaders’ Learning
In summer, 2011, the Charter and Autonomous School Leadership Academy at California State University Dominguez
Hills launched an online/hybrid university-based leadership development program in partnership with Los Angeles Unified
School District. In this session, new and experienced charter school leaders will showcase cutting-edge distance learning
technology to actively engage the first cohort of 28 aspiring charter school leaders. Using social media, video-conferencing
and discussion platforms are a few of the ways that learners are connected and engaged.
Presenters:L. Remon Corley, Los Angeles Unified School District; Antonia Issa-Lahera, California State University Dominguez Hills; Francisco Parra, CSU Dominguez Hills
Location:
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Room 319
Tuesday Late Afternoon Breakout Session Descriptions
3:45–5:00 p.m.
Teachers
Cal Grant Application and Eligibility for High School Counselors
Strand: Teachers
The Cal Grant program is the nation’s largest state funded student financial aid program. Learn from the California Student
Aid Commission how to make sure that your students meet all of the Cal Grant deadlines and application requirements for
their transition from high school to college.
Presenter:
Bryan Dickason, California Student Aid Commission
Location:
Room 304
Evaluation, Support, Compensation: Lessons from the College-Ready Promise
Substrand:
How do you align teacher supports and professional development to real, meaningful, multi-measured evaluations? How do
you devise a teacher development system that provides a transparent career path for teachers? How do you use student
academic growth in evaluations?
The Charter Management Organizations of The College-Ready Promise have spent two years pioneering large-scale
teacher development systems across their 85 schools. We’ll share our plans, lessons learned and programs and preview
what’s to come.
Presenters:
Chris Bertelli, The College-Ready Promise; Derrick Chau, Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School; James Gallagher, Aspire Public Schools; Philip Parker, Green Dot Public Schools; Jonathan Stewart, PUC Schools
Location:
Room 302/303
Special education
Switching SELPAs: When Should My Charter School Consider This?
Throughout the state, charter schools are exploring a variety of ways of improving delivery of special education services.
When should changing Special Education Local Plan Areas (SELPA) be considered? What are the risks? What are the
potential costs? What resources do I need? Is it legal? The panel will provide examples of successful transitions by charter
schools and the practical and legal impediments they faced.
Presenters:
Greg Moser, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP; Gina Plate, California Charter Schools Association; Franci Sassin, Connections Education, LLC
Location:
Room 310
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3:45–5:00 p.m.
Operations
Advanced Charter School Finance
Substrand:
This workshop is for professionals who understand the difference between the balance sheet and income statement but
want to understand more complex charter finance issues. Participants will learn the difference between cash and accrual
basis accounting, between governmental and nonprofit accounting, and how to understand the complicated statement of
cash flows. Participants will learn how to forecast accurately on a monthly basis.
Presenters:Ryan Griffin, Jessica Norman, Luis Viramontes & Carrie Wagner, ExED; Wade McMullen, Vicenti, Lloyd & Stutzman LLP
Location:
Room 315
Economies and Diseconomies of Scale: Growing Your Charter Intelligently
Substrand:
As a successful charter school, you may be thinking about expansion as a desirable next step. Growing your school to
one or more additional sites or charters may bring some economies of scale, but is there a point of diminishing return, or
worse, a loss? Join us as we examine several different growth scenarios, both real-life and hypothetical, and outline what to
consider when developing your expansion strategy.
Presenters:
Michael Bonino & Gasper Martinez, EdTec Inc.; Gavin Kwong, Lighthouse Community
Charter School
Location:
Room 201
Universal Breakfast: A Win Win For All
Substrand:
Mom always said ‘’Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.’’ Multiple studies have shown a healthy breakfast every
day increases student attentiveness, behavior and ultimately achievement. Learn how implementing Universal Breakfast is
a win win for your students’ learning and nutrition by hearing from schools that have done it successfully. BONUS: Learn
how it can be a win win for your school financially, raising thousands of dollars a year for your program.
Presenters:
Jacqueline Duvivier Castillo, PUC Schools; Jason Roberts, REAL Journey Academies
Location:
Room 316
Centerpiece Session
Weathering the Financial Storm
Substrand:
A panel of charter school operators will share their
ideas and strategies for dealing with the continued
economic crisis. Strategies include: re-negotiating
contracts and salaries, reviewing federal funding
opportunities, fundraising ideas, and sharing our cost
saving plans.
Presenters:Alice Miller, California Charter
Schools Association;
Susan Powers, Achieve Charter
School; Frances Teso, Voices
College-Bound Language Academy
Location:
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Room 309
Alice Miller
California Charter
Schools Association
Susan Powers
Achieve Charter
School
Frances Teso
Voices CollegeBound Language
Academy
3:45–5:00 p.m.
Facility Financing Without Credit Enhancement: Rocklin Academy, Case Study
Substrand:
“We have accomplished what many considered the impossible just six months ago: a new school facility found, purchased,
financed and built by September 6th!” says Dave Patteson, Executive Director, Rocklin Academy. This session will look at
a turn-key facility development to predevelopment, bond process, construction/renovation, culminating in a new facility
in just six months! This session will be the beginning of the facility finance process for other schools and will help them
achieve the impossible.
Presenters:
Wendy Boyd & David Patterson, Rocklin Academy; Eugene Clark-Herrera, Orrick Herrington;
Jay Hromatka, Piper Jaffray; Jeffrey Tamkin, Public Facilities Investment Corporation
Location:
Room 313
How to Acquire Facilities Under Proposition 39
Substrand:
Understand your charter school’s rights to reasonably equivalent facilities from your district under Proposition 39 and State
Board of Education regulations. Charter school developers and operators can benefit from this session, whether conversion
or startup, whether already in a district facility or not. This presentation will also assist schools under Proposition 39
in negotiating the best deal possible by including district facility use agreements and shared-use agreements, and by
reducing pro rata share and oversight charges.
Presenters:Anne Lee, California Charter Schools Association; John Lemmo, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP; Paul Minney, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP; Julie Umansky, California Charter Schools Association
Location:
Room 314
How to Get a State-of-the-Art Facility Financed, Constructed and Maintained
Substrand:
Opening a new charter school or expanding an existing one requires special attention and can be a very tedious process. A
panel of five industry experts with experience in the charter school community will discuss the process of building charter
schools including financing, design, construction, maintenance and operations. Your job is to worry about providing the
best academics to the children in your community. Allow us to share our lessons learned to get you there.
Presenters:
Scott Barnett, San Diego Unified School District; Yehudi Gaffen, Gafcon, Inc.; Eileen Logue, Charter School Management Corporation, Inc.
Location:
Room 319
Employment Practice Lawsuits: Bulletproof Your Charter School
Claims and lawsuits arising from employment disputes are draining school resources and creating morale problems for
many charter schools. This program will arm you with specific, practical tips that will enable you to more effectively hire,
assess, discipline, promote and terminate employees. What does ‘’at will’’ really mean? What perils lurk in layoffs? Why is
it critically important to communicate and document an employee’s shortcomings? When did ‘’Wage’’ and ‘’Hour’’ become
bad words? Actual school cases will be used to illustrate the importance of effective personnel management.
Presenters:
Sharon Stull, CCSA Insurance JPA c/o Community Risk Solutions; Mitch Tarighati, Esq., Tharpe and Howell
Location:
Room 306
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3:45–5:00 p.m.
Mastering the Suspension and Expulsion Process and Responding to Disruptive Parents
Substrand:Legal
Avoid costly mistakes by learning the essential keys to establishing and maintaining an effective and legally compliant
student discipline suspension and expulsion system. Specifically, attendees will learn what legal rules apply to charter
schools with a special emphasis on how your school can carry out student discipline under California law. In addition, you
will learn how to respond effectively to difficult parents and learn your legal options when a parent becomes disruptive.
Presenter:
Julie Robbins, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP
Location:
Room 308
Centerpiece Session
Supporting Students, Saving Lives: Working with LGBT Students
Substrand:
Safety
Did you know that nearly nine out of 10 Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Transgendered youth are harassed
at school? The dropout rate for these youth are nearly three times the national average. Even
more concerning is that LGBT youth are four times more likely to attempt suicide and they make
up nearly 40 percent of the homeless youth population. Come hear the most recent data and
real stories from California schools as well as effective strategies and resources you can use to
create needed change on your campus.
Presenter:Vincent Pompei, CESCaL
Location:
Vincent Pompei
CESCaL
Room 318
Advocacy
Centerpiece Session
Meet the California Department of Education: A Q&A Session
Substrand:
Advocacy
Charter Schools Division Director Julie Baltazar and key charter school division staff from the
California Department of Education will be on hand to offer a face-to-face update of all CDE
issues of importance to charter schools. What is the latest on the Public Charter School Grant
Program, SB 740 Funding Determinations or Facility Grants, Charter School Revolving Loans
or charter appeals? Come and meet the real person on the other end of those emails and learn
more about the work CDE does to help support charter schools.
Presenter:
Julie Baltazar, California Department of Education
Location:
Room 307
Julie Baltazar,
California Department
of Education
The Gates Foundation Compact Initiative in California
The prevailing district-charter dynamic is often characterized by mistrust and missed opportunities. The Gates Foundation
is supporting cities where school districts, charter schools, and community leaders are willing to transform the districtcharter relationships to get better results for kids. Learn about these voluntary stakeholder agreements, the process for
negotiating them, and the prospects for making real change. We’ll highlight work in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Santa
Clara County.
Presenters:Allison Bajracharya & Laura Kerr, California Charter Schools Association
Location:
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3:45–5:00 p.m.
Using Data to Ensure a Successful Renewal
Substrand:
Authorizer Relations
Learn about effective ways to integrate student data into your charter renewal process. At renewal, data can not only help
you demonstrate a sound academic program but also successful implementation of your charter. Topics addressed will
include authorizer expectations, types of data, frameworks for analyzing data, data-driven decision-making, and data
resources available through the California Charter Schools Association.
Presenters:
Samantha Olivieri, Elizabeth Robitaille & Rosaline Top, California Charter Schools Association
Location:
Room 311
Individualized learning
Non-classroom Do’s and Don’ts
Strand: Individualized Learning
Are you ready to test your knowledge of non-classroom legal compliance? Each year non-classroom based programs lose
millions of dollars in funding for technical violations of the independent study laws. Others lose average daily attendance
in the Senate Bill 740 funding determination process. Did you know that violation of the laws related to independent study
could lead to revocation? We will actively review non-classroom based legal compliance to avoid revocation and protect
your charter school from future audit exceptions and lost funding.
Presenter:Lisa Corr, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP
Location:
Room 301
online learning
KIPP Empower Academy: A Case Study of Blended Learning and Innovation
In an effort to provide students with a high-quality, personalized learning environment and mitigate the challenges of an
increasingly difficult funding environment, KIPP Empower Academy in South Los Angeles uses an innovative rotational
blended learning instructional model for its elementary students. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the
benefits of this type of model as well as the key challenges and lessons learned in Year one of the school’s operation.
Presenter:
Marcia Aaron, KIPP LA Schools
Location:
Room 312
Using Technology to Effectively Differentiate Instruction
Two programs developed by Education Program for Gifted Youth at Stanford University are changing the way K-8 teachers
address the individual academic needs of their students in math and English Language Arts. As students work on these
online programs, teachers can track student progress, identify areas where students need more targeted instruction
in order to master important skills and content, and more accurately predict student performance on annual California
Standardized Test exams. The results speak for themselves.
Presenters:
Jeanette Cook & Jo Ann Shogan, Stanford University EPGY
Location:
Room 305
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Tuesday Teacher Expo
3:45–5:00 p.m., Exhibit Hall A
Enjoy the special pampering we have
provided to thank you for the hard work
you do everyday on behalf of California’s
charter school students!
Featured Teacher Expo Sessions
Culturally Responsive Instruction That Works: Successful Practices to Use
This session will define concretely what is culturally and linguistically responsive teaching and learning and then illustrate
three poignant responsive teaching activities, so participants will know with resolve what it means to validate, affirm, build
and bridge for all students, in particular the underserved.
Presenters:
Dr. Sharroky Hollie, Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning; Kelley Finch, Culture
and Language Academy of Success; Kim Hyun & Jessica Mellen, Culture and Language Academy of Success
Location:
History: From Boring to Soaring
Looking for ways to incorporate thought provoking class discussions and writings, engage students through role playing
simulations, and let their creativity loose using a number of different technologies? Learn proven techniques that put the
“story” back into “history.” Presenter Brian Straka has enjoyed extraordinary success bringing to life US History in his 8th
grade class. New West Charter is a high performing middle school with an Academic Performance Index score of 930 and
84 percent proficiency in history.
Presenter:
Brian Straka, New West Charter Middle School
Location:
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Building a Collaborative Relationship with General and Special Education Teachers
This session explores how to create an inclusion model for all students with special needs from mild/moderate
to moderate/severe in college preparatory charter schools. Having all students in general education classroom,
attendees will learn how to build a collaborative relationship with General Teachers and Education Specialist/
Resource Teachers to support special education students with meeting IEP goals and services. The session is
presented from the perspective of Education Specialist/Resource Teachers and administrators that provides
practical applications of classroom accommodations, co-teaching, and compliance with special education
policies and procedures.
Presenters: Rebecca Boss & Jovan Jacobs, Alliance College-Ready Public Schools; Emi Johnson, El Dorado County Office of Education
Level II/Clear Education Specialist and General Education Credential Program
The El Dorado Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Induction Program provides opportunities for
eligible education specialist and general education teachers to expand and deepen their teaching knowledge
and skill as they complete the requirements for a California clear credential. In this two year induction program,
all candidates are partnered with a trained, job-alike education specialist support provider to support
their work. Program Advantages: online classes and seminars fulfilling all clear credential requirements,
concentrated program requiring only 60 hours induction work, and university credit is available.
Presenter: Angie Lind, El Dorado County Office of Education
Reach Gifted Learners with Individualized Projects
Looking for an exciting way to reach gifted learners? Let the students do all the work! At Hickman Charter
School, our Gifted and Talented Education program not only provides our gifted students with individualized
projects, more importantly, it provides them the opportunity to take charge of their own learning. Walk away
from this session with handouts and ideas to implement a practical and low-cost GATE program for a single
student, class, school, or district.
Presenter: Marie Reynosa, Hickman Charter School
For Learning, The Pencil is Mightier than the Keyboard
New research affirms what many teachers know: the simple act of handwriting activates regions of the brain
that control recall and learning, regions of the brain not activated by keyboarding. The California Common Core
Commission acknowledged this importance by adding penmanship to the California Common Core Standards.
Come experience fun activities to enhance your handwriting instruction. Discover why handwriting is critical for
learning and what effective handwriting instruction should look like. Learn today, Implement tomorrow.
Presenter: Allison Williams, Zaner-Bloser Educational Publishers
Thinkfinity: Free and Engaging Educational Resources
Struggling to embed 21st century skills into the curriculum? Find free educational resources aligned to the
Common Core Standards and California Standards with Thinkfinity! In this session, attendees will learn how to
access thousands of free K-12 lesson plans and student interactives. These amazing free resources are provided
through a partnership between the Verizon Foundation and 11 of the most trusted names in education, including
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian and more.
Presenter: Magali Meza, Imperial County Office of Education
The School Newspaper
Beginning and maintaining a student/school newspaper is an excellent way to reinforce English skills,
communication skills, and school-wide excellence. The student/school newspaper can be an excellent tool for
use in promoting the good things that occur within the school setting and how that relates to the community, while
reinforcing academic excellence and school pride.
Presenter: John Berge, John Muir Charter School
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Nature’s-Classroom Enhancing Student Development Through Outdoor Education
Join Nature’s-Classroom and San Carlos Charter School in a panel discussion on the benefits of outdoor
education. Results from outdoor education show an impact in four main areas: personal development,
interpersonal skills, academic achievement, and environmental awareness. Outdoor education enhances a
child’s life in fundamental ways. Children who learn to play outdoors have demonstrated: longer attention
spans, greater academic success in higher test scores, more creativity and greater levels of self-confidence.
Presenters: Jane Berryhill & Christine Pyle-Banks, Nature’s-Classroom
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Providing Equity, Access and Opportunities for Advanced Placement
Participants will examine “best practices” from various charter schools and school districts that promote,
recruit and sustain advanced placement programs for all students. Participants will also assess the
components for developing and sustaining a college-going culture, survey proven activities and processes
that encourage equity and open access and identify strategies to address barriers and challenges to AP for
all.
Presenter: Donald Mitchell, College Board
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Get Students to College with Technology-Driven Summer Academy
Helping 98 percent of students graduate and go to college is no easy task. At Granada Hills Charter High
School, this percentage is an ongoing reality in part thanks to a mandatory Summer Transition Academy.
Through technology-based assessments of all incoming freshman and a targeted Skills for Success class
focusing on students’ academic weaknesses, the school is able to quickly provide students with the
remediation they need in order to achieve success their freshman year.
Presenters: Indra Ciccarelli, Granada Hills Charter High School; Ranie Lambe, Revolution K12
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Extreme Math Home Makeover: Creating a Family Math Night
This session will provide teachers with an outline of how to successfully implement a Family Math Night.
Participants will receive an extensive handout with games and activities.
Presenter: Erika Simono, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Join us for
Happy Hour
in the Exhibit Hall
Tuesday, Feb. 28
5:00–6:30 p.m.
Everyone will have a good time at this mid-conference event! It’s a
chance to socialize and network in a relaxed atmosphere.
The Happy Hour is Sponsored by
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regional meetings
Tuesday, 6:00–7:00 p.m. • Sacramento Convention Center, 300 level rooms
Regional Meetings
Each year the Member Council representatives and CCSA staff host regional meetings for
conference attendees. These sessions provide you with the opportunity to discuss critical issues
specific to your region and network with other charter school leaders from your area.
Note: Wine and cheese will be served.
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Charter school leaders
Charter school management organizations
Business managers
Board members
Community partners
Meeting Locations
Northwestern California Meeting
(Regions 1, 4 and 5)
San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara/Ventura Meeting
(Region 8)
Counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Lake, Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Francisco, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Trinity
Counties: San Luis Obispo, Ventura, Santa Barbara
Hosts: Joni Angel, CCSA ; Doreen Learned, Camarillo
Academy for Progressive Education, Camarillo
Hosts: Alicia Gallegos, Kate Nicol & Gary Borden, CCSA; Susan Olson, Sebastopol Independent Charter School, Sebastopol; Tom Brown, Ceiba College
Preparatory Academy - Beacon Education Network,
Watsonville; John Glover, Alplha Middle School,
San Jose
Location: Room 305
Greater San Diego Meeting (Region 9)
Location: Room 310
Northeastern California Meeting (Regions 2 and 3)
Counties: Alpine, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo, Yuba
Hosts: Laura Kerr, CCSA; David Patterson, Ed.D, Rocklin
Academy and Western Sierra Collegiate Academy,
Rocklin Central Valley; Casey Taylor, Achieve Charter School, Paradise
Location: Room 308
Counties: Imperial, Orange, San Diego
Hosts: Lisa Berlanga, CCSA; Cinda Doughty, Gompers Preparatory Academy, San Diego; Cameron Curry,
The Classical Academies, Escondido
Location: Room 307
Inland Empire Meeting (Region 10)
Counties: Inyo, Mono, Riverside, San Bernardino
Hosts: Rosaline Top, CCSA; Rick Piercy, Academy for Academic Excellence, Apple Valley
Location: Room 301
Greater Los Angeles Meeting (Region 11)
Central Valley Meeting (Regions 6 and 7)
Counties: Amador, Calaveras, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare,
Tuolomne
Host: John Madrid & Jeff Sands, CCSA; Alfred Sanchez, Hallmark Charter School, Sanger; William Redford,
Delta Charter Schools
Location: Room 309
County: Los Angeles
Hosts: Allison Bajracharya & Sara Hernandez, CCSA;
Jacqueline Elliot, Ed. D, Partnerships to Uplift Communities, Los Angeles
Location: Room 306
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Wednesday Morning Breakout Session Descriptions
8:30–9:45 a.m.
Teachers
How to Start an Afterschool Program Operated by a Charter School
Strand: Teachers
This presentation will serve as a guide to the basics of establishing an after school program at a charter school including:
reasons that charter schools have opted to include an after school component, community collaborations and after school
offerings, a summary of operating requirements and staff member/teacher qualifications for state-funded after school
programs, strategies for effective after school program management, and after school program funding options.
Presenter:
Carlyn Obringer, California Charter Schools Association
Location:
Room 316
Lights! Camera! Write!
Strand: Teachers
Film is the culmination of the arts. In film, you can see drama, music, and even writing. Film empowers students to turn
their typed papers into movie magic. Even the most reluctant writers are eager to learn how to make an interesting movie.
Writing becomes relevant and rigorous. Students have an immediate audience viewing their film, which puts their writing on
center stage. This presentation will focus on how to utilize film to teach the writing process.
Presenter:Heather Garcia, One. Charter-Academy of Visual and Performing Arts
Location:
Room 317
Meeting and Exceeding Academic Progress Goals: PCSG
These strategies ensure a school can meet or exceed Academic Progress Index growth targets and Adequate Yearly
Progress targets. Strategies for implementing the following practices include: Professional development, teaching training,
using data to inform instruction and to evaluate programs and professional staff, and using varied instructional strategies to
engage all students.
Presenters:Alice Miller, California Charter Schools Association; Michael Moody & Jason Stricker, Insight Education Group, Inc.
Location:
Room 304
Transforming Schools Through Purposeful Walkthroughs
Substrand:
A Milken National Award-winning principal will lead you through a powerful walkthrough structure that connects research
and practice. You’ll be amazed at the quantity and quality of evidence-based information gathered with this three-minute
protocol. Learn to use focused feedback to create effective classroom environments, implement rigorous standards-based
curriculum, facilitate quality instruction, and promote assessment that drives instruction. Through dynamic video clips,
leadership anecdotes, and handouts, you’ll leave with a repertoire of skills to use immediately.
Presenter:Linda Fisher, Learning Headquarters
Location:
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Room 302/303
8:30–9:45 a.m.
What Charter Schools Need to Know About Credentialing
Substrand:
This session will provide information to individuals who are responsible for ensuring that teachers employed in core
academic areas in charter schools hold the appropriate credential, certificate, permit, or waiver. Topics to be covered
include the functions of the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, guidelines for the submission of applications for
teaching documents, credential hierarchy, Commission website resources, online application features, basic credential
information, and communication with the Commission.
Presenters:
Tammy Duggan & Dixy Howard, Commission on Teacher Credentialing
Location:
Room 201
Special Education
It Begins with a Partnership: Going All-In for Student Success
By coupling strategic behavioral and academic supports, a linkage too often overlooked within the tiered Response
to Intervention framework, Education for Change Public Schools, in partnership with Seneca Center, has created and
implemented a systematic approach for raising outcomes for diverse learners. Join in to explore how this methodology has
changed teacher and leader talk across campus and gain access to multidisciplinary tools that integrate research-verified
strategies with observable data.
Presenters:
Ken Berrick & Lihi Rosenthal, Seneca Center; Hae-Sin Thomas, Education for Change
Public Schools
Location:
Room 310
Operations
Charter School Audits from Preparation to Resolution
Substrand:
Audit season can be a stressful time. Learn tips to avoid pitfalls, proactively prepare before the auditors arrive, and respond
to and resolve any audit exceptions or deficiencies. Does your school promote and maintain systems of accountability?
Participants will learn about the revised IRS Form 990 requirements now in effect. If you follow our guidelines properly, you
can be sure to have happy auditors and stress-free field work.
Presenters:
Sarah Kollman, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP; Wade McMullen, Vicenti, Lloyd & Stutzman LLP; Tammy Stanton, ExED; Walter Wallace, Granada Hills Charter High School
Location:
Room 315
Moving Your Charter School from Red to Black
Substrand:
This presentation will highlight how New West Charter Middle School and Inner City Education Foundation worked through
near closures to long-term fiscal solvency for New West, and a path to financial recovery for ICEF. New West achieved
a $1M swing from red to black in two years following a simple financial plan. New West is a high-performing California
Distinguished School with an Academic Performance Index score of 913. ICEF operates 14 schools with over 4,500
students and is currently in the process of financial recovery.
Presenters:
Marshall Mayotte, Carrie Wagner, ExED; Sharon Weir, New West Charter Middle School
Location:
Room 205
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8:30–9:45 a.m.
Casting Your Net: Diversified Fund Raising Strategies for Sustainability
Substrand:
Fund Raising
Fiscal security for your school in these challenging times depends on executing a diversified funding plan. In this session,
get the tools to develop a strategic roadmap for funding sustainability. Using backwards planning, presenters from both
small first year elementary and large successful 6-12 schools will share their successes in creating diversified funding
plans. Participants will learn how to map the school’s priorities and best practices to specific fundraising strategies, as well
as how to build internal staff capacity to save time and money.
Presenters:Amanda Confer, Capitol Collegiate Academy; Cyndi Muylle, The Preuss School UCSD; Jill Wells, EdTec Inc.
Location:
Room 305
Confessions of a Recovering School Leader: How to Survive School Leadership
Substrand:
Governance
Join nationally recognized charter school author/speaker and recovering school leader Dr. Brian L. Carpenter for an unusual
session on how school leaders can survive the stresses of school leadership using five slightly unconventional strategies.
Each participant will receive a free 8-page content-rich handout (not a copy of some PowerPoint slides!).
Presenter:
Brian Carpenter, Carpenter & Associates, LLC
Location:
Room 204
Scaling Up: Managing Multiple Charter Schools
Substrand:
Governance
Your first school is a success. How should your organization grow? Add grade levels? Open a new charter? Create a new
corporation? How does growth affect your board(s), finances, staff, authorizer oversight and legal structures? Discuss
successful strategies with a successful multi-charter, multi-state nonprofit charter CEO, back-office financial services
company founder and experienced charter school attorney.
Presenters:Linda Dawson, SIATech, Inc.; Sandro Lanni, Charter School Management Corporation; Greg Moser, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Location:
Room 203
Employment Policies: Your First Step To Protecting Your School
Too many employers develop their employment policies only after they have had a problem and then it is often too late. This
session will provide you with an understanding of what policies your school needs to maximize employee efficiency and to
protect your school, your students and your other employees. It will also include some sample policies.
Presenters:Hollis Peterson & Wendy Tucker, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Location:
Room 306
Bullying, Harassment and Free Speech: The Balancing Act
Substrand:Legal
Bullying and harassment have become hot-button issues for all schools in recent years. Attendees will explore the
obligations and options that a charter school has in responding to complaints of harassment and bullying within the student
discipline system. In addition, participants will learn about the new laws passed by the California legislature regarding
cyber-bullying and free speech. Finally, we will discuss how charter schools can be proactive, instead of having to be
reactive, to these situations.
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Presenter:
Julie Robbins, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP
Location:
Room 313
8:30–9:45 a.m.
Expulsions and Suspensions: This Isn’t How We Did It at the District!
Substrand:Legal
School districts must follow detailed statutory procedures for student suspensions and expulsions. Charter schools are
exempt; hence the charter petition element concerning suspension and expulsion procedures. But many charters attempt
to follow Education Code procedures, creating unnecessary administrative challenges. Charters are free to develop policies
and procedures catered to each school’s circumstances. This session will discuss useful and creative options for charters.
Presenter:
John Lemmo, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Location:
Room 308
advocacy
State Budget Update: Overview and Outlook of the Education Budget
Substrand:
Advocacy
This session will present a panel of state budget experts to discuss the state of California’s budget and the outlook for
education finance. Experts from the Legislative Analyst’s Office, Department of Finance and the State Legislature share
their experience and perspectives on the budget situation and its impact on charter schools.
Presenters:
Jennifer Kuhn, Legislative Analyst’s Office; Amy Rutschow, Assembly Republican Caucus;
Nicolas Schweizer, California Department of Finance
Location:
Room 307
Avoiding the Break-Up: Preparing for Renewal and Avoiding Revocation
Got a good thing going that you want to protect? We want to help you avoid non-renewal and revocation. We have 18 years
of experience in defending charter schools against revocations and supporting charter schools through renewal. We will
outline the top 15 reasons charter schools are revoked or non-renewed and discuss real-life examples, taking the lessons
from each. We will also discuss the legal steps for renewal of the charter and critical tips for submitting a renewal petition.
Presenters:
Lisa Corr, Paul Minney & Janelle Ruley, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP
Location:
Room 311
Jump on the Social Brand Wagon!
Substrand:
Come learn all about marketing, communication management and building your brand using social media tools to your best
advantage. Does your charter school organization speak the language of today’s digital natives? Come learn how simple,
low cost communication strategies can connect your school community in innovative and exciting ways! Build your culture,
communicate your mission, and accomplish your goals using social media tools available to everyone. We will show you
how!
Presenters:
Carrie Birchler, Oxford Preparatory Academy
Location:
Room 309
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8:30–9:45 a.m.
individualized learning
1-1 Triple Play: Engage Students, Empower Staff AnD Differentiate Your School
Strand:Individualized Learning
Learn how one charter school made a 1:1 triple play by engaging students and empowering staff, while at the same time
differentiating their school through a 1:1 laptop program. This session will showcase how a successful 1:1 program was
developed during a difficult economic time and will discuss the exciting benefits and hidden challenges facing a 1:1. This
presentation includes an interactive Q&A panel to answer specific teacher and administrator questions.
Presenters:Laura Badillo, Kim Ciabattini, Joseph Clevenger & Terry Loftus, Santa Rosa Academy
Location:
Room 301
Developing Sound and Defendable Charter Petition Budgets
The petition budget can be a major stumbling block for developers because it is a concrete area that authorizers can target
for denial. Without a sound budget based on solid assumptions, otherwise great petitions will likely be denied approval.
Learn about budgeting and assumptions, developing accurate cash flow projections, and common pitfalls throughout
the process. Co-presenters from single-site and Charter Management organizations will offer their perspectives and
experience in presenting and defending petition budgets.
Presenters:
Kathleen Brown, New Spirit Charter School; Dawn Evenson, iLEAD Lancaster Charter School; Claudia Flores, Partnerships to Uplift Communities (PUC Schools); Amber Raskin, Santa Clarita Valley International (SCVi) Charter School; Kelly Theofanis, EdTec Inc.
Location:
Room 318
online learning
Developing a Blended Model in Middle School
Downtown College Prep Alum Rock is a new 6-12 charter school that opened its doors in August 2011 with grades 6-7.
DCP Alum Rock serves primarily low-income students who are the first in their families to go to college. Participants will
learn how we developed our blended learning model, what successes and challenges we faced, and how we are iterating
our development of blended learning.
Presenters:
David Herrera & Greg Klein, Downtown College Prep Alum Rock
Location:
Room 312
Motivating the Math Mind: Oakland Unity High School and the Khan Approach
Oakland Unity High School is the highest performing 9-12 high school in Oakland, CA. While our school has experienced
a four-year API growth trend of 140 points, our students continue to struggle with math. We have turned to technology to
awaken the math minds of our students. Learn about our Summer Success and Learning Lab classes, and how we are
effectively using the Khan Academy to motivate students.
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Presenters:
Kallie Berg, David Castillo & Peter McIntosh, Oakland Unity High School; Maureen Suhendra, Khan Academy
Location:
Room 319
3rd Annual Charter School Parent Summit
Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.–3:15 p.m.
9:30–10:15 a.m.
Special
Event
Parent Social: Getting to Know Other Charter Parents
Join Families That Can in welcoming ALL to the opening of Parent Summit 2012. Come
meet other charter families across the state, get an overview of the day and events at
Parent Summit, and meet the Families That Can team. This is an opportunity to network
and strengthen your knowledge of the charter school movement.
Presenter:
Corri Ravare, Families That Can
Location:
Room 202
10:45 a.m.–Noon, Conference General Session, Halls DE
Noon–1:00 p.m., Lunch, Exhibit Halls ABC
1:30–2:15 p.m.
LifePrep Academy™ College Career and Life Planning
This workshop is designed to empower parents and families to prepare their high school aged children for college, careers
and life after high school. We will provide real-world experiences and examples of achievement, facilitated by corporate
partners, university students and community professionals.
Presenter:
Eric Moore, Educate CA
Location:
Room 203
Speak Out Online: Blogging and Social Media for Parent Advocates
In our Web 2.0 era, you have a lot of ways to speak out, from online forums to blogs to Twitter and Facebook. It’s not only
fun to be part of the online conversation, it’s a great way to support your school and get out the good word about charters.
We’ll highlight some websites and tools, as well as creative ways that charter parents from across the state are making
their voices heard.
Presenters:
Sierra Jenkins, Vicky Waters & Music Watson, California Charter Schools Association
Location:
Room 202
2:30–3:15 p.m.
Developing Effective Parent Leadership
This session is designed to take parental engagement to the next level by becoming a leader within the charter movement! This
breakout session will teach you tips on how to use your personal story to effectively advocate for your school and for students
across California. Also, learn the unprecedented need for solidarity amongst California charter school parents today. Parent
Summit attendees will break into three smaller groups for this session, which will be hosted by three different presenters from
Families That Can
Location: Presenter:
Room 202 Kisheen Tulloss, Families That Can / California Charter Schools Association
Room 203 Ainye Long, Families That Can / California Charter Schools Association
Room 204 Fiorella Del Corpio, Familias That Can / California Charter Schools Association(Presented in Spanish)
We will end the day at:
The 2012 Charter School Funding Equity Rally
North Steps, The State Capitol, 3:45 p.m.
The Parent Summit will conclude with a rally at the State Capitol to demand funding equity for charter schools. The rally,
sponsored by CCSA, will be held on the north steps of the Capitol at 3:45 p.m., on L St. between 10th and 12th.
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Wednesday Facilities & Operations Expo
Featured Facilities & Operations Expo Sessions
10:00–10:30 a.m.
Achieving High Quality Meal Programs that are Sustainable under the Current State Budget
Substrand:
With all the budget cuts, many schools are leaving money on the table that could be going to their students. Join
Revolution Foods for an open discussion on how schools and healthy food partners can collaborate to create healthy
fresh and tasty breakfast, lunch, and after school meal programs for students covered by state and federal funds.
Presenters:
Carl Cade & Maureen Sedonaen, Revolution Foods
Location:
Presentation Area in the Exhibit Hall
10:00–10:30 a.m. & 12:45–1:30 p.m.
Reduce Your Administrative Burden & Attract and Retain Top Performers with TriNet
Charter School leaders know the key to the academic and operational success of
their schools is to attract, develop and retain a highly productive and talented staff. At
the same time, charter schools are challenged to reduce HR risks and contain costs.
How can you manage these risks while maintaining your focus on the academic and
operational success of your school? TriNet will discuss how you can minimize HR risk
and HR administrative burden while attracting and retaining top teachers and staff.
Presenter: Anthony Miller, TriNet
Location:
Presentation Area 3
10:00–10:30 a.m. & 12:45–1:30 p.m.
Location:
Presentation Area 4
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The Desert Sands Compliance System: Eight Years, Zero Audit Exceptions
Desert Sands Charter is a personalized learning charter school in Lancaster, CA. In 2003, DSCHS created a simple, yet effective,
system to ensure the integrity of their annual audits. Eight years later, the system has produced perfect audits every year. In this
presentation, attendees will learn about the DSCHS compliance system and how to implement it at their non-classroom based
charter school, hopefully ensuring perfect audits for decades to come!
Presenters: Robert Berry, Renee Chaussee & Avery Giannoulis, Desert Sands Charter High School
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The Three-legged Stool: Authorizer, Service Provider and Charter School
An outstanding working relationship between the charter-school authorizer, the school’s board, and the school’s educational
service provider requires clear, frequent and open communications, and clearly delineated roles and responsibilities. Authorizer
and Nuview Union School District’s Superintendent Dave Linzey joins President Gene Eidelman of Mosaica Education, the ESO for
Mercury Online Academy of Southern California, in discussing key considerations in establishing and maintaining effective three-way
relationships, and stronger schools.
Presenters: 70
Gene Eidelman, Mosaica Education, Inc.; David Linzey, Nuview Union School District
Poster
Number
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California Charter Building Fund: Helping Charters Own/Improve Facilities
Whether you are looking to purchase land, build a charter school from the ground up, or make renovations to an owned or leased facility,
come hear how the California Charter Building Fund can launch your project successfully. The CCBF can help finance difficult projects
including those that involve state bond money, Proposition 39 sites and/or leased property.
Presenters: Virginie Arnaud Le Pape, NCB Capital Impact; Joe Harrington, California Charter Schools Association
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The CIVICS Campaign: California Informed Voters in Charter Schools
Learn how to increase civic participation at your school during this election year. We’ll share resources on integrating civics into your
curriculum and tips for organizing non-partisan, volunteer-based voter registration, voter education, and get-out-the-vote initiatives in
your community. Public education is the foundation of our democracy!
Presenter: Laura Kerr, California Charter Schools Association
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Health benefits + HR compliance = STRESS! Get the facts without the fluff!
Charter schools are wondering what the future of employer provided benefits holds and what it all REALLY means. Legislative,
regulatory and market changes in 2012 will continue to reshape your benefits and compensation plans in the coming year. The details
of National Health Care Reform will unfold and the economic landscape will drive more employers to re-evaluate what they offer.
We will provide strategies for benefit cost containment, risk management practices for HR professionals, and access to resources
needed to improve HR operations, benefits offerings, and fiscal accountability.
Presenters: 6
Nutrition Services Programs and Charter Schools
Staff from the California Department of Education, Nutrition Services Division and experienced charter school leaders will discuss
recent changes in federal meal program requirements and issues unique to operating a compliant and successful food service
program at your charter school.
Presenter:
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How do you construct, renovate and finance a green building? This how-to session will demonstrate ways of greening a leased or
owned facility. It will focus on the economic, environmental and social rationale for K-12 green schools. Hear the school perspective
about how greening impacts their teachers, staff, students, parents and community. The discussion will also include financing
options to encourage more cost-effective, sustainable schools.
Jennifer Afdahl Rice, NCB Capital Impact
A Survival Guide: Finding Your Facility
Your facility is a key component to the success of your charter school. Come learn about the do’s and don’ts when it comes to
finding either your first or your next facility. Find out what you should be looking for in your next facility. Hear about the best ways to
assemble your facility team, how to work with cities, and key items to look for before signing your lease.
Presenter: 9
California Department of Education Nutrition Services Division staff
A How-To Guide on Green Charter School Facilities
Presenter: 8
Tony Lee, Dickerson Employee Benefits Insurance Services, Inc.; Diana Miller, CCSA EWBT and Dickerson Employee Benefits
Benson Sainsbury, InSite Charter School Services
Bonds 101
Bonds 101 will provide a basic introduction to charter school facility financing using tax-exempt bonds. Charter schools are
increasingly gaining access to bond financing as a long-term facilities financing solution in California. A bond attorney, charter
CFO and bond finance professional will address such questions as: Why use tax-exempt bonds? Can my school access the capital
markets? What kinds of projects can I finance? What is the process and timing of a bond transaction?
Presenters: Eugene Clark-Herrera, Orrick Herrington; Bill Wildman, RBC Capital markets
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Poster
Number
10
Community Development Financial Institution Bond Program: Charter School Financing Game-Changer
Created by the Small Jobs Act, the Community Development Financial Institution Bond Program could be a game-changer for
charter school facility financing by providing school operators and developers with affordable, long-term capital. The program would
enable CDFIs to issue 30-year bond financing fully backed by the U.S. Treasury. Panelists will discuss what this means for charter
schools that have been seeking longer-term, lower-cost capital to support facility construction and improvements.
Presenter: 11
Cracking the Code: Conceptual Budgeting for Charter Developers
Bringing your vision for a school into focus involves multiple hurdles. One of the most challenging obstacles for developers is creating
a conceptual budget that makes the vision tangible. Panelists will share their expertise in charter school budgeting and provide
snapshots of school spending benchmarks. During this session, participants will use these benchmarks to begin the process of
creating a preliminary planning budget.
Presenters: 12
Stacie Ivery, Yav Pem Suab Academy; Gasper Martinez , EdTec Inc.; Judy Morales, Language Academy of Sacramento
ExED Charter School Facilities New Market Tax Credit Financings, 2005-2011
This workshop will present how New Market Tax Credits, affordable financing for charter school facilities, has been used to build
over 8800 seats (19 schools) operating in very low-income communities in Los Angeles. We will provide detailed examples of how
commercial banks and community development financial institutions have harnessed the NMTCs. We will discuss new tools to
leverage different capital sources such as 1D or Prop 55 with NMTC or subsidies from local districts.
Presenters: 13
Kimberly Latimer-Nelligan, Low Income Investment Fund
Mike Keeley, Anita Landecker & Louise Manuel, ExED
Facility Financing Fundamentals for Charter School Leaders
The decision to acquire, build or renovate a school facility often requires financing with debt held by public investors. This presentation
will provide basic information on the credit metrics that investors and the rating agencies find most important when evaluating the credit
profile of a charter school. Learn what it takes to achieve an investment grade rating, the steps necessary to keep it and how to make
your school’s bonds more attractive to institutional investors.
Presenters:Rich Harmon, Ziegler; Carlotta Mills, Standard & Poor’s; Paula Permenter, Ziegler Investment Banking
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Subsidizing Facility Financing with Tax Credits
Interactive discussion of federal tax credit financing programs being used by charter schools to reduce debt payments on permanent
facilities to as little as $250,000/year for a $10,000,000 project. Discussion will cover how to qualify for financing and how to structure
financing. Audience questions will be encouraged.
This session only at 9:45 a.m.
Presenters: 14
@12:45p.m.
Dante Gumucio & Carly Simard, Public Economics, Inc.
Summer Construction Projects: Tenant Improvement
Discussion of projects that charters can undertake during the summer months to improve the school facility. Topics will include project
scoping, timelines, costing, planning around school operations, and obtaining necessary approvals. Presentation will include a look at
summer projects completed by Pacific Charter School Development and a discussion of project hurdles and accomplishments.
This session only at 12:45 p.m.
Presenters: 15
Present and Future Perfect: Site Planning, Selection, and Acquisition
Plan a charter campus ready to accommodate your learning program. Access funding that builds affordable facilities using existing
resources. Working with Districts or on your own, concisely evaluate the site acquisition options of land purchase versus existing
buildings. Envision best uses of existing buildings to create a responsive, contemporary learning environment. Employ “bridge the
gap” strategies that take your school from existing to new campus, maintaining quality education programs and crafting your unique
campus identity.
Presenters: 72
Eli Kennedy & Ramiro Viramontes, Pacific Charter School Development
Gaylaird Christopher, Architecture for Education, Incorporated; Cindy Petersen, Gateway Community Charters; Rick Piercy, Academy for Academic Excellence
Poster
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Selecting the Best Facility Financing Source for Your Charter School
With state budgets constrained, minimizing the impact of your facility expense is more important than ever. Understanding the
various types of facility financing available to charter schools, their characteristics, qualifying criteria, and whether or not they involve
a subsidy can help you choose the least-cost financing available and keep dollars in the classroom.
Presenters: 17
Five Alternative Approaches to Getting It Built: Building, Financing, Access
Lend Lease and Sally Swanson Architects will discuss financial models of creating charter schools including public/private partnerships,
design-build, lease/lease-back, and construction manager at risk which guarantees a charter school within a targeted budget.
Alternative approaches can include financing from entitlement to close out. School modernizations will be covered, with disability
access code compliance an important factor. Also discussed will be involving students for future building careers through internships
during the process.
Presenters: 18
Effective Employee Development and Management
20
Sharon Stull, CCSA Insurance JPA c/o Community Risk Solutions
The Big Three: Common Environmental Issues Facing Schools
Three topics your teams should know inside and out are: asbestos, mold, and water incursion. If you cannot answer the following
questions, we’d expect to see you in this presentation. Are we are really installing asbestos containing materials in our schools built
today? Asbestos is illegal in the U.S., isn’t it? Was the term “black mold” actually invented by the media? Am I really breathing mold
spores in every breath I take? Can some flood water contain dangerous chemical and biological contaminants?
Presenters: @9:45a.m.
Charles Robitaille, LendLease; Sally Swanson, Sally Swanson Architecture
Looking for coaching, counseling and disciplinary procedures that will help you build a productive team? Too many schools
allow marginal performers to languish. This program will help you understand the benefit of constructive criticism and active
communication with low and non-performing staff members. When you gain the confidence you need to engage in meaningful
performance discussions, your employees will be better equipped to meet your expectations.
Presenter: 19
John Buck, Buck Financial Advisors LLC; Brian Colon, Robert W. Baird & Co.; Greg Moser, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Derrick Denis & Egan Forino, Clark Seif Clark, Inc.
Workers’ Compensation: General Overview of Rights and Responsibilities
The presentation will offer a general overview of the employer’s rights and responsibilities for new and existing employees. It will
explain the importance of timely reporting of injuries from the standpoint of regulatory compliance. The program will address the
exposure that schools have Workers’ Compensation lawsuits arising from retaliation and “serious and willful” violations. Participants
will learn the top 10 reasons for charter school employee injuries.
This session only at 9:45 a.m.
Presenter: 20
@12:45p.m.
Susan Bedard, CCSA Insurance JPA c/o Community Risk Solutions
How to Report Claims to the California Charter Schools Association Insurance JPA
The JPA provides many lines of insurance coverage including General Liability, Automobile, Employment Practices Liability, Workers’
Compensation, Student Accident, and Property. This session will provide you with the resources and instructions necessary for
filing a claim. The presenter will be able to answer your questions and provide additional resources to facilitate the management of
insurance claims within your organization.
This session only at 12:45 p.m.
Presenter: 21
Susan Bedard, CCSA Insurance JPA c/o Community Risk Solutions
The Architect Is In
Bill Gould, one of the leading architects for charter school facilities in the South Bay, is available to share his experience with over a
dozen sites. He has been involved with charters through the entire facility evolution, from incubation site to transition sites to permanent
facilities. You have facility questions; he has expertise and case studies to share. Take advantage of his knowledge and see if he can
assist with your approach to facility challenges.
Presenter: Bill Gould, Artik Art & Architecture
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The General Sessio
n
begins promptly at
10:45 a.m. in Halls
DE
Wednesday General Session
10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Ref Rodriguez
student performance
Sebastapol Independent Charter School
Sebastapol, CA
Welcome Address
Mayor Kevin Johnson
City of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Parent summit announcement
Corri Ravare
Executive Director, Families That Can
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Wednesday General Session
10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
2012 hart vision volunteer of the year
Erika Ross
WISH Charter School, Los Angeles, CA
2012 hart vision supporter of the year
John Scully
Chairman and Co-founder of the
Making Waves Program
Keynote speaker
Jed Wallace
President and CEO, The California
2012 hart vision charter school of
the year award
St. HOPE Public School 7
Sacramento, CA
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Wednesday Afternoon Breakout Session Descriptions
2:00–3:15 p.m.
Teachers
Highly Motivating Writing Instruction for ALL K-6 Students
Strand: Teachers
Imagine every student writing dynamic, rigorous, at-standard compositions. Techniques teaching students, from beginning
to fluent writers, to compose powerful sentences, rich paragraphs and compelling, multiple-paragraph essays will be
highlighted. A Milken National Award-winning principal will provide vision-building techniques designed to help teachers
and administrators facilitate immediate writing reform, improve daily writing instruction, and create a climate for a
successful standards-based system.
Presenter:Linda Fisher, Learning Headquarters
Location:
Room 312
Making Whole Class Instruction as Powerful as One-to-One
Strand: Teachers
The research and data are very clear. We know what works in the classroom. Instruction is KEY! Based on the research
of Bloom, Carroll, Guskey, Marshall, Hunter, and others, there are key conditions that teachers have control over in the
classroom. We will discuss those conditions and how teachers can maximize Academic Learning Time. Want to learn the
non-negotiables for high quality instruction? Direct Interactive Instruction will unlock the door to student engagement.
There are more than a few take-aways from this session.
Presenter:
Jason Willoughby, Action Learning Systems, Inc
Location:
Room 301
Prezi: Empowering Students to Creatively Present Their Ideas
Strand: Teachers
Prezi provides a free, creative extension of student learning; where they compile, arrange, and share their learning.
All students can be creative whether they choose a template or design their own presentation. Being online makes all
presentations portable allowing sharing to a limitless audience. Prezi also makes a sharp presentation to parents at Back to
School Nights, to administrators in conferences, and to your school board with your newest project.
Presenter:
Sherri LaPlante, Literacy First Charter School
Location:
Room 316
Learning to Love Accountability
The session supports a clear understanding of the relationship between responsibility and accountability, supporting the
ideal that effective accountability systems enable the tracking of progress and determination of next steps. There will be
focus on professional efficacy, progressive/developmental systems for teacher/principal evaluation, and the cycle of internal
development and improvement. The presentation will explore the role of board members in holding leaders to account.
There will be emphasis on strategic planning, review, monitoring and self-evaluation.
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Presenter:
Jo Cheadle, Cambridge Education
Location:
Room 304
2:00–3:15 p.m.
How Implementing Professional Learning Helped Us Achieve an Academic Performance Index of 963!
Substrand:
Implementing Professional Learning Communities provided a critical new element we needed to move academic
performance at our schools to the next level. In our fourth year, we teachers and administrators have made fundamental,
second-order, changes to our classroom practice, teams and whole-school collaboration. This session will share our
journey and provide participants with both the conceptual changes and the concrete examples of how we are doing it!
Presenters:
David Patterson, Laura Regan & Robin Stout, Rocklin Academy
Location:
Room 317
The School Leader’s Toolbox: Strategies for Growing Great Teachers
Substrand:
The School Leader’s Toolbox is a repository of successful strategies and practical resources that charter schools can draw
on to create effective human capital policies, with the aim of creating sustained, scalable models for effective instruction.
Participants of this session will gain a high-level understanding of the site’s content and engage in an in-depth review of
best practices specific to teacher recruitment, evaluation, and building a professional culture to support effective teachers.
Presenters:
Kate Brenan, Leslie Krol, Jen Moon & Sarah Silverman, The New Teacher Project
Location:
Room 302/303
special education
YOU Can Do Behavior Response-to-Intervention: Enjoy a Year Without Suspensions
Schools that aim for academic success are schools that proactively address student behavior. This session will describe
how Behavior Response-to-Intervention promotes achievement on multiple levels; students with behavior challenges receive
individualized support, teachers add to their toolkit, and school leaders use data to shape and adjust the school-wide plan.
Presenters:
Bonnie Brimecombe & Sandy Hsu, Aspire Public Schools
Location:
Room 310
operations
Centerpiece Session
Bridging the Gap: Understanding Cash Flow Options in the Midst of Deferrals
Substrand:
The state budget crisis has made an already difficult school revenue stream even more challenging. Participants will learn
about the current apportionment schedule and how it compares to the timing of school expenses. School leaders will share
their proven strategies to keep school cash flow positive. The session will also examine methods of acquiring financing to
bridge gaps in cash flow, and provide a blueprint for how to evaluate the different options available.
Presenters:
Karla Branch, R.A.A.M.P. Charter Academy; Bryce Fleming, EdTec Inc.; Brian Prater, Low Income Investment Fund; Dr. Nicolas Retana, Ezequiel Tafoya Alvarado Academy
Location:
Room 319
Karla Branch
R.A.A.M.P. Charter
Academy
Bryce Fleming
EdTec Inc.
Brian Prater
Low Income
Investment Fund
Dr. Nicolas Retana
Ezequiel Tafoya
Alvarado Academy
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2:00–3:15 p.m.
Lessons Learned from Charter School Fraud and Mismanagement
Substrand:
Fraud is prevalent; especially during these tough economic times. Are you a steward of policies and procedures
designed to limit fraud? Does your school promote and maintain systems of accountability? Participants will hear real
life examples of fraud and financial mismanagement found in California charter schools. Participants will also learn how
to set up proper segregation of duties and do their part in preventing fraud in their organization.
Presenters:Neal Millard, Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP; Matt Miller, Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co; Tammy Stanton, Luis Viramontes & Carrie Wagner, ExED
Location:
Room 315
Civic Partnerships
Substrand:
No longer satisfied with leaving education reform to school districts, cities across the state are either actively seeking
to partner with and assist charter schools to procure facilities or at least open to the idea. In addition, many cities are
also interested in how charter schools can be partners in revitalizing urban areas. This session will explore the issues
that may arise in such proposed civic partnerships and how charters should go about engaging city representatives.
Presenter:
Eli Kennedy, Pacific Charter School Development
Location:
Room 314
Nuts and Bolts of Facility Financing: What’s Best for Your School
Substrand:
Financing options to secure a permanent site are numerous, fairly complex, and figuring out which one will work best
for your school takes time and experience. The session will look at a variety of tools, from straight debt to bonds and
New Market Tax Credits, focusing on general pros and cons of each structure, practical tips, potential issues and
lessons learned. The session will emphasize the perspective of schools of various sizes and stages that have gone
through the process of securing such financing.
Presenters:
Cecile Chalifour, Low Income Investment Fund; David Feinberg, Launchpad; Greg Lippman, ACE
Location:
Room 201
Using Technology to Enhance Fundraising: How Your Charter School Can Take Advantage
Substrand:
Fund Raising
Recent technological advances have improved how charter schools can engage their supporters and raise donations.
Given the difficult financial outlook for California public schools, fundraising can be a prominent alternative. Come to
hear an expert panel discuss “crowdfunding’’ and other ways to maximize online and mobile giving. We encourage
leaders representing charter schools of all shapes and sizes to attend.
Presenters:
Joe Harrington, California Charter Schools Association; Erica Labovitz, IndieGoGo; Jonas Lamis, Rally.org; Jay Owens, Larchmont Charter School
Location:
Room 305
Leaves and Accommodations for Employees With Illnesses and Disabilities
Learn what your legal obligations are to grant leaves of absences or make accommodations for your employees with
illnesses and disabilities. This complicated area of Human Resources is currently a source of many claims or lawsuits.
This breakout seminar will help you to minimize your school’s risk.
Presenters:Hollis Peterson & Wendy Tucker, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Location:
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Room 306
2:00–3:15 p.m.
An Ounce of Prevention: Keeping Up With Changes in the Law of Charters
Substrand:Legal
Every year, there are new statutes, regulations, court decisions, and CDE policies that affect charter schools. Based
on 19 years of experience defending and advising California charter schools, Middleton, Young and Minney, LLP will
help you cut a path through that thicket so you can understand your evolving rights and responsibilities and avoid
costly legal problems in the future.
Presenters:
Michael Hersher, Janelle Ruley & Michelle Ruskofsky, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP
Location:
Room 313
Avoiding Personnel Landmines: Hiring, Firing and Evaluation
Substrand:Legal
Unfortunately, employment liabilities (many of which are preventable) end up costing charter schools invaluable time
and enormous resources to defend. Take charge of your personnel system and prevent problems before they occur
or escalate. Learn from expert legal practitioners how to best hire, fire and evaluate charter school staff to minimize
exposure to legal liability for preventable mistakes. Start-ups to seasoned charter schools will benefit from this
presentation.
Presenters:
Chastin Pierman & James Young, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP
Location:
Room 308
advocacy
Centerpiece Session
Parent Empowerment
Substrand:
Advocacy
Senator Romero (Ret.), along with representatives of Parent Revolution and Families That Can,
will speak to the impressive organizing efforts of community members that stand for better
schools for their children. As the author of the nation’s first Parent Trigger Law in California, Sen.
Romero and others on the panel will explore the history of parent choices and rights, as well as
next steps on moving forward to close the achievement gap.
Presenter:
Gloria Romero, Democrats for Education Reform - California
Location:
Room 307
Gloria Romero
Democrats for Education
Reform - California
An Update on Reform Initiatives in Los Angeles Unified School District
Please join us for a candid conversation with Matt Hill, representing senior leadership at Los Angeles Unified School
District, to learn more about the latest reforms playing out in LAUSD and to understand how you can best position
your school to be a critical lever in increasing student achievement for all.
Presenters:Allison Bajracharya, California Charter Schools Association; Matt Hill, The Los Angeles Unified School District
Location:
Room 205
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2:00–3:15 p.m.
Authorizer Relations
Successful charter development, renewals, and Memorandum of Understanding negotiations require understanding the
legal, political and practical aspects of charter operations. We will discuss what authorizers look for, how to organize for
success, what MOUs are and whether you need one, common misunderstandings regarding these processes, and the legal
aspects of authorizer relations.
Presenters:
Greg Moser, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP; David Wilson, King-Chavez Neighborhood of
Schools
Location:
Room 311
Avoiding the Legal Pitfalls of Digital Communication
Substrand:
Charter schools are at the forefront of utilizing new technology and digital media to educate students and enhance
communication. However, texting and social networking websites such as Facebook introduce a range of liability concerns
for teachers and administrators. This presentation offers advice from a teacher association attorney about how best to
incorporate digital communication tools without inviting unnecessary lawsuits, job actions, and headaches.
Presenter:
Sharon Nelson, Association of American Educators
Location:
Room 309
Year Zero and Beyond: Know What You Don’t Know
New school leaders and founding boards are overwhelmed by the sheer volume of work involved during school startup. More
often than not, these challenges are due to a lack of internal capacity. In other words, startup teams “don’t know what they
don’t know.” Attendees will learn specific strategies in governance, personnel, student enrollment, and financial planning to
prepare the board and leadership team not only to survive, but to thrive, in year one.
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Presenters:
Kate Agostinelli, Foley and Lardner, LLP; Jill Wells, EdTec Inc.; Amber Raskin, Santa Clarita Valley International (SCVi) Charter School
Location:
Room 318
It Is tIme for the Charter sChool movement
to speak wIth one voICe!
Join us for:
at the state CapItol
Charter school students are public school students and should have access to the same
levels of funding.
We are going to make our voices heard on the north steps of the state capitol! With nearly 1,000
charter schools in operation in California, our time has come!
where: The north steps of the California Capitol, L Street, between 10th and 12th.
when: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 3:45 p.m.
why: Because California’s charter school students deserve better!
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Wednesday,
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8 p.m.–11 p.m.
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Thursday Breakout Session Descriptions
9:00–10:15 a.m.
Teachers
CA Spoken Word: Language Arts on FIRE
Strand: Teachers
Brad Koepenick-producer (SHAKESPEARE HIGH), teacher and regional director of GET LIT’s First Annual Los Angeles
CLASSIC SLAM, will take you through exercises, strategies and lesson plans and introduce you to an innovative online
digital platform for teens that will enhance your school culture and bring literature TO LIFE at your school! Brad is the
Director of Communications at CHAMPS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, was named Innovator of the Month by the PTN, and
was the recipient of the 2006 HART VISION AWARD for CA CHARTER TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
Presenter:
Brad Koepenick, CHAMPS Charter High School of the Arts
Location:
Room 201
Common Core State Standards Update
Strand: Teachers
In this session, you will have the opportunity to look more closely at the content of the Common Core State Standards
(CCSS) for English-language arts and mathematics and engage in collegial conversations regarding the standards
and how their full implementation is likely to affect both teaching and learning. You will also receive an update about
California’s CCSS implementation plan, including the latest information and resources regarding instructional materials and
assessments.
Presenters:
Thomas Adams & Cynthia Gunderson, California Department of Education
Location:
Room 204
Detracking to Improve Students’ Achievement and Access to College
Strand: Teachers
With an Academic Performance Index score of 899, an 83% college enrollment rate and a Top 100 ranking in Newsweek
for five consecutive years, The Preuss School is highly successful in improving low-income students’ achievement and
preparing them for college. Our “detracking” model is responsible for this success, a college-prep curriculum accompanied
by an extensive system of academic and social supports. Our record suggests that detracking can propel students from
low-income households to college and serve as a model for other schools.
Presenters:
Scott Barton, The Preuss School UCSD; Hugh Mehan, UC San Diego
Location:
Room 203
Enrichment Instruction
Strand: Teachers
The session will discuss how to effectively incorporate “Enrichment Instructors,” professionals related to your school’s
focus, in order to increase engagement, academic achievement and the overall quality of the educational experience.
Enrichment Instructors serve as an invaluable resource by inspiring students to creatively apply their academic knowledge
through a variety of artistic outlets. This program will focus on how Enrichment Instructors—using spoken word, song
writing and music— inspire excellence.
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Presenters:
Aaron Brisbane, Jonathan Michelsen & Gabriel Perez, one.Charter- Academy of Visual & Performing Arts
Location:
Room 316
9:00–10:15 a.m.
For Data Driven Trendsetters Only
Substrand:
Accountability
Essential to trend-setting academic improvement is understanding student performance at the individual, classroom,
and grade levels. The pros and cons of several data management systems will be discussed, using the criteria CSMC
developed on behalf of over a hundred schools. (CSMC will not endorse any system, but rather describe the capacity
and focus of each.) This workshop will help you identify your own criteria and provide strategies for using student data to
improve curriculum and instruction, and to identify individual students for targeted intervention.
Presenter:
Carol Barkley, CS2-Comprehensive Strategies for Charter Schools
Location:
Room 314
The Impact of Charter Schools on Dropout Recovery
Substrand:
Accountability
Charter schools lead the dropout recovery efforts in California. These schools provide an option for students who are far
below grade level and have dropped out of traditional high schools. Some exclusively focus on former dropouts. Others
include dropout recovery in their mission to serve at-risk students. Leaders will describe their successful methods; discuss
how the movement benefits from their success; highlight recent policy gains; and present resources for improving dropout
recovery effectiveness.
Presenters:
Phil Matero, Youth Build Charter Schools; Cindy Petersen, Gateway Community Charters;
Ernie Silva, School for Integrated Academics and Technologies
Location:
Room 304
Leading Change With Data You Can Use
Substrand:
Learn about Northwest Evaluation Association’s computerized adaptive assessments and resources helping educators
measure and easily understand individual student achievement, needs and growth. These highly formative assessments
are aligned to each state and/or common core standards, connect to instructional content, and provide immediate results
that include national norms and proficiency probabilities for state assessments. Also shared will be importance of growth
as an academic metric and tools to plan instruction that informs a student’s Zone of Proximal Developments.
Presenters:
Tamika Chambers & Raymond Mitchell, Northwest Evaluation Association-NWEA
Location:
Room 302/303
Using a Learning Cycle to Develop and Evaluate Teachers
Substrand:
How can administrators balance coaching and evaluation of teachers? How will teachers react to a new evaluation
process? This presentation will explain how a startup charter high school developed a standards-based teacher
professional development and evaluation process. Participants will be provided with a framework for the development of
their own coaching and evaluation process. Led by the principal and a teacher, participants will also learn practical tips on
the implementation of this process.
Presenters:
Allen Akhverdyan & Derrick Chau, Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School
Location:
Room 315
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9:00–10:15 a.m.
special education
Avoiding Special Education and Section 504 Pitfalls
Half the battle is avoiding the punch! Hypothetical situations will be explored to identify the most common pitfalls for
charter schools with regard to compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Improvement Act and Section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act. In each situation, we will discuss tips for prevention and options for resolution. This session is
appropriate for all levels of expertise.
Presenters:
Lisa Corr & Julie Robbins, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP
Location:
Room 313
Designing and Implementing Cross Curricular Units
In this breakout session, teachers will explore the benefits of utilizing cross curricular units and instruction in their
classrooms. The session will go in depth into unit development, benefits, core skills and strategies implemented to
maximize instructional time and student growth. Participants will go through every level of unit development and will also
be given strategies to avoid and/or deal with potential issues and struggles of unit implementation.
Presenters:
Martin Eisen, Archer Nishioka & Kristi Vazquez, Granada Hills Charter High School
Location:
Room 310
operations
Measuring Up: Using and Understanding Benchmarks for Budgeting
Substrand:
Ever wonder what other schools are spending? This session will feature a comparative analysis of averages, ranges,
and patterns in charter school expense data that provides valuable perspective to the budgeting process. Presenters
will demonstrate how to support decision-making through examining statewide data, broken down into sub-groups by
demographics, region, and years in operation. Discussions will focus on interpreting and analyzing data, and on how
schools can use benchmarking to make better informed budget decisions.
Presenters:
Bryce Fleming & Kelly Theofanis, EdTec Inc.; Gavin Kwong, Lighthouse Community Charter School
Location:
Room 319
Can Our School Afford a Permanent Facility?
Substrand:
Given the current economy, is a permanent facility affordable? This interactive presentation will allow attendees to
participate in the budgeting, development and financing of a charter school facility project. It will follow a project from
concept through construction. Discuss with experts from NCB Capital Impact, ExED and Bouma Construction strategies
for cost saving and feasibility issues, including leasehold improvements and Proposition 1D. Attendees will be provided
forms and checklists to help them with their project.
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Presenters:
Jennifer Afdahl Rice, NCB Capital Impact; Greg Brendel, Bouma Construction; Louise Manuel, ExED
Location:
Room 205
9:00–10:15 a.m.
Extraordinary Teamwork: Bond Sale, Design Build, Occupancy in Six Months!
Substrand:
School leadership dedicated to success; a developer who found the money; an architect with experience and vision; and
a design build general contractor and construction manager who worked hard to get the job done. This is what it takes to
purchase and build a charter school in six months on a tight budget. The Western Sierra Rocklin Academy case study will
amaze and delight the audience with what is possible when the right team comes together and makes a commitment to
success.
Presenters:
Wendy Boyd & David Patterson, Rocklin Academy; JoAnn Koplin, TFO Architecture;
Craig Jamison, Rudolph and Sletten; Jeffrey Tamkin, Public Facilities Investment Corporation
Location:
Room 202
STRS/PERS and 403bs: How to Plan for Retirement in Today’s Economy
Substrand:
Human Resources
How does today’s economic climate impact an educator’s retirement? Will STRS/PERS be enough for me? Come find out
how the 403b retirement plan works, who it might be beneficial for, and how to start saving properly to help you or your
school’s employees get on a more efficient path to retirement. No matter what your tenure is, this will be a very insightful
presentation to any and all members of the educational community.
Presenter:
Reis Rosenbledt, First Investors Corporation
Location:
Room 309
Working With The Union?: Know Your Rights as an Employer
Substrand:
Human Resources
Even if your school is not unionized, you may still have to work with a union. This session will review the Employer’s rights in
dealing with union solicitation, a unionization campaign, collective bargaining and employee discipline or termination in the
union context.
Presenters:
Hollis Peterson & Wendy Tucker, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Location:
Room 306
Do You Think You’re Ready to File a Lawsuit?
Substrand:
Legal
The California Charter School Association’s Legal Advocacy Team will present steps you should take before initiating
litigation, including how to document your issues, hire legal counsel, and prepare your school community for the legal
battle. We’ll offer practical protocols that your charter school might implement in its dealings in an effort to preserve the
best outcome, and consider atmospheric issues that may affect whether the time is right to take your issue to court. Bring
your hypothetical issues to discuss.
Presenters:
Phillipa Altmann, Anne Lee, Ricardo Soto & Julie Umansky, California Charter Schools Association
Location:
Room 308
Employee Performance and Conduct: Policies, Documenting and Investigation
Substrand:
Legal
Unchecked employee performance and misconduct interfere with a school’s mission, disrupt instruction and create
opportunities for lawsuits. Performance evaluations and progressive discipline can be effective tools to correct behavior,
motivate employees and achieve goals. Employer and employee rights and responsibilities unique to charter schools
regarding counseling, discipline and coaching are explained, including concrete guidelines and examples of effective
policies, practice, implementation, investigation of misconduct and necessary documentation.
Presenter:
Laura Marabito, Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
Location:
Room 305
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9:00–10:15 a.m.
advocacy
Charter School Funding Equity and School Finance Reform
Strand: Advocacy
In this session, we discuss research and evaluation of the funding gaps between charter and traditional public schools
and possible solutions to achieve greater funding equity. We will also discuss recent proposals to reform the state’s overall
education finance system and how charter schools may fit into those proposals.
Presenters:
Jeimee Estrada, Legislative Analyst’s Office; Colin Miller, California Charter Schools Association
Location:
Room 311
Centerpiece Session
Why the 2012 Elections Matter
Strand: Advocacy
The 2012 elections will impact California’s policy environment
for years to come. This will be the first election held after voter
approved initiatives creating an independent redistricting
commission and establishing an open primary. Current
estimates are that half of the State Assembly could be new
members. How will these new laws affect this year’s elections?
How will the presidential election impact races in California?
What will the impact of ballot measure campaigns be?
Presenters:
Dominic DiMare, DiMare, Van Vleck,
& Brown LLC; Paul Mitchell, Redistricting
Partners; Matt Rexroad, Meridian Pacific
Location:
Room 307
Dominic DiMare
DiMare, Van Vleck,
& Brown LLC
Paul Mitchell
Redistricting
Partners
Matt Rexroad
Meridian Pacific
Individualized Learning
Inexpensive, Free or Open Source: But Wait, There’s More!
Strand: Individualized Learning
An emerging California Charter Schools Association tradition, this invited panel moderated by Mark Miller will demonstrate
emerging low cost yet compelling technology solutions for charters. Online creativity and productivity, cloud-based
collaboration and sharing, outstanding free content and more will be illustrated and discussed. Foster 21st century skills
despite painful budget cuts! Successful educators in the audience will be drawn in for candid assessments of how they use
these tools and which work best at their schools.
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Presenter:
Mark Miller, The Miller Institute for Learning with Technology
Location:
Room 301
9:00–10:15 a.m.
Developing New Charter schools
Petitioning a First Time Authorizer: What’s the Plan?
For most charter petitioners, it will be their first time submitting a charter. But what happens when it is the authorizer’s first
time as well? The panel will share experiences and lessons learned submitting charters to first time authorizers, navigating
the approval process and beyond. From working on MOUs to facilities to Special Education to budget reviews, audience
members will learn what to watch for and how to plan ahead.
Presenters:
Victor Diaz, REALM Charter Schools; Gasper Martinez, EdTec Inc.; Jill Ogorsolka, Almond Acres Charter Academy
Location:
Room 318
Public Charter School Grant Q&A with California Department of Education Staff
An opportunity to meet with California Department of Education staff and have all your questions addressed by the Charter
School Division consultants. Particular attention will be paid to the work plan requirements for the Public Charter School
Grant. A short presentation will be followed by a lengthy opportunity to address this CDE panel of experts.
Presenters:
Linda Lownes, California Department of Education; Alice Miller, California Charter Schools Association
Location:
Room 317
online learning
Choosing an Online Curriculum: What the Vendors Don’t Want You to Know
Adopting online curriculum without thoughtful due diligence can compromise your program’s quality and integrity. How do
you determine your needs? What features should you adopt and avoid? How do you measure effectiveness? We will dig
into the “fine print” vendors hope you will overlook. Facilitated by former online providers, this candid session will give you
the tools and information you need to ensure you choose the right online content provider for your school.
Presenters:
Russ Ballati & Rebecca Tomasini, The Alvo Institute
Location:
Room 312
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Guajome Park Academy,
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Granada Hills Charter High School,
Northridge, CA
About the Susan Steelman Bragato Scholarship
The California Charter Schools Association is proud to award $1,500 college scholarships to five deserving
charter high school graduates at Association member schools. The recipients will be announced at the
Thursday General Session. The scholarship is named for Susan Steelman Bragato, the co-founder of the
first charter school in California, a founder of this conference and the founder of the California Network of
Educational Charters (which was renamed the California Charter Schools Association in 2003). Sue was one
the first Californians to recognize the need to build a strong network of support among charter school leaders
statewide. After battling breast cancer, Sue died in 2005. In honor of her unprecedented contribution to the
charter school movement, the Association named this scholarship in her memory.
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Board of Directors and Member Council Representatives 2012
MEMBER COUNCIL 2012
CCSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Region 1
Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma and
Trinity
Susan Olson, Sebastopol Independent Charter School, Sebastopol
Irene Sumida (Chair)
Director
Fenton Charter Schools
Region 2
Butte, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou and
Tehama
Casey Taylor, Achieve Charter School, Paradise
Region 3
Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra,
Sutter, Yolo and Yuba
Dave Patterson, Ed.D., Rocklin Academy and Western Sierra
Collegiate Academy, Rocklin
Region 4
Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and
Solano
John Glover, Alpha Middle School, San Jose
Region 5
Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz
Tom Brown, Ceiba College Preparatory Academy–Beacon
Education Network
Region 6
Amador, Calaveras, Stanislaus, San Joaquin and Tuolumne
William Redford (Secretary), Delta Charter School
Region 7
Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and Tulare
Alfred Sanchez, Hallmark Charter School, Sanger
Region 8
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles schools
not authorized by LAUSD
Doreen Learned, Camarillo Academy for Progessive Education
Region 9
Imperial, Orange and San Diego
Cinda Doughty, Gompers Preparatory Academy, San Diego
Region 10
Inyo, Mono, Riverside and San Bernardino
Rick Piercy (Past Chair), Lewis Center for Educational Research,
Apple Valley
Region 11
LAUSD authorized charters
Jacqueline Elliot, Ed.D., Partnerships to Uplift Communities,
Lakeview Terrace
At-Large Representatives
Online Schools
Katrina Abston, California Virtual Academies, Simi Valley
Conversion Schools
Brian Bauer (Chair), Granada Hills Charter High School,
Granada Hills
Independent Study Schools
Cameron Curry, The Classical Academies, Escondido
Charter Support Organizations
Jeffrey D. Rice, APLUS +, The Association of Personalized
Learning, Nevada City
Carrie Walton-Penner (Board Vice Chair)
The Walton Family Foundation
Ana Ponce (Secretary)
Executive Director/CEO
Camino Nuevo Charter Academy
Christopher Nelson (Treasurer)
Managing Director
Doris & Donald Fisher Fund
Judy Burton
President and CEO
The Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools
Rod Dammeyer
Chairman
CAC, LLC
Pat Golding
Director
Hickman Charter School
Reed Hastings
Founder/Chairman/CEO
Netflix
Gregory McGinity
Managing Director of Policy
The Broad Foundation
Larry Rosenstock
Chief Executive Officer
High Tech High
Don Shalvey, Ed.D.
Deputy Director
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Diane Tavenner
Founder/CEO
Summit Public Schools
Jed Wallace
President and CEO
John Walton
In Memoriam
CCSA Advocates BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Irene Sumida
Chair
Fenton Charter Schools, Lake View Terrace
Dave Patterson, Ed.D.
Secretary
Rocklin Academy, Western Sierra Collegiate Academy, Rocklin
Jacqueline Elliot, Ed.D.
Treasurer
Partnerships to Uplift Communities (PUC Schools), Los Angeles
Miles Durfee
WIS International, San Diego
Barbara Grimm-Marshall
Grimmway Enterprises, Grimmway Academy Charter School,
Bakersfield
Carrie Walton-Penner
The Walton Family Foundation
Jed Wallace
President and CEO
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The Association: Staff
Office of the President/Chief Executive Officer
Jed Wallace, President and Chief Executive Officer
Kerry Flanagan, Chief of Staff
Sharon Hicks, Executive Assistant
KishaLynn Elliott, Director, Organizational Relations
School Development and Support
Frank Gonzalez, Senior Vice President, School Development and Support
School Development
Chase Davenport, Vice President, Charter Quality
Willow Harrington, Director, Charter Launch and School Development
Jeff Sands, Senior Manager, School Development – Central and North Eastern California
Brenda Castañeda, Manager, Charter School Development
Knowledge Management
Alice Miller, Director, Knowledge Management
Carlyn Obringer, Manager, Technical Assistance
Achievement and Performance Management
Myrna Castrejón, Senior Vice President, Achievement and Performance Management
Accountability
Samantha Brown Olivieri, Director, Accountability
Research and Evaluation
Elizabeth Robitaille, Vice President, Research and Evaluation
Jennifer Orlick, Senior Research Analyst
Alice Gualpa, Research Analyst
Melissa Barnhart, Senior Research Analyst
Aletha Haven, Research Analyst
ZOOM! Data Source
Tracey Katz, Deputy Director, ZOOM! Data Source
Tristan Clerihew, Data Technology Specialist
Statewide Advocacy
Gary Borden, Senior Vice President, Statewide Advocacy
Rosaline Top, Director, Statewide Advocacy
Regional Advocates
Allison Greenwood Bajracharya, Managing Regional Director, Policy and Advocacy, Los Angeles
Lisa Berlanga, Regional Director, San Diego, Orange and Imperial Counties
Laura Kerr, Regional Director, North eastern California
John Madrid, Regional Director, Central Valley Region
Alicia Gallegos Fambrini, Director, San José Charter School Consortium
Kate Nicol, Director, Oakland Charter School Collaborative
Sara Hernandez, Regional Director, Policy and Advocacy, Los Angeles
Joni Angel, Regional Director, Policy and Advocacy, Los Angeles
Facilities
Dan Kreinbring, Senior Advisor, Facilities
Special Education
Gina Plate, Senior Advisor, Special Education
Allison Magill, Advisor, Special Education
Sadie Pinotti, Advisor, Special Education
Families That Can
Corri Ravare, Executive Director, Families That Can
Ainye Long, Organizer, Bay Area Parent and Community Engagement
Kisheen Tulloss, Organizer, Los Angeles Parent and Community Engagement
Fiorella Del Carpio, Organizer, Parent and Community Engagement
Government Affairs
Cynthia Bryant, Senior Vice President, Governmental Affairs
Colin Miller, Vice President, Policy
Tanya Wolters, Director, Government Affairs
Michelle Low, Director, Regulatory Affairs
Nicole Virga Bautista, Manager, Government Affairs
Finance and Development
Danny Corwin, Chief Financial Officer
Sara Mattingly, Managing Director, Finance and Development
Accounting
Liliana Uribe, Manager, Accounting and Finance
Cindy Uribe, Coordinator, Accounting
Erica Castillo, Coordinator, Membership and Accounting
Operations, Finance and Membership
Daniel Assisi, Director, Information Technologies
Joe Harrington, Director, Financial Services
Brianna Swartz, Director, Membership Services
Courtney Brown, Manager, Operations
Insurance Products
Bob Coontz, Administrator, Insurance Products
Jennifer Chu, Director, School Insurance
Misti Cole, Director, Health Insurance Benefits Insurance and Risk Management Services
Communications
Peri Lynn Turnbull, Senior Vice President, Communications
Meagan Fox, Director, Interactive Technology
Sierra Jenkins, Director, Communications, Los Angeles Region and
Families That Can
Vicky Waters, Director, Media Relations
Music Watson, Director, Strategic Communications
Legal Advocacy and General Counsel
Ricardo Soto, Senior Vice President, Legal Advocacy and General Counsel
Julie Ashby Umansky, Vice President and Executive Director, Charter Schools Legal Defense Fund
Anne Lee, Senior Legal Counsel
Phillipa Altmann, Senior Litigation Counsel
Alison Schoenbeck, Legal Data Analyst
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The 19th Annual California Charter Schools Conference Team
Executive Producer
Robert Coontz
Promotions/Design
Katherine Getta
Producer
Lee Condon
Association Booth
Meagan Fox
Director
Candice Lamarche
Exhibit Hall Decorator and Audio Visual
American Exposition Services (AES)
Conference Services
University of Oregon Academic Extension
Paul Katz, Associate Director
Elizabeth Moore, Resource Manager
Gretchen Heberling, Program
Katie Purvis, Exhibitor/Sponsor Management
Melissa Sanders, Exhibitor/Sponsor Management
Jennifer Hagerman, Registration
Sarah Kennedy, Graphic Design
Katie Sorenson, Graphic Design
Teija Stearns, Graphic Design
How to Reach Us
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.charterconference.org
Conference Programming Committee
The Conference Programming Committee is proud to present more than 150 breakout
and poster sessions. The committee works year-round to create the most comprehensive
and creative program possible for your conference. If you would like to participate on the
committee, please email [email protected].
Strand Chairs
Lisa Berlanga, Individualized Learning
Danny Corwin & Joe Harrington, Fund Raising
Corri Ravare, Parent Summit
Dan Kreinbring & Joni Angel, Facility Planning & Financing
Alice Miller, Budget & Cashflow
Willow Harrington, Developing New Charter Schools
Cynthia Bryant & Tanya Hoffman, Advocacy
Laura Kerr, Authorizer Relations
Anne Lee, Human Resources
Julie Umansky, Legal
Elizabeth Robitaille & Myrna Castrejón, Performance Management
Samantha Brown Olivieri, Accountability
Peri Lynn Turnbull, Communications
Gina Plate and Allison Magill, Special Education
The Board Member Best Practices Summit was programmed by Alice
Miller, Chase Davenport, Frank Gonzalez and Julie Umansky
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Conference Programming Committee
Breakout Session Selection Committee
Thank you to the following people who helped select our breakout sessions and poster
sessions from the more than 400 applications we received. These individuals all served on
our strand selection commmittees. If you would like to volunteer to serve on one of these
commmittees, please email [email protected].
Phillipa Altmann
Joni Angel
Barbara Aragon
Lindsay Arias
Melissa Barnhart
Nicole Bautista
Lisa Berlanga
Debbie Beyer
Karla Branch
Samantha Brown Olivieri
Cynthia Bryant
Erica Castillo
Myrna Castrejon
Tristan Clerihew
Cy Cole
Debbie Cole
Danny Corwin
Kathy Dahlgren
Chase Davenport
Kisha Lynn Elliott
Kris Eshelman
Christine Ferris
Meagan Fox
Gail Freeborn
Laura Fulmer
Alicia Gallegos
Frank Gonzalez
Debi Gooding
Paul Greenwood
Alice Gualpa
Bob Hampton
Christopher Hanks
Joe Harrington
Willow Harrington
Aletha Harven
Wanny Hersey
Erica Higashi
Tanya Hoffman
Kevin Humphrey
Sierra Jenkins
Eric Johnson
Anton Jungherr
Tracey Katz
Daniel Kreinbring
Sherri LaPlante
Anne Lee
Genein Letford
Vicki Libman
Michelle Low
Jessica Lura
Allison Magill
Tera Martin
Sara Mattingly
Mike McDonnell
Debbie Medicus
Alice Miller
Colin Miller
Tara Miller
Jon Morse
Kate Nicol
Jennifer Orlick
Sadie Pinotti
Gina Plate
Manuel Ponce, Jr.
Brenda Priske
Amber Raskin
Chris Reid
Corri Ravare
Elizabeth Robitaille
Carolyn Ruszala
Franci Sassin
Alison Schoenbeck
Jennifer Sheffo
Erica Sievers
Shiela Skibbie
Thaiera Slim
Ricardo Soto
Jenna Stauffer
Lisa Stone
Robin Stout
Irene Sumida
Brianna Swartz
Debra Tarver
Casey Taylor
Gavin Taylor
Jenny Travers
Peri Lynn Turnbull
Julie Umansky
Cindy Uribe
Liliana Uribe
Kristen Walker
Vicky Waters
Music Watson
Rowena Williams
Matthew Wunder
Katharine Wylie
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Coffee Cart, sponsored by Arthur J. Gallagher, California
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Sacramento Convention Center, Hall ABC
Lunch and
Refreshment break
Cyber Café
1136
20
16
17
15
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1134
18
19
14
20
21
13
22
23
128
428
24
721
5
20
4
822
6
3
Meeting
Room
820
7
8
9
10
Lunch and
Refreshment break
824
Lunch and
Refreshment break
817
11
12
2
815
1
Sales
Office
706
800
702
700
Main Entrance
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Exhibit Hall Activities Includ
e:
• More than 220 exhibitors
• Lunch served both days, spo
nsored by Dickerson Employee
Benefits,
PresenceLearning, and Ziegler
• Poster Sessions & Expos, spo
nsored by Google Chrome, Pro
ject Optimal, and Robert
W. Baird & Co.
• Cyber Café, sponsored by The
Miller Institute for Learning with
Technology, Visions in
Education, and Google Chrome
• Tuesday evening Happy Hou
r sponsored by DriversEd.com
• Exhibit Hall Cof fee Car t, sponso
red by CCSA Joint Powers Auth
ority (JPA), Arthur J.
Gallagher, and MAT @ USC - Ros
sier School of Education
• Exhibit Hall Raffle, to be held
at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb
ruar y 29
Wednesday to get a discount
on that morning brew!
Sponsored by CCSA Joint
Powers Authority (JPA), Arthur
J. Gallagher, and MAT @ USC
- Rossier School of Education
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Exhibitor List by Booth Number
S indicates a conference Sponsor
Company Name
Booth
Accelify, LLC V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Sadlier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Time Warner Cable Business Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Vector Resources, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Sierra w/o Wires V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
GameDesk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Christy White Accountancy Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Standards Plus - Learning Plus Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
ETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Nexus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Rocket Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Jet Evaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Peace Hill Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
PASCO scientific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Renaissance Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
The Aptus Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Panel Specialists, Inc. V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Accelerate Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Milligan News Co., Inc. V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Assessment Technology Incorporated V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
SchoolReach - Instant Parent Contact V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Developmental Designs - The Midwest Regional Center for the
Responsive Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Keytec, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
infosnap, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Quality Science Labs, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
PCI Education V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Del Amo Construction, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Action Learning Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
SolarCity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Media Flex Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Saxon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Aldebaran Robotics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Troops to Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
School Tours of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
The Lunchmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
SAFARI Montage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Jaramillo Financial Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Global Modular Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
CCS Presentation Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
3D Educational Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Eduware, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Zaner-Bloser V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Sprung Instant Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Fleetwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
CK-12 Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
ALEKS Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Center for Evaluation and Education Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Strategic Partnership Schools Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Lakeshore Learning Materials V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .428
Adaptive Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .429
Stone & Youngberg LLC V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
CPM Educational Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Whaley Gradebook Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Pacent Learning Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
SchoolSpring.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and
Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
102
V indicates an Association Vendor Member
Company Name
Booth
Schools Financial Credit Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
BYU Independent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Total Education Solutions V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
Universal Studios Hollywood V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
SOS Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Curriculum Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Hertz Furniture Systems V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Digital Edge Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
Mobile Modular Management Corp. V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
Hosaka, Rotherham & Co. V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
CHARACTER COUNTS! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
Helios Tech V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
Blackwell Construction Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
CalSTRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
GlobalScholar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
True Grits School Uniforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
IST, Inc. V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .525
RWP Landscape Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
Great American Financial Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
Plan Member Services V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
HMC Architects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534
Multiple Measures, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
Robert W. Baird & Co S V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600
Dickerson Employee Benefits S V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
Delta Managed Solutions V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602
MealTime - The CLM Group V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
Mediscan Staffing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606
AED Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
Cambium Learning Group, Inc S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611
e-Tech Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612
School Site Solutions, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614
Oracle Investigations Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
Troxell Communications V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616
Innovation Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617
Feddersen & Company, LLP, Certified Public Accountants . . . . . . . . 620
U.S. Communities / California Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622
Barney & Barney, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624
Royal Dining - Healthy School Lunches! V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629
DynEd International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631
School Financial Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633
Advanced Academics V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635
MyStudentsProgress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637
California Charter Schools Association Employee Welfare Benefit
Trust (CCSA EWBT) S V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700
California Charter Schools Association Joint Powers Authority
(CCSA JPA) S V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
DriversEd.com S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706
RBC Capital Markets S V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710
TriNet S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711
Project Optimal S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712
MAT@USC - Rossier School of Education S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713
Mutual of Omaha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714
NEOGOV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715
EdTec Inc. S V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716
The Miller Institute for Learning with Technology S . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717
Scholastic Classroom & Community Group V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721
Vocational Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728
American Modular Systems V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729
Teacher Created Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730
Exhibitor List by Booth Number
Company Name
Booth
California K-12 High Speed Network (K12HSN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731
Discount School Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732
PLATO Learning V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733
Verizon Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734
Rasa Tabula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735
Neufeld Learning Systems Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737
Charter School Capital, Inc. S V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801
Piper Jaffray & Co S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805
Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP S V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807
Charter School Management Corporation S V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810
Revolution K12 S V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811
CDW-G S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813
Modus Systems S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814
LIMOTTA IT S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815
Association of American Educators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816
NobleHour S V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817
Unified Nutrimeals V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820
Silver Creek Industries Inc. V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822
T.L. Shield & Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
Hitachi Solutions America, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828
Pearson School Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830
CharterWorks, Inc. V ` . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832
Enviroplex, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834
Charter Impact, Inc. V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836
Insight Education Group, Inc. V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900
PreFast Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901
blendedschools.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902
NP Solutions, Inc. V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904
Teachers on Reserve V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905
School Datebooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 906
Softlink America Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907
Preferred Meal Systems, Inc. V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910
Edlio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911
University of Missouri, Center for Distance & Independent Study . . . 912
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913
Character First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914
First Southwest Company V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916
American Virtual Academy V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917
PresenceLearning S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921
S&S Worldwide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923
JTS Modular, Inc. V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925
Revolution Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929
LearnBoost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931
Learning Wrap Ups, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933
School Pathways, LLC V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935
GameTime Park & Playground Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937
Alliant International University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000
Sodexo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1001
Clark Seif Clark, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002
Discovery Benefit Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003
EPS/School Specialty Literacy and Intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005
NCB Capital Impact V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006
Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co., LLP V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1007
ExED V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010
Schools Excess Liability Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012
Read Naturally Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1014
Low Income Investment Fund V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016
PlascoTrac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020
Epson America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1022
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Samsung Techwin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1024
Eagle Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1028
AIM Education-Sunburst Visual Media-Learn360 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029
Boss Graphics Wall Murals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030
Peoples Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1031
Platinum Visual Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1032
School Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1033
Brookes Publishing Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1034
California Learning Resource Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035
Sing2Learn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1037
Central Michigan University - Off-Campus & Online Programs . . . . 1100
Frey Scientific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1102
Focus School Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1104
Project FROG V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1106
Paxton/Patterson LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1111
PFIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1115
SchoolCues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117
OPS (Online Purchasing Systems) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1119
InSite Charter School Services V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1121
EDGE Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1123
Osborn Architects V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1123
Nigro & Nigro, PC V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1125
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Davis Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1130
Swift Lee Office, Inc. V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1132
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U.S. Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1136
DirAction USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1203
The National University System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1205
The Learning Springs V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1207
Frog Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1210
V&C Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1212
Staples Advantage V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1214
Sargent Welch - Science Kit - Wards Natural Science . . . . . . . . . . . 1216
Insight Systems Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1218
Rowland Reading Foundation V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1220
Lightspeed Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1222
Ziegler S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224
UCLA Extension-Department of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1229
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Instructional Telecommunications Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1233
Pearson Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1235
SingaporeMath.com Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1237
TestMasters/Cyberactive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1300
Creative Bus Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1302
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NTD Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1330
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Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1336
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3D Educational Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Accelerate Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Accelify, LLC V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Action Learning Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Adaptive Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .429
Advanced Academics V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635
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ALEKS Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Alliant International University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000
American Modular Systems V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729
American Virtual Academy V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917
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Association of American Educators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816
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Blackwell Construction Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
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California Charter Schools Association Joint Powers Authority
(CCSA JPA) S V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
California K-12 High Speed Network (K12HSN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731
California Learning Resource Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035
CalSTRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
Cambium Learning Group, Inc S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611
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Center for Evaluation and Education Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
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CEO Image Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1134
CHARACTER COUNTS! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
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Christy White Accountancy Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
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Clark Seif Clark, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002
CollegeSpring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1334
CPM Educational Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Creative Bus Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1302
Curriculum Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Davis Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1130
Del Amo Construction, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Delta Managed Solutions V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602
Developmental Designs - The Midwest Regional Center for the
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Dickerson Employee Benefits S V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
Digital Edge Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
DirAction USA Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201
Discount School Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732
Discovery Benefit Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003
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DriversEd.com S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706
DynEd International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631
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Eagle Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1028
Edlio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911
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Epson America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1022
ETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
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Feddersen & Company, LLP, Certified Public Accountants . . . . . . . . 620
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Fleetwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Focus School Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1104
Frey Scientific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1102
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Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1336
GameDesk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
GameTime Park & Playground Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937
Global Modular Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
GlobalScholar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
Great American Financial Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
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Hitachi Solutions America, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828
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InSite Charter School Services V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1121
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Jaramillo Financial Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
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Liebert Cassidy Whitmore V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Lightspeed Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1222
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Mediscan Staffing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .606
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Mutual of Omaha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714
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Nigro & Nigro, PC V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1125
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NTD Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1330
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Oracle Investigations Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
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Osborn Architects V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1123
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PASCO scientific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Paxton/Patterson LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1111
PCI Education V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Peace Hill Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Pearson Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1235
Pearson School Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830
Peoples Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1031
Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and
Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
PFIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1115
Piper Jaffray & Co. S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .805
Plan Member Services V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
PlascoTrac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020
Platinum Visual Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1032
PLATO Learning V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733
PreFast Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901
Preferred Meal Systems, Inc. V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910
PresenceLearning S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1203
Project FROG V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1106
Project Optimal S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712
Promotion & Beyond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1328
Quality Science Labs, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Rasa Tabula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735
RBC Capital Markets S V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710
Read Naturally Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1014
Renaissance Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Revolution Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929
Revolution K12 S V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811
Robert W. Baird & Co. S V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600
Rocket Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Rowland Reading Foundation V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1220
Royal Dining - Healthy School Lunches! V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629
RWP Landscape Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
S&S Worldwide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923
Sadlier, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
SAFARI Montage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Samsung Techwin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1024
Sargent Welch - Science Kit - Wards Natural Science . . . . . . . . . . . 1216
Saxon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Scholastic Classroom & Community Group V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721
School Datebooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 906
School Financial Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633
School Pathways, LLC V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935
Company Name
Booth
School Site Solutions, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614
School Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1033
School Tours of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
SchoolCues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117
SchoolReach - Instant Parent Contact V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Schools Excess Liability Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012
Schools Financial Credit Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
SchoolSpring.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Sierra w/o Wires V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Silver Creek Industries Inc. V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822
Sing2Learn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1037
SingaporeMath.com Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1237
Sodexo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1001
Softlink America Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907
SolarCity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
SOS Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Sprung Instant Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Standards Plus - Learning Plus Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Staples Advantage V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1214
Stone & Youngberg LLC V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Strategic Partnership Schools Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Swift Lee Office, Inc. V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1132
T.L. Shield & Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
Teacher Created Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730
Teachers on Reserve V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905
TestMasters/Cyberactive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1300
The Aptus Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
The Learning Springs V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1207
The Lunchmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
The Miller Institute for Learning with Technology S . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717
The National University System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1205
Time Warner Cable Business Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Total Education Solutions V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
TriNet S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711
Troops to Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Troxell Communications V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616
True Grits School Uniforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
U.S. Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1136
U.S. Communities / California Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622
UCLA Extension-Department of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1229
Unified Nutrimeals V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820
Universal Studios Hollywood V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
University of Missouri, Center for Distance & Independent Study . . . 912
V&C Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1212
Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co., LLP V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1007
Vector Resources, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Verizon Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734
Vicenti, Lloyd & Stutzman LLP V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1128
Vocational Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728
Whaley Gradebook Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Zaner-Bloser V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Ziegler S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224
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Exhibitor List by Product/Service Category
Administrative & Business Services
Assessment & Testing
Employee Welfare Benefit Trust (CCSA
EWBT)
California Charter Schools Association Joint
Powers Authority (CCSA JPA)
CalSTRS
Center for Evaluation and Education Policy
Charter Impact, Inc.
Charter School Management Corporation
CharterWorks, Inc.
Delta Managed Solutions
Dickerson Employee Benefits
EdTec Inc.
Feddersen & Company, LLP, Certified Public
Accountants
Hosaka, Rotherham & Co.
infosnap, Inc.
Jet Evaluations
Nigro & Nigro, PC
OPS (Online Purchasing Systems)
Oracle Investigations Group, Inc.
Revolution Foods
School Financial Services, Inc.
School Support Services
SchoolSpring.com
TriNet
U.S. Communities / California Communities
V&C Solutions
Verizon Wireless
Action Learning Systems
ALEKS Corporation
Assessment Technology Incorporated
Brookes Publishing Co.
Cambium Learning Group, Inc.
CollegeSpring
Curriculum Associates
DynEd International
Education2020
Eduware, Inc.
ETS
GlobalScholar
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
IST, Inc.
Learning Wrap Ups, Inc.
Multiple Measures, LLC
Pacent Learning Solutions
Pearson Curriculum
Read Naturally Inc.
Renaissance Learning
Standards Plus - Learning Plus Associates
The Aptus Group
Zaner-Bloser
Administrative Software &
Products
Aesop - Frontline Technologies, Inc.
CEO Image Systems
DirAction USA Inc
Focus School Software
GlobalScholar
Helios Tech
infosnap, Inc.
IST, Inc.
Jet Evaluations
LearnBoost
MealTime - The CLM Group
Media Flex Inc.
MyStudentsProgress
NobleHour
NP Solutions, Inc.
Pearson School Systems
PlascoTrac
School Pathways, LLC
SchoolCues
SchoolSpring.com
Associations & Public Service
Organizations
Association of American Educators
Christy White Accountancy Corporation
CollegeSpring
At-Risk Student Services
3D Educational Solutions
Accelerate Education
DynEd International
e-Tech Academy
Paxton/Patterson LLC
Pearson Curriculum
PLATO Learning
Rocket Math
The Learning Springs
The National University System
Visions in Education
Athletic/Playground Equipment
GameTime Park & Playground Equipment
RWP Landscape Materials
Audio-Visual Materials &
Equipment
AIM Education-Sunburst Visual Media Learn360
CCS Presentation Systems, Inc.
CDW-G
Epson America
Keytec, Inc.
Platinum Visual Systems
Samsung Techwin America
Sierra w/o Wires
Sing2Learn
Troxell Communications
Vector Resources, Inc.
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Books, Magazines & Printed
Materials
CHARACTER COUNTS!
Character First
Davis Publications
Milligan News Co., Inc.
Peace Hill Press
Peoples Education
Rowland Reading Foundation
Sadlier, Inc
Saxon
Scholastic Classroom & Community Group
School Datebooks
SingaporeMath.com Inc
Teacher Created Materials
Brokerage Development
InSite Charter School Services PFIC
Building Maintenance & Grounds
Equipment
Boss Graphics Wall Murals
Hertz Furniture Systems
Innovation Wireless
Career & Technical Education
(CTE)
Aldebaran Robotics
e-Tech Academy
NobleHour
PASCO scientific
Project Optimal
Vocational Technologies
Colleges & Universities
Aldebaran Robotics
Alliant International University
BYU Independent Study
Central Michigan University - Off-Campus &
Online Programs
CollegeSpring
MAT@USC - Rossier School of Education
NobleHour
Pepperdine University Graduate School of
Education and Psychology
UCLA Extension-Department of Education
Communications Equipment &
Services
CDW-G
infosnap, Inc.
LIMOTTA IT
Nexus
SchoolCues
SchoolReach - Instant Parent Contact
Sierra w/o Wires
Time Warner Cable Business Class
Verizon Wireless
Compliance & Student Information
AED Authority
Eagle Software
EdTec Inc.
Helios Tech
IST, Inc.
LearnBoost
PlascoTrac
Total Education Solutions
TriNet
V&C Solutions
Computers & Electronic
Equipment
CDW-G
CEO Image Systems
DirAction USA Inc
Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.
Hitachi Solutions America, Ltd.
Innovation Wireless
Insight Systems Exchange
Instructional Telecommunications Foundation
Keytec, Inc.
LIMOTTA IT
Nexus
PASCO scientific
PlascoTrac
Sierra w/o Wires
Softlink America Inc.
Verizon Wireless
Counseling & Conflict Resolution
Zaner-Bloser
Curriculum & Instructional
Materials
Adaptive Curriculum
Advanced Academics
ALEKS Corporation
American Virtual Academy
blendedschools.net
California Learning Resource Network
CHARACTER COUNTS!
Character First
CK-12 Foundation
CollegeSpring
CPM Educational Program
Davis Publications
Developmental Designs - The Midwest
Regional Center for the Responsive
Classroom
Discount School Supply
Education2020
GameDesk
GlobalScholar
Lakeshore Learning Materials
Neufeld Learning Systems Inc.
PASCO scientific
PCI Education
Peace Hill Press
Pearson Curriculum
Peoples Education
PLATO Learning
Rasa Tabula
Read Naturally Inc.
Rocket Math
Sadlier, Inc
Saxon
Sing2Learn
TestMasters/Cyberactive
University of Missouri, Center for Distance &
Independent Study
Zaner-Bloser
Data Management, Network
Administration, & Backup Services
GlobalScholar
LearnBoost
Lightspeed Systems
LIMOTTA IT
MyStudentsProgress
Nexus
PlascoTrac
Sierra w/o Wires
Distance Education/Online
Learning
Advanced Academics
ALEKS Corporation
blendedschools.net
California K-12 High Speed Network (K12HSN)
Central Michigan University - Off-Campus &
Online Programs
Davis Publications
e-Tech Academy
Nexus
PLATO Learning
PresenceLearning
Project Optimal
Quality Science Labs, LLC
Rasa Tabula
University of Missouri, Center for Distance &
Independent Study
Educational Software &
Technology
Advanced Academics
Aldebaran Robotics
ALEKS Corporation
blendedschools.net
CDW-G
CK-12 Foundation
Davis Publications
Digital Edge Learning
DirAction USA Inc
DynEd International
Education2020
Eduware, Inc.
EPS/School Specialty Literacy and Intervention
Epson America
GameDesk
IST, Inc.
Keytec, Inc.
LearnBoost
Lightspeed Systems
LIMOTTA IT
MyStudentsProgress
NobleHour
PASCO scientific
PCI Education
Pearson Curriculum
Peoples Education
PLATO Learning
PresenceLearning
Rasa Tabula
Read Naturally Inc.
Revolution K12
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Employee Benefits & Human
Resources
Barney & Barney, LLC
EWBT)
CalSTRS
Discovery Benefit Solutions
Helios Tech
Jet Evaluations
SchoolSpring.com
Teachers on Reserve
Extracurricular & Offsite Programs
School Tours of America
Universal Studios Hollywood
Facilities Design/Construction
American Modular Systems
Blackwell Construction Inc.
Clark Seif Clark, Inc
Del Amo Construction, Inc.
Enviroplex, Inc.
HMC Architects
Innovation Wireless
InSite Charter School Services
NTD Architecture
Osborn Architects
PFIC
Project FROG
SolarCity
Swift Lee Office, Inc.
T.L. Shield & Associates
Financing, Tax & Auditing Services
Health & Wellness Services
EWBT)
CalSTRS
Charter School Capital, Inc.
CharterWorks, Inc.
EdTec Inc.
Feddersen & Company, LLP, Certified Public
Accountants
First Southwest Company
Great American Financial Resources
HMC Architects
InSite Charter School Services
Jaramillo Financial Services
Low Income Investment Fund
NCB Capital Impact
Nigro & Nigro, PC
NP Solutions, Inc.
Piper Jaffray & Co.
RBC Capital Markets
Schools Financial Credit Union
Stone & Youngberg LLC
U.S. Bank
Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co., LLP
Vicenti, Lloyd & Stutzman LLP
Ziegler
Revolution Foods
Unified Nutrimeals
Food Service Equipment,
Management, & Suppliers
MealTime - The CLM Group
Preferred Meal Systems, Inc.
Revolution Foods
Royal Dining - Healthy School Lunches!
Sodexo
The Lunchmaster
Unified Nutrimeals
Fundraising Programs & Services
NP Solutions, Inc.
SchoolCues
True Grits School Uniforms
Universal Studios Hollywood
Furniture & Furnishings
Fleetwood
Hertz Furniture Systems
Panel Specialists, Inc.
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Heating, Ventilation & Air
Conditioning
Home School Services
Peace Hill Press
SOS Personnel
Insurance, Retirement Benefits, &
Risk Management
EWBT)
Schools Excess Liability Fund
TriNet
Legal Services & Consulting
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
TriNet
Management & Consulting
Services
CharterWorks, Inc.
Regional Center for the Responsive Classroom
EdTec Inc.
HMC Architects
Nigro & Nigro, PC
NP Solutions, Inc.
PFIC
School Site Solutions, Inc.
Strategic Partnership Schools Group
The Miller Institute for Learning with
Technology
V&C Solutions
Modular Classroom Design/
Construction
American Modular Systems
Enviroplex, Inc.
Global Modular Incorporated
Mobile Modular Management Corp.
Modus Systems
PFIC
PreFast Buildings
Sprung Instant Structures
Swift Lee Office, Inc.
Music & Arts Equipment &
Materials
Sing2Learn
Occupational Health & Safety
Clark Seif Clark, Inc.
Office Supplies & Equipment
Leasing
Staples Advantage
Parent Education & Resources
Character First
Rasa Tabula
SchoolReach - Instant Parent Contact
The Lunchmaster
Reports & Public Information
Robotics
Aldebaran Robotics
Technology
School & Band Uniforms
Promotion & Beyond
Special Education Services
Learning Materials
Keytec, Inc.
PCI Education
PresenceLearning
Rocket Math
The Aptus Group
Advanced Academics
CHARACTER COUNTS!
CK-12 Foundation
DynEd International
Education2020
Frey Scientific
Frog Publications
Lightspeed Systems
Peace Hill Press
Peoples Education
Rocket Math
Sing2Learn
Whaley Gradebook Co., Inc.
Staffing/Professional
Development
blendedschools.net
CHARACTER COUNTS!
Character First
Classroom
Helios Tech
Jet Evaluations
PresenceLearning
Project Optimal
SchoolSpring.com
SOS Personnel
Teachers on Reserve
Zaner-Bloser
Strategic Planning
HMC Architects
Technology
V&C Solutions
Teaching Aids/Educational
School Security & Student Safety
AED Authority
Lightspeed Systems
MyStudentsProgress
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TriNet
1100 San Leandro Blvd Suite 300
San Leandro, CA 94577
Telephone: (888) 874-6388
Web: www.trinet.com
TriNet delivers HR outsourcing services that allow growing companies to do what they do best. Small to medium-sized
businesses in technology, financial services, non-profits, and professional services use TriNet’s all-in-one solution for
human resources, benefits, payroll, workers’ compensation, and strategic human capital services.
technology Sponsor
Google Chrome
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
Telephone: (415) 814-0284
Web: www.google.com/education
Google provides a wide array of innovative products and tools to transform teaching and learning. Google’s
Chromebooks for Education offer intuitive, easy-to-manage and simple-to-scale netbook computers designed to power
learning while delivering the power of the web. Google Apps for Education provides powerful online collaboration tools
for teachers and students. Google supports teachers in their efforts to empower students and expand the frontiers of
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Booth 801
1010 NW Flanders Street, Suite 202
Portland, OR 97209
Telephone: (855) 972-0187
Fax: (310) 294-8101
Web: www.charterschoolcapital.org
Charter School Capital (CSC) provides reliable and cost-effective financing solutions so charter schools can focus on
their mission – educating children. CSC has continuing relationships with more than 200 charter schools from start-ups
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Booth 807
Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP
701 University Avenue, Suite 150
Telephone: (916) 646-1400
Fax: (916) 646-1300
Web: www.mymcharterlaw.com
Middleton, Young & Minney LLP is proud to be California’s most experienced, knowledgeable and respected firm
working in the unique area of charter school law. As a leader in charter school representation since the passage of
California’s Charter Schools Act of 1992, MYM offers expertise in every facet of charter school creation, expansion
and operation including charter petitions and negotiations, MOUs, nonprofit incorporation, employment law, board
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results for our clients, hiring only the most qualified, experienced legal professionals who listen carefully and provide an
honest assessment of your situation. While our goal is to prevent disputes and resolve conflicts before they escalate
into litigation, we have successfully litigated numerous charter school matters. We formulate legal strategies that best
fit your goals and objectives and implement them aggressively at a fair, competitive price. With experience representing
more than 500 charter schools, statewide organizations and public agencies of every size throughout California, we use
our expertise to solve your existing challenges and prevent future challenges. Our philosophy is simple: Deliver value,
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Booth 810
43438 Business Park Drive
Temecula, CA 92590
Telephone: (951) 694-3050
Web: www.csmci.com
CSMC offers comprehensive back office, bookkeeping, HR, payroll, compliance, and operational services for Charter
Schools. Beginning with the planning stages of developing a charter, to the operating plan of an established school,
CSMC can offer you the service, expertise, and efficiency needed in any stage of developing a successful school.
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Booth 710
RBC Capital Markets
2398 East Camelback Road, Suite 700
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Telephone: (602) 381-5334
Fax: (602) 381-5380
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welcome reception sponsor
Booth 700
California Charter Schools Association Employee Welfare Benefit Trust
(CCSA EWBT)
1107 9th Street, Suite 200
Telephone: (888) 392-3928 (EWBT)
Fax: (855) 392-3939
Web: www.charterhealthtrust.org
The California Charter Schools Association Employee Welfare Benefit Trust (CCSA EWBT), offers charter schools
exclusive access to quality affordable health insurance and benefits. Our program allows charter schools the freedom
to design employee benefits packages that will attract and retain quality staff, reduce the administrative burden, and
address the financial barriers to premier health insurance.
Booth 702
California Charter Schools Association Joint Powers Authority (CCSA JPA)
Telephone: (805) 234-2991
Fax: (530) 236-9569
Web: www.insurance.calcharters.org
The CCSA JPA is an insurance packaged program designed specifically for California charter schools that offers
broader coverage, higher limits, and rate stability over time. The JPA provides coverage for workers’ compensation,
general liability, school board, crime, business, auto, property, employment practice liability, and student accident
insurance. Our mission is to support members in operating safe high-quality charter schools. Charter school members
receive free risk management consultations and human resources services to help them prevent hazards, reduce
student and employee injuries, and assist charter schools in cultivating a safety culture.
Booth 716
EdTec Inc.
1410A 62nd Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
Telephone: (510) 663-3500 x320
Fax: (510) 663-3503
Web: www.edtec.com
EdTec is a social venture founded in 2001 to develop, support and advance quality charter schools. We have provided
unparalleled expertise and support to over 250 charter schools across a comprehensive range of services including:
• Charter Petition and Budget Development
• Back-Office Business Services
• Board Governance & Strategic Planning Consulting
• PowerSchool and DataDirector Support
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tuesday general session sponsor
Booth 805
Piper Jaffray & Co.
800 Nicollet Mall - J13N01
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Telephone: (612) 303-1776
Fax: (612) 303-6966
Web: www.piperjaffray.com
Piper Jaffray is a national leader in charter school finance and has long been a leader in California public finance with
offices in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Orange County. Piper Jaffray successfully arranged financing for
more charter schools in 2011 than any other investment banking firm. We help our clients achieve their strategic objectives
through our in-depth charter school industry knowledge, comprehensive investment banking, debt structuring, trading
expertise and strong distribution channels. Our focus is not simply the execution of the transaction at hand, but rather the
delivery of superior client service and the establishment of enduring, long-term relationships.
wednesday general session/keynote sponsor
Booth 817
NobleHour
PO Box 2100
Lakeland, FL 33806
Telephone: (773) 916-6253
Web: www.noblehour.com
NobleHour helps you connect and share with your world. It’s an online community platform that lets you connect,
contribute, communicate, and track and measure impact within your offline community. Tailored for education, nonprofits, businesses, and municipalities, NobleHour offers powerful membership management, content management, event
management, job tracking, and impact measurement solutions that help promote civic engagement. Members can create
and join groups, contribute and share content, post and view volunteer and job opportunities, or check out a calendar of
events in the area. Volunteers and workers can easily track hours and submit for verification with one click. Educators and
managers can instantly generate reports that show involvement and impact. Online communities can also connect with
each other using NobleHour’s Affiliations feature, which lets online communities to join together to share member data and
reporting. Join the next generation of online communities with NobleHour.com.
happy hour sponsor
Booth 706
DriversEd.com
283 4th St Suite 301
Oakland, CA 94607
Telephone: (888) 651-AUTO (2886) x733
Fax: (510) 433-0230
Web: www.driversed.com
DriversEd.com is the 30 hour required drivers ed course for teens seeking their learner permit – All Online! Provide our
interactive course to your students at a special charter school rate! Charter schools enjoy a 25% discount off our original
$99.00 course, making our effective, high-quality course only $74.25 per student. Enjoy a deeper 40% discount when you
purchase in bulk of 100 courses, which never expire for only $60.00 per student. Monitoring and administrative tools, along
with 24/7 customer support is included. Help make California roads a safer place and let your teens learn with the bestDriversEd.com. Contact [email protected] or 1-888-651 AUTO x 733 to for a free trial today!
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cyber café sponsor
Booth 717
The Miller Institute for
Learning with Technology
751 Laurel Street, Suite 411
San Carlos, CA 94070
Telephone: (650) 598-0105 x203
Web: www.learningtech.org
The Miller Institute for Learning with Technology [Learningtech.org] is a 501(c)(3) California nonprofit, public benefit
corporation. Our mission is to help people use technology more effectively for learning.
We have been successfully helping schools implement technology throughout California for over a decade. In recent
years, we have expanded our activities to Arizona, Louisiana, and Hawaii. Since we do not sell any hardware or
software, our advice on purchasing and vendor selection is completely unbiased.
Learningtech.org provides technology consulting services to schools, non-profits, and learners of all ages. Our services
include: technology plan development and implementation, helping schools get funding for technology services
(E-Rate, EETT, Vouchers), network design and implementation (configuring, administering, and troubleshooting
networks, routers and servers), computer lab setups, PowerSchool training/support, workstation ghosting/cloning,
professional development workshops, student enrichment workshops particularly focused on Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics [STEM].
cyber café sponsor
4800 Manzanita Avenue
Carmichael, CA 95608
Telephone: (877) 971-7037
Fax: (916) 971-5590
Web: www.viedu.org
Visions In Education is a premier Charter within San Juan School District school providing K-12 nonclassroom-based
learning environments to students within nine counties (Amador, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Placer, San Joaquin, Solano,
Sutter, and Yolo). Chartered in 1998, Visions In Education is fully WASC accredited.
The Visions In Education provides two learning academies and a Online Pilot program; Home School K-12, Independent
Study 9-12 and our new EDGE Online High School. Our credentialed teachers work with students and their families
to create Individualized Learning Plans structured to student success, with real-life learning experiences, curriculum
appropriate to the California state content standards and tools to monitor student achievement. In addition, VIE
provides access to technology, classes, field trips, seminars and group activities to provide additional opportunities to
network and build relationships with other families in our program.
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cyber café sponsor
Google Chrome
Telephone: (415) 814-0284
human knowledge.
wednesday Evening Event sponsor
Booth 811
Revolution K12
710 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 501
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Telephone: (310) 210-4547
Web: www.revolutionk12.com
Revolution K12 is a leading education technology company with a proven track record of producing rapid and dramatic
improvement in students’ academic performance through our web-based adaptive learning software. We significantly
impact students’ lives by partnering with thousands of secondary schools to create a pathway to college and provide
career readiness for all students, thereby boosting proficiency rates and closing the achievement gap.
We offer a platform that integrates assessment and instruction for Algebra Readiness, Algebra I, Geometry, ELA, and
CAHSEE prep. Our programs lead to building capacity within school staff by giving teachers prescriptive and diagnostic
tools which identify skill gaps by scaffolding back to fundamental concepts. Real-time standards-based reports
empower teachers to utilize instructional tools to drive differentiated instruction, while optimizing teacher resources. We
collaborate with leading teachers and districts to fine-tune our programs, ensuring we remain cutting edge and meet
the needs of all students and communities.
tuesday lunch sponsor
Booth 601
1918 Riverside Drive
Telephone: (323) 662-7200
Fax: (323) 375-1414
Web: www.dickersonbenefits.com
Dickerson provides employee benefits, consulting, and insurance as well as a full range of services for property and
casualty customers.
tuesday lunch sponsor
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Booth 921
PresenceLearning
480 2nd Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94107
Telephone: (415) 512-9000
Web: www.presencelearning.com
PresenceLearning (www.presencelearning.com) is the leading provider of live online speech therapy services (also
known as telepractice) for K-12 students. The company offers school districts web-based access to a growing,
nationwide network of over 130 highly qualified speech language pathologists (SLPs) via live videoconferencing using
the latest in evidence-based practices. PresenceLearning delivers large cost savings while improving student IEP
outcomes. PresenceLearning is an ASHA-approved continuing education provider for SLPs and a U.S. Department of
Education grant-winner, dedicated to bringing the highest clinical standards to telepractice.
wednesday lunch sponsor
Booth 1224
Ziegler
250 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1900
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Telephone: (800) 558-1776
Fax: (414) 978-6575
Web: www.zieglerloan.com
Since our first financing in 1913, Ziegler has become a recognized leader in providing financing to religious and
educational institutions throughout the U.S. Focusing on multidenominational places of worship, K-12 private schools,
charter schools and small colleges, Ziegler offers long-term, fixed-rate financing, tax-exempt financing and short-term,
variable rate financing.
tuesday coffee cart sponsor
Arthur J. Gallagher
15 Enterprise
Aliso Virjo, CA 92618
Telephone: (949) 349-9871
Fax: (949) 349-9971
Web: www.ajg.com
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is the world’s 4th largest insurance brokerage and risk management services firm. We provide
a full range of property/casualty and employee benefits services to public entity clients of all sizes.
tuesday coffee cart sponsor
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Booth 702
California Charter Schools Association Joint Powers Authority (CCSA JPA)
Telephone: (805) 234-2991
Fax: (530) 236-9569
The CCSA JPA is an insurance packaged program designed specifically for California charter schools that offers broader
coverage, higher limits, and rate stability over time. The JPA provides coverage for workers’ compensation, general
liability, school board, crime, business, auto, property, employment practice liability, and student accident insurance. Our
mission is to support members in operating safe high-quality charter schools. Charter school members receive free risk
management consultations and human resources services to help them prevent hazards, reduce student and employee
injuries, and assist charter schools in cultivating a safety culture.
Tuesday coffee cart sponsor
Booth 713
MAT@USC - Rossier School
of Education
1150 S. Olive Street, Suite 2050
Telephone: (240) 487-3085
Web: mat.usc.edu
USC’s Rossier School of Education, ranked #14 among graduate schools of education by U.S. News & World Report, reimagined the Master of Arts in Teaching program. The trailblazing curriculum integrates rich, interactive online learning with
intensive, school-based fieldwork experiences, no matter where students live. The MAT@USC is for aspiring teachers and
current educators.
wednesday coffee cart sponsor
Booth 702
California Charter Schools Association Joint Powers Authority (CCSA t)
Telephone: (805) 234-2991
Fax: (530) 236-9569
The CCSA JPA is an insurance packaged program designed specifically for California charter schools that offers broader
coverage, higher limits, and rate stability over time. The JPA provides coverage for workers’ compensation, general
liability, school board, crime, business, auto, property, employment practice liability, and student accident insurance. Our
mission is to support members in operating safe high-quality charter schools. Charter school members receive free risk
management consultations and human resources services to help them prevent hazards, reduce student and employee
injuries, and assist charter schools in cultivating a safety culture.
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Blended Learning/Technology Expo Sponsor
Google Chrome
Telephone: (415) 814-0284
human knowledge.
teacher expo sponsor
Booth 712
Project Optimal
1210 G Mission Drive
Solvang, CA 93463
Telephone: (818) 991-3641
Web: projectoptimal.com
Project Optimal™ offers CTC approved online Added Authorization Programs, including Autism Spectrum Disorders
and Traumatic Brain Injury. Project Optimal™ provides affordable, accessible, and credible education programs for
California Education Specialist credential holders needing to add expertise in the areas of special education that were
not part of their original credential authorization. The Programs are offered exclusively online, are self paced (no waiting
for cohorts), and designed for successful learning outcomes.
Additional Added Authorization Programs launching Winter 2012 include ECSE, APE, and ED (pre-registration is
currently available). For more information, visit projectoptimal.com.
facilities and operations expo sponsor
Booth 600
210 University Boulevard Suite 900
Denver, CO 80206
Telephone: (303) 270-6340
Fax: (303) 270-6339
Web: www.rwbaird.com
Baird is proud to partner with charter schools in California and nationwide, creating innovative solutions and addressing
challenges in facilities and capital project funding. Baird’s national Charter School Facilities Financing team has assisted
charter schools and CMO’s on over 70 charter school financings, obtaining $800 million in funding for construction,
land purchase, renovations, and other capital projects. These financings have been accomplished utilizing bond issues,
New Markets Tax Credits, and other long-term financing sources. Baird celebrates charter school successes in this
challenging environment, enabling continuation and expansion for important work in educating our future generations.
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Tuesdsay breakfast voucher sponsor
Booth 815
LIMOTTA IT
320 Alisal Road, Suite 101
Solvang, CA 93463
Telephone: (805) 697-1601
Web: http://www.limottait.com
As a sponsor for the CA CSC, we have personally taken it upon ourselves to create several massively cost effective IT solutions
for School Administrators.
Please stop by the sponsor circle and we will either lay out our cards on the spot, or even better, set up a 19 minute follow up call
to show you three significant actionable methods to stretch your already stressed IT budget.
In three minutes we’ll have you on your way to a much better understanding of the valuable alternatives that can save your IT
budget and help increase student achievement. We also promise to add tremendous value in a brief conversation.
tuesday breakfast voucher sponsor
Booth 814
Modus Systems
109 Vine Hill School Road
Scotts Valley, CA 95066
Telephone: (831) 438-2763
Web: modussystemsinc.com
Modus Systems, Inc., with over 30 years of design construction experience, is the innovation leader and benchmark builder
of DSA Pre-Approved gymnasiums, multi-purpose rooms and classrooms for California school districts and Charter Schools.
Unique to Modus is a building strategy called, Modular Expandability™, meaning all of our designs are flexible and can be
configured to meet the unique design needs of the schools we build for. This enables Modus to build custom designed gyms at
less than custom designed prices. We use renewable materials and are totally committed to the principles of eco-friendliness.
wednesday breakfast voucher sponsor
Booth 611
17855 Dallas Parkway, Suite 400
Dallas, TX 75287
Telephone: (559) 324-8101
Web: www.cambiumlearning.com
Cambium Learning Group, Inc. operates three business units: Voyager, a comprehensive intervention business; Sopris, a
supplemental solutions business; and Cambium Learning Technologies, which includes ExploreLearning, IntelliTools, Kurzweil
and Learning A-Z. Through its core divisions, Cambium Learning Group, Inc. provides research-based education solutions for
students in Pre-K through 12th grade.
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wednesday breakfast voucher sponsor
Booth 813
CDW-G
120 South Riverside Plaza
Chicago, IL 60606
Telephone: (408) 335-3207
Web: www.cdw.com
CDW is a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government, education and healthcare in the US and Canada.
We’re a 6,000-plus-member team with dedicated solution architects who help customers choose the right technology products
and services to best meet their unique needs. We offer expertise in designing customized solutions.
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Booth 335
Booth 429
Adaptive Curriculum
P.O. Box 77605
Corona, CA 92877
Telephone: (951) 603-0955
Web: www.3deducationalsolutions.com
1475 N. Scottsdale Rd, Suite 120
Scottsdale, AZ 85257
Telephone: (480) 874-5500
Fax: (480) 874-7743
Web: www.adaptivecurriculum.com
Provides research based, sequenced materials
useful for teaching literacy skills to high school
English language learners and struggling
students. Workshops provide teacher training.
Booth 228
PO Box 99790
Seattle, WA 98139
Telephone: (503) 784-9961
Web: www.accelerate-ed.com
Accelerate Education provides Online Courses,
Credit Recovery Courses, Independent Study
Courses, Blended Learning Objects, Digital
Curriculum, Mobility Enabled Systems and
Tools to increase educational opportunities and
achievement to students and teachers in grades
K-12. In addition to curriculum, we also offer
hosting, instruction and training for schools.
Adaptive Curriculum’s (AC) award winning
instructional solution builds middle and high
school math and science mastery through
dynamic, interactive learning with real time
feedback and assessment. AC has hundreds
of standards aligned digital Activity Objects
which are created to engage today’s digital age
learners.
Booth 635
Advanced Academics V
1 East Sheridan, Suite 500
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Telephone: (405) 512-6360
Fax: (405) 239-1911
Web: www.AdvancedAcademics.com
Advanced Academics will display its latest
products.
Aesop, allows schools to accurately capture
employee time via a web clock and electronic
timesheets.
Booth 1029
AIM Education-Sunburst Visual MediaLearn360
1000 Woodbury Road LL1
Woodbury, NY 11797
Telephone: (888) 367-6368
Fax: (516) 349-7611
Web: www.learn360.com
Learn360 is an interactive media-on-demand
service for the K-12 educational market that
provides educators and students the power
to meet and exceed 21st century educational
expectations across all curriculums. Through
streaming video, audio and accompanying
support materials, Learn360 supports
web-based learning by providing an online
collaborative environment.
Booth 320
Aldebaran Robotics
374 Congress St
Boston, MA 02210
Telephone: (617) 964-0398
Web: www.aldebaran-robotics.com
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Booth 610
Accelify, LLC V
AED Authority
1039 46th Street, 3rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11219
Telephone: (347) 532-3209
Fax: (347) 295-2466
Web: www.accelify.com
5510 Parmalee Gulch Road Suite 200
PO Box 328
Indian Hills, CO 80454
Telephone: (888) 970-7799 x20
Web: www.aedauthority.com
Aldebaran Robotics produces NAO, a 22 inch
tall humanoid robot for education that can see,
hear, speak, move, walk and even dance or play
soccer! NAO comes with a full software suite
and STEM curriculum.
Accelify, LLC will display its latest products.
AED Authority is a service provider of Automated
External Defibrillator (AED) and management
programs. Through AED Concierge we assure
your organization has an AED program in place
that meets your needs, legal requirements and
assures you are in full compliance and most
importantly, is ready to save a life.
Booth 405
Booth 310
135 South Rosemead Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
Telephone: (916) 447-0762
Fax: (626) 744-5355
Web: www.actionlearningsystems.com
Action Learning Systems was founded in 1995
to address three core beliefs: all students can
succeed, success breeds success, and we
control the conditions for success. ALS is a
comprehensive professional development
company designed to help schools meet their
ultimate goal of increasing student achievement
and closing the achievement gap.
Booth 1231
397 Eagleview Blvd.
Exton, PA 19341
Telephone: (866) 574-9169
Web: www.aesopeducation.com
Aesop is the leading provider of automated
substitute placement and absence management
for charter schools. Through Software-as-aService, Aesop automates sub-calling with no
hardware or software at the school. VeriTime,
the Time & Attendance product integrated with
ALEKS Corporation
15460 Laguna Canyon Road
Irvine, CA 92618
Telephone: (714) 245-7191 ext. 193
Web: www.aleks.com
ALEKS Corporation will display its latest
products.
Booth 1000
One Beach Street, Suite 100
Telephone: (415) 955-2087
Fax: (415) 955-2179
Web: www.alliant.edu
The Hufstedler School at Alliant International
University prepare our graduates to teach, lead,
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and counsel with a keen understanding of the
diversity and international backgrounds of the
students, schools, colleges, and universities
they serve. We offer programs in Teacher
Education and Leadership, TESOL, and School
Psychology.
Booth 729
American Modular Systems V
787 Spreckels Avenue
Manteca, CA 95336
Telephone: (209) 825-1921
Fax: (209) 825-7018
Web: www.gen7schools.com
American Modular Systems is one of the nation’s
leading modular manufacturers. Dedicated
to delivering healthy schools AMS launched
Gen7® in 2009 offering state-of-the-art green
classroom environments. Gen7® incorporates
the cleanest building materials available and the
latest technological advancements to provide
a complete green solution. To learn more visit
Booth 729.
Booth 917
American Virtual Academy V
2471 N. Arizona Ave.
Chandler, AZ 85225
Telephone: (877) 807-0625
Web: www.avalearning.com
American Virtual Academy offers a full suite
of technology and curriculum to address the
various demands of online education. With over
10 years of experience, AVA now offers a turnkey
online solution (FlipSwitch), teacher training/
professional development, and consulting
services.
Booth 230
Assessment Technology Incorporated V
6700 East Speedway Boulevard
Tucson, AZ 85710
Telephone: (877) 442-5453
Web: www.ati-online.com
Galileo K-12 Online from Assessment
Technology Incorporated is a fully integrated,
standards-based Instructional Improvement
System, providing comprehensive assessment
and instructional tools. State standards are built
in and ready for use, as Common Core State
Standards will be as they receive state adoption.
Booth 816
Booth 1030
Boss Graphics Wall Murals
27405 Puerta Real, Suite 230
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
Telephone: (800) 704-7799
Web: www.aaeteachers.org
2668-A Honolulu Avenue
Montrose, CA 91020
Telephone: (818) 248-7066
Fax: (626) 398-5123
Web: www.bossgraphics.com
AAE is the largest national non-union
professional teachers association, advancing
the profession and promoting excellence in
education. CCSA has partnered with AAE
to provide $2 million in professional liability
insurance and employee rights coverage through
the Charter Employee Services (CES) program.
Email [email protected] for more
information.
Booth 624
Booth 1034
P.O. Box 10624
Baltimore, MD 21285
Telephone: (410) 337-9580 ext. 175
Web: www.brookespublishing.com
9171 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 500
San Diego, CA 92122
Telephone: (858) 587-7161
Fax: (858) 909-9765
Web: www.barneyandbarney.com
Brookes Publishing Co. publishes resources for
early childhood, early intervention, inclusive and
special education, developmental disabilities,
learning disabilities, communication and
language, behavior, and mental health.
Whether you run a multi-national corporation or
need group benefits for your business, Barney
& Barney has the insurance solution for you.
We have been providing premier insurance, risk
management and employee benefits solutions
since 1909. With offices in San Diego, Orange
County and the Bay Area, we offer a full range of
services and coverages.
Booth 500
Booth 517
12345 Ventura Blvd. Suite H
Studio City, CA 91604
Telephone: (805) 907-5776
Blackwell Construction Inc.is a construction/
development company building projects mainly
in the state of California, but do travel to other
states. Over the past six years we have built over
20- new charter schools, and are proud to be
associated with this association.
Booth 902
blendedschools.net
2527 US Highway 522 South
McVeytown, PA 17051
Telephone: (814) 542-2501 ext. 181
Web: www.blendedschools.net
blendedschools.net will display its latest
products.
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Boss Graphics Wall Murals will display its latest
products.
120 MORC
Provo, UT 84602
Telephone: (801) 422-4787
Fax: (801) 422-0102
Web: www.elearn.byu.edu
BYU Independent Study offers over 500 high
school, middle school and university distance
learning courses that can help students make
up credit, graduate on time, enhance their
curriculum, or earn university credit. Students
can sign up anytime and work at their own pace.
We can help all students receive a high-quality,
affordable education.
Booth 700
EWBT) S V
Telephone: (888) 392-3928 (EWBT)
Fax: (855) 392-3939
Web: www.charterhealthtrust.org
The California Charter Schools Association
Employee Welfare Benefit Trust (CCSA EWBT),
offers charter schools exclusive access to
quality affordable health insurance and benefits.
Our program allows charter schools the freedom
to design employee benefits packages that
will attract and retain quality staff, reduce the
administrative burden, and address the financial
barriers to premier health insurance.
tools and services, including Calaxy, Brokers
of Expertise, CaliQity, MyTechDesk, K20Video
and more... Take advantage of these FREE
resources! For more information, visit: www.
k12hsn.org
Booth 1035
1100 H Street
Modesto, CA 95354
Telephone: (209) 238-1425
Web: www.clrn.org
The California Learning Resource Network
(CLRN) provides a guide to standards-aligned
electronic learning resources and assessments
for students, teachers, administrators, and
parents. CLRN is a free statewide service
funded by the California Department of
Education.
Booth 702
Joint Powers Authority (CCSA JPA) S V
Booth 519
Telephone: (805) 234-2991
Fax: (530) 236-9569
P.O. Box 15275 MS 44
Sacramento, CA 95851-0275
Telephone: (888) 394-2060
Fax: (916) 414-1012
Web: www.pension2.com
The CCSA JPA is an insurance packaged
program designed specifically for California
charter schools that offers broader coverage,
higher limits, and rate stability over time.
The JPA provides coverage for workers’
compensation, general liability, school board,
crime, business, auto, property, employment
practice liability, and student accident insurance.
Our mission is to support members in operating
safe high-quality charter schools. Charter
school members receive free risk management
consultations and human resources services to
help them prevent hazards, reduce student and
employee injuries, and assist charter schools in
cultivating a safety culture.
Booth 731
California K-12 High Speed Network
(K12HSN)
1398 Sperber Road
El Centro, CA 92243
Telephone: (760) 312-6512
Fax: (760) 312-6518
Web: www.k12hsn.org
CalSTRS
CalSTRS provides defined contribution
programs such as Pension2, a 403b and
457 product, CalSTRS 403bComply, a
403b compliance administration service,
403bCompare, and our Information Portal to
access information regarding your districts 403b
and 457 plans.
Booth 611
Cambium Learning Group, Inc. S
17855 Dallas Parkway, Suite 400
Dallas, TX 75287
Telephone: (559) 324-8101
Web: www.cambiumlearning.com
Cambium Learning Group, Inc. operates three
business units: Voyager, a comprehensive
intervention business; Sopris, a supplemental
solutions business; and Cambium Learning
Technologies, which includes ExploreLearning,
IntelliTools, Kurzweil and Learning A-Z. Through
its core divisions, Cambium Learning Group, Inc.
provides research-based education solutions for
students in Pre-K through 12th grade.
Booth 333
CCS Presentation Systems, Inc.
3331 Jack Northrop Avenue
Hawthorne, CA 90250
Telephone: (424) 675-2600 ext. 222
Web: www.ccsprojects.com/ca
CCS Presentation Systems, Inc is a leader in
audio/video sales, installation and integration.
We specialize in projectors, screens, interactive
whiteboards, audio & response systems. In
addition we provide professional development
training and more. With CCS you get the best of
everything: selection, price, manufacturers and
the best advice.
Booth 813
CDW-G S
120 South Riverside Plaza
Chicago, IL 60606
Telephone: (408) 335-3207
Web: www.cdw.com
CDW is a leading provider of technology
solutions for business, government, education
and healthcare in the US and Canada. We’re
a 6,000-plus-member team with dedicated
solution architects who help customers choose
the right technology products and services to
best meet their unique needs. We offer expertise
in designing customized solutions.
Booth 406
Center for Evaluation and Education
Policy
1900 East Tenth Street
Bloomington, IN 47406
Telephone: (812) 855-5870
Fax: (812) 856-5890
Web: www.ceep.indiana.edu
The Center for Evaluation & Education Policy,
located at a major research university, conducts
program evaluations for government agencies
and private organizations. CEEP evaluates
charter schools for the Indiana legislature,
NY State Education Department, Indianapolis
Mayor’s Office, and provides technical support
for the US Dept of Education’s charter school
evaluation.
The California K-12 High Speed Network
(K12HSN) is a statewide program funded
through the California Department of Education
(CDE). K12HSN provides teachers with FREE
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Booth 1100
Central Michigan University - Off-Campus
& Online Programs
802 Industrial Drive
Mount Pleasant, MI 48858
Telephone: (989) 774-7135
Web: www.cmich.edu/offcampus
As the number of charter schools increases,
leaders with knowledge of the special challenges
of charter school administration are in high
demand. Central Michigan University’s online
Master of Arts degree in Educational Leadership
with an emphasis in Charter School Leadership
will prepare you to fill this need.
Booth 1134
CEO Image Systems
340 North Main Street, Suite 203
Plymouth, MI 48170
Telephone: (800) 523-1066
Fax: (734) 354-8758
Web: www.ceoimage.com
CEO Image Systems provides a comprehensive
solution for scanning and paperless office”
that includes CEO-developed document
management software combined with
experienced staff training, technical support and
Fujitsu scanners. To learn how CEO can save
your school district time and money, contact us
at [email protected] or 800-523-1066.
Booth 513
CHARACTER COUNTS!
9841 Airport Blvd, Syite
Telephone: (310) 846-4800
Web: www.charactercounts.org
CHARACTER COUNTS!, based on Six Pillars
of Character: trustworthiness, respect,
responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship,
is the most widely implemented character
education framework in the nation. CHARACTER
COUNTS! is also a national coalition of schools,
communities and youth-service organizations
that supports educators and parents with high
quality training and resources.
Character First! Education curriculum provides
lessons that elementary and secondary teachers
can use to explain specific character qualities
to their students. The curriculum includes
Teacher’s Guides with stories, object lessons,
reading assignments, discussion questions
and other activities. Posters, Student Guides,
Character Cards and other support materials are
also available.
Booth 836
Charter Impact, Inc. V
16133 Ventura Blvd., Suite 700
Encino, CA 91436
Telephone: (888) 474-0322
Fax: (888) 562-9312
Web: www.charterimpact.com
Charter Impact’s value proposition differentiates
itself from the other providers in California, and
is based in our mission: To provide high quality
services at affordable prices. What does this
mean? Quite simply, you get the best service
possible, and you don’t destroy your budget for
it.
Booth 801
Charter School Capital, Inc. S V
1010 NW Flanders Street, Suite 202
Portland, OR 97209
Telephone: (855) 972-0187
Fax: (310) 294-8101
Web: www.charterschoolcapital.org
13800 Benson Road, Suite 206
Edmond, OK 73013
Telephone: (970) 776-4341
Web: www.characterfirst.com
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CharterWorks, Inc. V
6442 Coldwater Cyn Avenue, Suite 216
North Hollywood, CA 91606
Telephone: (818) 358-3463
Fax: (818) 358-3783
Web: www.cacharterworks.com
CharterWorks delivers highest-quality, efficient
back-office support services to California’s
charter schools. Developed and supported
by successful charter school operators,
CharterWorks removes the back-office burden
so that you can focus on student achievement.
Our services include all back-office accounting
processes, budget, cash flow, compliance, grant
support, training, charter school development,
etc.
Booth 133
2727 Camino Del Rio South, Suite 219
San Diego, CA 92108
Telephone: (619) 270-8222
Web: www.cwacpa.com/
Not-For-Profit Organizations
Nothing inspires us more than working with
our not-for-profit clients providing excellent
accounting, audit and tax services. CWA takes
care of business giving you time to further your
organization’s mission.
Booth 403
Charter School Capital (CSC) provides reliable
and cost-effective financing solutions so charter
schools can focus on their mission – educating
children. CSC has continuing relationships with
more than 200 charter schools from start-ups
to long-standing programs. If you are exploring
your financing options, see what CSC can do for
you today.
Booth 810
S V
43438 Business Park Drive
Temecula, CA 92590
Telephone: (951) 694-3050
Web: www.csmci.com
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Character First
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CSMC offers comprehensive back office,
bookkeeping, HR, payroll, compliance, and
operational services for Charter Schools.
Beginning with the planning stages of
developing a charter, to the operating plan of
an established school, CSMC can offer you the
service, expertise, and efficiency needed in any
stage of developing a successful school.
CK-12 Foundation
3430 West Bayshore Road, Suite 101
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Telephone: (650) 494-1302
Fax: (650) 494-1313
Web: www.ck12.org
CK-12 Foundation is a non-profit organization
that provides online, standards-aligned content
for K-12 students at no cost. Our products
include FlexBook® digital textbooks, an SAT
preparation site, and an interactive Algebra
curriculum, all of which can be customized and
matched exactly to the needs of the student,
educator, or school.
DELTA MANAGED SOLUTIONS
Fiscal Services
• ACCOUNTING
• BUDGETING
• ACCOUNTS PAYABLE/RECEIVABLE
Your Business Services Partner
Charter Specialists
We serve over 15,000 charter students
throughout California.
Human Resources
Easy Online Access
Purchasing & Procurement
We offer 24/7 ACCESS to your financial
information online, allowing you and your
Board to keep track of your school's
finances at all times.
• PAYROLL
• BENEFITS
• GENERAL HR
• PURCHASING
• RESEARCHING COST
• FIXED ASSET INVENTORY
MANAGEMENT
Student Information Oversight
• OVERSIGHT
• ADA REPORTING
• DATA TRACKING
Compliance Updates
We closely monitor all legal and legislative
changes that may affect your school's
finances on an ongoing basis, keeping you
informed of upcoming issues.
Delta Managed Solutions, llc
1451 River Park Drive, Suite 180
[email protected]
www.deltamanaged.com
voice: (916) 649-6461
fax: (916) 244-0307
Discover The DMS Difference!
www.charteradmin.com
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
June 19 – 22, 2012
The National Charter Schools Conference
is the largest gathering of charter school
leaders, educators and supporters from
across the country.
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Network with peers
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on instruction, leadership, governance, policy
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facing the future of charter schools and
public education
Advance registration ends May 31, 2012.
Visit PublicCharters.org/Conference for more information.
Come share what’s possible in the birthplace of the charter school movement!
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Booth 1302
Creative Bus Sales
PO Box 4299
Chatsworth, CA 91313
Telephone: (818) 727-2553
Web: www.csceng.com
13501 Benson Ave
Chino, CA 91710
Telephone: (909) 465-5528 ext. 176
Web: www.creativebussales.com
Clark Seif Clark’s (CSC) science, safety, and
engineering professionals have extensive
experience delivering a wide range of
environmental consulting and testing services,
with emphasis on indoor environmental quality
(IEQ). CSC’s services include initial investigations
and testing, industrial hygiene surveys, bid
management, project monitoring/oversight, post
remediation testing, litigation support, and more.
Creative Bus Sales is the nation’s largest bus
dealership, offering products from eleven of the
top commercial and school bus manufacturers.
Our extensive inventory includes CNG, Propane
& Hybrid buses to solve any transportation need.
In-house financing, service, and parts sales
make Creative your one stop buses shop.
Del Amo Construction is a general contracting
company founded in 1968 that offers a full range
of preconstruction and construction services.
We serve our clients as trusted builders and
collaborators, focusing on efficiently executing
the work with which we are entrusted. Our goal
is to get every detail of your project right.
Booth 602
Delta Managed Solutions V
1451 River Park Drive, Suite 180
Telephone: (916) 649-6461
Fax: (916) 244-0307
Web: www.charteradmin.com
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Booth 1334
CollegeSpring
145 Natoma Street, 3rd Floor
Telephone: (415) 230-0640
Web: www.collegespring.org
CollegeSpring, a 501c(3) not-for-profit
organization, provides the only SAT preparation
and college counseling program specifically
tailored to low-income high-school students.
CollegeSpring partners with schools to provide
an 80-hour curriculum over the summer months
or during the school year. Our students realize
an average SAT improvement of 200 points.
153 Rangeway Road
North Billerica, MA 01862
Telephone: (800) 225-0248
Web: www.curriculumassociates.com
Curriculum Associates produces best-in-class
educational materials, assessments, and online
tools that help educators effectively address the
diverse levels and needs of students in PreK–12
classrooms.
We specialize in affordable, research-based
standards preparation materials, online
intervention, supplemental reading and math
programs, and special education assessment
and instruction that help students succeed.
Booth 431
1233 Noonan Drive
Telephone: (916) 638-1145
Fax: (916) 391-3301
Web: www.cpm.org
CPM is a comprehensive, standards based
mathematics program for grades 6 through
calculus that provides professional development
workshops and individual mentoring so that
teachers can effectively implement problembased lessons in student-centered settings.
CPM also offers curriculum materials that are
based on the methods taught in the workshops.
CPM courses meet the 2010 Common Core
Standards.
Booth 1130
Davis Publications
50 Portland St.
Worcester, MA 01608
Telephone: (800) 533-2847
Web: www.davisart.com
Davis Publications, the leading publisher of K-12
art curriculum, offers two innovative, researchbased programs: oral vocabulary and music
composition. Both programs, along with our
art curriculum, raise the bar for ALL students
through engaging, standards-based, classroomtested curriculum.
Booth 307
Del Amo Construction, Inc.
23840 Madison Street
Torrance, CA 90505
Telephone: (310) 378-6203
Fax: (310) 378-4663
Web: www.delamoconstruction.com
DMS provides administrative and financing
solutions to California charter schools,
partnering to meet your school’s complex
operational and compliance hurdles. Our
professionals have over four decades of
experience in charter operation, municipal
finance, banking, and law. We currently serve
over 15,000 California charter school students
statewide.
Booth 232
Classroom
3805 Grand Avenue South
Telephone: (612) 822-3422
Web: www.originsline.org
The Developmental Designs™ approach (grades
5-9) offers practical strategies for increasing
student motivation, self-management, and
school-connectedness. Explore Developmental
Designs practices for integrated social-emotional
and academic learning through workshops,
support services, and publications. Origins, the
sole Developmental Designs provider, is also
the Midwest Regional Center for the Responsive
Classroom® approach.
Booth 601
Dickerson Employee Benefits S V
1918 Riverside Drive
Telephone: (323) 662-7200
Fax: (323) 375-1414
Web: www.dickersonbenefits.com
Dickerson provides employee benefits,
consulting, and insurance as well as a full range
of services for property and casualty customers.
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Booth 1300
Digital Edge Learning
DriverEdToGo.com
25884 Business Center Drive, Suite H
Redlands, CA 92374
Telephone: (909) 478-9595
Fax: (909) 478-9577
Web: www.digitaledgelearning.com
1620 26th Street, Suite 1000 N
Telephone: (310) 460-7189
Fax: (800) 519-3475
Web: www.driveredtogo.com
Digital Edge Learning will display its latest
products.
Booth 706
DirAction USA Inc
710 Lakeway Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
Telephone: (408) 457-1788
Web: www.diractionusa.com
DirAction is a global education reseller providing
transformational technology solutions to public,
private, and charter schools nationwide. Our
mission is to deliver the best and most innovative
learning tools to educators and students.
Booth 732
2 Lower Ragsdale Drive
Monterey, CA 93940
Telephone: (831) 333-5522
Web: www.discountschoolsupply.com
Discount School Supply (DSS), founded in 1985,
develops, manufactures, imports, and sells
products in 31 categories from arts and crafts
materials and school supplies to educational
toys and classroom furniture. As a leader in
the early childhood school supply market,
DSS mails several million catalogs a year, and
also maintains an e-commerce website, www.
DiscountSchoolSupply.com.
Booth 1003
PO Box 880408
San Diego, CA 92168
Telephone: (619) 298-3715
Fax: (619) 704-3538
Web: www.discoverybenefitsolutions.com
At Discovery Benefit Solutions we work hard
to help California Charter Schools negotiate,
implement and manage comprehensive, cost
effective benefit programs. Our approach is
to find creative benefit solutions that meet the
needs of employees and allow for more of your
budget dollars to be directed toward helping
students.
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Booth 1028
Eagle Software
DriversEd.com S
Booth 1201
provides introductions to career fields and the
soft skills necessary to get and keep a job.
Classes are offered in live web-conferencing or
by recorded on-demand. Classes available are
Workplace Essentials, Computer Office Skills,
Retail, construction trades and more.
283 4th St Suite 301
Oakland, CA 94607
Telephone: (888) 651-AUTO (2886) x733
Fax: (510) 433-0230
Web: www.driversed.com
DriversEd.com is the 30 hour required drivers ed
course for teens seeking their learner permit – All
Online! Provide our interactive course to your
students at a special charter school rate! Charter
schools enjoy a 25% discount off our original
$99.00 course, making our effective, high-quality
course only $74.25 per student. Enjoy a deeper
40% discount when you purchase in bulk of 100
courses, which never expire for only $60.00 per
student. Monitoring and administrative tools,
along with 24/7 customer support is included.
Help make California roads a safer place and
let your teens learn with the best- DriversEd.
com. Contact [email protected] or
1-888-651 AUTO x 733 to for a free trial today!
Booth 631
DynEd International
1350 Bayshore Highway, Suite 850
Burlingame, CA 94010
Telephone: (847) 516-2563
Web: www.dyned.com
DynEd is a multimedia English language learning
software, research-based multimedia ELL/ESL
courseware. DynEd’s neuroscientific approach
develops four language skills of listening,
speaking, reading and writing monitoring and
directing student’s progress, with extensive
teacher support for all levels pre-K through
adults. DynEd’s award-winning solutions help
learners achieve English proficiency.
Booth 612
e-Tech Academy
6166-B Enterprise Dr
Diamond Springs, CA 95619
Telephone: (530) 306-2008
Web: www.e-techacademy.org
e-Tech Academy – putting Vocational Education
back in your school, virtually. E-Tech Academy
1065 N. Pacificenter Drive, Suite 400
Anaheim, CA 92806
Telephone: (888) 487-7555
Fax: (714) 632-1567
Web: www.aeries.com
Eagle Software is the developer of California’s
premier student information system, Aeries.
Aeries is designed to support California K-12
environments. Aeries is CALPADS compliant
and aligned with California testing, required
attendance guidelines and reporting criteria.
Aeries is currently installed in over 530 California
school districts and education agencies.
Booth 1123
EDGE Development
27368 Via Industria, Suite 101
Temecula, CA 92590
Phone: (951) 296-0776
Fax: (951) 296-0775
Web: www.edge-dev.com
Founded in 1989, EDGE Development provides
comprehensive Construction Management,
Lease/Lease Back, Design/Build and General
Contracting services for a variety of public and
private projects. EDGE is currently ranked in the
both ENR Top 400 Contractors and ENR Top
Design/Builders nationwide, and Inc. 500 as one
of the Fastest Growing Companies.
Booth 911
Edlio
3000 South Robertson Blvd., Suite 288
Telephone: (310) 204-7300
Fax: (310) 204-7303
Web: www.edlio.com
Edlio will display its latest products.
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Booth 620
EdTec Inc. S V
EPS/School Specialty Literacy and
Intervention
Feddersen & Company, LLP, Certified
Public Accountants
PO Box 9031
Cambride, MA 02139-9039
Telephone: (800) 435-7728
Web: www.eps.schoolspecialty.com
5700 Corsa Avenue, Suite 100
Westlake Village, CA 91362
Telephone: (818) 707-4111
Fax: (818) 707-4110
Web: www.feddersencpa.com
1410A 62nd Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
Telephone: (510) 663-3500 ext. 320
Fax: (510) 663-3503
Web: www.edtec.com
EdTec is a social venture founded in 2001 to
develop, support and advance quality charter
schools. We have provided unparalleled
expertise and support to over 250 charter
schools across a comprehensive range of
services including:
• Charter Petition and Budget Development
• Back-Office Business Services
• Board Governance & Strategic Planning
Consulting
• PowerSchool and DataDirector Support
Booth 1332
Education2020
7303 E. Earll Drive
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Telephone: (480) 423-0118 ext. 1088
Web: www.education2020.com
Education2020 helps school districts provide
core and elective instruction in a virtual school
setting for students in grades 6-12. Our
courseware is aligned to state and national
standards and has helped students recover and
accrue credits for graduation and prepare for
state, end-of-course, and key standardized tests
since 1998.
Booth 337
Eduware, Inc.
24 Bellemeade Avenue
Smithtown, NY 11787
Telephone: (888) 338-9273
Web: www.eduware.com
Eduware, Inc. will display its latest products.
Booth 834
Enviroplex, Inc.
4777 E. Carpenter Road
Stockton, CA 95215
Telephone: (209) 922-0722
Web: www.enviroplex.com
Manufacturers of high performance modular
buildings
provides K-12 blended-media solutions that
engage students and help them progress to
grade level and beyond.
Our instructional tools deliver quality curricula
is effective for struggling student. Visit eps.
schoolspecialty.com or call 1-800-225-5750.
Feddersen & Company, Certified Public
Accountants has been serving Non-Profit
Organizations, Businesses and Individuals
for over fifty years. We serve the California
Charter School Community for their annual
audit requirements. Please contact us with
any questions. We pride ourselves on being
proactive and responsive to your needs.
Booth 1022
Epson America
3840 Kilroy Airport Way
Long Beach, CA 90806
Telephone: (415) 383-1635
Web: www.epson.com
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First Southwest Company V
Epson America is the leading projector
manufacturer worldwide.
1620 26th Street, Suite 230 South
Telephone: (214) 953-4081
Fax: (310) 401-8055
Web: www.firstsw.com
Booth 204
First Southwest Company will display its latest
products.
ETS
1600 K Street, Suite 4A
Telephone: (609) 683-2321
Fax: (916) 403-2462
Web: www.ets.org
Founded in 1947, ETS develops, administers
and scores more than 50 million tests annually
in more than 180 countries and at over 9,000
locations worldwide and conducts educational
research, analysis and policy studies.
Booth 1010
ExED V
11858 La Grange Ave, 2nd Floor
Telephone: (310) 394-1152
Web: www.exed.net
ExED is the premier, non-profit charter school
business choice for financial and operational
management, accounting, conversion, facility
financing, and start-up consulting. With 13
years of experience, we have provided school
development services, managed business
operations for hundreds of charter schools, and
established close relationships with civic leaders
and school districts.
Booth 402
Fleetwood
11832 James Street
Holland, MI 49424
Telephone: (888) 820-8254
Fax: (616) 396-8022
Web: www.fleetwoodfurniture.com
Fleetwood Group, Inc. has been a manufacturer
of high-quality furniture for the educational
market since 1955. Located in Holland,
Michigan, we are proud to state our products
are “Made in the USA”. Products include Storage
solutions, Classroom furniture, Media Center,
Administrative, Computer Tables, Science
Lab furniture and Music Equipment Storage
Casegoods.
Booth 1104
475 Central Ave. Ste. 400
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Telephone: (727) 388-4343
Web: www.focusschoolsoftware.com
Valor, Futuro, Endeavor, Capitol Collegiate,
Monterey Bay Charter School and Equitas
Academy use Focus/SIS for admissions,
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attendance, grades, report cards, scheduling
and more! The easy-to-use system is cost
effective and a great fit for both new and existing
charter schools in the Golden State. CALPADS
compliant!
Booth 1102
Frey Scientific
80 Northwest Blvd.
Nashua, NH 03063
Telephone: (503) 249-1770
Fax: (714) 481-4312
Web: www.freyscientific.schoolspecialty.com
Frey Scientific offers a complete line of lab
equipment, supplies, and technology products
for K-12 science classrooms and labs, including
Inquiry Investigation and software from Neo/SCI.
Booth 1210
Frog Publications
11820 Uradco Place, Suite 105
San Antonio, FL 33576
Telephone: (800) 777-3764
Fax: (352) 588-0863
Web: www.frog.com
Systematic reinforcement programs, IEP, RtI,
DI, terrific, ready-to-use learning centers, take
home parental involvement program, daily review
books, reading/language arts, math, critical
thinking and dual language!
Booth 1336
Fujitsu Computer Products of America,
Inc.
1250 E Arques Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
Telephone: (408) 746-7015
Web: www.us.fujitsu.com/fcpa
Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., is
an established leader in the document imaging
market, featuring state-of-the-art scanning
solutions and services. Its revolutionary
scanners deliver speed, image quality, paper
handling, as well as true ease of integration
and compatibility with an organization’s other
imaging applications
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Booth 530
GameDesk
2332 Cotner Ave, Suite 203
Telephone: (310) 444-7481
Web: www.gamedesk.org
GameDesk creates innovative, 21st Century
tools and programs. Developed out of USC,
GameDesk has been implementing its programs
in underperforming schools in L.A. for over two
years. GameDesk recently received a grant
from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to plan
a charter school based on their cutting-edge
work.
301 E Fourth St, 8th Floor
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Telephone: (513) 412-3170
Fax: (513) 412-5139
Web: www.gafri.com
Booth 515
Helios Tech V
Booth 937
GameTime Park & Playground Equipment
1030-B Railroad Avenue
Novato, CA 94947
Telephone: (800) 235-2440
Fax: (415) 899-9050
Web: www.gametime.com
Custom Designed Playgrounds, Site Amenities,
Bleachers, Shelters, Gazebos, Water Parks,
Skate Parks, Safety Surfacing, Play Trails
PO Box 3011
Cerritos, CA 90703
Telephone: (562) 805-9100
Fax: (800) 345-1947
Web: www.heliosedu.com
Are you tracking your teacher data in Excel?
Paper? Helios™ is a secure, online solution
for charters to track HR information, do state
reporting including CalPADS, and automate HR
tasks such as credential reminders and TB tests.
What’s more, it’s cost effective and easy to use.
Contact for free demo.
Booth 332
Global Modular Incorporated
1200 Airport Drive
Chowchilla, CA 93610
Telephone: (559) 665-5800
Fax: (559) 665-5700
Web: www.gdvi.net
At Global Modular, our goal is to satisfy our
customers’ space requirements for relocatable
or modular facilities in a timely/reputable manner.
As a full service provider of standard and/
or custom structures, we design, build and
install factory built modular structures that are
affordable, safe, durable and user friendly.
Booth 505
Hertz Furniture Systems V
95 McKee Drive
Mahwah, NJ 07430
Telephone: (800) 526-4677
Fax: (800) 842-9290
Web: www.hertzfurniture.com
HERTZ carries the furniture CA Charter Schools
need for classroom, cafeteria, office, music
room, library, locker room, stage & more, from
125+ vendors, all with added 25-year warranty.
Ask about our Green products. Free custom
furniture design. Free layout, design and
planning services on all projects, save time and
money.
Booth 521
GlobalScholar
1100 112th Avenue NE, Suite 100 South
Bellevue, WA 98004
Telephone: (970) 635-5526
Fax: (949) 639-7512
Web: www.globalscholar.com
GlobalScholar is comprised of the education
solution offerings of Scantron, GlobalScholar
and Spectrum K12. Our solutions empower
educators, parents and students throughout the
entire learning lifecycle, by providing educators
with the data and insights needed to advance
teacher effectiveness and student performance.
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We are a dedicated provider of retirement
annuities with more than 30 years of experience
serving schools.
Booth 828
900 Hitachi Way
Chula Vista, CA 91914
Telephone: (619) 591-5372
Web: www.hitachisolutions-us.com/starboard/
Hitachi Solutions’ commitment to 21st century
skills and learning is underscored with
StarBoard, a complete series of interactive
whiteboards, wireless tablets, document
cameras, plasma overlays, and LCD displays,
all driven by innovative software. Our promise is
to provide educators with reliable technology,
professional development, and curriculum
resources to make their job a little easier.
Booth 534
HMC Architects
3546 Concours Street
Ontario, CA 91764
Telephone: (909) 989-9979
Web: www.hmcarchitects.com
HMC/School Advisors is focused on creating
educational facilities that have a positive
impact on students. With eight offices located
throughout California, we are committed to
providing solutions in education, such as master
planning, architecture, interiors, sustainable
design, community engagement, and financial
planning. Contact our Practice Leader, John
Nichols at 909-989-9979.
Booth 511
Hosaka, Rotherham & Co. V
1011 Camino Del Rio South, Suite 410
San Diego, CA 92108
Telephone: (619) 543-9702
Fax: (619) 543-0116
Web: www.hrccpa.com
Hosaka, Rotherham & Company is a
professional accounting corporation
incorporated under the laws of California
with an office located in San Diego. Our firm
specializes in financial audits of charter schools,
school districts, not-for-profit organizations,
fire protection and water districts, American
Indian tribes/casinos, and other governmental
agencies.
Booth 913
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt V
5901 South Priestly Drive, Suite 170
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Telephone: (760) 688-1191
Fax: (760) 688-1193
Web: www.hmhpub.com
Millions of students worldwide benefit from
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s comprehensive,
innovative, and integrated global educational
products and solutions. We’re revolutionizing
learning with interactive features to create a
brand new dynamic educational environment.
We are the world’s largest provider of
curriculum, assessment, data management, and
professional development resources for the preK
to 12 communities.
Booth 301
infosnap, Inc.
4550 Montgomery Avenue, Suite 310 North
Bethesda, MD 20814
Telephone: (301) 907-7073
Fax: (301) 986-0330
Web: www.infosnap.com
infosnap is the only provider of custom Online
Registration Forms, with data delivery to
multiple databases, for PreK-12 charter schools.
See how other schools are simplifying their
expensive, time-consuming and error-prone
paper registration forms process by reducing the
time and expense of printing and handling paper
registrations.
Booth 617
Innovation Wireless
11869 Teale Street
Culver City, CA 90230
Telephone: (310) 612-9555
Web: www.innovationwireless.com
Innovation Wireless is a manufacturer and
marketer of Wireless Synchronized Time and
Bell Systems with over 30 years expertise as one
of the world’s largest designers and distributors
of clocks, clock parts and components.
Our technology will enable you to achieve a
synchronized environment at a fraction of the
cost associated with maintaining existing clock
systems.
Booth 900
Insight Education Group, Inc. V
16130 Ventura Blvd., Suite 300
Encino, CA 91436
Telephone: (818) 382-2200
Fax: (818) 385-0075
Web: www.insighteducationgroup.com
Insight Education Group, Inc. will display its
latest products.
Booth 1218
7012 Belgrave Avenue
Garden Grove, CA 92841
Telephone: (800) 506-6704
Web: www.insightsystemsonline.com
offers a 3 year advanced replacement warranty
on all desktops and laptops. Call now for your
FREE demo desktop or laptop.
Booth 1121
InSite Charter School Services V
5404 Wilshire Blvd Suite 242
Los Angeles, TX 90036
Telephone: (323) 274-2074
Fax: (775) 898-5649
Web: www.insitecss.com
InSite Charter School Services is a charterfocused real estate brokerage firm with offices in
Los Angeles, San Diego & Northern California.
We provide real estate services to new and
existing charter schools throughout California.
For many charters we are their real estate
department.
Booth 1233
Instructional Telecommunications
Foundation
20067 Bradley Way
Foresthill, CA 95631
Telephone: (916) 550-8084
Web: www.itfitv.org/
ITF/Mobile Citizen have been bringing
instructional programming to schools since their
inception. Working with schools is at our core,
and our latest offering provides your school,
teachers and administrators affordable access
to the internet. In addition, we offer no-cost
educational streaming video services.
Booth 525
IST, Inc. V
218 West Carmen Lane, Suite 208
Santa Maria, CA 93458
Telephone: (800) 980-0478
Web: www.ist.com
IST offers Hypernet for California Charter
Schools. Hypernet offers solutions for consistent
role-based support. We offer our customers
a complete package, including admissions,
resource planning and support for project-based
learning. Hypernet is CALPADS compliant and
provides users seamless administration of
data validations necessary to fulfill reporting
requirements.
Insight Systems Exchange offers low cost Dell,
IBM, HP and Apple computers, Ruckus Wireless
systems, brand name network and storage
hardware. Save 50% on computer and network
hardware with our off-lease program. Insight
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Lakeshore Learning Materials V
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore V
14297 Cajon Ave. Suite 102
Victorville, CA 92392
Telephone: (800) 995-0165
Fax: (760) 245-3246
Web: www.moneymatterstoteachers.com
2695 E Dominguez Street
Carson, CA 90895
Telephone: (310) 537-8600
Fax: (310) 900-2190
Web: www.lakeshorelearning.com
6033 West Century Blvd, Suite 500
Telephone: (310) 981-2000
Fax: (310) 337-0837
Web: www.lcwlegal.com
Jaramillo Financial Services is committed to
helping education professionals become better
leaders by helping them build a better financial
foundation. With no additional out of pocket
outlay we will help them develop three sources
of retirement beyond CalSTRS and help them to
maximize their CalSTRS retirement.
Lakeshore Learning Materials is one of the
premier innovators of K–6 products for the
classroom—including interactive software that
gets students excited about math, language
and science. Designed to meet the needs of
students and teachers, our materials align to
Common Core standards and promote learning
across the curriculum.
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore provides an array of
services: policy development, personnel rules,
student issues, labor relations, business and
construction, litigation assistance and training.
We have extensive experience navigating state
and federal education and employment laws.
We are experts in labor relations including union
organizing issues and labor negotiations.
Booth 213
Jet Evaluations
3439 NE Sandy Blvd, Suite 359
Portland, OR 97232
Telephone: (888) 488-4854
Web: www.rocketmath.net
JET Educator Evaluations™ is the latest product
from R and D Instructional Solutions (also the
home of Rocket Math). This web-based educator
evaluation system is the revolutionary way to do
teacher and principal evaluations. JET Educator
Evaluations™ create the best, fastest, easiest,
fairest, and most effective evaluations possible.
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Booth 1222
LearnBoost
Lightspeed Systems
300 Brannan St, Suite 409
Telephone: (678) 923-7377
Web: www.learnboost.com/
1800 19th Street
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Telephone: (661) 431-1668
Web: www.lightspeedsystems.com
LearnBoost empowers educators with free
administrative software for schools and
classrooms. Track grades online, create and
manage lesson plans, generate beautiful reports
and analytics, share progress with parents and
students, and much more while integrating with
Google Apps. Available in +12 languages and
used by schools in over 20 countries.
Lightspeed Systems Inc., founded in 1999,
develops comprehensive network security and
management solutions for the education market.
We are committed to helping schools of all sizes
operate their networks effectively and efficiently,
so educators can provide safe online teaching
and learning environments.
Booth 925
JTS Modular, Inc. V
7001 McDivitt Drive
Bakersfield, CA 93313
Telephone: (661) 835-9270
Web: www.jtsmodular.com
JTS Modular, Inc. will display its latest products.
Booth 233
Keytec, Inc.
520 Shepherd Drive
Garland, TX 75042
Telephone: (972) 272-7555
Web: www.magictouch.com
KEYTEC is a global leader of touch interactive
technology since 1987. We can convert any
standard monitors, TV displays, projection
screens, or even white walls up to 103” into
digital touch interactive surfaces. We also
specialize in designing custom touch screens
and providing custom interactive solutions for
many special applications.
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Booth 933
1660 West Gordon Avenue
Layton, UT 84041
Telephone: (801) 497-0050
Web: www.learningwrapups.com
Publishers of supplemental materials for Reading
and Math. Perfect for entire classrooms, small
group or individual instruction. All products have
are correlated to common-core stands and have
unique self-correcting features. Brands include
Learning Wrap ups and Learning Palette.
LIMOTTA IT S
320 Alisal Road, Suite 101
Solvang, CA 93463
Telephone: (805) 697-1601
Web: www.limottait.com
As a sponsor for the CA CSC, we have
personally taken it upon ourselves to create
several massively cost effective IT solutions for
School Administrators.
Please stop by the sponsor circle and we will
either lay out our cards on the spot, or even
better, set up a 19 minute follow up call to show
you three significant actionable methods to
stretch your already stressed IT budget.
In three minutes we’ll have you on your way to
a much better understanding of the valuable
alternatives that can save your IT budget and
help increase student achievement. We also
promise to add tremendous value in a brief
conversation.
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Booth 316
Low Income Investment Fund V
Media Flex Inc.
100 Pine Street, Suite 1800
Telephone: (415) 772-9094 x357
Fax: (415) 772-9095
Web: www.liifund.org
P.O. Box 1107
Champlain, NY 12919
Telephone: (877) 331-1022 ext. 250
Web: www.mediaflex.net
The Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) is
a leading national nonprofit charter school
lender. LIIF has invested $260 million in highperforming schools. LIIF helps schools operate
stable, sustainable learning environments by
providing educational organizations and school
developers with flexible and affordable financing
options.
OPALS Open-source Automated Library System
is a powerful cooperatively developed, Webbased, open source program. This alternative
technology provides Internet access to
information databases, library collections and
digital archives. The “total cost of ownership”
of this standards-based, Web-based, feature
rich software is demonstrably and undeniably
sustainable. Equipment / Asset management &
textbook management modules also available.
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Mediscan Staffing Services
1150 S. Olive Street, Suite 2050
Telephone: (240) 487-3085
Web: mat.usc.edu
21050 Califa Street
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Telephone: (877) 630-2044
Web: www.mediscan.net
USC’s Rossier School of Education, ranked #14
among graduate schools of education by U.S.
News & World Report, re-imagined the Master
of Arts in Teaching program. The trailblazing
curriculum integrates rich, interactive online
learning with intensive, school-based fieldwork
experiences, no matter where students live. The
MAT@USC is for aspiring teachers and current
educators.
Mediscan was established in 1995 as a
healthcare provider of therapy, nursing and
allied healthcare personnel to school districts
and healthcare facilities, and organizations in
which quality, high standards, service and price
are a major concern. Mediscan has created a
reputation for superior staffing services.
Booth 604
701 University Avenue, Suite 150
Telephone: (916) 646-1400
Fax: (916) 646-1300
Web: www.mymcharterlaw.com
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Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP S V
MealTime - The CLM Group V
11000 Southwest Stratus Street, Suite 360
Beaverton, OR 97008
Telephone: (800) 755-0904
Fax: (503) 646-8848
Web: www.mealtimeclm.com
Our modularly designed software/hardware
suite lets you manage the National School
Lunch Program using just the capabilities you
need. Choose Point of Sale, Free/Reduced
Applications, Centralized Reporting, Online
Payments and Application Submission. We
provide full training/implementation and support.
www.mealtimeclm.com
Jason Spence
800-755-0904
[email protected]
Middleton, Young & Minney LLP is proud to be
California’s most experienced, knowledgeable
and respected firm working in the unique area
of charter school law. As a leader in charter
school representation since the passage of
California’s Charter Schools Act of 1992, MYM
offers expertise in every facet of charter school
creation, expansion and operation including
charter petitions and negotiations, MOUs,
nonprofit incorporation, employment law, board
governance, facilities, student issues, policy
development and more. We pride ourselves in
working hard and getting results for our clients,
hiring only the most qualified, experienced legal
professionals who listen carefully and provide an
honest assessment of your situation. While our
goal is to prevent disputes and resolve conflicts
before they escalate into litigation, we have
successfully litigated numerous charter school
matters. We formulate legal strategies that best
fit your goals and objectives and implement
them aggressively at a fair, competitive price.
With experience representing more than 500
charter schools, statewide organizations
and public agencies of every size throughout
California, we use our expertise to solve
your existing challenges and prevent future
challenges. Our philosophy is simple: Deliver
value, ensure results. For more information,
please visit us at www.mymcharterlaw.com.
Booth 229
Milligan News Co., Inc. V
150 North Autumn Street
San Jose, CA 95110
Telephone: (800) 873-2387
Fax: (408) 293-5669
Web: www.milligannews.com
Milligan News Company is a trade book
wholesaler, pre-school through adult. We
represent over 100 U.S. publishers. Spanish
bilingual and other foreign language available.
Large selection of leveled libraries K-8 fiction
and non-fiction. Extensive Graphic Novels
collection. 30% discount, no minimum. Visit us
at www.milligannews.com
Booth 507
Mobile Modular Management Corp. V
5700 Las Positas Road
Livermore, CA 94551
Telephone: (925) 453-3136
Fax: (925) 453-3202
Web: www.mobilemodularrents.com
Mobile Modular rents and sells modular
classrooms and relocatable buildings. Our
products make excellent solutions for both
temporary and permanent space needs.
Whether growing enrollment, modernization
or budgets are driving your temporary building
needs, Mobile Modular can help your school
adjust to the demands of your student
population.
Booth 814
Modus Systems S
109 Vine Hill School Road
Scotts Valley, CA 95066
Telephone: (831) 438-2763
Web: www.modussystemsinc.com
Modus Systems, Inc., with over 30 years
of design construction experience, is the
innovation leader and benchmark builder
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of DSA Pre-Approved gymnasiums, multipurpose rooms and classrooms for California
school districts and Charter Schools. Unique
to Modus is a building strategy called, Modular
Expandability™, meaning all of our designs
are flexible and can be configured to meet the
unique design needs of the schools we build for.
This enables Modus to build custom designed
gyms at less than custom designed prices.
We use renewable materials and are totally
committed to the principles of eco-friendliness.
Booth 536
685 Placerville Drive, Suite 310
Shingle Springs, CA 95667
Telephone: (530) 295-1262
Web: www.k12multiplemeasures.com
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NCB Capital Impact V
Nexus
1333 Broadway, Suite 602
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: (510) 496-2221
Fax: (510) 496-0404
Web: www.ncbcapitalimpact.org
27202 West Turnberry Lane, Suite 100
Valencia, CA 91355
Telephone: (949) 265-6178
Web: www.nexusis.com
NCB Capital Impact, a national, nonprofit
Community Development Financial Institution,
provides community facilities financing,
technical assistance and policy development
for communities in need. NCB Capital Impact
has worked with charter schools in low- to
moderate-income communities for 16 years
providing $500 million in facilities financing to
create space for 200,000 students!.
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Multiple Measures, LLC will display its latest
products.
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Mutual of Omaha
2601 Main Street, Suite 980
Irvine, CA 92614
Telephone: (858) 922-1935
Web: www.mutualofomaha.com/benefits
People have counted on Mutual of Omaha
Insurance Company for help through life’s
transitions since 1909, when the company was
chartered. That legacy includes more than
60 years of employee benefit experience, now
serving more than 21,000 group clients
with insurance and financial products
underwritten by United of Omaha Life Insurance
Company (1926) and Companion Life Insurance
Company (1949).
Booth 637
MyStudentsProgress
231 Vernon Street, Suite 300
Roseville, CA 95678
Telephone: (916) 677-1833 ext. 103
Web: www.mystudentsprogress.com
MyStudentsProgress.com is a web based
School Management Software solution that
includes 20 software modules designed for
Charter School Administrators, Teachers and
Parents. MyStudentsProgress.com as an
affordable, powerful and user friendly software
service that is designed for any size school. Visit
MSP where everything included in one system.
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Nexus IS, Inc. leverages its extensive experience
and expertise to enable organizations to
Connect, Collaborate, and Create. We do
this by providing expertise in end-to-end
technology solutions based on five distinct, yet
complementary practices: Collaboration, Data
Center,
Borderless Networks, Business Video, and
Managed Services.
NEOGOV
222 Sepulveda Suite 2000
El Segundo, CA 90245
Telephone: (310) 426-6304
Web: www.neogov.com
Working with dozens of schools across the
nation, NEOGOV provides Software as a
Service (SaaS) for job applications, performance
management, and onboarding for personnel
management. NEOGOV automates the entire
human resources process, including position
requisition approval, automatic minimum
qualification screening, test statistics and
analysis, and EEO reporting.
Nigro & Nigro, PC V
25090 Jefferson Avenue
Murrieta, CA 92562
Telephone: (951) 698-8783
Fax: (951) 699-1064
Web: www.nncpas.com
We understand the complexity of charter school
finance, and that’s why we have a dedicated
team of audit and accounting professionals
that possess the specialized knowledge and
experience to help ensure compliance with
the appropriate standards and changes in
regulations that may impact your finances.
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Booth 737
5-1615 N. Routledge Park
London, ON N6H 5L6
Canada
Telephone: (866) 429-6284
Fax: (519) 657-3220
Web: www.neufeldlearning.com/
Neufeld Learning Systems Inc provides a
combination of browser-based technology
solutions and customized professional
development for reaching all learners of
mathematics. The Understanding Math Series
of programs provide teachers and students with
the support and resources to meet and exceed
proficiency levels as defined by the Common
Core mathematics standards.
NobleHour S V
PO Box 2100
Lakeland, FL 33806
Telephone: (773) 916-6253
Web: www.noblehour.com
NobleHour helps you connect and share with
your world. It’s an online community platform
that lets you connect, contribute, communicate,
and track and measure impact within your offline
community. Tailored for education, non-profits,
businesses, and municipalities, NobleHour
offers powerful membership management,
content management, event management, job
tracking, and impact measurement solutions
that help promote civic engagement. Members
can create and join groups, contribute and
share content, post and view volunteer and job
opportunities, or check out a calendar of events
in the area. Volunteers and workers can easily
track hours and submit for verification with one
click. Educators and managers can instantly
generate reports that show involvement and
impact. Online communities can also connect
with each other using NobleHour’s Affiliations
feature, which lets online communities to join
together to share member data and reporting.
Join the next generation of online communities
with NobleHour.com.
Booth 904
California’s educators. Areas of expertise
include: Internal Administrative & Personnel
Investigations; Pre-Employment Background
Screening; Civil & Criminal Investigations; Threat
Assessment & Site Security Assessment; Public
Mistrust Investigations & Forensic Investigations
(Computers, Accounting, DNA, Fingerprint).
NP Solutions, Inc. V
11651 Sterling Avenue, Suite J
Riverside, CA 92503
Telephone: (951) 351-3113 ext. 118
Fax: (951) 351-3117
Web: www.npsol.com
NP Solutions is a leading provider of accounting
and fundraising software solutions. With over
200 charter schools in California using Sage
software for their Accounting, Fundraising,
Human Resources and Grant Management
needs, NP Solutions has the expertise and
experience to fit the right implementation for
your school.
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Osborn Architects V
320 East Harvard Street
Glendale, CA 91205
Telephone: (818) 863-3149
Web: www.osborn320.com
NTD Architecture specializes in the planning and
design of education facilities. Striving to create
flexible learning environments to meet the needs
of 21st Century learners, we deliver architecture
the way it should be…through process-oriented
creativity that assures high quality results and
client satisfaction. To learn more, visit ntd.com.
Booth 433
11180 Sun Center Drive, Suite 101
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Telephone: (530) 219-2533
Web: www.pacent.org
Pacent Learning Solutions is an educational
assessment and data management company
delivering dynamic programs to primary and
secondary school districts that increase student
mastery in mathematics.
Booth 1119
PO Box 1725
Hood River, OR 97031
Telephone: (530) 265-3333
Web: www.ops-online.com
OPS (Online Purchasing Systems) will display its
latest products.
Booth 615
13089 Peyton Drive Suite C
Chino Hills, CA 91709
Telephone: (951) 323-0930
Web: www.oracleinvestigationsgroup.com
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PASCO Scientific
10101 Foothills Blvd.
Roseville, CA 95747
Telephone: (800) 772-8700
Fax: (916) 786-8905
Web: www.pasco.com
PASCO empowers teachers to deliver authentic
21st Century science experiences by combining
standards-based content and relevant teacher
professional development with innovations in
modern electronic measurement.
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Throughout its 21-year history, Osborn has
sought clients and projects that emphasize
change as an essential element of community
development. Based in the greater LA area,
Osborn offers architecture, landscape, graphic
design, and construction management, with a
portfolio that includes residences, schools, civic
centers, parks, libraries, and non-profit sector
projects.
NTD Architecture
955 Overland Court, Suite 100
San Dimas, CA 91773
Telephone: (858) 565-4440
Web: www.ntd.com
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Panel Specialists, Inc. V
PO Box 968
Temple, TX 76503
Telephone: (800) 947-9422
Web: www.panelspec.com
Panel Specialists, Inc.(PSI) has served K-12
and Higher Education facilities since 1990 with
attractive, modern, durable, easy to maintain,
long lasting, and long term cost effective
decorative laminate interior wall panel concepts.
PSI is an ideal solution for new construction,
additions, and renovations with Turnkey Option
available.
16321 Mercier Lane
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Telephone: (714) 305-0767
Fax: (708) 594-1907
Web: www.paxtonpatterson.com
Learning Systems for STEM, Construction,
Health Science, and Family & Consumer
Sciences which help students discover their
sweet spot, where interests and aptitudes
converge. See how these carefully crafted
learning systems meet national and state
standards while improving literacy, science and
math skills. 12,000 tools, supplies and related
items for CTE programs.
www.paxtonpatterson.com
Booth 305
PCI Education V
4560 Lockhill-Selma, Suite 100
San Antonio, TX 78249
Telephone: (800) 594-4263 ext. 138
Fax: (888) 259-8284
Web: www.pcieducation.com
PCI Education is the premier provider of
research-based educational resources
developed specifically for struggling learners and
students with special needs. PCI offers more
than 7,500 instructional materials, including
instructional programs, games, software, and
manipulatives, including intensive intervention
in reading and math for middle and high school
students.
Oracle Investigations Group is a full-service
investigative agency exclusively serving
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Peace Hill Press
Peoples Education
Piper Jaffray & Co. S
18021 The Glebe Lane
Charles City, VA 23030
Telephone: (877) 322-3445
Fax: (804) 829-5704
Web: www.peacehillpress.com
PO Box 513
Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
Telephone: (201) 712-0090
Web: www.peopleseducation.com/
800 Nicollet Mall - J13N01
Telephone: (612) 303-1776
Fax: (612) 303-6966
Web: www.piperjaffray.com
Peace Hill Press publishes classically-oriented
history and language arts materials for parents,
teachers, and K-12 students. Our innovative
materials bring traditional methods of teaching
up to date. We give parents and teachers all
the tools they need to give their children a good
education.
Peoples Education, creator of Measuring Up and
the new COMMON CORE Math & ELA books,
also produces online products for assessment
and practice to meet ELA, math and science
standards. MU Insight allows educators to
create, assign, and administer customized
assessments with comprehensive reporting. MU
MyQuest allows students to work online at their
own instruction level to reinforce basic skills.
Booth 1235
Pearson Curriculum
3075 W. Ray Road - Suite 200
Chandler, AZ 85226
Telephone: (480) 457-6017
Web: www.pearsonschool.com
Pearson, the leader in Pre-K–12 education
solutions, transforms education by connecting
personalized, assessment-driven programs,
services, school improvement strategies, and
technology that deliver improved outcomes in
student performance and classroom instruction.
Pearson’s research-based curriculum in print,
digital, or blended options engages digital
natives while empowering teachers with
professional development training and services.
Booth 830
10911 White Rock Road
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Telephone: (916) 288-1733
Fax: (916) 288-1588
Web: www.pearsonschoolsystems.com
Pearson is the industry leader in educational
technology solutions, offering schools and
districts access to an unparalleled suite of
technologies that address the challenges
of achievement, reporting, growth, system
integration and scalability. Pearson helps
educators connect the dots between data,
content and achievement, thus enabling true
personalized learning and measurable student
performance.
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Booth 435
Pepperdine University Graduate School of
Education and Psychology
6100 Center Drive, 5th Floor
Telephone: (310) 568-5622
Web: www.gsep.pepperdine.edu
Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of
Education and Psychology offers a wide range of
master’s and doctoral degree programs in areas
such as Learning Technologies, Organizational
Leadership or Educational Leadership, both
online and at campuses across Southern
California. www.gsep.pepperdine.edu
Booth 1115
Piper Jaffray is a national leader in charter
school finance and has long been a leader
in California public finance with offices in
Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles and
Orange County. Piper Jaffray successfully
arranged financing for more charter schools
in 2011 than any other investment banking
firm. We help our clients achieve their strategic
objectives through our in-depth charter school
industry knowledge, comprehensive investment
banking, debt structuring, trading expertise and
strong distribution channels. Our focus is not
simply the execution of the transaction at hand,
but rather the delivery of superior client service
and the establishment of enduring, long-term
relationships.
Booth 532
Plan Member Services V
6187 Carpinteria Avenue
Carpinteria, CA 93013
Telephone: (800) 874-6910 ext. 2535
Web: www.planmember.com
Plan Member Services will display its latest
products.
PFIC
11755 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2350
Telephone: (310) 575-9447
Fax: (310) 473-9250
Web: www.tamkin.com
PFIC specializes in the development, renovation
and financing of charter school facilities. PFIC‘s
comprehensive program includes site location,
entitlements, design, construction and 100%
financing for the total project cost. To date,
PFIC has completed over 200 public and private
projects nationwide.
Booth 1020
PlascoTrac
1501 NW 163rd Street
Miami, FL 33169
Telephone: (305) 625-4222
Web: www.plascotrac.com
PlascoTrac is used successfully by top
districts & thousands of users nationwide. Our
modular system includes Tardy Tracking, Event
Management, PBS/PBIS Programs, & Visitor
Tracking. Data we capture helps schools get
a handle on tardies & other minor disciplinary
infractions. PlascoTrac also helps administrators
make information-based decisions on the
success of their positive behavior & discipline
policies.
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PresenceLearning S
Project Optimal S
1451 East Sixth Street
Corona, CA 92879
Telephone: (951) 817-2234
Web: www.pvsusa.com
480 2nd Street, Suite 200
Telephone: (415) 512-9000
Web: www.presencelearning.com
1210 G Mission Drive
Solvang, CA 93463
Telephone: (818) 991-3641
Web: projectoptimal.com
Manufactured in America since 1964. Platinum
Visual Systems offers a complete line of visual
display products featuring Indoor Advantage
Gold, SCS Indoor Air Quality Certification and
in compliance with CA 01350. Visual Display
products include marker boards, chalkboards,
tack boards, horizontal and vertical sliding units,
display cases and interactive white boards.
PresenceLearning (www.presencelearning.
com) is the leading provider of live online speech
therapy services (also known as telepractice)
for K-12 students. The company offers school
districts web-based access to a growing,
nationwide network of over 130 highly qualified
speech language pathologists (SLPs) via live
videoconferencing using the latest in evidencebased practices. PresenceLearning delivers
large cost savings while improving student IEP
outcomes. PresenceLearning is an ASHAapproved continuing education provider for
SLPs and a U.S. Department of Education grantwinner, dedicated to bringing the highest clinical
standards to telepractice.
Project Optimal™ offers CTC approved online
Added Authorization Programs, including
Autism Spectrum Disorders and Traumatic Brain
Injury. Project Optimal™ provides affordable,
accessible, and credible education programs
for California Education Specialist credential
holders needing to add expertise in the areas
of special education that were not part of their
original credential authorization. The Programs
are offered exclusively online, are self paced (no
waiting for cohorts), and designed for successful
learning outcomes.
Additional Added Authorization Programs
launching Winter 2012 include ECSE, APE, and
ED (pre-registration is currently available). For
more information, visit projectoptimal.com.
Booth 733
PLATO Learning V
5600 W 83rd Street, Suite 300 / 8200 Tower
Bloomington, MN 554347
Telephone: (281) 574-8356
Web: www.plato.con
PLATO Learning is a leading provider of highvalue, comprehensive online solutions. PLATO
solutions include hundreds of instructional tools
to help you effectively practice RTI in K-8, more
than 85 online courses and CAHSEE lessons to
address the needs of High Schools as well as
College & Career Readiness courses.
Booth 901
PreFast Buildings
181 2nd Avenue, Suite 200
San Mateo, CA 94401
Telephone: (650) 375-5840
Fax: (650) 347-3186
Web: www.prefast.com
PreFast Buildings will display its latest products.
Booth 1203
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
V
525 B Street, Suite 2200
San Diego, CA 92101
Telephone: (619) 515-3290
Fax: (619) 235-0398
Web: www.procopio.com
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP is one
of the largest full-services business law firms in
Southern California. Procopio’s Public Agencies
and Charter Schools practice regularly advises
public and private clients on laws regulating
public and quasi-public political subdivisions in
several areas.
Booth 1106
Project FROG V
Booth 910
Preferred Meal Systems, Inc. V
5240 St. Charles Road
Berkeley, IL 60163
Telephone: (708) 617-9900
Fax: (708) 493-2690
Web: www.preferredmealsystems.com
Preferred Meal Systems provides a quality,
easy to implement, administer and affordable
unitized meal program. It is a full service
operation without a major financial investment.
The “component meal system” includes entrees,
side dishes, fresh fruits, vegetables, bread,
milk, condiments and utensils combined with
delivery, menu planning, nutritional analysis,
equipment, maintenance, training, marketing
and promotions.
222 Vallejo Street, Suite 320
Telephone: (415) 814-8520
Fax: (415) 814-8501
Web: www.projectfrog.com
Project Frog is revolutionizing the way buildings
are created by applying technology to overcome
the inefficiencies of traditional construction. The
result is a structure that is measurably greener
and significantly smarter; brighter, healthier
spaces that inspire better performance from the
people who occupy them. To learn more, visit
www.projectfrog.com.
Booth 1328
Promotion & Beyond
231 E. Dyer Road, Suite D
Santa Ana, CA 92707
Telephone: (310) 941-4343
Fax: (310) 824-0979
Web: www.promotionandbeyond.com
We specialize in providing school uniforms/
apparel, sportswear/teamwear and promotional
products to schools.
Booth 303
Quality Science Labs, LLC
PO Box 162
Lake George, CO 80827
Telephone: (866) 700-1884
Fax: (866) 746-7431
Web: www.qualitysciencelabs.com
Quality Science Labs, LLC offers innovative
hands-on science lab kits for distance
education, independent study, and classrooms.
Schools have received the University of CA a-g
approval using our kits as the lab portion of their
science class. The experiments offer a reliable
method to include real science labs regardless
of the classroom setting.
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Booth 735
Rasa Tabula
581 Park Meadow Drive
San Jose, CA 95129
Telephone: (408) 621-5714
Web: www.rasatabula.com
Rasa Tabula is an online cloud educational
platform facilitating group collaboration and
administrative tasks in a secure environment.
Groups (classroom, PTA, clubs) share data
(white board, documents); communicate in
real time (messaging, notifications, discussion
boards, AV chat); streamline logistics (event
signup, scheduling, payments); coordinate
(dropbox); and track activities (analytics).
Booth 710
RBC Capital Markets S V
2398 East Camelback Road, Suite 700
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Telephone: (602) 381-5334
Fax: (602) 381-5380
Web: www.rbccm.com/charterschools
RBC Capital Markets will display its latest
products.
Booth 1014
Read Naturally Inc.
2945 Lone Oak Drive, Suite 190
St. Paul, MN 55121
Telephone: (800) 788-4085
Fax: (651) 452-9204
Web: www.readnaturally.com
Read Naturally’s innovative, research-proven
reading programs provide high quality
interventions and differentiated instruction for
struggling readers. The flagship program has
been successfully improving reading fluency and
comprehension skills in students nationwide
for over 20 years. Read Naturally also provides
programs for reading assessment, phonics,
vocabulary, and ELL students.
Booth 219
2911 Peach Street
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494
Telephone: (715) 424-3636 ext. 4171
Fax: (715) 424-4242
Web: www.renlearn.com
Renaissance Learning™ is the world’s leading
provider of computer-based assessment
technology for PreK–12 schools. Adopted by
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more than 70,000 North American schools,
Renaissance Learning’s software provides daily
formative assessment and periodic progressmonitoring technology to enhance curriculum,
support instruction, and personalize practice in
reading, writing, and math.
Booth 929
Revolution Foods
Booth 600
Robert W. Baird & Co. S V
210 University Boulevard, Suite 900
Denver, CO 80206
Telephone: (303) 270-6340
Fax: (303) 270-6339
Web: www.rwbaird.com
Revolution Foods partners with over 650
schools and education programs across the
country to provide fresh, healthy meals along
with a complete platform on health and wellness.
It’s our commitment to ensure every student has
access to high quality meals - and we’re proud
to support our school partners in creating the
meal program they are proud of.
Baird is proud to partner with charter schools
in California and nationwide, creating innovative
solutions and addressing challenges in facilities
and capital project funding. Baird’s national
Charter School Facilities Financing team has
assisted charter schools and CMO’s on over 70
charter school financings, obtaining $800 million
in funding for construction, land purchase,
renovations, and other capital projects. These
financings have been accomplished utilizing
bond issues, New Markets Tax Credits, and
other long-term financing sources. Baird
celebrates charter school successes in this
challenging environment, enabling continuation
and expansion for important work in educating
our future generations.
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Booth 211
Revolution K12 S V
Rocket Math
710 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 501
Phone: (310) 210-4547
Web: www.revolutionk12.com
3439 NE Sandy Blvd, Suite 359
Portland, OR 97232
Telephone: (888) 488-4854
Web: www.rocketmath.net
Revolution K12 is a leading education
technology company with a proven track record
of producing rapid and dramatic improvement
in students’ academic performance through
our web-based adaptive learning software. We
significantly impact students’ lives by partnering
with thousands of secondary schools to create a
pathway to college and provide career readiness
for all students, thereby boosting proficiency
rates and closing the achievement gap.
Rocket Math is the best classroom math facts
practice curriculum available today. Rocket
Math is a ten-minutes-a-day, paper and pencil,
worksheet-based, supplemental, math facts
practice curriculum. It is a uniquely structured
curriculum for the sequential practice and
mastery of math facts. It is teacher-friendly,
inexpensive and students love it!
8383 Capwell Drive
Oakland, CA 94621
Telephone: (213) 261-8290
Fax: (510) 569-2674
Web: www.revfoods.com
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We offer a platform that integrates assessment
and instruction for Algebra Readiness, Algebra
I, Geometry, ELA, and CAHSEE prep. Our
programs lead to building capacity within
school staff by giving teachers prescriptive
and diagnostic tools which identify skill gaps
by scaffolding back to fundamental concepts.
Real-time standards-based reports empower
teachers to utilize instructional tools to drive
differentiated instruction, while optimizing
teacher resources. We collaborate with leading
teachers and districts to fine-tune our programs,
ensuring we remain cutting edge and meet the
needs of all students and communities.
Rowland Reading Foundation V
6120 University Ave.
Middleton, WI 53562
Telephone: (866) 370-7323
Fax: (608) 204-3846
Web: www.superkidsreading.org
Rowland Reading Foundation publishes the
Superkids Reading Program, a core reading
program designed just for kindergarten through
second grade that teaches all aspects of reading
seamlessly integrated with the language arts.
Happily Ever After is the Foundation’s motivating,
literature-based reading readiness program.
Booth 629
Royal Dining - Healthy School Lunches!
V
9525 Cozycroft Avenue, Suite I
Chatsworth, CA 91311
Telephone: (818) 308-0098
Fax: (818) 341-8696
Web: www.royaldiningcatering.com
Royal Dining provides healthy and delicious
meals to schools in California and Arizona.
We only use fresh ingredients to prepare
nutritious meals that promote healthy eating
habits and increase student participation.
Our meals comply with the National School
Lunch program. Please call (877) 499-8682
to schedule a complimentary tasting. www.
RoyalDiningCatering.com
Sadlier is an educational publisher of textbooks,
teacher’s guides, workbooks, tests and other
materials in the curriculum area of reading,
language arts, vocabulary development, and
mathematics for students, teachers and families.
Visit www.sadlierschool.com
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Booth 330
SAFARI Montage
7 E. Wynnewood Road
Wynnewood, PA 19096
Telephone: (610) 645-4000
Web: www.safarimontage.com
SAFARI Montage will display its latest products.
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Booth 528
Samsung Techwin America
1313 East Phillips Boulevard
Pomona, CA 91766
Telephone: (877) 476-9797
Web: www.rwpmulch.com
1480 Charles Willard Street
Carson, CA 90746
Telephone: (310) 605-3306
Fax: (310) 632-2195
Web: www.samsungpresenterusa.com
RWP manufactures a wide variety of landscape
materials including mulch, planter mix, topper,
topsoil, etc. Our specialty is FIBER FALL
(engineered wood fiber for playground safety
surfacing).RWP FIBER FALL has been tested
and certified for ADA Accessibility, impact
attenuation, ignitibility and toxicity. We will not be
undersold!
Samsung Techwin is a leading supplier of
innovative, high quality, yet easy-to-use Digital
Presenters that deliver the quality and innovation
that has built the Samsung name – high quality
optical designs, a robust feature set, a wealth
of user-friendly features, and state-of-theart imaging technology. See a demo of the
SAMCAM860.
Booth 923
S&S Worldwide
75 Mill Street
Colchester, CT 06415
Telephone: (860) 537-3451 ext. 2273
Web: www.ssww.com
S&S® Worldwide provides Classroom Supplies,
Furniture, Sports & PE Equipment, and Arts
& Craft Supplies to educators and learning
institutions nationwide. We offer many services
such as real time sourcing & procurement,
innovative technology solutions & quality
assurance and product testing to name a few.
Contact us today to learn more!
Booth 1216
Sargent Welch - Science Kit - Wards
Natural Science
777 East Park Drive
Tonawanda, NY 14150
Telephone: (716) 515-6012
Web: www.sargentwelch.com, www.sciencekit.
com, www.wardsci.com
Science Kit, Sargent Welch, and Ward’s Natural
Science make education exciting for students
and easier for teachers. Find creative solutions
and innovative products for kindergarten through
college science education.
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Booth 103
Sadlier, Inc
9 Pine Street
New York, NY 10005
Telephone: (646) 403-7900
Web: www.sadlierschool.com
Saxon publishes the nation’s best-selling and most
thoroughly researched skills-based mathematics
programs for Grades K-12, as well as classroomtested phonics and spelling programs.
Saxon
10801 N Mopac Expy, Bldg #3
Austin, TX 78759
Telephone: (512) 795-3282
Fax: (800) 289-3994
Web: www.saxonpublishers.com
Scholastic Classroom & Community
Group V
7670 Melotte Street
San Diego, CA 92119
Telephone: (619) 741-2906
Web: www.scholastic.com
Scholastic supports teachers and classrooms,
providing high-quality paperbacks and
curriculum materials for students in grades
PreK-12; supplemental reading programs; a
core writing program; professional development
services; professional books; teaching aids;
classroom and teacher supplies; preschool, after
school, family literacy, summer reading, reading
mentoring programs; and a book distribution
discount program.
Booth 906
School Datebooks
2880 U.S. Hwy 231 S., Suite 200
Lafayette, IN 47909
Telephone: (800) 705-7526
Fax: (765) 471-8874
Web: www.schooldatebooks.com
School Datebooks has spent 25 years finetuning our process into a simple, worry-free
experience designed to make things as easy as
possible for you. It’s about experience.
Booth 633
P.O. Box 250
Bonifay, FL 32425
Telephone: (850) 547-4566
Fax: (866) 528-1070
Web: www.schoolfin.com
School Financial Services provides backoffice accounting services for charter schools.
By partnering with us, your school will be
free to focus on what matters most while
we concentrate on your business function,
supporting you from application preparation
through the life of your school.
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School Pathways, LLC V
181 Commercial Street
Portola, CA 96122
Telephone: (866) 200-6936 ext. 1004
Fax: (530) 831-8800
Web: www.schoolpathways.com
School Pathways is more than a student
information system. We understand the need
for combining Multiple Technology Products
into ONE Powerful Integrated Database
solution. Our technologies meet - then exceed
- educational industry software standards. The
goals of integration, communication, student
engagement and collaboration monitored from
one centralized web-based location are reality
for us.
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Booth 1012
School Tours of America
Schools Excess Liability Fund
PO Box 550379
Houston, TX 77255-0379
Telephone: (877) 727-6416
Fax: (713) 722-8320
Web: www.schooltoursofamerica.com
1531 I Street, Suite 300
Telephone: (916) 553-3203
Fax: (916) 321-5311
Web: www.selfjpa.org
America’s most experienced and trusted team
of field trip planners (4th-12th grades). Our
customized, boutique approach has produced
the most satisfied clients for three decades.
Sponsors earn free graduate credit and
generous rewards while students are eligible for
undergraduate credit and valuable leadership
credentials for college.
A not-for-profit JPA, Schools Excess Liability
Fund has been serving the excess liability needs
of California’s public charter schools, school
districts and colleges for 25 years. Multiple
attachment points and limits up to $50 million
are available. Visit our website at www.selfjpa.
org for information on programs and rates.
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SchoolCues
Booth 614
School Site Solutions, Inc.
2015 H Street
Telephone: (916) 930-0736
Fax: (916) 930-0788
Web: www.schoolsitesolutions.com
School Site Solutions is a school facilities
consulting firm specializing in providing
personalized and expert advice in the
identification, approval and acquisition of
new K-12 school sites, including school site
expansions and modernization projects. We also
provide educational and facility master planning,
educational specifications, school closures and
CEQA compliance services.
Booth 1033
1055 Copper Court
Vacaville, CA 95687
Telephone: (707) 448-9555
Web: www.schoolsupportservices.com
School Support Services provides the complete
business service/back office needs for charter
schools including financial management, budget,
accounting, payroll, insurance, internal auditing,
and other organizational consulting. ‘Better
Service, Lower Fees’
3145 E. Chandler Blvd
Phoenix, AZ 85048
Telephone: (480) 363-4421
Web: www.schoolcues.com
SchoolCues helps schools maintain closer
ties with parents. This innovative solution
automates school-parent interactions on mobile
and desktop and helps schools increase fund
raising potential. SchoolCues enables personal
interactions and targeted content to increase
parental loyalty, generate incremental funds
and help schools get noticed to compete with
resource rich schools.
Booth 231
SchoolReach - Instant Parent Contact V
9735 Landmark Parkway Suite 100
St. Louis, MO 63127
Telephone: (800) 420-1479 ext. 5038
Web: www.schoolreach.com
SchoolReach Instant Parent Contact enhances
school-to-parent communications allowing you
to notify your parents and staff within minutes!
Communicate unexpected school closings,
lockdowns, meeting reminders, automated
attendance calls, lunch balance reminders,
fundraisers and even rumor abatement! No
additional equipment, software, or phone lines
required. We help schools reach parents! www.
schoolreach.com.
Schools Financial Credit Union
1485 Response Road
Telephone: (916) 569-2100
Web: www.schools.org
Schools Financial Credit Union will display its
latest products.
Booth 434
SchoolSpring.com
4 Elsom Parkway
South Burlington, VT 05403
Telephone: (806) 674-3439
Web: www.schoolspring.com
SchoolSpring provides online staff recruiting and
application management services to PK-12 charter
and public schools. A one-stop destination for
job seekers results in the most visited education
job site in the industry. Wonderlic, our partner,
provides Pre-Screen Employment testing helping
schools increase quality and efficiency of their
employee hiring processes.
Booth 129
Sierra w/o Wires V
3972 Barranca Pkwy, Mailstop J406
Irvine, CA 92606
Telephone: (949) 351-9020
Web: www.sierraexperts.com
Sierra w/o Wires, Inc. is a leader in IT Managed
Solutions, offering charter schools strategic IT
consulting, design, implementation, monitoring,
management and hosting services, as well
as media-asset management services from
MobileBand Communications. We pride
ourselves on being your school’s complete IT
solution.
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Booth 200
Silver Creek Industries Inc. V
195 East Morgan Street
Perris, CA 92571
Telephone: (951) 943-5393
Web: www.silver-creek.net
720 3rd Avenue, Suite. 2220
Seattle, WA 98104
Telephone: (206) 774-6798
Web: www.softlinkint.com
Standards Plus - Learning Plus
Associates
Silver Creek Industries Inc. will display its latest
products.
Oliver is the leading school library management
system in Australia and UK, with over 10,000
libraries worldwide. Now Oliver v5 is available
in the US - a fully web based system for your
school or District.
Booth 1037
Sing2Learn
13711 Benson Avenue
Chino, CA 91710
Telephone: (909) 465-6901
Web: www.sing2learn.com
Sing2Learn combines music, pictures,
patterns, read-along, repeat-after-me, and
DVD animations with positive, educational
and motivational stories to help students learn
foreign languages step-by-step. We start from
listening, speaking, then reading and writing; 8
levels. Visit www.sing2learn.com for free product
demos and the Mom’s Choice Awards winner!
Booth 314
SolarCity
3055 Clearview Way
San Mateo, CA 94402
Telephone: (650) 963-5100 ext. 5781
Web: www.solarcity.com
SolarCity® is a national leader in solar power
design, financing, installation, monitoring and
energy efficiency services. The company’s
Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) options can
make it possible for schools to switch to clean,
solar power for less money than they currently
pay for electricity.
Booth 1237
404 Beavercreek Road, Suite 225
Oregon City, OR 97045
Telephone: (503) 557-8100 ext. 104
Web: www.singaporemath.com
SingaporeMath.com Inc has been providing
Singapore Math® materials to schools for
over 12 years and in that time more than 1500
schools have implemented our Singapore
Math® programs. We welcome you to stop by
our exhibit hall booth to learn more or you may
visit us online at www.SingaporeMath.com.
Booth 503
SOS Personnel
48 Augustine Place
Bear, DE 19701
Telephone: (267) 237-3244
Web: www.sossubs.org
Booth 1001
SOS Personnel is the nation’s leading choice for
substitute teachers and other school personnel.
We recruit, screen, hire and dispatch the
personnel, you need, so that you are free to
TEACH our nation’s most precious resource.
When your School is in distress, call SOS!
Booth 401
Sodexo
Sprung Instant Structures
283 Cranes Roost Blvd., Suite 260
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
Telephone: (239) 405-7619
Web: www.sodexo.com
550 Fifteenth Street, Suite 25
Telephone: (415) 934-9370
Web: www.sprung.com
When children are well fed, safe, and
comfortable, they are likely to succeed. When
teachers and administrators know students have
proper nutrition, clean facilities, and friendly
support, they can focus on delivering the best
education possible. Sodexo works directly with
administrators to define how to create the best
learning environment.
Sprung, Located in Salt Lake City, Utah has
achieved international recognition by providing
shelter solutions for thousands of applications
in over ninety countries worldwide. Sprung
specializes in the manufacture and supply of
engineered high performance fabric building
solutions designed to provide immediate cost
effective solutions for any industry. Complete
insulation and exterior graphic packages
available.
10602 Trademark Pkwy North, Suite 509
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Telephone: (909) 484-6002
Fax: (909) 484-6004
Web: www.standardsplus.org
Standards Plus is a research based, standards
referenced instructional system that includes
over 2,000 mini lessons and assessments
in mathematics and language arts written
to rigorous academic and state standards.
Standards Plus is approved by the California
Department of Education for Social and Legal
compliances and qualifies for multiple state and
federal funding sources.
Booth 1214
Staples Advantage V
1164 West National Drive
Telephone: (415) 273-5032
Fax: (253) 518-7001
Web: www.staplesadvantage.com
Staples makes it easy for organizations around
the globe to buy a wide range of office products,
including supplies, technology, furniture and
business services. Founded in 1986, we’ve
grown to become the world’s largest businessto-business office supplier by consistently
exceeding our customers’ expectations for
compliance, cost savings and customer service.
Booth 430
Stone & Youngberg LLC V
515 South Figueroa Street, Suite 1800
Telephone: (213) 443-5025
Web: www.syllc.com
Stone & Youngberg LLC is a leading financial
services company and offers a comprehensive
range of financial products and services to
charter schools including short term cash
flow and long term facilities financing. Stone
& Youngberg was founded in San Francisco
in 1931 and is a national leader in trading and
underwriting rated and non-rated bonds today.
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Booth 407
1312 North Fairfax
Telephone: (917) 589-6093
Web: www.spschoolsgroup.com
Strategic Partnership Schools Group (SPSG)
incorporates a business philosophy that puts
the safety of our schools and our children first
by leveraging the experience, educational
background, and expertise of our employees
with nationally recognized best practices in the
area of school safety and security, violence
prevention, pro-social school climates, and
emergency preparedness.
Booth 1132
Swift Lee Office, Inc. V
1329 Colorado Avenue
Telephone: (323) 257-8200
Web: www.swiftleeoffice.com
Since 2002 SwiftLee Office has served the
charter school community in the planning,
design of adaptive re-use and new construction
projects. Our Net-Zero-Energy High
Performance School Prototype has garnered
high accolades and serves as a model of energy
efficient and environmentally sustainable design
and tools for teaching and learning.
Booth 824
P.O. Box 6845
Thousand Oaks, CA 91359
Telephone: (800) 954-3887
Fax: (855) 509-8596
Web: www.tlshield.com
T.L. Shield & Associates, Inc. is an industry
leader in supplying and installing factory
preinstalled DSA PC approved commercial
hydraulic elevators. Built as freestanding
structures, TLS’s modular elevator systems
arrive on-site fully installed, can be made
operational in one day and are priced below
conventional elevator systems.
Booth 730
5301 Oceanus Drive
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
Telephone: (800) 858-7339
Web: www.tcmpub.com
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Teacher Created Materials will display its latest
products.
Booth 905
Teachers on Reserve V
604 Sonora Avenue
Glendale, CA 91202
Telephone: (800) 457-1899 ext. 5
Fax: (818) 502-5818
Web: www.teachersonreserve.com
Teachers On Reserve providing Substitute
teacher staffing to California for 25 years, to
California Charters since their inception. Serving
San Francisco Bay, Sacramento, Los Angeles
and San Diego with preschool, K-12, and special
education teachers for day-to-day, long term and
permanent staffing. Please say hello booth #905.
Rural California we have a solution for you too!
Booth 1300
1620 26th Street, Suite 1000N
Telephone: (800) 696-5728
Fax: (424) 702-3350
Web: www.testmasters.com
TestMasters is the nation’s largest privately
owned test preparation company, specializing
in live and online courses for the LSAT,
GMAT, GRE, SAT, and ACT. Renowned for
our groundbreaking research, cutting-edge
strategies, advanced curricula, and expert
instruction, over 100,000 students have trusted
TestMasters over the last twenty years.
Booth 223
The Aptus Group
Booth 1207
The Learning Springs V
PO Box 907
Ojai, CA 93024
Telephone: (800) 324-3390
Fax: (805) 640-6601
Web: www.learningsprings.com
We offer our Aurora Learning online curriculum
program with over 100 courses for grades 5 12. Completely online and accessible 24/7, our
easy to use program is growing in California
Charter Schools. We now offer a textbook
solution for Homeschool/Charter School families
as well.
Booth 328
The Lunchmaster
601 Taylor Way
Telephone: (650) 520-4223
Web: www.thelunchmaster.com
The LunchMaster Program is built on Nob
Hill Catering’s experience and dedication in
delivering nutritious and great tasting meals to
schools. Just as important, we maintain the
quality and integrity of all of our meals through
a state-of-the-art kitchen facility, which is
inspected daily by the USDA.
Booth 717
Technology S
751 Laurel Street, Suite 411
Telephone: (650) 598-0105 ext. 203
Web: www.learningtech.org
800 South Figueroa St., Suite 670
Telephone: (213) 327-1148
Web: www.theaptusgroup.com
The Miller Institute for Learning with Technology
[Learningtech.org] is a 501(c)(3) California
nonprofit, public benefit corporation. Our mission
is to help people use technology more effectively
for learning.
The Aptus Group provides education,
compliance and staffing solutions for public and
private agencies throughout Southern California.
Our services are customized, comprehensive,
and cost effective. No matter the size of your
company or budget, we find an answer that fits
your needs. Our dedication is always free.
We have been successfully helping schools
implement technology throughout California
for over a decade. In recent years, we have
expanded our activities to Arizona, Louisiana,
and Hawaii. Since we do not sell any hardware
or software, our advice on purchasing and
vendor selection is completely unbiased.
Learningtech.org provides technology consulting
services to schools, non-profits, and learners
of all ages. Our services include: technology
plan development and implementation, helping
schools get funding for technology services
(E-Rate, EETT, Vouchers), network design and
implementation (configuring, administering, and
troubleshooting networks, routers and servers),
computer lab setups, PowerSchool training/
support, workstation ghosting/cloning, professional
development workshops, student enrichment
workshops particularly focused on Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics [STEM].
Booth 1205
11355 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037
Telephone: (800) NAT-UNIV
Web: www.nu.edu
The National University System strives to meet the
demands of education in the 21st century. Offering
flexible and innovative programs to traditional and
non-traditional students, the National University
System is uniquely aligned to connect a diverse
population of students to educational options.
Booth 105
Time Warner Cable Business Class
17777 Center Court Drive
Cerritos, CA 90703
Telephone: (562) 677-0315
Web: www.twcbc.com
Time Warner Cable Business Class, a division
of Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC), offers a full
complement of business communications tools
to small- and medium-sized businesses and
enterprise-sized companies. Its data, voice, video
and security solutions are enhanced by awardwinning customer service and local support teams.
Booth 824
P.O. Box 6845
Thousand Oaks, CA 91359
Telephone: (800) 954-3887
Fax: (855) 509-8596
Web: www.tlshield.com
T.L. Shield & Associates, Inc. is an industry leader
in supplying and installing factory preinstalled DSA
PC approved commercial hydraulic elevators.
Built as freestanding structures, TLS’s modular
elevator systems arrive on-site fully installed, can be
made operational in one day and are priced below
conventional elevator systems.
Booth 501
Booth 523
Total Education Solutions V
625 South Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite 200
South Pasadena, CA 91030
Telephone: (323) 404-1029
Fax: (323) 257-3101
Web: www.tesidea.com
971 Calle Negocio
San Clemente, CA 92673
Telephone: (858) 864-8544
Web: www.truegrits.com
Total Education Solutions is a leader in special
education management and staffing solutions.
We develop IEP goals and objectives, provide
in-service training and workshops for staff,
offer an array of therapeutic services, and
maximize funding, manage cases, and monitor
compliance to ensure that federal, state, and local
requirements are met.
True Grits School Uniforms is a full service
uniform provider to Charter Schools. True
Grits delivers style, quality and reasonable
prices, with the most comprehensive customer
service in the business. Ask us about our great
fundraising programs! Spruce up your dress
code and generate fundraising dollars too.
Booth 1136
Booth 711
TriNet S
1100 San Leandro Blvd, Suite 300
San Leandro, CA 94577
Telephone: (888) 874-6388
Web: www.trinet.com
TriNet delivers HR outsourcing services that allow
growing companies to do what they do best.
Small to medium-sized businesses in technology,
financial services, non-profits, and professional
services use TriNet’s all-in-one solution for
human resources, benefits, payroll, workers’
compensation, and strategic human capital
services.
U.S. Bank
633 W. 5th Street, 24th Floor
Telephone: (213) 615-6054
Web: www.usbank.com
U.S. Bank Global Corporate Trust Services
provides Bond Trustee services for issuers
of debt securities. We are highly experienced
in handling Charter School bond financings.
Our experienced professionals understand
the complexities of Charter School bond
transactions and combine their expertise with
the latest technology to meet our clients’ needs.
Booth 622
Booth 322
Troops to Teachers
Forster House: 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
Telephone: (619) 594-6326
Fax: (719) 255-4381
Web: www.mpttt.org
Troops to Teachers will display its latest products.
Booth 616
Troxell Communications V
4830 S. 38th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85040
Telephone: (602) 437-7240
Fax: (800) 752-1299
Web: www.trox.com
We are a full-service educational technology
company that stays with you through the entire
process of implementing the most effective
technology to serve your instructional needs.
From our initial consultation to final design and
implementation, Troxell Communications is there
for you.
U.S. Communities / California
Communities
2033 N. Main Street, Suite 700
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Telephone: (925) 765-8525
Web: www.uscommunities.org, www.
cacommunities.org
U.S. Communities/California Communities
provides a network of public benefit services
and products focused on assisting local
government and nonprofits. Its programs range
from public agency and community financing
to procurement solutions and resources to
compliance monitoring services.
Booth 1229
UCLA Extension-Department of
Education
10995 Le Conte Avenue, Suite 639
Telephone: (310) 825-1637
Fax: 9310) 206-5006
Web: www.uclaextension.edu/teachers
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For over 80 years, the UCLA Education Extension
has provided staff development, in-service, and
professional outreach to practitioners at all levels
of education—preschool, elementary, secondary,
adult, and higher education. The Education
Department partners with UCLA’s Graduate
School of Education and Information Studies to
create a community of learning and action.
Booth 820
Unified Nutrimeals V
P.O. Box 2098
Bell Gardens, CA 90202
Telephone: (310) 629-9407
Fax: (213) 481-0031
Web: www.unifiednm.com
Unified Nutrimeals is dedicated to providing
delicious and healthy meals, helping in the
fight against childhood obesity and providing
nutritional education. We specialize in customized
menus, audit support, and our meals are fully
reimbursable. We prepare fresh and nutritious
meals that children love. Contact Anil 310-6299407 visit us www.unifiednm.com.
Booth 502
Universal Studios Hollywood V
100 Universal City Plaza, Bldg 5511-6
Universal City, CA 91608
Telephone: (818) 622-3001
Fax: (818) 622-0171
Web: www.universalyouthprograms.com
Universal Studios Hollywood continues to partner
with schools and youth organizations to offer
programs that encourage students to embrace
learning and develop important skills. We’ve
designed programs to address California State
Standards and California Technical Education
Standards while providing a project-based
curriculum and stimulating alternatives to the
classroom.
study at your own pace. Recover credits or get
ahead. Take courses not available at your school.
Work around extracurricular activities.
Booth 1212
V&C Solutions
3739 Dunn Dr #9
Telephone: (310) 849-3768
Web: www.vncsolutions.org
With decreasing funding and increasing scrutiny
almost all school leaders feel overwhelmed at
times. We offer full service support (back office,
payroll, etc.) as well as strategic planning and
compliance support designed to lighten your load
and help you reach your long term goals.
Booth 1007
Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co., LLP V
8270 Aspen Street
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Telephone: (909) 466-4410 ext. 1121
Web: www.vtdcpa.com
VTD has served educational clients for over 60
years and specifically, charter schools, for the
past twenty. Our knowledgeable, personable
and well-trained staff will meet your accounting,
tax, auditing and consulting needs. Our firm
understands the special requirements unique to
the charter school environment and looks forward
to serving you.
2210 East Route 66, Suite 100
Glendora, CA 91740
Telephone: (626) 857-7300
Fax: (626) 857-7302
Web: www.vlsllp.com
The VLS Charter School Audit Team invites you
to stop by our booth and chat. We welcome your
audit, tax and business questions. Our friendly,
experienced team members make you feel at ease
and confident about your charter school audit.
CPAs making a positive difference for charter
schools since 1993.
Booth 728
418 Montana Circle
Ojai, CA 993023
Telephone: (888) 803-6784
Web: www.voctech.com
VOCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES provides on-line
solutions for: Career & college exploration and
planning (English & Spanish); Student ePortfolio
(also used by staff for advising/counseling
purposes); Job search (resume/coverletter/
interview preparation); Lifestyle budgeting; Virtual
Job Shadow; and Algebra/Physics courses.
Come visit us to request your free trial.
Booth 432
Whaley Gradebook Co., Inc.
Booth 107
3530 Voyager Street
Torrance, CA 90503
Telephone: (310) 436-1000
Web: www.vectorusa.com
Vector Resources, Inc. will display its latest
products.
Booth 912
Booth 734
28 Heinkel
Columbia, MO 65211-4200
Telephone: (573) 884-3974
Fax: (573) 884-9665
Web: muhigh.missouri.edu
2785 Mitchell Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Telephone: (916) 709-0600
Web: www.verizonwireless.com/govt
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Vicenti, Lloyd & Stutzman LLP V
University of Missouri, Center for Distance
& Independent Study
A flexible, quality complement to classroom
attendance. Award-winning online courses,
including gifted, AP and foreign languages.
Excellent student services. Enroll year-round;
Booth 1128
Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s largest
4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G
network.
2297 Tall Grass Unit E
Grand Junction, CO 81505
Telephone: (970) 241-7777
Web: www.whaleygradebook.com
Teacher time-saver Names Program, 3-line,
2-line and 1 line Gradebooks. 4,7 and 8 subject
Planbooks. Harry K. Wong products. The First
Days of School features our 3-line Gradebooks.
Marvin Marshall’s book Discipline Without Stress,
Punishment or Rewards.
Booth 400
Zaner-Bloser V
Booth 1224
Ziegler S
1201 Dublin Road
Columbus, OH 43215
Telephone: (800) 248-2568 ext. 2537
Fax: 800.992.6087
Web: www.zaner-bloser.com
250 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1900
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Telephone: (800) 558-1776
Fax: (414) 978-6575
Web: www.zieglerloan.com
Zaner-Bloser focuses on Language
Arts programs that inspire students to
become engaged, literate participants in
the global society. We publish reading,
writing instruction, spelling, handwriting,
and integrated character development.
Our professional development provides a
partnership with charter schools to broaden
content knowledge and the confidence of
educators.
Since our first financing in 1913, Ziegler has
become a recognized leader in providing
financing to religious and educational
institutions throughout the U.S. Focusing on
multidenominational places of worship, K-12
private schools, charter schools and small
colleges, Ziegler offers long-term, fixed-rate
financing, tax-exempt financing and short-term,
variable rate financing.
Rasa Tabula – an online FREE site
http://www.rasatabula.com
Group Collabaration And
Communication For Schools
Teacher’s aide - Reduce administrative work load
Facilitate student learning at their own pace
Communicate student progress with parents
Collaborate with peers across boundaries
Meet regulatory grant requirements
Within a private and secure cloud environment
Learn more - Booth # 735 - [email protected]
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save the date!
The 20th Annual
March 11–14, 2013
San Diego Convention Center—San Diego, CA
“20 Years of Reinventing Public Education”
Don’t miss the opportunity to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the California
Charter School Movement!
Plan ahead and save! Watch for our early bird discounts and bring your whole
school to this exciting event packed with professional development and
networking opportunities!
Visit our website at www.charterconference.org for more information.
Questions? E-mail: [email protected]
Presented by the California Charter Schools Association
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• Nonprofit incorporation
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labor negotiations
• Non-classroom compliance
• Representation before agencies
and courts
• Board governance
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• Prop. 39 and facilities development
Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP has been a leader in charter
school law for more than a decade, representing over 400 charter
• Revocation defense
• In-service training and workshops
schools throughout the state. We offer superior legal expertise,
as well as the technical know-how to allow you to effectively
• Audit defense
resolve problems and meet all your charter school needs – with
• Litigation
the confidentiality you deserve, at a price you can afford.
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contract review
We emphasize a preventative approach to the law, helping our
clients anticipate legal difficulties, minimize exposure to legal
claims and fees, and prevent operational challenges.
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