Request for Petition for 2015-2016



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I.Executive Summary


Please include the completed GADOE Executive Summary sheet. In addition, please provide the following information, limiting the total length of this section to three pages, including the DOE Executive Summary sheet.

A.Mission

1.Describe the vision and core values for your proposed charter school. Provide a clear statement that defines the purposes and nature of the school. Your mission statement should (in one or two sentences) indicate what the school intends to do, for whom, and to what degree.

2.Identify how the school will accomplish its mission and what makes it uniquely suited to do so.

3.Describe how the charter school will support the legislative intent for charter schools to “increase student achievement through academic and organizational innovation.” (O.C.G.A. § 20-2-2061)




B.Community Support/Educational Need for this School

1.Explain the need for this particular school in the immediate community it will serve. How will this school use innovation and flexibility to enhance outcomes for the target population?

2.Describe the depth and breadth of community support for this school.

3.Describe the areas of concentration on which this school intends to focus.

C.Governance and Organization

1.Present any evidence of community involvement in school governance.

2.If the school will be operated in part or in full by an Education Management Organization (EMO), please briefly outline the relationship between the governing board and the EMO, describe how the EMO was chosen and how it will be compensated.



II.Education Program

A.Academic Standards and Curriculum

1.Provide a general description of the curriculum that will be used by the school including the objectives, content, and skills to be taught in the main subject areas at each grade level in your school. What will be the focus of the curriculum? Explain how the curriculum is aligned with the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards.



As part of this response, please provide the following (these should be included as Appendix B): a week-long sample lesson plan for one teacher, a year-long scope and sequence for one subject, for one grade.

2.Describe what is innovative or distinctive about the proposed instructional methods and materials that will be used to provide high quality instruction and educational programs.

3.Explain how your innovative program is research-based and standards-driven. Explain the research that demonstrates that this approach will work with your anticipated student population.

4.What is the anticipated teacher-to-student ratio and the rationale for maintaining this ratio?

5.Discuss how your school will address the needs of those students who do not perform at grade level either upon enrollment or shortly after enrolling in the proposed school. What actions, after school hours and during the regular school day, will the school take to help students make the kinds of progress that will enable them to achieve at grade level or higher? What long-range interventions will be established to address these needs?

6.Describe how you will address the needs of children designated and funded as gifted and talented? What goals and measurable objectives will you use to assess their progress?

7.Describe your school’s instructional technology plan, ensuring that all students are prepared to use technology as a tool for learning and as a critical component of today’s society.

8.Describe how the school’s educational program will provide state and federally mandated services to students with limited English proficiency/ English Language Learners. What instruments will be used to identify and assess these students?



B. Students with Disabilities
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) mandates local school systems to ensure that students with disabilities enrolled in charter schools are served in the “same manner” as are students with disabilities (SWD) in non-charter local schools within the local educational agency (LEA).

 

The Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Department of Special Education has developed guidelines for charter schools outlining specific responsibilities for both charter school administration and staff, and Atlanta Public Schools. These guidelines are incorporated into the checklist and your plan for compliance with these guidelines must be incorporated into your application. Atlanta Public Schools will monitor the special education services provided by the charter schools.



1. Describe the school’s approach to educating children with special needs. Describe with specificity how the school will identify children with special needs, develop plans for their education, and monitor their progress. Explain how the school’s innovative curriculum and approach to instruction will be designed or adapted to serve children with special needs. How and when will parents be involved in the aforementioned processes?

2. Pursuant to federal and state special education regulations (including LRE and FAPE), describe how the charter school will provide the continuum of special education services (including related services) to eligible students. Please describe where this continuum will begin and end for students, using concrete examples. Explain who will provide school-level services, who will oversee your school’s SPED program and how placement decisions will be made.

3. Describe how your school will coordinate its special education program with Atlanta Public Schools in order to ensure compliance with all aspects of IDEA.

4. Describe accommodations that will be made to provide ancillary services such as diagnostic and psychological testing and health-related support to students.

C. Student Assessment


Charter Schools are mandated by Georgia statute to participate in the administration of state assessments. Materials for these assessments are provided by the state. The Charter School, as part of the local education agency, will administer all state assessments during the APS system-testing window. Charter Schools, at their expense, may implement additional assessments.

1.Describe the school’s plan to obtain student performance data for each student, including how the baseline standard of achievement shall be determined in order to meet the goals and objectives stated in the petition. For the charter school’s first year, initial baseline student achievement data shall be collected within three months of the first day of school. This data is not limited to, but may include, standardized assessment results from previous school years. Describe what baseline data will be submitted to APS no later than November 15 of the school’s first year.

2.Describe plans to formally and informally assess student performance in the core academic areas and other areas of interest to stakeholders. Describe how the charter school’s assessment plan will measure improvement and over what period of time.

3.Provide a statement detailing how the charter school shall comply with the accountability provisions of O.C.G.A. §20-14-30 through §20-14-41 and federal accountability requirements. Describe how the charter school will work with Atlanta Public Schools to participate in all state-mandated assessments.

4.If students will participate in charter-initiated assessment programs, describe the assessments, when testing will occur, how data will be collected and managed, and how data will be used to drive instruction and improve student outcomes.

      1. For charter schools containing high school grades, describe the method for determining that a student has satisfied the requirements for graduation required by the State Board of Education Rule 160-4-2-.47.






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