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 Community Calendar
Peak to Peak Athletic Field Ribbon Cutting
Hosted by Peak to Peak Charter School
Date: Friday, November 4
Time: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: Peak to Peak Charter School, 800 Merlin Drive, Lafayette, CO 80026
Description: Peak to Peak Charter School is proud to announce they will host a ribbon cutting celebration for the new athletic fields on November 4. The fields will be home to the school's growing baseball and softball programs at the middle and high school level. Peak to Peak's athletic programs have grown steadily over the last ten years including a state championship for soccer in 2005 and several state individual titles in track and field.
Two Roads Charter School Open House
Hosted by Two Roads Charter School
Date: Saturday, November 5
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Two Roads Charter School, 7180 Oak Street, in Arvada
Cost: Free
Description: Two Roads Charter School is excited to invite you to come see their new location. Please bring your family to come take a tour, attend the ribbon cutting, take part in scooter races, a charity sock fight (new socks in the package only please - they are being donated afterward), and purchase coffee or ice cream, and much, much more. The open house will showcase the programs from Preschool through 12th grade. For more information call 303-423-3377 or visit www.tworoadscharter.org.
Executive Function Skills: Cutting Edge Approaches to Practical Interventions for Working with Children and Adolescents
Presented by The International Dyslexia Association - Rocky Mountain Branch and The HillSprings Learning Center
Date: Saturday, November 5
Time: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Location: Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E Hampden Avenue, Englewood, CO 80110
Cost: $75 per person
Description: A Day Long Workshop with Sarah Ward, M.S., CCC/SLP
This is a practical strategies seminar! In the first hour you will learn the nuts and bolts of what the executive function skills are for the purpose of determining the most effective treatment interventions. Understand the development of the executive function skills and what is meant by the term "executive dysfunction". The rest of the day you will learn dozens of functional, ready-to-use strategies for teaching students how to develop the executive function skills. Click here for more information.
Workanomics
Hosted by Staples Advantage
Date: Tuesday, November 8
Time: 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Staples Advantage, 13800 E. 39th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80011
Description: Workanomics can help increase worker productivity by reducing risk factors, reduce costly worker comp claims and lost time, and keep employees engaged in healthy work habits. Click here for more information.
Registration: Email Donna Speakman at donna.speakman@staples.com.
Colorado Charter Starter Webinar Series
Negotiating a Charter Contract
Hosted by the Colorado League of Charter Schools
Date: Thursday, November 10
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Online
Cost: Free
Description: This webinar will provide an overview of the importance of the charter contract in addressing issues of both autonomy and accountability. We will also cover the model contract language being used by many authorizers around the state. If you have questions, contact Kathy Zlomke at kzlomke@coloradoleague.org or Jennifer Douglas at jdouglas@coloradoleague.org.
Registration: Click here to register.
Lunch and Learn
Streamlining Family Engagement: Maximizing Performance and the Bottom Line
Hosted by the Colorado League of Charter Schools and One Green Apple
Date: Tuesday, November 15
Time: 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Location: Colorado League of Charter Schools, 725 S. Broadway, Suite 7, Denver, CO 80209
Description: Join the Colorado League of Charter Schools and One Green Apple Academic Solutions for a Streamlining Family Engagement Lunch and Learn. Interested PTO and school staff are welcome and encouraged to join!
Registration: Click here for more information and to register. Deadline: Friday, November 11.
Federal E-Rate Funding Made Easy!
Hosted by The FundEd Consulting Group
Date: Wednesday, November 16
Time: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Location: Webinar
Cost: Free
Description: During this webinar, participants will learn more about the E-Rate Program and products and services that are eligible for funding under the program. In addition, the E-Rate application timeline will be reviewed. Attendees will receive a Checklist of E-Rate Eligible Technologies and a Discount Calculation Sheet of Priority Funding Levels.
Registration: Click here to register.
Colorado Charter Starter Webinar Series
Developing a Performance Management Strategy
Hosted by the Colorado League of Charter Schools
Date: Thursday, November 17
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Online
Cost: Free
Description: Performance management is data-driven decision making that is facilitated by the use of high quality strategies and systems that gather, organize, analyze, report, and share information about student and school performance. Join this webinar to gain best practice around creating a strong PM culture for your school, understanding key components to write it into your application, grant, and budget, pitfalls to avoid, resources and more. If you have questions, contact Kathy Zlomke at kzlomke@coloradoleague.org or Jennifer Douglas at jdouglas@coloradoleague.org.
Registration: Click here to register.
Business Manager Network Meeting
Hosted by the Colorado Department of Education
Date: Friday, November 18
Time: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Cost: $20 Per Person (No cash - No shows will be billed!)
Location: Colorado Springs Early Colleges, 4435 N. Chestnut Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80907
Description: Charter schools receive the most current and practical, experience-based technical information on topics pertinent to the business management of charter schools. Demonstrated success and best practices are shared openly among participants. CDE assembles an agenda for each meeting based on requests from participants and relevance to the business environment.
Breakfast and lunch provided. Please bring a personal check, business check or M.O. for registration cost. NO CASH.
Registration: Click here to register. Deadline: November 16.
Common Formative Assessment
Hosted by the Colorado League of Charter Schools
Date: Tuesday, December 6 - Wednesday, December 7
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: Colorado School Districts Self Insurance Pool, 6857 South Spruce Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112
Cost: League Members: $300 per person | Non-members: $400 per person. (Grant funds have been used to subsidize the cost of this training, which would normally cost $655/person.)
Audience: School Leaders and Teachers
Description: Learn to use assessment for learning in a collaborative process that offers students descriptive feedback and multiple measures of success. Common Formative Assessments or interim assessments, allow teachers to collaboratively design grade-level and content area assessments in order to regularly evaluate student learning and to provide consistent data to inform instruction. Training contingent upon 15 attendees minimum.
Registration: Click here to register. Deadline: November 28.
North Area Regional Meeting
Hosted by the Colorado Department of Education
Date: Tuesday, December 6
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Cost: Pay for your own lunch at restaurant
Location: Mimi's Cafe, 1450 Fall River Drive, Loveland, CO 80538
Description: Luncheon meeting offers networking, updates on state-level projects and current news and highlights from each charter school represented.
Registration: Click here to register. Deadline: December 4.
Pikes Peak Leader Meeting
Hosted by the Colorado Department of Education
Date: Tuesday, December 6
Time: 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Cost: $10 (No cash - No shows will be billed!)
Location: AACL, 2510 N. Chestnut St., Colorado Springs, CO 80907
Description: Led by an experienced charter school administrator, these meetings focus on a text that varies from year to year, depending on the interests and needs of the group.
Lunch provided. Please bring a personal check, business check or M.O. for registration cost. NO CASH.
Registration: Click here to register. Deadline: December 4
Bully Prevention Institute
Sponsored by The Colorado Department of Education, The Colorado Legacy Foundation, and The Colorado School SafetyResource Center
Dates/Locations (choose one):
Thursday, December 8 - CSU Pueblo
Wednesday, January 25 - Aurora Public Schools Conference Center
Time: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Cost: No cost to attend. Lunch is provided.
Registration: Please go to www.co.train.org. Set up a learner account and register for the Institute location and date using the course ID number: 1028332. You will need Internet Explorer to register through the CO Train System. If you have questions or need assistance with registration, please contact the Colorado School Safety Resource Center at 303-239-4435. Click here for additional information.
Administrator Mentoring Cohort Meeting
Hosted by the Colorado Department of Education
Date: Friday, December 9
Time: 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Cost: $20 Per Person (No cash - No shows will be billed!)
Location: Pinnacle Charter School, 1001 West 84th Avenue, Denver, CO 80260
Description: Designed to pair new charter school administrators with proven veterans who can mentor and come alongside new administrators during the difficult startup years of a new charter school. Breakfast and lunch provided. Please bring a personal check, business check or M.O. for registration cost. NO CASH.
Registration: Click here to register. Deadline: December 7.
Authorizer's Meeting
Hosted by the Colorado Department of Education
Date: Thursday, December 15
Time: 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Cost: Free
Location: Edwin E. Harshbarger Educational Service Center, 18551 East 160th Avenue, Brighton, CO 80601
Description: Provides charter school authorizer training on the proposed quality standards, the charter application process, contracting, the charter renewal process, monitoring, oversight, charter replication, and charter school restart and turnaround models. Lunch provided.
Regisrtation: Click here to register. Deadline: December 13.
Colorado Charter Starter Webinar
Alignment of Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction
Hosted by the Colorado League of Charter Schools
Date: Thursday, December 15
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Online
Cost: Free
Description: A well-aligned instructional model, including curriculum, assessment, and standards, is one of the most telling factors in student achievement and school success. Engage in this interactive webinar to gain best practice in ensuring alignment and implementing curriculum and instruction with fidelity. If you have questions, contact Kathy Zlomke at kzlomke@coloradoleague.org or Jennifer Douglas at jdouglas@coloradoleague.org.
Registration: Click here to register.
Board President's Council (Webinar)
Hosted by the Colorado Department of Education
Date: Friday, December 16
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Online
Description: Provides a venue for troubleshooting, networking, technical assistance, and discussion. Recognizing the geographic distribution of charter schools, CDE ensures the opportunity for online participation and webinar formats.
Registration: Click here to register. Deadline: December 14 | 
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Colorado Charter Starter Webinars
Georgetown Communty School (GCS) is a small town, Core Knowledge charter school serving children ages 6 weeks to 5 years. Community is definitely the right word to describe GCS.
GCS utilizes a play-based approach, featuring individualized plans to facilitate growth and learning. Children enrolled in the infant, toddler, preschool, and pre-Kindergarten classes are introduced to the basic classroom structure with Open Court Reading and the Core Knowledge preschool sequence in addition to the traditional early education. GCS also provides after school and summer care for all ages up to the age of 12.
