NM Charter Schools

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NM Charter Schools - Entrepreneurs Closing the
Achievement Gap

• Key Partners
• Charter School Authorizers -
• Local school districts
• Public Education Commission
• Lead SBDC in Santa Fe
• NM Coalition for Charter Schools
• Workforce Development
• NM Business Roundtable for Educational Excellence
• Economic Development

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NM Charter Schools - Entrepreneurs Closing the
Achievement Gap

• Summary
• NM Public Education Commission (PEC) and local
  districts are charter authorizers
• Media Arts Collaborative Charter School
• Consortium information, resources, standards,
  updates sent statewide to NMs 63 charter
  schools, 89 districts, NM ctso project, and
  Regional Educational Centers
• All constituents encouraged to participate and
  report to the Consortium for entrepreneurship
  week

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Charter Schools - Entrepreneurs Closing the
Achievement Gap

• Activities/Outcomes
• CSD - monthly technical and funding assistance
  that addresses all aspects of opening and
  operating the charter school entrepreneurial
  venture.
• Consortium resources and information shared with
  schools entrepreneurship education integration
  in charters specialized curricula/programs.
• Lead SBDC in Santa Fe and CSD - collaboration
  activities to provide up-front technical
  assistance to prospective charter school
  applicants to improve their application
  submissions, entrepreneurial skills, knowledge,
  and opening and operational business needs.
• Existing charter schools - to be surveyed in
  2007-08 to assess current and/or planned
  entrepreneurship education efforts, courses,
  programs, activities. Site visits to include
  questions and observations related to
  entrepreneurship education activities/initiatives.