News & Updates

Feb 7-9, 2022. Held at Sutter County Superintendent of Schools, Yuba City. 360 Accelerator, in collaboration with the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) and the California Department of Education (CDE), is offering a free three-day professional development...

Charter school oversight is evolving. What once entailed mostly emergency interventions and petition renewals every five years, is becoming a more thoughtful practice with the goal of helping charter schools and students to succeed. With this newsletter, CCAP begins a...

Quarterly Regional Trainings Registration is open for the October Quarterly Regional Training by CASI*, the Charter Authorizer Support Initiative. This training focuses on Fiscal oversight and will be presented by Michelle Giacomini, Deputy Executive Director of...

Skill Building and Network Building Among Highlights of CCAP's California Charter School Authorizers Conference   Everyone needs and deserves a refresher now and then, and CCAP’s California Charter School Authorizers Conference fit the bill for more than 120...

As one of CCAP’s newest board members, Ginese Quann brings a unique perspective on California’s charter school system. She has been in the charter school world for about 25 years, working first as a teacher in a Southern California charter school and then moving into...

CASI, the Charter Authorizer Support Initiative, was launched three months ago and already is on its way to becoming the powerhouse of resources, networking, professional development, and collaboration for California charter authorizers. CCAP and the Santa Clara...

Whether you’re an authorizer with a portfolio of dozens of schools or just one, rural or urban, “newbie” or “old hand,” a CBO or academic program manager, a board member or superintendent, a charter school leader or CMO administrator, state policymaker or community...

Spring training and network building are well underway through the Charter Authorizer Support Initiative (CASI), the statewide initiative for authorizers. CCAP is implementing CASI in collaboration with the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) and regional...

CCAP and the Santa Clara County Office of Education have launched a state-funded initiative to expand and strengthen charter school authorizing, with a special focus on meeting the needs of rural and small school district authorizers. See the full press release here.