April 5, 2021 MCPSA News Share Your Positive Charter School Story! We want to hear from you and give you the chance to win $250! Share your own positive stories of how your school meets each student where they are, how your school implements innovative approaches to support students of all needs, and how your school creates a supportive community for everyone from every background. These are the faces of the children charter school students. Currently, these students receive nearly $1,000 LESS per student! We MUST encourage our Legislators to #FixTheGlitch. Contact them today sharing your charter school story and why your students deserve equitable funding. NEW Resources in the Members' Only Portal MCPSA is constantly updating our Members' Only Portal with the most up-to-date, relevant resources for the Missouri charter school sector. We recently put together a list of Auditing Firms with Charter LEA experience. Check it out! Worth Sharing In Other News From Pandemic to Progress Webinar Join Bellwether and school district leaders in a three-part webinar series featuring superintendents in conversation on the lessons, innovations, and interventions districts have implemented that should continue long past the pandemic. Closed captioning will be provided. Beginning Teacher Assistance Program Our redesigned BTAP program is specifically for PK ‐twelfth grade public or private school classroom teachers who are teaching in the first through fourth year of their career. Over a period of four weeks, participants will engage in four workshop topics: • Classroom Environment To learn more about the UMSL College of Education, please contact: David A. Stofer, Ed.S. New Year, New Savings Opportunity As we enter the New Year, MCPSA wishes to provide our member Charter Schools with cost saving strategies that make your life easier. An excellent cost savings strategy we have been promoting is the Missouri Charter School Insurance Program (MCSIP). To-date, three of our member Charters Schools have transitioned their property, liability and workers’ compensation insurance to MCSIP and saved thousands of dollars while improving their insurance coverage. Understanding insurance is typically a top four expenditure for Charter Schools, we are delighted to bring this solution to you and recommend you receive quotes to join MCSIP. Please email Sam Bell to receive quotes to join MCSIP and to take advantage of these potential savings and better insurance coverage. Charter MarketPlace We're excited to announce our strategic partnership with Innovare as part of their EDnovation® program. MCPSA member schools are eligible to receive Innovare's all-in-one data strategy app Inno™ and exclusive support sessions with their team at a 50% discount. Innovare's app and support can be especially helpful during remote learning in order to visualize student progress using non-traditional metrics, and effectively plan back to school. To learn more about Innovare's app, watch this video. Missouri Charter School employees can receive a monthly discount on Magenta Max plans. This top-tier plan includes features like Netflix, Scam Shield™, 40GB mobile hotspot and free stuff every week with T-Mobile Tuesdays—all with taxes and fees included. Call: 855-570-9947 and mention State of Missouri schools. MCPSA Quicklinks Copyright © *2021* *MCPSA*, All rights reserved. |