March 29, 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. 2021 YMCA Safety Around Water To be considered eligible for participation in this summer’s Y- Safety Around Water (SAW) program you must complete this form in its entirety and submit via email no later than April 15th to Caroline Mitchell. SAW is an 8-lesson program for students who have limited or no resources for swimming, or are beginners in swimming, and who can attend at least 75% of the swim lessons. Alternative Certification and Graduate Program The College of Education (COE) at the University of Missouri – St. Louis (UMSL) understands the demand for quality and accountability in Educator Preparation programs. We strive to ensure that our program is accessible, affordable, and relevant to the needs of today’s education professionals. Whether you are in a classroom now and need certification, or are thinking about education as a career field, we have accelerated programs that are flexible, experiential, and will prepare you for the classroom. Our Teach in 12 or Teach Residency Alternative Certification Programs, are the opportunity you need to get into the classroom and impact the lives of students. Please attend one of our virtual events coming up this spring to learn more: Teach in 12 Virtual Preview Night: Teach Residency Virtual Information Night UMSL COE Virtual Graduate School Fair For more information about this or any of our academic programs designed to help you begin or continue a rewarding career in 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 Founded in 1992 by Mike Bukaty, Bukaty Companies is one of the Kansas City area's largest privately owned employee benefits and insurance brokerage firms. From its early beginnings as a two-person office, the business has grown to more than 200 employees representing more than 1,600 health/welfare clients. Partnered with MCPSA, The Association of American Educators (AAE) is the largest national, non-union, professional educators’ organization, providing a modern approach to teacher representation and educational advocacy. Focused on student-centered reforms, and promoting the charter school movement here in Missouri and nationwide, AAE provides critical professional benefits with the charter school administrator and teacher in mind. MCPSA Quicklinks Copyright © *2021* *MCPSA*, All rights reserved. |