Grow Schools, formerly Charter School Capital, Author at Grow Schools

As the saying goes, “if you’re not growing, you’re dying…” Learn the challenges and best practices for charter school growth on our webinar next week Tuesday 4/5 at 9:00 a.m. PDT, featuring Sandro Lanni, CEO of CSMC and Stuart Ellis, CEO of Charter School Capital.

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Speakers:

Stuart Ellis, President & CEO, Charter School Capital
Stuart is the Co-founder and CEO of Charter School Capital, the nation’s leading provider of growth capital and facilities financing to charter schools nationwide. The company has provided in excess of $1 billion in support of 500+ charter schools educating more than 500,000 students across the country.

Sandro Lanni, CEO, CSMC
Sandro Lanni became involved in the charter school movement in 1997 with writing a charter petition as a committed parent, and ultimately opening a charter school in Temecula, Ca. Mr. Lanni served on its Board of Directors for 4 years. Based on the need he saw at this school, Sandro started CSMC in 2000 to provide complete back office services to charter developers and schools.

What you will learn:

Best practices for growth and replication
Funding options specific to your growth stage
Lessons learned from charter school leaders

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We’re having a party and you’re invited! Our team is heading to the California Charter Schools Conference in Long Beach next week and we’ve teamed up with Kevin Carroll for an evening of catalytic conversation and cocktails. You can RSVP here!
Tuesday, March 15 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. in The Empire Ballroom at The Sky Room. 40 S. Locust Street in Long Beach just a few steps away from the convention center.

Kevin is an author, speaker, mentor, and an agent for social change. He has inspired organizations and individuals — from CEOs and employees of Fortune 500 companies to school children — to embrace the spirit of play and creativity to maximize their human potential and sustain meaningful growth.Tonight Kevin will be helping us launch a program series for charter leaders to focus on four key themes – Storytelling, PLAY Matters!, Delivering/Enabling the Unexpected, and Got GRIT?!

Join us as we journey through these themes and learn more about how we will capture and embody these themes throughout 2016.

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When:
Tuesday, March 15
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Where:
The Empire Ballroom at The Sky Room

40 S. Locust Ave
Long Beach, CA 90802
(One Block from the Convention Center)

Search?! Social?! Mobile?! Web?! Email marketing?! All these words along with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat are enough to make any charter school leader’s head spin. We’ve teamed up with our marketing friends at barber&hewitt to bring the next installment of our webinar series to help leader learn more about digital marketing for charter schools…Digital Marketing 101: What Charter Leaders Need to Know.
Join our own VP of Marketing, Kim Brater, along with digital marketing expert and founder of barber&hewitt, Michael Barber, on Tuesday, March 8th at 9:00 a.m. PST / 12:00 p.m. EST for an informative webinar about digital marketing for charter schools and how charter leaders can leverage digital marketing to drive enrollment and connect with students, parents and the community.

Speakers:

Kim Brater, VP of Marketing, Charter School Capital
Kim Brater is VP of Marketing at Charter School Capital leading marketing, communications and digital efforts. Previously she founded and managed Ant Hill Marketing in Portland, Oregon for 15+ years focusing on brand strategy, marketing, public relations, and digital for healthcare, technology, manufacturing, and education clients. Kim holds a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst and an M.A. in Communications from the University of Oregon. As an adjunct professor at Portland State University, she taught upper level PR and Communications courses in the School of Business Management. Kim currently lives with her family in Portland, Oregon.

Michael Barber, Founder, barber&hewitt
Michael Barber is the founder of barber&hewitt, a consultancy dedicated to helping brands blend creative and data to tell better stories. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and Mashable. When he isn’t tinkering at barber&hewitt, you’ll find him teaching at various universities and honing his obsessions with donuts, planes, the Arizona Wildcats, and his two Westies, McDoogle and Bowie.

What you will learn:

Why digital marketing matters for charter schools
Digital marketing tactics for charter schools to consider
Digital marketing resources for charter schools

Charter schools face multiple challenges from Year 0 inception in establishing the school and a different set of challenges once in operation through their growth. What are the charter school growth strategies that will help your school succeed? What are your plans for charter school replication? How do the challenges faced by charter leaders change as they expand?

Join us for a webinar focused on charter school growth strategies. We’ll feature the challenges schools face during various phases from start-up, expansion through to a mature school as well as highlight best practices schools use to achieve success.

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Speakers:

Marshall Emerson, Co-founder & CEO, I CAN SCHOOLS
Marshall the Co-founder and CEO of I CAN Schools, overseeing seven charters and more than 2,000 students. I CAN began in 2010 and the schools have been one of the country’s most successful charter school concepts in closing the achievement gap for low-income students.

What you will learn:

Best practices for growth and replication
Funding options specific to your growth stage
Lessons learned from charter school leaders

On Tuesday, February 2^nd, Larry Reider, President of Charter School Property Solutions, joined Charter School Capital Co-Founder, President, and CEO Stuart Ellis to discuss facilities financing for charter schools as part of Charter School Capital’s ongoing webinar series.
As the Charter School Movement celebrates its 25th anniversary, there are now nearly 7,000 charter schools in 43 states, serving nearly 3 million students. However, there are more than 1 million students still on waiting lists and many charters are unable to get financing for adequate facilities to support the demand. In addition, as the Charter Movement continues to grow and thrive, many charter schools seek the long-term stability that comes with controlling their own facilities.
In this webinar, Larry and Stuart discussed the relative value of facility ownership versus long-term leasing. More significantly, Larry and Stuart discuss in detail the advantages and disadvantages of a variety of financing options available to independent charters, Education Management Organizations (EMOs) and Charter Management Organizations (CMOs).
For many charter schools, facility ownership has become synonymous with self-determination. However, long-term facility leasing may offer many of the same benefits as facility ownership, often with less capital investment and much less risk.
In an attempt to clarify the risks and rewards of facility ownership versus long-term leasing, Larry and Stuart provide an in-depth analysis and comparison of financing a facility purchase, a new build and long-term leasing options for either a new or renovated facility. Whether pursuing a cash purchase, or a bank- or bond-financed purchase of a new or pre-existing facility, there are many complex factors to consider, including:

How much can I afford?
What are annual costs?
What are options for growth in the facility? Will I outgrow the space too quickly?

While every charter school’s needs are unique, the analysis presented in this webinar can be used to clarify your organization’s facilities requirements and the variety of financing options available to your charter school.
If you want learn more about facility financing for charter schools, download the webinar presentation one SlideShare or email us at GrowCharters@charterschoolcapital.com
To learn more about how Charter School Capital can help your school, EMO or CMO, contact our team directly at growcharters@charterschoolcapital.com or visit cscnewbeta.wpengine.com today.
And keep a lookout for future Charter School Capital webinars, hosted regularly and addressing topics such as Facilities Options for Charter Schools, Growth Strategies for Charter Schools, Digital Marketing Strategies for Charter Schools, and more!

Join us for an informative webinar focused on facilities options for charter schools on February 2nd at 9:00 a.m. PST.
Finding and securing state-of-the-art facilities and financing is one of the top challenges charter school leaders face today. Learn about the various options and how to evaluate what is best for your school.

Topics:
– Funding structure and options available
– Pros and cons to various financing
– Balancing needs versus wants for your facility
– Facing budget realities
– Facilities planning best practices
Speakers:
Larry Rieder, President, Charter School Property Solutions

Larry Rieder is President of Charter School Property Solutions (CSPS). He has over 30 years of experience in commercial real estate and has negotiated over $900 million of aggregate lease and equity transactions on behalf of major corporations. He founded CSPS to develop new, long-term academic facilities for charter school institutions. CSPS helps schools by managing the overwhelming tasks of locating, purchasing, financing, constructing and renovating academic facilities throughout the United States. The company has completed projects in Florida, New Mexico, Ohio, Nevada, Texas, and South Carolina.

Stuart Ellis, President & CEO, Charter School Capital

Charter School Capital is the leader in providing working and growth capital and facilities financing to charter schools nationwide. To date the organization has provided more than 1 billion in funding to 500+ charter schools educating 500,000 students across the country. In addition, more than $125 million of a $500 million facilities fund has been put to work in charter school facilities.

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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Are you celebrating National School Choice Week (NSCW)? Along with 16,000+ events and 232+ governors, mayors, and county leaders, our team here at Charter School Capital is celebrating this week, dedicated to education choice. NSCW encourages schools, organizations and individuals to hold positive events that celebrate school choice options, while drawing attention to the need for even greater opportunities for children. Our team at Charter School Capital encourage you, charter leaders to support the choice families have in charter school education across the country.
Join us as we share stories and quotes about school choice on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, You can follow the school choice week festivities, events and conversation using the #schoolchoiceweek hashtag.
We would also love to hear what you’re doing to celebrate the week. Tell us using the comments below. Have a great #schoolchoiceweek!

Did you know that this week is National School Choice Week 2016?
That’s right! Held every January, National School Choice Week (NSCW) shines a spotlight on education options for every child. Check out last year’s highlights:

The goal of National School Choice Week is to raise public awareness of all types of education options for children. To meet this goal, NSCW encourages schools, organizations, and individuals to hold positive events that celebrate school choice options, while drawing attention to the need for even greater opportunities for children.
The Charter School Capital team will be supporting and celebrating the week with its fellow charter school leaders and school choice advocates via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and the official NSCW hashtag #schoolchoiceweek. Join us online and/or the thousands of others participating at https://schoolchoiceweek.com/.
What are you doing or National School Choice Week? Leave your thoughts in the comment below!

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Join us for Facilities Financing Options for Charter Schools – December 2015 on Dec 15, 2015 9:00 AM PST at:
Submit your webinar registration here.
Join us for an informative webinar focused on facilities options for charter schools. Finding and securing state-of-the-art facilities and financing is a challenge charter school leaders face. Learn about the various options and how to evaluate what is best for your school.
We will cover:
– Funding structure and options available
– Pros and cons to various financing
– Balancing needs versus wants for your facility
– Facing budget realities
– Facilities planning best practices
Speakers:
Stuart Ellis, President & CEO, Charter School Capital
Michael R. Atkins, General Counsel, Leona Group, LLC
REGISTER TODAY!
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Join us for an informative webinar focused on facilities financing options available to charter schools. Finding and securing state-of-the-art facilities and financing is a challenge charter school leaders face. Learn about the various options and how to evaluate what is best for your school.

We will cover:

Funding structure and options available
Pros and cons to various financing
Balancing needs versus wants for your facility
Facing budget realities
Facilities planning best practices

Facilities Options for Charter Schools

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

9:00 a.m. PST / 12:00 p.m. EST

Featured Speakers

Michael Atkins, General Counsel, The Leona Group

Michael R. Atkins has served as General Counsel for The Leona Group, LLC and its subsidiary and affiliated entities (“Leona Group”) since 2008, after spending 30 years in private legal practice with the firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, PLC. The Leona Group’s current core business operations involve the provision of educational, business, administrative and management services to charter school customers located in Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.

Stuart Ellis, President & CEO, Charter School Capital

Charter School Capital is the industry leader, providing growth capital and facilities financing to charter schools nationwide. To date the organization has provided more than $850 million in funding to 500+ charter schools educating 500,000 students across the country. In addition, nearly $125 million of a $500 million facilities fund has been put to work in charter school facilities.

Submit your questions in advance and register to receive the webinar instructions.