Adult Charter Schools Discussion Begins Monday, Nov. 2nd, in Program Management CoP

Colleagues,

The LINCS Program Management Community of Practice will host a week-long panel discussion on adult charter schools from Monday, November 2^nd through Friday, November 6th. A relatively new, but steadily growing trend in over ten states and the District of Columbia, we now have nearly 100 adult public charter schools in the U.S. Panelists include experienced adult charter school managers who will describe the opportunities and challenges in creating and operating adult charter schools. Participants will learn more about what charter schools are, what an adult charter school looks like, what opportunities they present, and challenges they create for program administrators, teachers and adult learners. For example, becoming an adult charter school might ensure a stable source of funding, or offer a solid alternative to high school equivalency diplomas with an approved high school diploma. This is an important opportunity for innovative program directors, who are seeking new opportunities for their adult secondary education skills programs.

Here are the topics, day-by-day

Monday November 2nd we will begin with Introductions of the Panelists

Tuesday, November 3rd ,  Opportunities and Challenges in Becoming an Adult Charter school.

Wednesday, November 4th,  Teacher Professional Development.

Thursday, November 5th, Career Pathways.

Friday, November 6th,  Assessment and Evaluation.

To participate: if you are not already a member, join the Program Management Community of Practice. I look forward to seeing your questions and comments in this discussion!  If you know colleagues who may be interested in joining LINCS for this discussion, please forward the instructions for joining and posting messages below.

David J. Rosen

Moderator, Program Management Community of Practice

djrosen123@gmail.com

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Joining the LINCS Community and Groups

1. If you are not a member of the LINCS Community, visit: https://community.lincs.ed.gov/ to create an account. If you are already a member, skip this section.
2. To complete your registration information, select Log In/Register on the far right in the light blue menu ribbon.
3.  Choose an ID and password (and save them someplace secure but where you can easily find them!).
4. Check the box indicating you agree to the Terms and Conditions. A confirmation email will be sent to the email address you provided.
5. Click on the link in that email. You should receive a “Validation Successful “ response. It may take one or two days to approve a new registration. Wait until you receive an email that indicates that your account has been approved before logging in. Once approved, log in with your new ID and password.
6. Once logged in, click the  “Join Groups” button, or “Groups” tab in the light blue horizontal navigation bar. You will be directed to a list of groups you can join. Chose the group(s) that interest you and, for each, select “join” to become a member. You may want to start with only one or two groups at first, and add others later if you wish
7. When you choose a group, you will be redirected to that group’s home page. On the right you have the option to set your Email Subscription.
8. Select Immediate from the drop down menu. You can always change this to another setting later, to 12 hour digest or 24 hour digest to get batched messages, less frequently.
9. Click Submit. Each time someone posts a message, you will receive it in your email.

Replying to a posted message

Tip: Participating in LINCS community discussions is easier if you set up your browser to automatically log in to LINCS. Typically when you register, your browser asks if you want to remember the ID and password. Agree to that. Then (at least in the Firefox or Safari browsers) when you type the first letter of your ID it suggests your whole ID and, when you accept that, it automatically enters your password.

1. To reply to a message, it is best to log in to the LINCS group webpage so that you can see the discussion context in which the message was posted.

2A. Then, starting from the posted message in your email, note the light grey line at the top of the message beginning with “Home” and ending with “Add new comment”. Before “Add new comment” is the name of the discussion thread in which it appears. Select that.

2A.1 Then select “Leave Page”. You will now see the whole discussion beginning with the first post at the top.

2A.2 Scroll down to find the message you want to reply to, read any messages before it that provide the context, then in that message select “reply”.

OR

2B. Noting the name of the group in which the post appeared,and the title of the discussion, on a LINCS Community page (e.g. https://community.lincs.ed.gov/), under the dark blue menu at the top of the page, select “Groups”

2B.1 Select the group in which the message you want to reply to appears.

2B.2 Select the “Discussions” tab

2B.3 Find and select the discussion in which the message was posted. You will be taken to the beginning of the discussion thread.

2B.4 Scroll down, reading as much as you wish. When you reach the post you wanted to reply to, at the end of the post, select “reply”.

3. Once you see the comment box:

1. Type in the subject header. I recommend repeating the title of the post you are responding to, possibly followed by a colon, and then a word or two indicating the theme of your post.
2. Keyboard/type (or paste in) your comment.
3. Select Preview to review your subject line and your comment and to edit these if needed. Do this as many times as you wish until it looks the way you want it to.
4. Select Post.

If you have difficulty registering, joining a group, or posting or replying to a message, please contact me at djrosen123@gmail.com 

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