The National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC) presents a toolkit on ways that school leaders can rethink student discipline and school climate. The five enabling factors in the planning and implementation of discipline reform include: 1) defining the scope of change, 2) creating a vision, 3) driving commitment to change, 4) revising policies and procedures, and [...]
The report profiles four charter schools with innovative approaches to discipline: Health Sciences High and Middle College, KIPP Bay Area Schools, New Orleans College Prep Network, and Rowe Elementary School. The report presents each school's culture, discipline programs, results, and emerging issues. Download Resource More Publications [...]
Swati Gupta Engagement Manager Swati Gupta has a strong background in education and policy research. As a Research Associate at Safal, Swati has led program evaluation, report writing and projects on career and technical education. Prior to Safal, she led research at an education start-up in India, [...]
On Friday, May 16, 2014, The National Charter School Resource Center at Safal Partners invites you to a webinar on Common Core Implementations at Charter Schools. In this webinar, our experts present a fresh perspective on Common Core implementations at charter schools and share thought-provoking approaches for achieving your implementation goals around curriculum and professional [...]
Safal is managing the annual conference for the U.S. Department of Education's Investing in Innovation (i3) grant program. Client: U.S. Department of Education Investing in Innovation (i3) program provides funding to (1) LEAs, and (2) nonprofit organizations in partnership with (a) one or more LEAs or (b) a consortium of schools. Each year, grantees meet [...]
The Texas 21st Century Community Learning Center program, also known as Texas Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE), is a grant program administered by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The ACE program is one of the largest statewide afterschool programs, serving over 180,000 students across nearly 1,000 sites. [...]
Redesigned talent placement process with custom web-based matching tool. Education Pioneers engaged Safal in a strategic planning project to redesign its placement process, making it more efficient, effective and scalable. Safal identified bottlenecks and pain points, internalized the organization’s strategic priorities and benchmarked processes against similar organizations. Key accomplishments: (1) Identified opportunities and implemented improvements [...]
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