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CharterShield is an annual performance and compliance internal audit service for charter schools. It works in conjunction with your financial audit, and looks at all dimensions that impact your school from academics and governance to operations.

  • Identify gaps in performance quickly and confidentially before authorizers do
  • Get the best solutions and access expert implementation help
  • Have peace of mind in knowing you are focused on the right issues and that your school's future is secure

annual health check for your school.

"The CharterShield Gap Analysis workshop brought our school back to focusing on the specific obligations spelled out in our charter-something too easily overlooked in a school's day-to-day operations. Thanks to the Elevate consultant team, our governance is re-energized in setting expectations of the school leadership to ensure our charter goals are met."


James Neimeier, Chair Board of Trustees, South Buffalo Charter School


CharterShield is a service package including a Gap Analysis Workshop, Internal Audit and Report, Solution Consulting, and Evaluation Tools-all designed to help your school identify vulnerabilities and to fix them. CharterShield looks at all the critical areas that impact your performance and your charter renewal including school culture and academics, operational effectiveness and compliance, organizational leadership and governance, and community and parent relationships.



1. IDENTIFY: GAP ANALYSIS WORKSHOP

Workshop to help your school team (board, leadership, and teachers) identify and understand obligations in the school's charter that will be scrutinized by your authorizer.

2. EVALUATE: INTERNAL AUDIT

Quickly zero in on performance and compliance gaps. The internal audit is confidential and is done through a combination of self-evaluation and site visits by the Elevate team.

3. REPORT: INTERNAL AUDIT REPORT

CharterShield provides your school's board and management team an Internal Performance Audit Report that clearly communicates areas of strength and weakness.

4. SOLVE: SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT HELP

CharterShield offers proven solution options including expert advice for performance and compliance gap areas and helps you develop and implement action.

5. MONITOR: EVALUATION

CharterShield provides you a quick and easy way to monitor implementation of action plans and communicate progress with your management team and school board.


CharterShield is an annual performance and compliance internal audit service for charter schools. It works in conjunction with your financial audit, and looks at all dimensions that impact your school-from academics and governance to operations.



A: ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE

A strong charter school has solid leadership that leads ethically with transparency, responsibly, effectively, and with expertise. School leaders are focused on delivering the school's mission and vision for student success and a healthy organization.


B: FINANCIAL INTEGRITY AND SOUNDNESS

A healthy charter school manages its public-entrusted fiscal resources effectively and with integrity, and it fulfills its mission and vision in a financially stable manner.


C: OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND COMPLIANCE

Great charter schools are able to operate their school in an organized manner with efficiency and effectiveness. They are always in compliance with all legal requirements.


D: COMMUNITY AND PARENT RELATIONSHIPS

Vibrant charter schools have active, meaningful connections to their community stakeholders from local neighborhood organizations, school districts and the business community to the parents of their students.


E: SCHOOL CULTURE AND ACADEMICS

A quality charter school delivers and puts as a top priority high student achievement; has a well-defined and well-implemented academic program; and has a strong school culture that creates engagement, trust, and responsibility.


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