Charter School Founders Program: Supports for School Leaders
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2023-05-12
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Vanderbilt University. Peabody College
Abstract
Presently, students of color in a southeastern state do not have access to high-quality schools. The
Charter School Founders program seeks to create schools that provide opportunities to students and
families to mitigate systemic educational inequities. This mixed-methods study investigates the supports
charter school leaders and founders found useful in launching and running their schools. This study is the
first of its kind in the literature world of charter school founding. Our research examines charter school
stakeholders' perspectives on the Charter School Founders Program’s supports. This compiled report
seeks to answer the following questions: (1) To what extent is the program providing the support school
leaders need to launch and run their schools? And what supports do they think are the most useful? (2)
What additional supports do fellows and school leaders need currently not provided? (3) To what extent
do supports compare from a school founder program to similar programs nationally? The conceptual
framework, consisting of the three main buckets of culture and people, instruction, and organization,
served as a foundation for our research (Grissom et al., 2022). Based on the findings of our study, we
recommend that the Charter School Founders Program expands academic support for academic
programming and accountability, provides practical recruitment and hiring strategies, build a charter
facilities incubator, prioritize sustainability in financial planning, and increase the responsiveness of
leadership development.
Description
Leadership Policy and Organizations Department capstone project
Keywords
School Innovation, Founding a School, School Founder, Charter School Application, School Creation, Leadership Development, Leadership program development, Nonprofit Development, Charter School Leaders, Charter School Founder, Useful Supports, Charter School Founders Program, Charter Schools Founders Fellowship