Thank you to the following 15th Annual California Charter Schools Conference sponsors. The generous support of these sponsors is vital in helping us bring attendees the most valuable and high-quality conference experience possible.
Presenting Sponsor
Koret Foundation
33 New Montgomery, Suite 1090
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: 415.882.7740
Fax: 415.882.7775
Web: http://www.koretfoundation.org
The Koret Foundation has implemented what we believe to be a superior strategy leading to an education reform program with impact. Specifically, we envisioned, funded, and continue to support the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, a results-oriented group of education leaders and scholars from a variety of disciplines.
The Koret Task Force is a great example of applied scholarship. The group disseminates its policy views not only through scholarly writings, but through opinion pieces that frequently appear in the mainstream press, through books, and through the top-rated quarterly, Education Next, for which the Task Force serves as editorial board. In addition, the Koret Task Force has been called in to consult with the states of Florida, Arkansas, and Texas to improve education policy, and individual members have advised at the national level, including the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor.
The Koret Foundation's investments in the K-12 arena follow the Task Force's assessment that choice, accountability, and transparency are critical common factors in successful school systems. Thus, to expand school choice we fund charter schools that focus on measurable achievement, encouraging development and dissemination of replicable models. Placing competitive pressure on public school systems leads to sustained educational gains for all students. We also support private voucher programs, extending the choice to attend private school to disadvantaged students who are academically qualified for admission. This market-based education policy is a fundamental tenet of our commitment to an improved overall system.
Programs that recruit, prepare, and support excellent teachers and principals have also been shown to improve academic outcomes, especially in disadvantaged school districts. These programs help measure teacher effectiveness, generating research that can improve our entire system. In addition, Koret supports think tanks, research institutes, and other policy organizations to effect change at a systemic level.
The fix for broken schools is not simple. It requires instilling a strong accountability system, strengthening the incentives to improve student and teacher outcomes, and making the operations of schools adequately transparent so that all interested parties can readily understand individual school performance. If we remove the obstacles that keep our schools from succeeding, our young people and our country are sure to benefit significantly.
In addition to the high priority we place on K-12 education reform, Koret focuses on economic expansion in Israel and strengthening Bay Area communities. We support local arts and civic institutions, colleges, universities, and community organizations to ensure a vibrant cultural and intellectual landscape; we bolster visionary organizations that are both innovative and effective in meeting community needs; and we extend this trust in local solutions to Israel, where we believe economic stability and free-market expansion offer the best hope for a prosperous future. For more information, please visit www.koretfoundation.org.
Gold Sponsor
California Credit Union
701 North Brand Blvd, Suite 700
Glendale, CA 91203
Telephone: 818.291.5533
Fax: 818.291.5441
E-mail:
Web: http://www.californiacu.org
California Credit Union has been a trusted partner of the education community for 75 years. CCU, started by teachers, is 1.3 billion, not-for-profit, federally insured financial institution serving nearly 80,000 members and many Charter Schools. CCU provides a full range of business financial products and services, including checking, money market and savings accounts and investments. We offer Business Rewards Visa credit cards for schools, line of credit and commercial loans, as well as convenience services such as online banking, bill pay, and cash management services. Membership is open to schools, school-related organizations and individuals in the California private and public education community. More information about CCU is available by calling our Business Services line at (877)CCU.4EDU(877.228.4338) or by visiting http://www.californiacu.org.
Please visit California Credit Union in the exhibit hall at Booth 216.
Silver Sponsor
Spector, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP
7 Park Center Drive
Sacramento, CA 95825
Telephone: 916.646.1400
Fax: 916.646.1300
E-mail:
Web: http://www.smymcharterlaw.com
Spector, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP is proud to be CaliforniaÕs most experienced, knowledgeable and respected firm working in the unique area of charter school law.
As a leader in charter school representation since the passage of CaliforniaÕs Charter Schools Act of 1992, SMY&M offers expertise in every facet of charter school creation, expansion and operation including charter petitions and negotiations, MOUs, non-profit incorporation, employment law, board governance, facilities, student issues, policy development and more.
We pride ourselves in working hard and getting results for our clients, hiring only the most qualified, experienced legal professionals, who listen carefully and provide an honest assessment of your situation.
While our goal is to prevent disputes and resolve conflicts before they escalate into litigation, we have successfully litigated numerous charter school matters.
We formulate legal strategies that best fit your goals and objectives and implement them aggressively, at a fair, competitive price.
With experience representing more than 300 charter schools, statewide organizations and public agencies of every size throughout California, we use our expertise to solve your existing challenges and prevent future challenges.
Our philosophy is simple: Deliver value, ensure results.
Please visit Spector, Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP in the exhibit hall at Booth 212.
Badge Lanyard & Badge Holder Sponsor
Charter School Capital
6080 Center Drive, 6th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Telephone: 877.CSC.1001
Fax: 626.836.5884
E-mail:
Web: http://www.charterschoolcapital.org
Charter School Capital is an innovative company that provides a new source of funding to the charter school community. Our focus is on providing cash-flow support. When there is a gap in timing between when your students earn funding and when you actually receive it, we can provide bridge funding so that your cash-flow does not constrain your programming needs. Charter School Capital has a unique business model that allows us to fund up to 100% of the ADA and grant funding that a charter school has earned but not yet received without many of the risks, costs or hassles of taking out a loan. We are committed to ensuring that charter schools have a convenient and dependable source of capital and we are dedicated exclusively to serving the charter school community. Our team works with newly formed charter schools, established charter schools that are experiencing growth, independent study schools, site based schools and combination schools. We address funding needs for new students (i.e. from your waiting list or based on new enrollment), summer school programs and other ADA and grant funding that the state owes you.
For more information, please contact us directly:
John Helgeson (877) CSC-1001 x102
http://www.charterschoolcapital.org
Please visit Charter School Capital in the Exhibit Hall at Booth 202.
Welcome Reception Sponsor
NCB Capital Impact
1333 Broadway, Suite 602
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: 510.496.2228
Fax: 510.496.0404
E-mail:
Web: http://ncbcapitalimpact.org
NCB Capital Impact, the non-profit affiliate of NCB, provides financial services and technical assistance to create more affordable cooperative homeownership, assisted living, housing and services for the frail and elderly, and facilities for healthcare centers and charter schools. For nearly 15 years, NCB Capital Impact has provided creative financing solutions to charter schools. We offer a full range of loan products including equipment and facility financing as well as lines of credit. To date, our financing has stimulated the creation of more than 460,000 square feet of charter school facility space and nearly 15,000 school seats.
NCB Capital Impact creates access to capital and expert technical assistance otherwise unavailable for low- and moderate-income communities. To learn more about NCB Capital Impact, its programs and initiatives in advancing education, affordable housing, health care and long-term care for low- to moderate-income individuals, visit www.ncbcapitalimpact.org.
Please visit NCB Capital Impact in the exhibit hall in Booth 321.
Exhibit Hall Happy Hour Sponsors
DriversEd.com
1956 Webster Street, Suite 475
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: 1.888.651.AUTO (2886)
E-mail:
Web: http://www.driversed.com
With our DMV-approved California course, charter schools have the opportunity to provide high-quality, interactive drivers education. DriversEd.com has helped more than 750,000 students learn essential safe-driving skills. With flexible instruction to meet a student's busy lifestyle, this course provides effective, easy-to-follow lessons.
Instead of the $99 retail cost, you can offer the course to future drivers at a discounted rate of $74.25. Developing a relationship with DriversEd.com saves you both administrative time and money. We also provide online tracking for each teen, so watchful instructors can track the progress of their students for grading purposes.
If you're ready to create a DriversEd.com PO account or if you'd like to test-run the program, please don't hesitate to contact us. You may email or call 1-888-651-2886 x733.
Please visit DriversEd.com in the exhibit hall at Booth 301.
RBC Capital Markets
2398 East Camelback Road, Suite 700
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Telephone: 602.381.5367
Fax: 602.381.5380
E-mail:
Web: http://www.rbccm.com
RBC Capital Markets is a full-service investment banking firm with a group that specializes in financing charter school facilities. RBC Capital Markets has completed over 50 charter school bond financings totaling nearly $450 million. The RBC Capital Markets Charter School Finance Group assists charter schools with navigating the entire bond finance process; from developing a plan of finance, to assembling and coordinating a financing team and, finally, to financing execution and funding. RBC Capital Markets finds solutions to the capital funding challenges faced by charter schools.
Please visit RBC Capital Markets in the exhibit hall at Booth 402.
Cyber Cafe Sponsors
The Miller Institute for Learning with Technology
751 Laurel Street, Suite 411
San Carlos, CA 94070
Telephone: 650.598.0105
Fax: 866.801.8667
E-mail:
Web: http://www.learningtech.org
The Miller Institute for Learning with Technology is a 501©(3) nonprofit corporation emphasizing educational technology for charter schools.
Our mission is to help people use technology more effectively for learning.
Services include: technology plan preparation and implementation, E-Rate assistance, computer lab setups, PowerSchool/PowerGrade training and support, network design, server administration, workstation cloning/ghosting, professional development workshops, student technology camps, and technology consulting.
Please visit The Miller Institute for Learning with Technology in the exhibit hall at Booth 214.
Lenovo
7580 Andasol Street
San Diego, CA 92126
Telephone: 858.653.0481
Web: http://www.lenovo.com
Lenovo is an innovative, international technology company formed as a result of the acquisition by the Lenovo Group of the IBM Personal Computing Division.
As a global leader in the PC market, we develop, manufacture and market cutting-edge, reliable, high-quality PC products and value-added professional services that provide customers around the world with smarter ways to be productive and competitive.
We base our success on our customers achieving their goals: productivity in business and enhancement of personal life.
Visions in Education
4800 Manzanita Avenue
Carmichael, CA 95608
Telephone: 877.971.7037
Fax: 916.971.5590
Web: http://www.viedu.org/
Visions In Education is a premier Charter within San Juan School District school providing K-12 nonclassroom-based learning environments to students within nine counties (Amador, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Placer, San Joaquin, Solano, Sutter, and Yolo). Chartered in 1998, Visions In Education is fully WASC accredited.
The Visions In Education provides two learning academies; Home School K-12 and for Independent Study 9-12. Our credentialed teachers work with students and their families to create Individualized Learning Plans structured to student success, with real-life learning experiences, curriculum appropriate to the California state content standards and tools to monitor student achievement. In addition, VIE provides a variety of classes, seminars and group activities to provide additional opportunities to network and build relationships with other families in our program.
To learn more about our program, please visit our Website at www.viedu.org or contact us at 1-877-971-7037.
IBM
7100 Highlands Parkway, D16-14
Smyrna, GA 30082
Telephone: 770.863.1857
Fax: 800.242.6329
E-mail:
Web: http://www.ibm.com/education
IBM is committed to California's Charter Schools. We will ensure your schools get the most out of your technology investments in each and every instance. The scope of projects IBM can assist with include, but are not limited to, technology financing, desktop and laptop implementations, end-to-end printing solutions, staff professional development, and network infrastructure services.
Charter schools and charter management organizations can count on IBM for all of your technology-related projects. With our breadth of partnerships, alliances, and technology, IBM can help schools access a tightly integrated, total solution offering from one provider - enabling a single point of accountability, control, and coordination.
Exhibit Hall Lunch Sponsors
Alliant International University
10455 Pomerado Road
San Diego, CA 92131
Telephone: 866.U.ALLIANT
Fax: 858.635.4555
E-mail:
Web: http://teacherschoice.alliant.edu
Teachers shape lives every single day. They are powerful educators participating in powerful outcomes. The Graduate School of Education at Alliant is committed to designing teacher education programs that help teachers become profound influences in each childÕs life. One of those programs is the Early Completion Option, and accelerated CCTC-approved California teaching credential program. Teachers can work full time while earning their credential in nine months. For more information, please stop by our table, #200.
Please visit Alliant International University in the exhibit hall at Booth 200.
Royal Dining
9525 Cozycroft, Unit M
Chatsworth, CA 91311
Telephone: 818.341.8682
Fax: 818.341.8696
E-mail:
Royal Dining is a company that provides food services to a company that has a need for food services on a contract basis for its student body and staff. Royal Dining is in the business of providing food services on a contract basis, while striving to maintain the highest ethical standards in its relationship with customers, employees, suppliers and competitors.
Royal Dining is more focused on the health of the students by providing the best high quality, health and freshness in all of our meals. Royal Dining will keep working hard every single day for you, so you can complete your mission with less to worry about. Like they say, "healthy Kids Learn Better". Thanks to you and the hard work of our staff Royal Dining is now serving 60 schools in Los Angeles California, and now Royal Dining is ready to move to different states where we know we will make a difference.
Please visit Royal Dining in the exhibit hall at Booth 402.
Exhibit Hall Breakfast Sponsors
ETS
1800 K Street, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: 202.457.8689
Fax: 202.457.8687
E-mail:
Web: http://www.ets.org
Working closely with educators across the country, non-profit ETS develops innovative, research-driven products and services. WeÕre committed to fully supporting the entire learning enterprise by seamlessly integrating comprehensive professional development with informative assessments and dynamic classroom tools to advance learning every step of the way.
Please visit ETS in the exhibit hall at Booth 319.
Learning Plus Associates
10602 Trademark Parkway N., Suite 508
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Telephone: 909.484.6002
Fax: 909.484.6004
E-mail:
Web: http://www.learning-plus.org
Learning Plus Associates, a nonprofit organization, was founded by educators to produce and share standards based direct instruction mini-lessons. These targeted mini-lessons were written by teachers to support teachers and increase student achievement. Standards Plus¨ lessons supplement the core curriculum and can be used daily or in any intervention format. These mini-lessons are all aligned to rigorous content standards.
We believe that with appropriate strategies, support and effective systems in place, schools can be successful. It is our goal to create and share successful tools, support services and processes that will enable schools to obtain the desired results - increased student achievement.
Please visit Learning Plus Associates in the exhibit hall at Booth 420.
