Because Esperanza will not only be a school (and district!) but also a business and nonprofit, I attended the Utah Nonprofits Assn. Conference yesterday. It was excellent! In the morning workshop I learned about how to promote Esperanza including how to best use the media. David Ibarra--a remarkable person and leader-- was the lunch keynote speaker, and he gave some incredibly helpful ideas on how to raise the productive level of our staff. Then in the afternoon workshop I learned how to develop an effective strategic plan. It was the best model I have ever seen.
It is often a little overwhelming that a charter school needs to be all three things--charter school, business, and nonprofit--and meet the requirements for all three. But as we learn from all three of these arenas it is obvious how they overlap and how principles from each arena can help us make Esperanza the best it can be.
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