The Authority is seeking a well-researched briefing memorandum (3 – 4 pages) that focuses on two key areas that help SPCSA schools uphold the commitments of organizational effectiveness and sound fiscal management

The Authority is seeking a well-researched briefing memorandum (3 – 4 pages) that focuses on two

key areas that help SPCSA schools uphold the commitments of organizational effectiveness and

sound fiscal management:

1) Recommendation(s) to enhance and improve the financial section of the current school

performance framework; and

2) Recommendation(s) for any modifications or new review protocols, checklists, site visits, or

other tools to be leveraged to effectively determine the organizational effectiveness of an

individual public charter school.

As you draft your memo, keep in mind that the SPCSA serves as both a sponsor (authorizer) of

public charter schools and serves as the Local Education Agency (LEA) for charter schools for

certain purposes. Stated another way, SPCSA must balance its role as both an authorizer and as a

LEA, which can limit the level of technical assistance (or support) the agency may provide to

schools in some instances.

Please ensure your recommendations highlight areas for improvement, either building upon current

metrics, creating new ones, or adding oversight protocols and processes. Include a detailed

rationale for proposed changes or additions. Recommendations should draw from the best practices

of leading charter authorizers around the country as well as your professional experiences. For

example, you might recommend that the SPCSA modify the unrestricted days cash on-hand metric

to a fund balance measure as a percentage of total revenues. This calculation is often easier to

calculate and understand, and provides a proxy for unrestricted days cash.

A copy of the current SPCSA performance framework can be found here.

Your final memo should be emailed to [email protected] at least forty-eight hours prior to

your interview to allow the interview team time to review your recommendation.

Additionally, you are requested to deliver a 10 – 12 minute presentation on your recommendation(s)

to the interview panel. The format and structure of your presentation is completely up to you.

However, if you are interviewing in person, you are asked to bring any electronic materials you will

need for your presentation (e.g. PowerPoint) to the interview on a thumb drive. A computer will be

provided. Members of the interview team will ask questions related to your recommendation(s)

following the presentation.