After 15 years in a fully insured health benefits plan that had become unsustainable, Denver-based charter school DSST Public Schools decided to move to a self-funded plan and was rewarded big with $700,000 in savings in its first year....
To say that opening new charter school Rio Grande Academy of Fine Arts (RioGAFA) has kept primary co-founders Jordan Franco and Michele Platis busy would be a massive understatement. Franco is as seasoned as they come in the education field. His résumé spans more than 15...
Like most schools that rely on a fully insured, carrier-driven program to deliver healthcare benefits to employees, Twin Peaks Charter Academy (TPCA) had grown accustomed to perennial (and in many cases, hefty) premium increases that inevitably left school officials to confront a multiple-choice question with...
Every time a young teacher tells him, unsolicited, that they want to spend their career working for A+ Charter Schools, every time he sees staff retention rates and student engagement scores climb across the four-school charter network, A+ Superintendent and CEO Brenton White is reassured...
Here in the age of digitally connected classrooms, computer-driven learning and Big Data, an educational organization’s security responsibilities extend well beyond protecting the physical well-being of their students, staff and structures. No one knows that better than Bryant Wong, Chief Technology Officer at Summit Public...
When is the right time to hire a procurement director, a person dedicated to overseeing purchasing functions and the policies that underpin them? It’s a question that stirs debate within charter school organizations around the country....
If procurement is part of your job description, then you know just how high the stakes are with the purchasing decisions you make on behalf of your school or school network, and just how important due diligence is in the procurement process. Part of that due...
I'm here to share some advice on a problem that charter schools of all types face: choosing the right payment method for the supplies and services they purchase. In my work at EdTec, supporting all types of charter schools, I often see the same problems around...
Make no mistake: a strong purchasing policy can be a difference-maker for your school. It is among the most effective ways to maximize a school’s resources while minimizing the fraud, abuse and waste that can creep into the procurement process when a purchasing policy is...
With multiple layers of procurement rules, policies and reporting requirements to navigate, compliance may seem like a trip through Dante’s Inferno for school procurement people. But as much of a headache as figuring out and following all those rules and regs can be, the process...