Wisconsin Charter School Summit 2026 has ended

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Wisconsin Charter School Summit 2026

11:00am CDT

Summit Arrival / Check-In

11:30am CDT

Wisconsin Resource Center for Charter Schools - Welcome and Keynote from Jim Goenner, President & CEO of the National Charter Schools Institute (Room - Paul L.)

12:15pm CDT

Lunch w/ WRCCS Network - Authorizer Lunch w/ WRCCS Network - Design Team Lunch w/ WRCCS Network - Governance Board Lunch w/ WRCCS Network - Leadership Lunch w/ WRCCS Network - Teacher

1:15pm CDT

Governance Boards 101 - From Starting a Board to Running a Strong Meeting (Room - Thistle)Dan Lathrop Innovative Assessment for the Whole Child: How we Measure the Impact of Forest Schooling (Room - Henrietta)Kickapoo Valley Forest School Crafting Your Narrative By Telling Your School Story (Room - B.F. Carter)Nick Pretasky Accessibility Compliance for Virtual Charter Schools (Room - Evelyn)Steven Duffrin Change the Toolkit: Finding the One Tool That Will Redesign Your Entire Approach to Leadership and Teaching (Double Session) (Room - KM Hutchinson)Tim Scottberg

2:45pm CDT

Framework for Charter Contract Renewal Process and Decision-making (Room - B.F. Carter)Bridget Schock Navigating Charter Contract Renewals (Room - Thistle)Chamomile Nusz • Sarah Hackett Expanding the Definition of Student Achievement (Room - Evelyn)Dan Lathrop Promising Practices in Project-Based Learning (Room - Henrietta)Zaynab Baalbaki

4:00pm CDT

Wrap-Up & Closing Session W/ WRCCS Team

8:00am CDT

Arrival / Check-In

8:30am CDT

Welcome and Goal-Setting

9:15am CDT

Strategic Planning as an Authorizer (Room - Anna)Tera Rogers • David Friend • Liz Freeman Taking on the Year of Design (Room - Henrietta)Zaynab Baalbaki Celebrating Impact Through Annual Local Reports (Room - Thistle)Sarah Hackett Creating Connected, High-Quality Virtual Classrooms (Room - Evelyn)Linda Schuerman • Melissa Schiek Redesigning PBL - An Immersive Project Design Experience (Room - KM Hutchinson)Tim Scottberg School Playbook - Implementing Your Innovation and Ensuring Sustainability (Double Session) (Room - Paul L.))Nick Pretasky

10:45am CDT

High-Quality Authorizing in Action: How Epicenter Helps You Turn Best Practices into Daily Practice (Room - KM Hutchinson)Heather Wendling Early Years of Running a Charter School (Room - Henrietta)Amy Junge • Zaynab Baalbaki • Skylar Primm Discovering Continuous Improvement for Advanced Boards (Room - Thistle)Sarah Hackett • Chamomile Nusz We Are All In This Together: How to Build a Talent Pipeline from Kindergarten to Career (Room - Anna)Angela Andersson You're a Charter School, but You Still Have To... (Room - Evelyn)Liz Sanger-Kukkan

12:00pm CDT

1:00pm CDT

WICSA Legislative Updates (Room - Thistle)Jim Bender Authorizing as a Solution for Your Community Needs (Room - KM Hutchinson)Tim Scottberg How to Navigate Corrective Actions with Your Schools (Room - Henrietta)Adrienne Woods Actions of Productive Governance Boards (Rooms - Evelyn/Anna)Dan Lathrop Northeast Wisconsin School of Innovation Presentation (Room - B.F. Carter)Jason Johnson

2:15pm CDT

Team Time and Wrap-up