Tools and Resources

Network districts use a variety of models, templates, and exemplar artifacts to implement the SGS Strategy.

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Models/Templates

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Talent Landscape Tool

The Talent Landscape tool provides districts a method to estimate how many campus leaders will be needed in the foreseeable future. This tool can...

Models/Templates

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Progress Monitoring Toolkit: A Toolkit to Support Strong Implementation of School Actions

The Progress Monitoring Toolkit provides a set of tools to support high-quality monitoring of 10 partner-managed and 2) district-managed actions. The toolkit includes sample...

References

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Authorizer Handbook

This Authorizer Handbook is a reference document that provides an overview of best practices throughout the authorizing life cycle and includes several templates and...

Models/Templates

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NACSA’s Core Pre-Opening Monitoring Guidance and Sample Pre-Opening Requirements

Authorizers have an obligation to decide if a school is ready to open for instruction. This is a detailed list of actions that school...

Models/Templates

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Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Plan

This Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Plan includes the following components:

Prepare: 

  • Part 1: Define the key aspects of the whole communication plan process -...
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Change Management Diagnostic Tool

This Change Management Diagnostic tool will help you define key conditions for change at the district and campus level, as well as provide space...

Grants

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Texas Partnership Benefits

Senate Bill 1882 (2017) encourages districts to form partnerships with high-quality school leaders by authorizing in-district charter schools. Applications due each spring; state benefits...

References

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Quality Authorizer Self-Assessment

Generally, the phases of authorizing are cyclical. This Quality Authorizing Self-Assessment is a reference document that offers district leaders a checklist of critical authorizing...

Models/Templates

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Long-term Talent Development Plan

This template will help district leaders develop a pipeline of school leaders and operators who may apply to lead a campus identified in their...

Models/Templates

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Model Local Campus Partner Application

This is the state model application for school leaders who are applying to operate a district campus. Districts that use their own application must...

Models/Templates

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Model Local Campus Application Scoring Rubric

This is the state model rubric to evaluate applications to operate a district campus. Districts that use their own rubric must have it approved...

Models/Templates

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Local Campus Partner Application and Scoring Rubric Evaluation Form

Districts that use their own Campus Partner Application or Campus Application Scoring Rubric must have them approved to receive Texas Partnership benefits. TEA will...