Online Governance Academy

Enrollment in Online Governance Academy also provides you with access to helpful supplementary content including:

CSDC's annual Form 700 Webinar

The Role of a Governing Board During a Crisis

Advocacy and Why It Matters

Designed specifically with governing board members in mind, but useful for the entire leadership team, CSDC’s Online Board Member Training provides a basic overview of the key topics every charter school board needs to know. This training includes 5 modules, presented in a series of short instructional tutorials, that discuss everything from the role of the Legislature, to the roles and responsibilities of board members and school administrators, to the alphabet soup of acronyms that make up the common vernacular of education policy, and much more. 

Module 1: Board Member Basics (15 minutes)

Module 2: Speaking the Language (10 minutes)

Module 3: Laws, Lobbying, and the Legislature (9 minutes)

Module 4: Governance versus Management (9 minutes)

Module 5: Human Resources (5 minutes)

This 5-module training series introduces the Ralph M. Brown Act, a piece of legislation that ensures Californians’ right to participate in the meetings of “local legislative bodies,” including the meetings of California public charter schools. This training will discuss to whom the Brown Act applies, how the Brown Act is triggered, how to create Brown Act-compliant notices and agendas, how to enter closed-session meetings of the Board, and more.

Module 1: A Focus on Agendas (21 minutes)

Module 2: A Focus on Closed Session Meetings of the Board (38 minutes)

Module 3: Board Location and Teleconferencing (8 minutes)

Module 4: A Focus on the Rights of the Public (21 minutes)

Module 5: Who Must Comply and What Triggers It (14 minutes)