Calling All Board Members: New Webinar Series and Mandatory Ethics Training Starts Soon!

Calling all California charter school board members—CSDC is kicking off 2025 with a weekly webinar series just for you!

Hosted by CSDC’s Governance & Policy Specialist, Caitlin O’Halloran Hellar, the 2025 Governance & Ethics Webinar Series will delve into topics like policies, student data, accountability, renewal, and more.

Additionally, two of the webinars in the series can help you meet the new mandatory ethics training requirement.

Mandatory Ethics Training

Effective January 1, 2025, all California charter school governing board members must complete two hours of ethics trainings by January 2026.

Learn more about the new requirement for local officials mandated by the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) here.

Good news: CSDC Member Schools can satisfy the FPPC’s requirement through this webinar series at no additional cost!

Here’s how:

  1. Make sure your school’s CSDC Membership is current or join/renew here.
  2. Register yourself (and encourage your fellow board members to register) for the full webinar series.
  3. Join CSDC for both parts of the Ethics training on January 29 (Part 1) and February 5 (Part 2)
  4. Following the webinars, complete a brief assessment to demonstrate your knowledge.

After completing these steps, CSDC will provide certification that you can use to prove that you have met the mandatory requirement.

Also: Form 700 Training

This series will also help board members prepare for their annual Form 700 disclosure—due April 1.

Attend the February 19 webinar and learn CSDC’s tips on completing the form and have your questions answered by CSDC’s governance experts.

Schedule Overview

Below is an overview of the series schedule:

JANUARY 8, 2025 • 4:00-5:00PM PST
The Importance of Charter Board Policies
Join Procopio’s Greta Proctor to learn more about the importance of charter school board policies and to...
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JANUARY 15, 2025 • 4:00-5:00PM PST
Monitoring Student Performance Data
Veteran school leaders Vanessa Garza and Jared Austin will share their methods for monitoring...
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JANUARY 22, 2025 • 4:00-5:00PM PST
Finance Fundamentals for Board Members
Joyce Montgomery is a frequent contributor and guest instructor at CSDC. She has a deep background...
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JANUARY 29, 2025 • 4:00-5:00PM PST
Ethics (Part 1 of 2)
As of January 2025, all charter school board members are required to attend a two-hour ethics...
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FEBRUARY 5, 2025 • 4:00-5:00PM PST
Ethics (Part 2 of 2)
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FEBRUARY 12, 2025 • 4:00-5:00PM PST
Accountability and Renewal
In this webinar, CSDC’s Development and Accountability Specialist Susanne Coie explains the importance of...
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FEBRUARY 19, 2025 • 4:00-5:00PM PST
Form 700
Every charter school board member and many charter school administrators are compelled by law to...
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How to Register

Registration for the 2025 Governance & Ethics Webinar Series is exclusively available to active CSDC Member Schools and Authorizers. Join/renew here.

Registration is required to participate in any of the live webinars, including the ethics training webinars.

Use the registration form below to gain access to all remaining live webinars in the series:

REGISTER

A recording for most* webinars will be made available on CSDC’s website shortly after the conclusion of each session. Access to the recordings does not require advance registration.

* Please note that a recording of the January 8 webinar will not be made available, so be sure to register and join us live for this one!

More CSDC Governance

The 2025 Governance & Ethics Webinar Series is one of the many ways CSDC supports board members.

Check out Support For Your California Charter School Board for more resources, tools, and trainings.

And be sure to check out CSDC’s Boarding Pass Podcast—your ticket to effective board governance! The first 5 episodes are available now. Follow on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to get new episodes as they are released!


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