Administration+System

Charter schools run with a similar adminstration that public school uses. Different from public schools, charter schools don't have a superintendent, instead they have a board of trustees, executive owner, director of the school and a head of school. Board of Trustees are appoved by the state to be a board member of a charter school. By agreeing to serve on a charter school Board, individual Board members accept dual responsibilities: those of public employees and those similar to non-profit board members. To serve effectively, Board members must keep both sets of duties in mind.

Roles and Responsibilies of a Board Member:
 * manage the organization they serve
 * set policies that will foster a successful school
 * ensure that the school’s five-year charter is renewed by the state Board of Education
 * develop by laws using schools philosphy and mission in order to be awarded a charter
 * comply with the Open Meeting Law governing state entities
 * be aware of the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act
 * determine the school’s curriculum, in consultation with the school’s leaders, and to develop the school’s annual budget
 * ensure that the school continues to operate effectively

The executive owner is the founder of the school, and that person works with the board members alothough they are not technically part of the board of trustees. This person won't physically be in the schools overseeing the school itself, insetad they for m part of the organization and and mangement of the school. The person who oversees the school itself might be a school director or a head of school. In my case, in the charter school I work in, their is a school director who oversees and manged the logistics part where the head of school deals more directly with the teachers and students.