Team Year in Review

By hilary28 | Updated: Sept. 13, 2024, 3:43 p.m.

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During this holiday season, we at the Tennessee Charter School Center pause to reflect on the year that has passed. We are grateful for the support of friends, partners and fellow advocates like you who have made this year one of progress and meaningful impact in the lives of children and families across the state of Tennessee. We’ve put together this video to share highlights and more from 2023!

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What an impactful year it’s been!
2022
Let’s take a look at some of our big milestones...
2022
Day on the Hill
Approximately 50 state policy makers engaged with students from nearly a dozen public charter school across the state at Day on the Hill 2022. Students shared some of their most exciting lessons in a science fair style format.
In November, TCSC, along with the Hyde Family Foundation, announced the results of our annual awards. Here are the winners. 
Charter Champion Awards
School of the Year
Advocate of the Year
Teacher of the Year
Charter Champions 2022
Purpose Preparatory Academy Charter School 
Nashville
Pictured: Lagra Newman
Founder and Head of School
Nicole Lattimore
Emerald Academy Knoxville
Eddie Walsh
Grizzlies Prep Academy
Memphis
Community Impact Project of the Year
Administrator of the Year
Administrator of the Year
Charter Champions 2022
Man Up! 
Dr. Patrick Washington
Promise Academy 
Memphis
Michelle Lyons
Cornerstone Prep - Denver
Memphis
Jamie Gutter
Valor Flagship Academy
Nashville
Local Policy Champion 
Statewide Policy Champion
Charter Champions 2022
John Little
Metro Nashville School District Board Member
Nashville
Sen. John Stevens 
District 24
Huntington
TCSC presented its first Changemaker Charter School list recognizing 20 schools that demonstrated strong growth in the 2021-22 school year and also performed in the top 25% of schools in the state for improving over their pre-pandemic levels of success.
Changemaker Charter Schools
Changemaker Charter Schools 2022
Valor Flagship AcademyValor Voyager AcademyNashville Classical Charter SchoolPurpose Preparatory AcademyKIPP Antioch College Prep Elementary School
OVERALL
ELA 
MATH
Memphis STEM AcademyCity University School Girls PreparatoryJourney Community Schools East AcademyPromise Academy – Spring HillPower Center Academy Hickory Hill Elementary SchoolCornerstone Prep Denver CampusPurpose Preparatory AcademyFreedom Prep Whitehaven Elementary at MillbranchStrive Collegiate Academy	Ivy Academy	
Smithson Craighead AcademyExplore! Community SchoolEmerald AcademyPurpose Preparatory AcademyPromise Academy – Spring Hill
TCSC led two special video campaigns, Understanding Charters and Moments with Maya, to connect people with the stories of charter school students, educators, and supporters and address misconceptions. 
Communication Campaigns
TCSC also partnered with the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools on a special 10-week media campaign that shared facts and basic information about public charter schools through tv, radio, and social media in Nashville and Memphis. 
Communication Campaigns
Sports Advocacy
TCSC’s policy, communications, and advocacy teams coordinated a campaign against a TSSAA proposal to move charter schools from Division I, the public school division,  to Division II, independent schools.

Charter schools won.
Website
The center’s updated website  promises exciting features in the new year.
Check it out at tnchartercenter.org
Authentic, relevant content helped to boost social media content across the board. Facebook, specifically, showed a 30 percent increase in followers.
2021
2022
Social media
Analyzed and tracked 60+ bills impacting charter schools and K-12 education during legislative session.
Policy Advocacy
Successfully advocated for a historic $38 million in charter school facilities funding. This funding also saw the recurring amount increase from $6 million to $22 million.
$38M IN FACILITIES FUNDING
TCSC supported and advocated for the passage of TISA, the state’s new student-based funding formula that includes a direct funding component specifically for students enrolled in charter schools. 
TISA FUNDING FORMULA
TCSC successfully advocated to help renew two public charter schools in Memphis, protect one from revocation, and four schools in Nashville. 
Schools Renewed
Students flew up in the clouds thanks to a new partnership TCSC developed with the Federal Aviation Administration and Fedex. Nine students received full scholarships from the Black girls for National Flight Academy and a weeklong training in Florida.
PARTNERSHIP WITH FAA AND FEDEX
TCSC Advocacy and Communications teams traveled to Washington, DC to take part in a national rally at the White House in response to possible changes to CSP funding. The rally, attended by more than 1,000 was sponsored by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
Federal Advocacy
Nashville Advocacy
TCSC's new SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ADVOCACY in NASHVILLE Laurie Brown led work to create a charter middle school sports league to ensure they could play after MNPS prohibited charter school participation in the district's middle school sports league.
TCSC also partnered with Nashville PROPEL to host two community choice fairs to share information about charter schools and local non-profit organizations
TCSC recruited more than 750 charter school advocates mostly while participating in dozens of school based family and staff center events in Memphis alone.
Building Advocacy Network
The TCSC Team has led school tours for policy makers across Tennessee this fall, particularly ensuring newly elected members have a chance to learn about the work of these schools firsthand. 
Legislative School Tours
At the PIE Network Conference, TCSC, along with our TN advocacy partners, was recognized with three awards, "Best Collaboration", "Best Defense", and "Changemaker Award."
National Recognition
The Programs, with support of the Comms team, launched membership and saw nearly 
50 percent of schools join in the first year. 
Membership
training
Governing Board 
For the first time, TCSC submitted an RFP and was approved by the State Board of Education to offer customized governing board training based on the expressed needs of Tennessee’s charter schools, and offered these trainings to schools in the fall.
TCSC offered facilities financing and debt service trainings and ELA, math and school operations professional development throughout the year. 
Facilities Funding
The year 2022 was a great one! We look forward to working with our member schools and partners in the year ahead.
Thank You!
www.tnchartercenter.org

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