Originally published on the Innovators in Education blog As a school leader, you know you need to be thinking about school culture. But what is it? It’s easier described than defined. What everyone can describe is how critical school culture…
A Resolution We Can All Keep
As we start off another new year, many of us have made resolutions about the things we need to do to lose weight, save money, improve relationships, etc. Unfortunately, most resolutions are abandoned by mid-February. Those resolutions fail as we…
2017 School Leader of the Year
Choice Schools Associates and MIChoice recently named Terry Larkin, the principal of New Branches Charter Academy in Grand Rapids, as their 2017 School Leader of the Year. Larkin began working for Choice Schools Associates 13 years ago as a teacher…
Choice Schools Associates has been named a 2017 Detroit Free Press Top Workplace!
We are grateful to have a team of exceptional people who provide services to children, parents, and families at every school we have been chosen to manage. This, coupled with our emphasis on achievement of Academy Board goals and Choice standards, makes…
WMAES’ Kerri Barrett Named Top 5 Finalist for Michigan Administrator of the Year
Michigan Association of Public School Academy’s (MAPSA) Announced Their Top Administrator Nominations on Wednesday, March 29. West Michigan Academy of Environmental Science’s (WMAES) elementary principal, Kerri Barrett, was named as a Top 5 Finalist for MAPSA yesterday. WMAES is an…