Organizational Involvement

As a charter school authorizer in Minnesota, Northfield Public Schools administrative team is focused on ensuring high quality services to our portfolio of charter schools. Our team engages with many professional organizations, including:

• Minnesota Association of Charter School Authorizers
• National Association of Charter School Authorizers
• Minnesota Association of School Administrators
• American Association of School Administrators
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• Minnesota Association of School Business Officials
• Minnesota Association of School Personnel Administrators
• Minnesota Assessment Group
• Society for Human Resources Management

Annual Reflection & Alignment

Our charter school authorization team annually reflects on how their professional development activities relate to our activities as a charter school authorizer. The Superintendent facilitates a reflective conversation about the administrator’s professional development activities and their relationship to our district’s role as a charter school authorizer.

View the sample reflection document

The annual self-evaluation process provides Northfield Public Schools with feedback about its performance as a charter school authorizer. Charter schools within Northfield Public Schools portfolio are asked a series of four open-ended queries intended to provide authentic and robust feedback to the authorizer.

The four queries asked on annual basis are:

• What concerns do you have about Northfield Public Schools serving as your authorizer?
• What do you appreciate about Northfield Public Schools serving as your authorizer?
• What other services or support could Northfield Public Schools provide as your authorizer?
• Please share any other comments you have that would be helpful for us to know as your authorizer.

2016-2018 Survey Results and Reflection

• Survey results
• 2018 Reflection