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We Don't Make Widgets; How to Keep Our True Focus

How great would it be if our principals and instructional leaders didn't have to spend time or energy on things like budgets? Vendor relations? Compliance? Procurement? Operations? Or any of the myriad things pulling their attention away from student culture and learning? It is all too easy for schools to get caught up in all of the functions that need to happen just to make a school run. While these items are essential, they pull our focus from the most important factor for student learning: the classroom. Eric Sanchez, the Co-Founder and CEO for Henderson Collegiate, a high-performing public charter school located in Henderson, NC, is going to share how his organization, prior to Common Core, changed their model and corresponding org chart to ensure that the classroom was the highest priority for every school within his network. Join him to explore how to think about all of the school's resources in a way that aligns to the school's greatest purpose: student achievement.

This talk was presented at:
2022 National ESEA Conference
February 2022 in New Orleans, LA
For more information:
https://hendersoncollegiate.org
Speakers
Eric Sanchez

Eric Sanchez graduated from Binghamton University in 2002 and started his career in education by joining Teach for America. In 2010, he co-founded Henderson Collegiate with his wife, Carice Sanchez, with a class of 100 4th graders. Today, Eric serves as the CEO over the K-12 school serving over 1,300 students, of whom 86% qualify for free or reduced-price meals and 95% identify as students of color. Under his leadership, the school has Exceeded its Expected Growth every year since opening. An alumni of the National Principals Academy Fellowship and the Leverage Leadership Institute through the Relay Graduate School of Education, Eric additionally serves on the Charter School Advisory Board for the state of North Carolina.