1. Ohio Department of Education SPONSOR OVERVIEW NOVEMBER 5, 2015

2. Welcome Today’s Presenters National Charter Schools Institute: Stephanie McKean, Client Support Specialist Ohio Department of Education: Frank Stoy Riley Justis and Stephanie McKean

3. 3 Goals For The Webinar Welcome! Epicenter Features Implementation Timeline Live Overview Answer Questions 1 2 3 4 5

4. 4 Epicenter Features Automates and streamlines the document collection process between ODE and the sponsor. Fully web-based and mobile friendly. Sponsor receives tasks and email reminders for documents due to ODE.

5. 5 Epicenter Features Tasks include instructions, templates and/or links to resource documents. Easy document upload and searching features. Less administration for sponsors. Document workflow to appropriate ODE team members.

6. 6 Epicenter Features Strengthens communication and transparency. Assists with clarifying ODE’s expectations. User friendly. Saves your team time.

7. Nov. 5: Epicenter overview to sponsors. Nov. 6 – 9: Links to register and attend an online training sent to sponsors. Nov. 6 – 13: Sponsor’s team register for an online training. Nov. 16: Registrants receive email invitation to create an Epicenter user account. Nov. 17: Online training for sponsors currently using Epicenter with their schools. Nov. 18 and 19: Online training for sponsors not using Epicenter with their schools. Nov. 20: Recorded trainings posted. Dec. 1: All documents uploaded via Epicenter instead of ODE Document Exchange. Dec. 18: All current school contracts due to Epicenter (first task to practice uploading to Epicenter). 7 Implementation Timeline

8. 8 Live Overview

10. 10 Questions?

11. 11 EPICENTERNOW.ORG