1. NM Charter Schools - Entrepreneurs Closing the Achievement Gap Key Partners:  Charter School Authorizers - 1.Local school districts 2.Public Education Commission  Lead SBDC in Santa Fe  NM Coalition for Charter Schools  Workforce Development  NM Business Roundtable for Educational Excellence  Economic Development

2. NM Charter Schools - Entrepreneurs Closing the Achievement Gap Summary:  NM Public Education Commission (PEC) and local districts are charter authorizers  Media Arts Collaborative Charter School  Consortium information, resources, standards, updates sent statewide to NM’s 63 charter schools, 89 districts, NM ctso project, and Regional Educational Centers  All constituents encouraged to participate and report to the Consortium for entrepreneurship week

3. Charter Schools - Entrepreneurs Closing the Achievement Gap Activities/Outcomes:  CSD - monthly technical and funding assistance that addresses all aspects of opening and operating the charter school entrepreneurial venture.  Consortium resources and information shared with schools; entrepreneurship education integration in charters’ specialized curricula/programs.  Lead SBDC in Santa Fe and CSD - collaboration activities to provide “up-front” technical assistance to prospective charter school applicants to improve their application submissions, entrepreneurial skills, knowledge, and opening and operational “business” needs.  Existing charter schools - to be surveyed in 2007-08 to assess current and/or planned entrepreneurship education efforts, courses, programs, activities. Site visits to include questions and observations related to entrepreneurship education activities/initiatives.