Who is Charter School Associate:
Charter School Associates, Inc. (CSA) is a family-operated education service provider that develops and operates successful K-12 charter schools in multiple counties across Florida; including Miami-Dade, Broward, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Brevard, and Glades. CSA schools are performance-based centers of learning and teaching characterized by a challenging curriculum, highly qualified teachers, and rigorous accountability to parents, students, state, and district authorities. CSA provides full oversight and management solutions for new charter school projects including application creation, site development, curriculum implementation, staff development, assessment and data analysis, payroll, personnel & employee benefits management, and financial accounting services. CSA is an accredited education management system by Cognia, a leading education accreditation institution recognized globally for their approach to continuous improvement.
What is a Charter School?
Charter schools are public schools operated by a not-for-profit, independent governing board under a performance contract, or “charter” with the sponsoring school district which holds them accountable for academic, operational, and financial performance. The charter contract details the school’s mission, academic program, goals, students served, methods of assessment, and ways to measure success.
Operating independently, charter schools have more flexibility than traditional public schools and the freedom to be more innovative while being held accountable for improving student achievement. Charter schools are tuition-free and open to all students.
The first charter school opened in Florida in 1996. Since then, charter schools have grown to meet parental demand for a high-quality education choice program. Just like students attending a district-run public school, charter school students must take standardized state exams and meet federal academic standards.
The Florida Legislature, in authorizing the creation of public charter schools, established the following guiding principles: high standards of student achievement while increasing parental choice; the alignment of responsibility with accountability; and ensuring parents receive information on reading levels and learning gains of their children. Charter schools are intended to improve student learning, increase learning opportunities, and measure learning outcomes.
Charter schools foster a partnership between parents, teachers, and students to create an environment in which parents can be more involved, teachers are given the freedom to be innovative in their classrooms to improve learning outcomes, and students are provided the safe, nurturing environment they need to learn.
CSA Family of Schools
- Hillsborough County
- Advantage Academy of Hillsborough K-8
- Bell Creek Academy 6-8
- Bell Creek Academy High School 9-12
- Big Bend Academy of Math and Science K
- Channelside Academy of Math and Science K-8
- Hillsborough Academy of Math and Science K-8
- Riverview Academy of Math and Science K-8
- Riverview Academy of Math and Science HS 9-12
- Sunlake Academy of Math and Science K-8
- Independence Academy K-8
- Valrico Lake Advantage Academy K-5
- Pinellas County
- Brevard County
- Broward County
- Miami-Dade County