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EdTec Connect is Here! Presenting EdTec's new newsletter!
EdTec is proud to present the inaugural edition of EdTec Connect, our new e-newsletter packed with information and tools you can use.

Featuring in-depth articles and metrics on key charter school operational and financial topics, EdTec Connect can come directly to your Inbox (send a request here), and will also be archived for easy download at edtec.com.

• Click here to download the complete newsletter: EdTec Connect: Volume I

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EdTec is Hiring a Business Analyst in Emeryville
EdTec is looking for a Business Analyst to work in partnership with a Client Manager to assist charter school clients with their compliance and fiscal management. Tasks include managing compliance reporting, preparing budgets, monthly financials statements, including YTD income statements, cash flow statements, and variance analysis (including payroll), and analyzing, modeling and problem solving for 2 - 3 school clients on a wide range of business issues.

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Bridging the Gap Update for 2011/12 - Understanding Cash Flow Options in the Midst of Deferrals
EdTec & CCSA co-created this critical resource detailing deferral info and coping strategies for California charters. The attached presentation, originally presented at the annual CCSA conference in March 2011, and recently updated with even more current info, outlines the reasons for the deferrals, provides estimates for the 2011-12 deferrals, and presents options and alternatives for charter schools to pursue.

• Bridging the Gap: Understanding Cash Flow Options in the Midst of Deferrals (35 pg pdf, 926 kB))

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EdTec School Portal Statewide Launch
The EdTec School Portal (ESP) is now available for licensing to all California charter schools. Now entering its second year with expanded feature enhancements and a proven first year performance in 40+ schools, EdTec is proud to announce its statewide launch. Now, the unparalleled service level and expertise that EdTec's outsourced back-office service is known for is available to schools that manage back-office operations in-house.

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EdTec Presented 7 Breakout Sessions at CCSA 2011 in San Diego!
EdTec was honored to present sessions at the 18th Annual California Charter Schools Conference, March 7 – 10, 2011!

If you were unable to attend and would like printable copies of session handouts, please email sam@edtec.com. EdTec experts and school leaders presented topics targeted to both new and existing charter schools in the following key areas:

• Ten Things Nobody Tells You about Your New Charter School
• Reducing Operating Costs through Strategic Sourcing and Procurement
• Ten Business Decision-Making Concepts Every School Leader Should Know
• Making the Grade: Self-Assessment for Board Governance and Accountability
• Adaptive Financial Management in Tough Economic Times
• Bulletproofing Your Charter Petition Budget: Tips from the Trenches
• Bridging the Gap: Understanding Cash Flow Options in the Midst of Deferrals

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Newsweek ranks Summit Prep as one of America’s Best High Schools
Each year, Newsweek picks the best high schools in the country based on how hard school staffs work to challenge students with advanced-placement college-level courses. Only 6% of all the public schools in the U.S. made the list. This year, EdTec partner school Summit Prep ranked #9 in California and #76 in the country! Read more and view the list here. Additionally, Summit’s track record of extraordinarily high college acceptance rates was featured in the San Jose Mercury News. All members of Summit Prep's 2010 graduating class started college in the fall!

Highlights from the 2010 California Charter Schools Conference, March 2010
The 17th Annual CA Charter Schools Conference, held March 1 – 4, 2010 in Sacramento, featured EdTec experts and school leaders presenting on topics targeted to both new and existing charter schools in the following key areas:

• Budgeting Strategies in Uncertain Times: A Panel Discussion
• Avoiding Potholes and Roadblocks: Effective Charter Start-up Strategies
• Charter School Operations Made Easier, More Efficient and Compliant
• Taking Charge of Change: Successful Strategic Planning
• Eight-Step Process to Successful Charter Petition Renewal

If you would like printable copies of session handouts, please contact us.

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EdTec Feature Article in CCSA Financial Management Journal
Peter Laub, Executive Vice President & Chief Client Services Officer, was invited to write a feature article in the most recent edition of the California Charter School Association's Charter School Financial Management Guide.

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