"More Great Seats 4 Kids": A SUNY Charter Schools Institute Podcast
by SUNY Charter Schools Institute
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The Hard Work of Change: School Leadership Lessons with Tresha Ward, Prospect Charter Schools
May 8, 2026
39m 47s
Growing Teachers from Within: The DREAM Teaching Fellowship
Mar 25, 2026
20m 49s
Launching a New Charter School with Natalie Lozada, Executive Director, Haven Charter High School
Jan 13, 2026
27m 28s
2026 SUNY RFP for New Charter Schools: Updates & Insights with Keegan Prue
Dec 9, 2025
20m 49s
How School Leaders Collaborate to Build Strong Public Charter Schools
Mar 3, 2025
41m 59s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/8/26 | The Hard Work of Change: School Leadership Lessons with Tresha Ward, Prospect Charter Schools | What does it really take to lead bold organizational change — and make it stick? On this episode of More Great Seats 4 Kids, Mike Lesczinski, Director of Strategy and Communications at the SUNY Charter Schools Institute, sits down with Tresha Ward, Chief Executive Officer of Prospect Charter Schools, for a conversation about leadership, equity, talent, and school transformation. Since stepping into the CEO role in 2021, Tresha has led a major effort to redesign systems and structures to creat... | 39m 47s | ||||||
| 3/25/26 | Growing Teachers from Within: The DREAM Teaching Fellowship✨ | teacher pipelinesDREAM Teaching Fellowship+1 | Kalila HoggardAna Rader | DREAM Teaching Fellowshipthe State University of New York (SUNY) Charter Schools Institute’s+5 | — | sustainable teachingcommunity engagement+1 | — | 20m 49s | |
| 1/13/26 | Launching a New Charter School with Natalie Lozada, Executive Director, Haven Charter High School✨ | charter schoolsSTEM education+2 | Natalie Lozada | Haven Charter High SchoolCTE+1 | Bronx | Haven Charter High SchoolBronx+2 | — | 27m 28s | |
| 12/9/25 | 2026 SUNY RFP for New Charter Schools: Updates & Insights with Keegan Prue✨ | charter schoolsRFP+2 | Keegan Prue | SUNYthe SUNY Charter Schools Institute’s | — | 2026updates+3 | — | 20m 49s | |
| 3/3/25 | How School Leaders Collaborate to Build Strong Public Charter Schools✨ | collaborationpublic charter schools+1 | Dermoth MattisonMark Crusante | South Shore Charter SchoolDiamond Charter School | Long Island | South Shore Charter SchoolDiamond Charter School+1 | — | 41m 59s | |
| 1/9/25 | Preparing Students for College and Career Success at Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy✨ | college preparationcareer success+2 | Nicia FullwoodCassie Magesis | college-preparatory curriculumBrooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy+1 | — | all-girls schoolpersonalized counseling+1 | — | 32m 23s | |
| 1/31/24 | Career and Technical Education Success at The Academy Charter School✨ | Career and Technical Educationinstructional expertise+2 | Bishop Barrington Goldson | Career and Technical EducationThe Academy Charter School+2 | — | CTE programrecruiting expertise+1 | — | 42m 31s | |
| 1/9/24 | Developing a Strong Internal Leadership Pipeline with Recy Dunn of Ascend Charter Schools✨ | internal leadership pipelineprofessional development+2 | Recy Dunn | Ascend Charter SchoolsAscend | Brooklyn | Ascend Charter Schoolseducation+2 | — | 14m 44s | |
| 2/16/23 | Accelerated Learning in Practice with Erin Allen✨ | Accelerated LearningEducation Strategies+1 | Erin Allen | Accelerated Learning in PracticeSUNY Charter Schools Institute+2 | — | white paperschool visit+1 | — | 13m 38s | |
| 11/15/22 | Introducing Experiential Learning into the Classroom with Kristie Swanson of Finn Academy Charter School✨ | experiential learninghands-on activities+2 | Kristie Swanson | Finn Academy Charter SchoolExperiential Learning | — | Finn Academy Charter Schooleducation+1 | — | 12m 23s | |
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| 10/18/22 | School Spotlight: Designing a New Facility, Addressing Unfinished Learning with Central Queen Academy's Ashish Kapadia✨ | school designunfinished learning+2 | Ashish Kapadia | state of the art facilityarchitect+2 | — | Central Queen Academynew school year+2 | — | 16m 09s | |
| 8/23/22 | School Spotlight: Lessons Learned in the Pandemic with PAVE Academy's Marsha Gadsden | Marsha Gadsden, Executive Director of PAVE Academy Charter School, joins the podcast to discuss what makes PAVE Academy Charter School different than other public schools, lessons learned from the pandemic, and more. Support the show | 14m 40s | ||||||
| 6/30/22 | The Preopening Process | Maureen Foley, Director of New Charters, joins the podcast to discuss the preopening process leading up to the first day of instruction and how schools should prepare for a pre-opening visit from the Institute team. Support the show | 11m 10s | ||||||
| 2/17/20 | Renewal: Preparing for a School Evaluation Visit | Andrew Kile, Director of School of Evaluation, joins the podcast to discuss the importance of the school evaluation visit, the types of evidence the team collects and evaluates, specific on the ground activities, the purpose of reports, and more. Then Danielle Bruno, Principal / Director of Elmwood Village Days Park, reflects on the school’s most recent visit, sharing how administrators both prepared for the evaluation team and used the experience to improve school practices. Support the show | 25m 30s | ||||||
| 1/13/20 | Charter School Renewal and What it Means to be an Academic Success | Charter schools in New York trade greater operational autonomy for greater accountability for academic outcomes. We call this the “Autonomy for Accountability Bargain.” But what does this look like in practice? Jeff Wasbes, Executive Deputy Director for Accountability at the SUNY Charter Schools Institute, discusses the renewal process, quantitative and qualitative benchmarks, evidence collection, what it means for a school to be an academic success and more. Support the show | 20m 07s | ||||||
| 11/18/19 | Trailer: Introducing "More Great Seats for Kids" (Launching December 2019) | In this new series, More Great Seats for Kids, the SUNY Charter Schools Institute takes you deep into the authorization process and the high standards and best practices that make New York’s SUNY authorized charter schools so successful. We will explain what it takes to become – and remain – a high quality charter school and ensure more great seats for kids throughout New York State. This preview episode includes a message from Executive Director Susie Miller Carello and a clip of our u... | 7m 20s | ||||||
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