Texas - Education Action Coalition Charter

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DRAFT CHARTER

Education Action4CoS (EduA) Coalition Leadership Team



PURPOSE



To transform the Texas public educational system congruent with COS conservative principles by:

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  Educating, motivating, and enlisting the Voting Community Members (VCOMs) within

targeted ISDs to actively participate in the educational process.

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  Actively influencing all activities related to public education and development of children

pre-K through 12

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Grades.

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  Embedding trained Coalition Volunteer Activists (VAs) and the VCOMs throughout all

facets of the public educational system to shift the educational spectrum toward COS
values.

FOCUS

  Strategies and implementation for embedding Coalition VAs and/or influencing outcomes focusing

primarily on the following entities:

1.  VCOMs within targeted ISDs who elect school board members.
2.  Targeted ISD school boards/administrators/teachers.
3.  VCOMs within targeted State Board of Education (SBOE) Educational Districts who elect

SBOE board members

4.  State Board of Education board members.
5.  Executive branch of Texas State government – Governor who elects State Board for

Educator Certification (SBEC) board members.

6.  State Board for Educator Certification Board Members.

TEAM SPONSOR

State Director

TEAM LEADER

State Education Action4CoS Coalition Director

TEAM MEMBERS

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  District Managers (15 Educational Districts Statewide)

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  ISD Coordinators (1,250 ISDs Statewide)

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  High/Middle School VAs (4,486 schools Statewide)

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  Elementary School VAs (6,728 schools Statewide

KEY ACTIVITIES / DELIVERABLES

Voters – Targeted ISDs – Educate the voting public.

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  Enlist Coalition VAs, enlisted VCOMs or other COS vetted candidates willing to serve as school

board members within their ISDs and use their services to educate the local voting public.

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  Develop educational/campaign support materials congruent with COS principles that can be

used to support this effort.

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  Implement a campaign for Coalition VAs to educate, motivate enlist VCOMs to participate in local

ISD elections.

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  Mount strong voter registration campaigns for approaching school board elections.

Schools - Targeted ISDs – Put Coalition VAs / VP on to the school boards.

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  Coalition VAs along with enlisted VCOMs to participate in monthly school board meetings and

major school functions within their ISDs and encourage the voting public to do the same.

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  Coalition VAs and enlisted VCOMs to keep notes on all actions and decisions of the school board

and the superintendent throughout each semester.

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  Coalition VAs to profile each school board member to learn positions, voting record and term.

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  Compile a list of areas in each ISD that need improvement/revision and where the Coalition VAs

and enlisted VCOMs can be of assistance to the ISD.

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  Identify key ISDs within Texas that follow COS Principles and use those ISDs as exemplars to

replicate throughout the Texas school system.

Agencies - Texas Education Agency (TEA) – Embed Coalition VAs into SBOE and SBEC

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  State Board of Education (SBOE)

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  Subscribe to all updates from TEA.

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  Profile each SBOE board member to learn their positions and voting record and term for all

15 Education Districts.

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  Enlist Coalition VAs, VCOMs or other COS vetted candidates for board positions in targeted

Districts.

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  Implement  campaign  to  educate  and  motivate  the  voting  public  prior  to  key  Education

Districts board elections on Jan 1, 2023.

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  Coalition VAs to attend quarterly SBOE board meeting, keeping notes on all actions and

decision of the board and reporting back to EduA Coalition Director.

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  Ensure Coalition VAs are nominated by SBOE board members to participate in the Texas

Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Work Groups (A through E) for each subject of the
required curriculum.

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  State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC)

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  EduA Coalition Director to engage the State COS organization in educating the voting public

to  elect  an  Executive  Branch  that  actively  supports  the  fundamental  principles  of  self-
governance  and  freedom,  since  it  is  the  Governor’s  office  that  nominates  SBEC  board
members.

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  Profile  each  SBEC  board  member  and  identify  potential  Coalition  VAs,  VCOMs  or  COS

vetted candidates for nomination when the opportunity arises.

KEY INTERFACES



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  State Director

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  State Coalitions Director/Advisor

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  HD District Captains

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  HD Integrative Systems Coordinators

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  EduA Coalition Coordinators

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  EduA Coalition VAs

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  Enlisted VCOMs

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  State Grassroots Coordinators

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  External Advisory Board

PERFORMANCE (Early Stage)

All coalition members will have shared goals with respect to advancing the purpose stated in the



EduA Coalition charter. Identify and onboard Coalition VAs to serve as District Managers for all 15

Educational Districts within the first four months of startup.

MEASURES (Early Stage)

Voters – Targeted ISDs

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  Onboard at least six ISD Coordinators within at least three Educational Districts within the

first four months of startup.

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  Onboard  at  least  12  School  VAs  supporting  the  six  ISD  Coordinators  with  the  first  eight

months of startup.

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  Measured in increase in voter turnout in at least four schools within two ISDs where EduA

Coalition members are working.

Schools – Targeted ISDs

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  Successfully embed Coalition VAs or enlisted VCOMs onto at least two school boards

during the 2022 election cycle.

Agencies – Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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  Onboard at least four Coalition VAs to work on SBOE issues within the first two months of

Coalition formation.

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  Develop complete profiles on all SBOE board members and their Education Districts

within the first three months of Coalition formation.

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  Identify at least two viable candidates for SBOE board membership within the first

three months of Coalition formation.

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  Commence  campaign  to  educate  and  motivate  the  VCOMs  prior  to  targeted

Education Districts board elections on Jan 1, 2023.

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  Develop  complete  profiles  on  all  SBEC  board  members  within  the  first  four  months  of

Coalition formation.

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  Develop Statewide communication package to educate voting public about the roll

State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) plays in selecting teachers and the
importance of having 15 COS principle-centered board members.

WORK PROCESSES



The magnitude of the task ahead for the EduA Coalition is massive. As such, it will be necessary to
recruit what we call Voting Community Members (VCOMs) to do much of the work on the ground,
trained and supervised by Coalition VAs. These VCOMs (and VIs) may become VAs over time, but
the number of people needed for this effort means that some people may not be in COS, but support
COS principles. The EduA Coalition Leadership Team will focus its efforts in the early stage on one

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to three different Educational Districts and a handful of ISDs within those districts and a handful of
schools within those ISDs.

Success  in  those  Targeted  areas  will  permit  the  Coalition  to  organically  extend  its  operations
throughout the State of Texas. Coalition VAs will be drawn from the HDs in the targeted districts and
will require support and cooperation from the DCs and Integrative Systems Coordinators.  VAs drawn
from this pool will likely need to commit much of their time to the Coalition due the magnitude of the
effort.  Also, the huge pool of Volunteer Interests (VIs) present within many of these HDs represent
a valuable resource if transitioned into VAs.  This Coalition must be active over multiple school board
and SBOE board election cycles to effect change and, thus, must be supported by COS over an
indefinite period.

MEETINGS

The EduA Coalition Leadership Team will meet bi-weekly via a dedicated “EduA” Slack Channel or
via  email  to  review  progress  within  each  Manager’s  area,  share  learnings  and  improvement
opportunities and develop/revise plans for the next three rolling months. Weekly communication will
occur among Coordinators, VAs and other Key Interfaces via phone, Slack, ZOOM and email.

APPROVED____________________

Date_________________

State Coalition Director/Advisor

APPROVED____________________ _

Date_________________

    State Director

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ABBREVIATIONS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

EduA –

Education Action4CoS (COS Coalition)

VCOMs –

Voting Community Members (non-COS people within the community)

ISDs –

Independent School Districts (Texas)

VAs –

Volunteer Activists (COS active volunteers)

SBOE –

State Board of Education (Texas)

SBEC –

State Board for Educator Certification (Texas)

TEA –

Texas Education Agency

TEKS –

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

HD –

House District (COS District Captain districts)

DCs –

District Captains (COS role for House District leaders)

VIs –

Volunteer Interest (COS petition signers who showed interest in volunteering)

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