Sponsor & Exhibitor Directory

ValuTeachers

ValuTeachers implements 403(B)/457(B) Retirement Savings Plans for Charter Schools at no costs to the schools. These plans provide employees the opportunity to save for retirement conveniently through payroll as an important supplement to GA-TRS. ValuTeachers plans are customized to meet each school's unique needs. We also provide retirement education workshops and enrollment services to encourage participation and assist employees in developing a savings plan.

EdTec

EdTec is a social enterprise committed to improving public education by supporting charter schools with business, operations, and performance services.

Joe Costa & Associates, Inc.

As the Endorsed Benefits Broker for the GCSA, Joe Costa & Associates creates value through employee benefits that enable employers to attract top talent, retain key personnel and extend a foundation on which a school can achieve success. Much can be accomplished through a successful employee benefits plan, and most employers haven’t experienced the full potential of employee benefits. We are proud to serve more of Georgia’s Charter Schools and Charter School Teachers than any other broker in the state, and we would love the opportunity to serve you.

Cariina

Does managing your charter school feel harder than it should?” Cariina, part of the Charter School Growth Fund’s Innovation Portfolio, is the Organizational Management System for everything non-instructional. Cariina transforms frequent frustrations into streamlined solutions, giving your school THE tool that saves time, reducing chaos, and bringing resources back to the classroom so you can focus on what truly matters—student success.

Technology Lab

We conduct assessments to understand how your school operates and generates revenue. This process helps us determine your school’s “whys,” aligning your technology strategy with your goals. Understanding your school beyond the technical aspects identifies opportunities for improvement and performance led by technology. Also unique, our approach to hiring engineers and technicians keeps the overall customer experience in mind. We focus on technical aptitude and the equally important human aspects of customer experience: empathy and people skills. We pride ourselves on our 97% customer satisfaction rate because it shows that we put our customers first.

Krevolin | Horst

Krevolin & Horst is a boutique business law firm comprised of highly credentialed former partners and associates from some of the largest US and international firms. K&H’s lawyers attended many of the top law schools including Yale, Columbia, Penn, Michigan, Stanford, Georgetown, Virginia, Emory, and Georgia. Eleven of 15 litigators clerked for federal judges (four for Court of Appeals judges and seven for District Court). The business model is to offer Big Law talent with the responsiveness, agility, and cost effectiveness of a smaller firm. K&H’s practice is a sophisticated B2B practice encompassing appeals, business litigation, commercial real estate, corporate, corporate governance/business divorce/officer & director liability, education, election, employment, franchise, healthcare, intellectual property/unfair competition, internal investigations, mergers & acquisitions, securities, technology, and white collar. K&H represents a wide array of clients from individuals, to small to mid-cap, to Fortune 500 companies.

SouthState Bank

At SouthState Bank, we’re committed to innovative solutions that make our customers’ lives easier and more convenient.

Association of American Educators

Partnered with GCSA, Association of American Educators is a professional association serving educators in all 50 states. AAE is a non-union, non-profit organization with a non-partisan focus on lifting the teacher voice and profession through student-centered policies and advocacy. We provide liability insurance and access to legal services for administrators, teachers, and education staff at schools throughout the country, including many public charter schools.

Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin

Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin, P.C., is one of the oldest law firms in Georgia, with a tradition of providing quality legal services that spans across three centuries. Today, we are a progressive and growing law firm that continues to build upon our strong history. We do so by relying on a timeless approach of offering outstanding legal services at cost-effective rates.

Hunton

For more than 120 years, Hunton has served clients across the globe with a collaborative and purposeful approach. With offices strategically located in the United States and around the world, the firm is known for its strength in the energy, financial services, real estate, and retail and consumer products industries, as well as its considerable depth across numerous practice areas. Hunton fosters a strong culture built upon an unwavering commitment to its clients, colleagues, and communities.

Facility Resource Center (FRC)

Our services are designed to help you succeed. Building a school is a complicated endeavor. Our mission is to ensure you have all the information you need to make the best decisions possible - ultimately, we want you to save money.

Purpose Capital Group

Purpose Capital is a strategic finance consulting firm that supports leaders of high-impact organizations effectively manage their financial resources.

Educators Now Educational Staffing

Educators NOW! specializes in providing staffing solutions for educational and youth-focused programs and organizations. With a proven track record of recruiting and placing QUALITY professionals, we ensure that your organization will have the personnel needed to maintain operational excellence and deliver exceptional experiences.

Amergis Educational Staffing

We bridge the gap between schools and staff to ensure that top professionals are able to provide top educational services nationwide. School staffing is just the start. With a passion for educational progress, we’re committed to changing the lives of students by providing them with top-tier K-12 educators, administrators, and school support staff. With over 100 teams nationwide, we ensure that every student, school, and community is able to feel valued and supported by passionate professionals. We aren’t just an education staffing agency- we’re a partner in building a brighter future for every student.

SLA Management

Named one of the Top 50 School Foodservice Providers in the country for 4 years running by Food Management Magazine and was also included on their list for 2022 Top 10 Rising and Top 6 Foodservice Companies to Watch, SLA Management provides complete school foodservice management, specializing in K–12 Charter Schools who do or would like to participate in the National School Lunch Program. Our boutique-style approach allows us to partner with our schools to create individually tailored programs meeting the needs and goals of the schools we serve. Our team is comprised of talented, dedicated food service professionals who have a passion for what they do.

Hertz Furniture

Hertz Furniture is committed to offering top quality, competitively priced furniture that meets your needs. We strive to provide the best customer experience possible, whether you're buying a single chair or furnishing an entire campus. Our goal is complete customer satisfaction.

Easysuite Software

Lotterease is a Lottery and Parent Communication System that saves charter schools time and money. In addition, it ensures that charter schools are compliant with state lottery laws so that they are protected from claims of lottery fraud. Lotterease automatically manages siblings, weighted applications and waitlists. Parents can apply and confirm attendance online. If you are still using paper or excel based lotteries, save yourself the headache and get Lotterease.

The Stepping Stones Group

The Stepping Stones Group, a national leader, brings together leaders in therapeutic and behavioral health services. Wherever children, parents, and educators are seeking support for unique challenges, we provide solutions. It's our mission. And we pursue it passionately each and every day.

Inspiroz

Inspiroz is a managed IT service provider that works with over 200 charter schools, including KIPP Metro Atlanta (7 KIPP Networks total), Uncommon Schools, and Democracy Prep, just to name a few. We focus our work on charter schools and collaborate with school leaders to make technology an organization-wide initiative by providing:
- 24/7/365 help desk and network monitoring
- On-site technical support from a dedicated School Technology Specialist
- Ed-tech application support
- Strategic technology planning
We are mission-driven and care deeply about the work charter schools are working to achieve.

Piper Sandler

Piper Sandler provides facility financing to charter schools, including acquisitions, new constructions, renovations, modulars, equipment, and working capital for charter schools throughout the nation. We have procured these financings for a wide range of schools from startups to large management organizations using tax-exempt bonds, CDFI lending and bank placements. Our focus is the execution of the transaction at hand through the delivery of superior client service, resulting in the establishment of enduring, long-term relationships. Our goal is to help charter schools attain a facility that meets their needs by providing the maximum amount of funds at the lowest overall cost.

Civic Builders

Civic Builders is the nation's leading nonprofit developer and lender supporting the creation and growth of high-quality public charter schools. Our team removes real estate as a barrier to an excellent public education. Across the country, these schools empower students within and beyond the classroom, and revitalize communities from one generation to the next. Our team’s extensive expertise in both real estate and lending enables us to provide support to the charter school sector. Great public schools with high-quality facilities are community anchors that provide access to transformative opportunities in traditionally under-resourced communities. Civic Builders’ portfolio represents $1.45 billion invested into low-income and historically marginalized communities.

Smartlab

Turnkey PBL-centered STEM learning environments and curricula that prepare students for the careers of tomorrow

Read 21

Read 21 provides service in the Science of Reading and Critical Thinking. We train teachers along with our multisensory, autonomous, online web application that allows students to read fluently in 21 days or less. After the 21 days, students dive into a rigorous Critical Thinking program, causing them to move from Tier 3 to Tier 1 with our programs!

Collaborative Classroom

Collaborative Classroom is a mission-driven, nonprofit organization with evidence-based, classroom-tested resources for early childhood through grade 12. We are your partner to ensure that all children become fluent readers, skilled writers, and critical thinkers who learn from, care for, and respect one another.

BoardonTrack by TransAct

BoardOnTrack is the platform, partner, and community empowering charter boards and executive leaders to reach a higher bar, together. BoardOnTrack simplifies board governance and provide all that your board needs to help deliver on your charter promises, all in one place.

Buckeye International - Atlanta

Buckeye International, Inc. has earned its reputation as a leader in the cleaning and maintenance products industry. Buckeye manufactures a comprehensive line of cleaning and maintenance products.

Zaner-Bloser

Zaner-Bloser create tools for educators that help elementary students become more joyful, creative learners and communicators.

True IP Solutions

VoIP company that provides telecommunications solutions, equipment, and technical support for residential communities, and businesses of all sizes.

All South Flooring

Company Description: Not sure what all you are wanting here but you can use, "Flooring distributor throughout the Southeast since 2016".

Transformation 180

Transformation 180 is an innovative educational consulting firm dedicated to reshaping the landscape of learning. We offer tailored solutions to educational institutions, educators, and students, ensuring that every stakeholder in the education process can thrive. By leveraging cutting-edge research, data analytics, and personalized coaching, Transformation 180 aims to foster environments where learning is both effective and enjoyable.

Allumia

Energy Efficiency for a Sustainable World

Building Hope

Non-profit facilities, financial, and operational services for charter schools.

Building Hope’s decades of expertise in finance, real estate and charter school operations provides schools with the advantage of having a high-level professional partner with a shared mission of creating high-quality, innovative charter schools.

Our impact shines in the students and families whose lives are forever transformed through the power of great education.

We build community. We build schools. We build hope.

Barobo

The Barobo program fosters hands-on learning based on real-life problems and supports learning in multiple contexts, including classroom, remediation, intervention, supplemental, enrichment, acceleration, and expanded learning.

LocknCharge

LocknCharge is an innovative company combining the power of software and hardware to revolutionize the way organizations are managing tablets, laptops, Chromebooks, phones, and other physical assets. Our mission is to ensure organizations aren't losing critical working or learning time due to broken, lost, or forgotten devices by providing device accountability and instant access.

Oak Bridge Insurance

Oakbridge Insurance is recognized as a Top 100 Independent Agency. Our risk management professionals partner with education clients to address the unique challenges facing schools by first helping school’s implement best practices to control risk and build an underwriting profile allowing schools to position themselves as “best in class” risks when going to market. With broad market representation, Oakbridge brings the best carriers and coverage options to the table for each school. Not only does this strategy minimize the cost of coverage but also provide predictability of costs for easier budgeting.

BrightThinker

Bright Thinker strives to provide quality, character-based learning tools and options that equip students to be academically successful and school staff to better serve the students enrolled in their programs.

Clarity Consulting Group

Clarity Consulting Group specializes in offering customized assessment, planning, policy-writing and coaching.

SCAD

Offering more degree programs and specializations than any other art and design university, SCAD is uniquely qualified to prepare talented students for professional, creative careers.

ParentSquare

ParentSquare is the leading provider of digital family and community engagement solutions for K-12 institutions, serving over 20 million students across all 50 states. Districts and charter schools rely on ParentSquare’s unified platform for mass notifications, classroom communications, school websites, translation in 130+ languages, and other everyday parent interactions. ParentSquare helps schools engage every family, improve communication equity, and offers a single platform for all school-to-home communications—text, email, app, web, and voice. Seamless integrations with existing SIS easily connect schools with families to advance student success. Founded in 2011, ParentSquare has experienced over 500% growth in the last three years.

Our Children Read

Our Children Read sells books, written by Sean George, featuring Black & Brown main characters. Currently we have 60 books with 11 in Spanish and 11 in French. Our children’s books not only feature Black & Brown main characters, but they also cover a variety of areas (I.e. Beginning Reader books, Self-Love & Self-Confidence (Affirmation) books, Story books, books about children with disabilities, books about families, a bullying book, a mental health book, books in Spanish, books in French, SEL books, etc.).

Parrish Construction Group

Established in 1995, Parrish Construction Group, Inc. is a full service construction management firm. Parrish specializes in delivering projects within the K-12, higher education, healthcare, municipal, and industrial markets.

National Charter Institute

The National Charter Institute empowers people and organizations - authorizers, boards, and schools to grow and achieve more than they think possible.

NWEA

NWEA MAP: Committed to Helping All Kids Learn

Who We Serve
At NWEA, we work hand-in-hand with educators across schools, districts, and states to foster student growth. Through evidence-based assessments and learning solutions, we meet the needs of all learners—because every student deserves an opportunity to succeed.

Our Mission
We aim to equip educators at every level with the tools they need to make informed decisions for their students. From classrooms to district offices to state education departments, our assessments, services, and learning tools are designed to empower educators and drive meaningful outcomes for kids.

What Partnership Means to Us
The challenges facing K–12 education are complex, and no single entity can address them alone. That’s why partnership is at the heart of what we do. At NWEA, partnering means understanding the unique needs of each school or system and committing to the long-term success of every student. It also means collaborating with educational leaders to remove barriers and create more equitable outcomes for all kids. For us, partnership isn’t just a word—it’s a meaningful, intentional collaboration that supports our shared mission.

Our Legacy and Commitment
For nearly 50 years, NWEA has been delivering precise, research-based assessments trusted by educators nationwide. Our tools offer the flexibility to integrate with a variety of curricula and supplementary learning solutions, allowing our partners to tailor their strategies to fit their unique needs.

Now part of HMH, NWEA combines the best in assessment and curriculum to empower educators with innovative solutions that help students achieve their full potential. Together, we’re creating new ways to support learning and foster growth for every child.

CDW Education

CDW Education is a trusted technology partner to more than 15,000 K-12 Schools, having deployed over 3 million Chromebooks into classrooms and over 1,000 schools participating in their North American Google technical collaborative. CDW Education’s Digital EdTech team advises charter school leaders as they evaluate EdTech solutions and the positive impact it can have on the student and faculty experience as well as academic achievement. To learn more about technology solutions CDW Education recommends to modernize your classroom, protect student data, improve internet connectivity or how to build an Esports program from the ground up, email: DigitalEdtech@cdw.com and an Advisor will follow up with you.

Samsung Education

Samsung, the number one global digital signage solution provider, empowers educators to deliver a reimagined learning experience. Whether inside the classroom, around campus, or learning and teaching from home, Samsung’s education lineup gives teachers the tools they need to deliver an enhanced learning environment, while maintaining student engagement, collaboration, and confidence.

Atlanta History Center

The Atlanta Historical Society was founded in 1926 to preserve and study Atlanta history. In 1990, after decades of collecting, researching, and publishing information about Atlanta and the surrounding area, the organization officially became Atlanta History Center. Atlanta History Center offers multi-disciplinary and interactive virtual and on-site tours for students of all ages that are educational and fun. Students are given the opportunity to explore various historical time periods, in addition to touring our award-winning exhibitions, historic houses and gardens. Tours are designed to match the state social studies requirements.

Top Score Writing

Designed by a teacher for teachers, Top Score Writing is the one and only program solely dedicated to teaching students to become effective writers.

A3 Communications

For nearly four decades, A3 Communications has created custom networking and security solutions for customers across the US. As your partner, we help you increase productivity, maximize your budget and protect our assets with leading-edge technologies.

Entourage Yearbooks

Entourage Yearbooks helps create the most advanced yearbooks in the world. Create beautiful, personalized, printed, and digital yearbooks accessible on all smart devices.

The Princeton Review & Tutor.com

The Princeton Review - Tutor.com delivers expert test prep, high-dosage tutoring (HDT), and 24/7 on-demand learning to boost student success. The Princeton Review enhances SAT/ACT performance and college readiness, while Tutor.com provides real-time tutoring across subjects. Together, they help schools close achievement gaps, combat learning loss, and expand college access—especially for underserved communities.

Questions to Consider:
Are you seeing measurable improvements in SAT/ACT scores with your current test prep programs? Is your current SAT/ACT prep program available for all students?
Are you effectively leveraging high-dosage tutoring (HDT) to close achievement gaps and recover lost learning?
Are you providing equitable, high-quality tutoring that meets the diverse academic needs of all students?
Are your high-dosage tutoring (HDT) efforts in Algebra 1 effectively building foundational skills to improve SAT math scores?

Hive180 Educational Consulting

Hive180Ed, led by Kelly Cadman, a seasoned educational leader with 20 years of experience in the charter sector, specializes in partnering with schools and non-profits to significantly enhance student outcomes. We focus on building a solid foundation, cultivating effective leadership, implementing effective instructional programs, and fostering a culture that is seamlessly aligned with each organization's mission. With a proven track record of success, Hive180Ed is dedicated to helping schools achieve their missions and create the desired impact in their communities.

21Cobalt

We believe the best way to support students is to ensure charter schools have the ability to implement innovative programs that increase student and community outcomes. Our team's focus on operations and technical compliance strives to ensure that inspirational and transformative educators maximize their time with students.

Leaders Building Leaders

Leaders Building Leaders focuses on supporting the boards, leadership, staff and students of public charter schools and the communities they serve. We provide expert consulting, onsite training, mentoring and coaching to help school leaders and board members raise student achievement and improve school culture.

Prestige Solutions

Prestige School Solutions provides real-time and comprehensive back office and consultancy services for independent schools of choice.

PowerUpEDU

PowerUpEDU is an Award-Winning Education Solutions provider for classrooms in the Southeast. Based in Georgia, with offices in AL, FL, NC & SC, PowerUpEDU creates transformational learning environments that engage students, empower teachers & help bridge the gap between teaching and technology. By integrating technology, curriculum, and professional learning, PowerUpEDU facilitates dynamic instructional practices that provide optimal instruction in any classroom environment.

22Beacon

22Beacon provides schools and their ecosystems with the investment and real estate resources they need to build and thrive – specifically those in under-resourced communities. As a 501©(3) non-profit corporation, we bring funding and facilities to where they are most needed – eliminating barriers to access, choice, and equity. Our deeply experienced team has earned its best-in-class reputation through decades of outstanding impact-driver performance. In both financing and building facilities, we provide a level of strategic thinking, practical know-how, staunch advocacy, and passionate commitment to client missions that can be found nowhere else. Those who work with 22Beacon will never have a more dedicated, compassionate and results oriented partner in their corner.

GoGuardian

GoGuardian unifies filtering, student safety, and classroom management tools into a single solution. Pear Deck Learning’s platform of curriculum products cultivates K-12 classrooms where each student can achieve their full potential. Together, our product portfolio creates safe and effective digital spaces to assess student mastery and create positive learning outcomes.

Mussman Architects

Mussman Architects is a full service architecture and project management firm dedicated to serving charter schools across the southeast and beyond. Our team has successfully designed and managed over 70 facility projects for charter schools. If you are thinking about renovations or new construction, our team of specialists can guide you through the entire process. We strive to provide value driven buildings for our clients through thoughtful, intuitive designs that strike the right balance of quality, cost and aesthetics.

The School Gourmet

The founders were born and raised on food made with love…and the best ingredients. Developed as a division of a successful corporate catering company, The School Gourmet is now in its fourth year and it is truly their pride and joy.Passionate about providing our children and yours with healthy, made from scratch food, the entire food culture at The School Gourmet is based on healthy cooking and delicious cuisine. Every menu item is made from scratch daily using only the freshest ingredients. We use herbs and spices to create delicious flavors and we avoid salt base seasonings whenever possible. We provide these sensational, nutritious meals to children and staff in schools, daycare centers, recreational and afterschool programs, and more. We now operate two state of the art facilities in the same complex which includes over 8000 square feet of production & operating space.

Avela

Avela offers a complete student application and enrollment solution for education providers, built by a Nobel Prize winning team of practitioners, researchers, and designers. Boost enrollment, streamline operations, and empower families with Avela.

3 Oaks

With more than 17 years of experience, 3 Oaks Resource Group International focuses on our client's vision for their office, educational, healthcare, and community spaces. We help our clients capture their vision and then translate that vision into functional and efficient furnishings, fixtures, and equipment that work for one space, multiple spaces, an entire building, or even an entire campus.

Kids First Education

Kids First Education, LLC, was founded by career educators Chuck Poer and Cellie Scoggin, who have dedicated over a decade to leading teams of educators in making a lasting impact on instructional practice and student achievement. As trusted partners to PreK-12 schools, they and their team of experts focus on improving outcomes for KIDS through innovative, evidence-based strategies. Built from an experienced team of educational leaders, teachers, coaches, and specialists, Kids First Education is driven by a genuine heart for KIDS and an unwavering passion for teaching and learning. Together, we empower schools to transform classrooms and unlock every student’s potential.

FlyLock Security Solutions South Atlanta

The Flying Locksmiths are forward-thinking and always innovating. Our advanced door access solutions make worrying about physical keys a thing of the past, allowing for a whole new set of features that ensure your business is more secure than ever.

We have provided tutoring, college preparation, and enrichment programming for thousands of students and families who might not have otherwise received it, preparing them for college, career and lifelong success.