Rex and Margaret Fortune School of Education

K-12 charter School operations: Fortune School and hardy brown college prep are college preparatory charter schools that have been authorized to serve grades kindergarten through grade 12. During 2021-22 Fortune School served students in grades k-12 while hardy brown college prep served students in grades k-8 grade. Founded by civic and community leaders from sacramento, California, the schools are high achieving and academically rigorous that serve predominately low income, african american students. While the focus of our tuition free public charter schools is to close the achievement gap for african american students, the schools are open to all students.

Preservice program - 160 clock hours of training is provided prior to entering the classroom as a teacher intern. This coursework was previously taken as part of the district intern program, but is now being operated as a stand alone program that is a pre-requisite for the district intern program.

District intern credential program that provides an alternative path to teacher certification for single subject - middle school/high School (grades 7-12) general Education teachers, a mild, moderate disabilities levels i & ii credential for Education specialist teachers and a multiple subject credential for grades k-8 teachers in self contained classes. The programs include two years of professional development coursework completed on weekends from september through june of each year while simultaneously teaching on an intern credential.

The Fortune Excursions After School Program is a service offered to our charter school families to provide affordable after school care to their children. Our goal is to provide an exciting and dynamic experience for the well-being of the children. We strive to provide the highest standard of enrichment and to develop young people into leaders. Our After School Program focuses on fun activities in the arts, recreation, and the outdoors and includes the following courses: * Sports * Art (Drawing - Painting - Arts & Crafts) * Dance * Theater * Martial Arts * Urban Gardening * Vocal

Fortune preschool opened in san bernardino in january 2023 and in elk grove in april 2023 to serve students aged 2-4 years old in a reggio emilia environment.

School Leadership Program which results in the California Administrative Services Credential or Charter School Leader Certificate. This program is focused on producing charter school leaders who will develop and lead high-quality charter schools in high need areas. This 1-year, intensive leadership program is open to charter school educators who want to earn a Preliminary Administrative Services Credential and charter school developers who want to develop a charter school petition in a small cohort environment. Participants will be under the guidance of Fortune School of Education faculty with deep expertise in charter school development and operations. This is the ideal program for charter school developers who seek a supportive environment in which to create new schools or grow schools within an existing charter school network.

Fortune is developing an Early Childhood Education program which will launch in the 2022-23 school year.