Heidi Gasca

Excel Academy

Connection Over Competition, Doing What is Best for Students, The Importance of Little Details in Building Trust & The Importance of a Solid Executive Team.

In this episode, Dallan Wortham from Charter Connect meets with Heidi Gasca from Excel Academy in Irvine, California. As an independent-study charter school, Excel Academy allows for parents and students to become active participants in their personalized learning model.

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Heidi gives insights into how they encourage connection and trust without a physical campus or classroom. She also shares the importance of small details and physical interaction in increasing student, teacher and staff retention.

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Enjoy this episode where Heidi walks us through how they went from 90 students to hundreds over the course of a decade.