The Anchor School
Minutes
Academic Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday October 9, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Location
Committee Members Present
E. Desprez Isbell (remote), J. Burton (remote), N. LeBlanc (remote)
Committee Members Absent
K. Cadman
Guests Present
J. Pinto Taylor (remote), M. Felts (remote), S. Birch (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
E. Desprez Isbell called a meeting of the Academic Achievement Committee of The Anchor School to order on Wednesday Oct 9, 2024 at 8:07 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
E. Desprez Isbell made a motion to approve the minutes from Academic Committee Meeting on 09-11-24.
J. Burton seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
II. Academic Achievement
A.
Academic Data Review
- Reviewed and discussed the Milestone data and MAP assessment.
- Action Item for Dr. Pinto Taylor: add prior year(s) dashboard link to a tab and create a chart to show progress overtime for MAP (& eventually Milestones).
- Data is informing WIN block and differentiated instruction
- Action Item for Dr. Pinto Taylor: add percentages or scale to future bar graphs
- Discussed next step for addressing gaps in math data
B.
Academic Assessment Calendar
- Checked in on the Academic Assessment calendar, currently up-to-date
- Action Item for Dr. Pinto Taylor: Check to ensure dyslexia screener took place.
C.
Academic Personnel Update
- All Personalized Learning (PL) teachers have taken GACE/provisional certification
- Personalized Learning hire was made, start date Oct 21, contracting 30 hours/week
III. Academic Monitoring Updates
A.
SCSC Monitoring
- SCSC Monitoring submitted days early
- Next step is to wait for review, January usually is the initial response with corrective actions listed.
B.
CLIP Update
- Submitted CLIP over the summer, on time, no requests for revisions, in compliance with this requirement.
C.
CPI Reporting Update
- Deadline was extended to the end of October to compile necessary documentation
IV. Other Academic Items
A.
Q1 360 Survey Data - School Level
- 30 item survey to evaluate school and head of school (15 questions on each, 47 responses
- High level of satisfaction across all questions (agree and strongly agree)
- Action Item for Dr. Pinto Taylor: consider adding open-ended response boxes to each question, full break-down, add responder categories (i.e. parent, staff, student, etc.)
- Goal for this survey to be administered quarterly
B.
Charter School Growth Fund Program: Bellwether
- Strategic growth support with building out TAS High School, with a cohort of school leaders completing work.
- This opportunity will also be available next school year and would be the preference (timing and budget implications).
- Action Item for Dr. Pinto Taylor: Connect with Resurgence Hall (past participant) to hear more about the experience
V. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 9:14 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
E. Desprez Isbell