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Voices for International Business and Education

VIBE Academic Committee Meeting

Academic Committee

Date and Time

Tuesday June 8, 2021 at 6:00 PM CDT

Location

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Topic: VIBE Academic Committee Meeting
 
Time: Tuesday, June 8, 2021 @ 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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MISSION:  To educate and nurture a diverse learning community through the International Baccalaureate Programme, world languages and intercultural appreciation to succeed in a global economy.

ACADEMIC COMMITTEE GOALS:
  • GOAL 1:  Monitor and increase the progress of SPS.
  • GOAL 2:  Streamline the academic dashboard.
  • GOAL 3:  Monitor ACT Progress.
  • GOAL 4:  Monitor and increase the effectiveness of the distance learning program at IHSNO.

Agenda

     
I. Opening Items
  A. Record Attendance
  B. Call the Meeting to Order
   
Senate bill No 466 passed in 2020 to authorize public bodies to conduct certain meetings electronically during certain states of emergency or disaster.

 

Per RS 42:17.1 (2) (c):

 

Matters that are critical to the continuation of the business of the public body and that are not able to be postponed to a meeting held in accordance with the other provisions of this Chapter due to a legal requirement or other deadlines that cannot be postponed or delayed by the public body.
  C. Approve Minutes from MAY 11, 2021
    Minutes for VIBE Academic Committee Meeting on May 11, 2021
II. THREE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS/PRIORITY ITEMS
  A. 2020 - 2021 HIGHLIGHTS
   
  1. Head of School - Sean Wilson
  2. Academics/School Improvement - Adierah Berger
  3. Culture - Pamela Recasner
  4. Information/Technology - Kang Vo
NOTE:  A long discussion of this area is not required; just a simple word or phrase that accurately describes your highlight(s) will be sufficient!  It's okay if you don't have three highlights; one or two will suffice.
   
  B. THREE PRIORITY ITEMS FOR ATTENTION/ACTION-2021 - 2022
   
  1. Head of School - Sean Wilson
  2. Academics - Adierah Berger
  3. Culture - Pamela Recasner
  4. Information/Technology - Kang Vo
NOTE:  A long discussion of this area is not required; just a word or phrase that accurately describes your 2021-2022 item(s) for attention and action will be sufficient.  It's okay if you don't have three; one or two will suffice.
III. ACADEMICS/SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT...DATA REPORTS
  A. PRESENTATION/ACCEPTANCE OF DATA REPORTS
   
  1. MOCK ACT Test Results
  2. ACT Test Results
  3. LEAP 360 Preliminary Test Results
  4. Fall and Spring ELPT Test Results
  5. IB Examination Test Results
  6. Final Student Report Card/Student Progress Reports by Grade+Subject Area
  7. Capturing Kids' Hearts...Qualitative Analysis/Assessment
  8. Suggestions for Improved Monthly Academic Dashboard
NOTE:  As stated in previous Academic Committee meetings, the committee members would like to get a clear picture of where our students are academically at the end of the year.  If the requested data reports are not ready today, the committee members are willing to discuss possible dates for the submission of these reports with school staff.  The data reports will be most helpful to administrative and instructional personnel if they are completed before our students return to school in August.

In addition, if the LDOE publishes some of this information, it probably will not happen until early November, 2021; by that time our students will have been in school for at least two and a half months. Through a joint examination (school staff & Academic Committee members) of the annual student academic data, the necessary curriculum and instruction modifications (if needed) will be operationalized at the beginning of the school year and not implemented in the middle of the first quarter.
   
IV. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
  A. ACADEMIC COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
   
Attached
   
V. OTHER BUSINESS
  A. OTHER BUSINESS
   
1. Next Meeting...TBD
2. IBDP Retention Document
 
   
  B. PUBLIC COMMENT
VI. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting