Voices for International Business and Education
Minutes
VIBE Academic Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday February 12, 2019 at 6:00 PM
Location
727 Carondelet St., New Orleans
Voices for International Business and Education http://public.boardontrack.com/VIBE_1
Committee Members Present
A. Berger, G. Lazard, L. Lopez, S. Retzlaff, S. Wilson
Committee Members Absent
A. Brown, S. Thomas
Guests Present
Charles Young, Jenny Carreno, M. Roney, Rufus McGee
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
S. Retzlaff called a meeting of the Academic Committee of Voices for International Business and Education to order on Tuesday Feb 12, 2019 at 6:03 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
G. Lazard made a motion to approve minutes from the VIBE Academic Committee Meeting on 10-09-18 VIBE Academic Committee Meeting on 10-09-18.
S. Retzlaff seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Academic
A.
Academic Dashboard December 2018
B.
Academic Dashboard January 2019
Some misalignment between scope and sequence of LEAP 360 and Tier I Curriculum.
C.
Charter
Charter revision page 69: There have been some changes in the requirements of health education, it needs to be updated.
Update Nutrition Services to CEP Program.
Timeline for making amendments: Target is June 2019 to have it ready for BESE
Amendments must be brought to the committee to review
Tillman and Kiernon will work on the majority of the changes. Other departments will be tapped as needed.
Target to be presented in the April meeting.
Sent to Retzlaff ahead of the meeting.
Update Nutrition Services to CEP Program.
Timeline for making amendments: Target is June 2019 to have it ready for BESE
Amendments must be brought to the committee to review
Tillman and Kiernon will work on the majority of the changes. Other departments will be tapped as needed.
Target to be presented in the April meeting.
Sent to Retzlaff ahead of the meeting.
D.
Timeline for making amendments to Charter
April 2019 for Academic Committee Meeting
Kiernon and Tillman will do the majority of the work while tapping on other departments as needed.
Kiernon and Tillman will do the majority of the work while tapping on other departments as needed.
E.
School Performance Score Action Plan
In search of remediation specialists. Search has been more difficult than expected. Trying to find the right fit.
ACT Prep
-some students are taking online ACT prep courses
-some advisers are working with students during advisory class
-daily ACT questions for all students
-Daily do nows/bell ringers are ACT questions
Instructional Coaches
-sent one offer letter out
-searching for the second IC.
-desire candidates with experience
Synopsis: remediation, instruction coaches, scope and sequence, assessments
Concerned about ACT prep
How to demonstrate to the board whether or not the decision to provide funds was successful--
How will this be tracked/monitored?
Next meeting: April 9th
ACT Prep
-some students are taking online ACT prep courses
-some advisers are working with students during advisory class
-daily ACT questions for all students
-Daily do nows/bell ringers are ACT questions
Instructional Coaches
-sent one offer letter out
-searching for the second IC.
-desire candidates with experience
Synopsis: remediation, instruction coaches, scope and sequence, assessments
Concerned about ACT prep
How to demonstrate to the board whether or not the decision to provide funds was successful--
How will this be tracked/monitored?
Next meeting: April 9th
III. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
G. Lazard made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
S. Retzlaff seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:30 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
L. Lopez
SRetzlaff requests the dashboard is sent to the committee on the 8 of each month.
S. Retzlaff wants to set up a process to get the dashboard to the committee members.
SW will send dashboard to the committee on the 8th of each month.
Reviewed assessment section on the dashboard.
New curriculum and new diagnostic/interim assessments takes some time to get used to.