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Voices for International Business and Education

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VIBE Academic Committee Meeting

Academic Committee

Date and Time

Tuesday May 11, 2021 at 6:00 PM

Location

Virtual Meeting
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Topic: VIBE Academic Committee Meeting
 
Time: Tuesday, May 11, 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.

Committee Members Present

G. Lazard (remote), G. Medford (remote), L. Scott Porter (remote), S. Thomas (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

Guests Present

A. Berger (remote), J. Carreno (remote), K. Vo (remote), P. Recasner (remote), S. Wilson (remote), T. Huynh (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

G. Lazard called a meeting of the Academic Committee of Voices for International Business and Education to order on Tuesday May 11, 2021 at 6:02 PM.
  • The Senate Bill - was rehearsed.
  • The goals of committee was rehearsed. 

C.

Approve Minutes from April 13, 2021

G. Medford made a motion to approve the minutes from VIBE Academic Committee Meeting on 04-13-21.
G. Lazard seconded the motion.
  • Motion passed as submitted. 
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. SCHOOL CULTURE

A.

CLOSE OF SCHOOL ITEMS FOR ATTENTION AND ACTION

  • P. Racasner discussed Capturing Kids Hearts. 
  • Athletics at IHSNO is being discussed and being planned. 
  • IHSNO is adding things that students are interested in. 
  • There may be some uniform changes. The changes that are being made are due to suggestions that are made from the families. 
  • The committee members would like to know if parents would be notified of the changes. 
  • The committee made a recommendation to listen to the students who IHSNO serves when it comes to changes to make sure that families can afford the changes. 
  • The monthly profile comes from the IB program. 
  • The Virtual Open House was designed for families who could not attend the In-Person Open House. This can be viewed 24 hours a day 7 days a week. 
  • The Virtual Open House is advertised on the IHSNO website. 

B.

PTO Update

  • There was a PTO meeting on April 24, 2021. 
  • During the PTO, there were many things that were discussed. 
  • Some of the things discussed were Senior updates, 
  • There were about 5-10 people who attended the meeting.
  • The PTO president made an announcement that she will be stepping down.
  • There will be an election for a new PTO president. 

C.

UPDATES

  • The discipline data would be difficult to gather. 
  • The committee would like to have an update on Capturing Kids Hearts. 
  • Once IHSNO can get an update from teachers, there would not be data available until then. 
  • The committee would like to understand the correlation between disciplining students and their grades. They would like to know if there is more disciplining in the classroom, then the teachers would have less time to teach. 
  • A statement from a previous meeting made of Academics got better through Capturing Kids Hearts, and the question became how do you show that correlation?
  • The staff was supposed to look into how to demonstrate Capturing Kids Hearts affect students' grades. 
  • The school would not know how to get the data from Capturing Kids Hearts. 
  • The committee is suggesting that maybe showing a qualitative analysis of Capturing Kids Hearts. 
  • There was a verbal report made on the observations made by the representative from Capturing Kids Hearts. 
  • The committee requested to have the verbal report typed up to present it to the committee. 
  • Maybe there should be the evaluation presented to the committee so that the committee will have a better understanding. 

III. ACADEMICS/SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

A.

CLOSE OF SCHOOL ITEMS FOR ATTENTION AND ACTION

  • IHSNO is currently testing right now. \
  • There is LEAP testing that is happening, senior final exams, final exams, and also ACT testing happening. 
  • The Senior social was a success. 

B.

SPECIAL REQUEST

  • The committee would like to have the information that was requested in the previous committee meeting. 
  • If more time is needed with the requests from the committee then let them know that there is more time that is needed. 
  • There are some reports that are needed earlier. 

IV. INFORMATION/TECHNOLOGY

A.

CLOSE OF SCHOOL ITEMS FOR ATTENTION AND ACTION

  • IT is prepping computers for exams and testing. 
  • Testing is running smoothly so far. 
  • Technology will need to be picked up from students when they are finished with school. 
  • The IT department is also working on the computer lab. 

B.

THREE YEAR TECHNOLOGY PLAN

G. Medford made a motion to Approve to approve the three-year technology plan,.
L. Scott Porter seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

V. HEAD OF SCHOOL REPORT

A.

CLOSE OF SCHOOL ITEMS FOR ATTENTION AND ACTION

  • S. Wilson discussed the Head of School Report that is attached to the meeting documents. 

VI. OTHER BUSINESS

A.

OTHER BUSINESS

  • The committee would like to have the information that was requested previously when staff has the opportunity to send to committee members. 

B.

PUBLIC COMMENT

  • There is no pubic comment. 

VII. 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 7:15 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
G. Lazard
Documents used during the meeting
  • 4questions.pdf
  • socialcontractnonverbalsignals.pdf
  • TFG-ECB5-CKH-Walkthrough (002).pdf
  • Academic CMTE Presentation-2021-0430.pdf
  • Academic CMTE Dashboard-2021-0430.pdf
  • IT 3-year Tech Plan-FINAL-2021-0228.pdf
  • RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.docx