Voices for International Business and Education

Minutes

Academic Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday November 15, 2023 at 6:30 PM

Voices for International Business and Education http://public.boardontrack.com/VIBE_1

Committee Members Present

C. Robinson, G. Espinoza, K. Dwyer

Committee Members Absent

C. Lacoste, Jr., S. Olivier, T. Winfield

Guests Present

A. Berger, C. Bourque, E. Thomas, F. McKenna, J. Carreno, James Davis

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

K. Dwyer called a meeting of the Academic Committee of Voices for International Business and Education to order on Wednesday Nov 15, 2023 at 6:50 PM.

B.

Record Attendance

C.

Approve Minutes

II. Academic

A.

Academic Dashboard and HOS Report

  • Celebrate our student enrollment at 400 students.
  •   Challenges 
  • as it relates to staffing, Positions have not been filled since the beginning of the year. However,  we have 3 teachers starting 11/27.
  • We have been interviewing often
  • Uptake in our culture-related incidents and disciplinary things. 
  • Higher numbers of students absent daily. 
  • Teacher burnout.                                                                                                                             SPS scores
  • SPS assessment index LEAP test
  • ACT WorkKeys- 
  • Diploma- IB class
  • Graduating kids within 4years
  • Opportunity- clubs and activities.                                                                                             What does it take to earn an A in Louisiana?
  • Are we ending our students with all the context
  • Dropout  Credit Accumulation 
  • ACT Scores 
  • Strength of Diploma
  • Cohort graduation rate
  • student progress 

SPS range  50.0- 64.9 --D

 

2021 SPS 54.8 D   Asssesment 41. F  Progress 72. 8 C

2022 SPS 55    D                        38.2                  32.6

2023  SPS 57.6 D                      42.2               

 

Celebrates the wins

  • Increased by 2.6 points over last year
  • Improvement in two specific and essential indices 
  • assessment index
  • strengths of diploma index
  • We are moving in the right direction                            

 

This is our Super Bowl Year. 

Our contracts end 2025

 

This year 2023.24 counts towards our contract year. 

 

Our Game plan- CAST

  • consistent use of Tier 1 curriculum in the core class
  • Addressing deficits in reading and math literacy
  • Students are being an asset for reading proficiency, teachers have been attending the training to use during their advisory and class time to address the reading proficiency in their students. 
  • Math literacy -the state has a supplement called accelerated and it's set up for the teacher to help in math literacy. Which will be beneficial in their LEAP testing. 

Standards-aligned assessments

 

Target observation and feedback. 

going into the classroom 

 seeing what's happening and we are able to see what strategies and see the engagement of the student in the classroom 

 

 

We are arranging our time and calendars to attend this classroom to make accommodations and focus on our student learning. 

 

We working on a strategic plan with Garret.  

 

   

B.

Review Committee Goals for 23-24 School Year

1. Monitor and Evaluate the progress of students in 2023. 24 school year

 

2. Encourage 100 % Board participation in school cultural events. Defined by financial support and increased attendance at cultural events.  

 

  • Getting an email with upcoming events- up to the next meeting. on the 1st of the month from Grace Espinoza.

 

3. Review our current strategic plan as it relates to Academics- make recommendations to the strategic plan committee inclusion with our expansion grant goals and overall sustainability. 

  • Revist on the strategic plan in February.

C.

Outline specific Steps to be taken in obtaining our goals

D.

Establish Time line for Specific Tasks

E.

Vote on specific tasks and timeline for comm goals

III. Closing Items

A.

Public Comment

B.

Next Meeting

January 17, 2024 at 6:30pm

C.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:44 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
F. McKenna