Advanced Math & Science Academy Charter School
Minutes
Strategic Planning Offsite
Date and Time
Saturday January 25, 2020 at 8:45 AM
Location
FairField Inn 105 Apex Dr Marlborough
Trustees Present
Benjamin Hammel, Cindy Zomar, Jessica Bowen, Jill Schafer, Kristin Carney, Liz Saul, Nicholas Poirier, Roger Jarrett, Sheila Kelly
Trustees Absent
Maura Webster, Raul Porras
Guests Present
Bethany Bartolini, Brianna Murphy, Ellen Linzey, Ev Reynolds, Lino Alvarez, Michael Glass, Mike Nawrocki, Padmaja Bandaru, Sara Snow, Sowmini Sampath
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
Roger Jarrett called a meeting of the board of trustees of Advanced Math & Science Academy Charter School to order on Saturday Jan 25, 2020 at 8:45 AM.
The meeting will not be videotaped and the Board will not go into executive session at the end of open meeting. Nan Dill was unable to facilitate the meeting as planned. Roger Jarrett led the meeting.
C.
Vision Statement Development
The Board spent the morning session devoted to AMSA's Vision. Michael Glass suggested that the Board consider using the process Thermo Fisher has used to develop their vision statement, focusing on where they want to see their company in 2030. Starting a new decade seems to be a good opportunity to look ahead ten years.
The Board began the process by considering each of the 14 "vision comments" that were posted on the wall, and going over each one, line-by-line. It was suggested that the process may be more efficient if the board considered breaking the topics/comments and AMSA's characteristics into "buckets" or categories.
The Board agreed on the following categories:
The Board began the process by considering each of the 14 "vision comments" that were posted on the wall, and going over each one, line-by-line. It was suggested that the process may be more efficient if the board considered breaking the topics/comments and AMSA's characteristics into "buckets" or categories.
The Board agreed on the following categories:
- Academic Model
- Culture
- Resources
- Roots in Community
D.
Lunch
II. Development brain storming
A.
Development Group Session: KAIZEN
Benjamin Hammel led the Development discussion.
The Topic: Board of Trustees - Corporate presence, locally and nationally.
1) How do we improve, create, promote, participate, etc?
a. 10 mins post-it notes brainstorming
b. 10 mins grouping and placing on map
c. 30 mins prorate and create actions with assignments
Each member of the group provide ideas for Board engagement with corporate partners, written on post-it notes. The notes were posted together and one by one placed on the map, with the group identifying the idea and placing it on the map indicating its degree of impact and/or effort.
The Topic: Board of Trustees - Corporate presence, locally and nationally.
1) How do we improve, create, promote, participate, etc?
a. 10 mins post-it notes brainstorming
b. 10 mins grouping and placing on map
c. 30 mins prorate and create actions with assignments
Each member of the group provide ideas for Board engagement with corporate partners, written on post-it notes. The notes were posted together and one by one placed on the map, with the group identifying the idea and placing it on the map indicating its degree of impact and/or effort.
III. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
Roger Jarrett made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Jill Schafer seconded the motion.
The board 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 3:00 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Sara Snow
Documents used during the meeting
- 1-25-20 BOT Strategic Planning Meeting Vision Work.pdf