Living School
Living School Academic & Culture Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday April 21, 2020 at 6:00 PM CDT
Location
All are welcome at Living School Board Meetings. Translation is available with 24 hours notice.
Public comment is welcome on any item on the agenda. At the end of each agenda item, there will be a time for public comment. Members of the public wishing to comment on any agenda item, may raise their hand at this designated time and be recognized by the Chair to speak for up to 2 minutes per person, per agenda item. On any matter up for a vote, public comment must be heard prior to taking the Board's vote.
For members of the public wishing to address the Board for longer than 2 minutes on any given agenda item, please give the Chair at least 24 hours notice to be added to the agenda. We will strive to accommodate longer items but cannot guarantee room on a given meeting's agenda.
Public comment is welcome on any item on the agenda. At the end of each agenda item, there will be a time for public comment. Members of the public wishing to comment on any agenda item, may raise their hand at this designated time and be recognized by the Chair to speak for up to 2 minutes per person, per agenda item. On any matter up for a vote, public comment must be heard prior to taking the Board's vote.
For members of the public wishing to address the Board for longer than 2 minutes on any given agenda item, please give the Chair at least 24 hours notice to be added to the agenda. We will strive to accommodate longer items but cannot guarantee room on a given meeting's agenda.
Agenda
| I. | Opening Items | |
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Opening Items
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| A. | Record Attendance and Guests | |
| B. | Call the Meeting to Order | |
| C. | Approve Prior Meeting Minutes from Academic, Culture & Evaluation Committee | |
| Approve minutes for Living School Academic, Culture, & Evaluation Committee Meeting on February 18, 2020 | ||
| II. | Preparing instructional supports for 2019-20 School Year | |
| A. | Review FY19-20 Committee Goals | |
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GOAL 1: Conduct a comprehensive & effective end-of-the-year CEO evaluation
- Task 1.1: Conduct baseline CEO evaluation (8/30/19). - Task 1.2: Develop a way to incorporate student & family feedback into the CEO evaluation (4/1/20). - Task 1.3: Conduct Year 1 CEO evaluation (6/30/20). GOAL 2: Develop annual evaluation tools, processes, and metrics for academics & culture - Task 2.1: Develop Academic & Culture dashboard to track data at monthly meetings (8/31/19). - Task 2.2: Align Graduate Profile, Staff Development Rubric, & Academic/Culture dashboard to the mission (10/31/19). |
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| B. | Approve 2020-21 Calendar | |
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We want to approve the 2020-21 Calendar Draft at tonight's Board meeting.
Approved by Student, Staff, & Family councils.
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| C. | Review 2020-21 Org Chart & Master Schedule | |
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We've developed the following Org Chart & Master Schedule for next year.
Key changes include:
ORG CHART
- Identifying Content Leads in each academic content to lead planning & coaching
- Having Education Specialists focus either on ESL or Entrepreneurship
- Dedicating Culture Coaches to specific lanes (Family Liaison, Internship Coordinator, Enrichment Coordinator)
MASTER SCHEDULE
- Articulating all 3 periods we are giving credits for to improve clarity
- Having Arts & Languages & CTE teachers shared across grades to reduce cost and create planning equity
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| D. | Staff Development Rubrics & Quarterly Collaborative Evaluations | |
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We began using our new Staff Development Rubric for Quarter 3 Collaborative Evaluations (the first formal evaluations we've conducted this year). This will become our new system for doing quarterly, formal, collaborative evaluations.
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| E. | Discuss our approach to Curriculum, Planning & Instruction for 2020-21 | |
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The proposal for next year:
- Provide all teachers with long-term plans & assessments that integrate Project-Based Learning (themed by grade-level) with high quality sequential curriculum in each course. (In future years, teachers who demonstrate a certain level of proficiency will be allowed to create their own long-term plans to be submitted at least a month before the beginning of school for review and revision.)
- Have teachers focus on weekly planning and daily execution.
Questions
- What curriculum do we want to use for each course? (Tier 1? Free online? International Baccalaureate?)
- Who should do the planning? (Content Leads? Systems Team? Outside Consultants?)
- What themes do we want to organize grade-level projects around?
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| III. | Closing Items | |
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | |