Living School
Minutes
Living School Academic & Culture Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday November 19, 2019 at 6:00 PM
Location
Living School, 6003 Bullard Ave., New Orleans, LA 70128
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Committee Members Present
J. Kanter, J. Wagner-Romero, M. Lehnherr
Committee Members Absent
D. Lister, F. Olajide
Guests Present
S. Pasternak
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
M. Lehnherr called a meeting of the Academics & Culture Committee Committee of Living School to order on Tuesday Nov 19, 2019 at 6:12 PM.
C.
Approve Prior Meeting Minutes
J. Kanter made a motion to approve minutes from the Academic & Culture Committee Meeting on 07-16-19 Academic & Culture Committee Meeting on 07-16-19.
J. Wagner-Romero seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Preparing instructional supports for 2019-20 School Year
A.
Review FY19-20 Committee Goals
OKRs were reviewed with a focus on the second item.
B.
Review documents for Board Approval at today's meeting
Proposed changes were reviewed and discussed by board members.
C.
Observation and Debrief Process
The previous observation (8/12/19) was discussed. Glows and grows from previous observation was discussed. An observation process for regular observations was discussed: 1) one observation per quarter 2) pre-observation preparation: observation attendees arrive 10 mins early to discuss observation look-fors or discuss in emails (aligned to AC Committee Dashboard) 3) implement observation process 4) debrief observations and prepare high level glows and grows. Observation proposed for 1/29/20 at 8:45am.
D.
Dashboard Items
Culture data: enrollment, attendance, OSS, In-school zone, family engagement, family surveys, wellness/health survey data, staff satisfaction survey, staff retention, staff accolades/celebrations/progression
Academic data: grades, MAP scores, LEAP data, staff performance (percentage of staff meeting goals), disaggregated data
Academic data: grades, MAP scores, LEAP data, staff performance (percentage of staff meeting goals), disaggregated data
E.
Prepare presentation for the Board on SPS & Growth Index Scores
The committee did not get to this topic.
III. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
J. Kanter made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
J. Wagner-Romero seconded the motion.
The motion did not carry.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:06 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
M. Lehnherr