Kairos Academies
Minutes
Program Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Monday December 11, 2023 at 5:00 PM
Location
Kairos Academies
3449 S Jefferson Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63118
We invite you join us at this Zoom link. This notice was published at www.kairosacademies.org/board at least one day prior to the meeting.
Committee Members Present
M. Vachow (remote)
Committee Members Absent
M. Howard
Guests Present
K. Graham (remote), K. Underwood (remote), M. Chavers (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Program Committee Goals
A.
23-24 Board Committee Goals
III. School Updates
A.
MS Progress to Goals
The MS Leadership Team Cycle 2 Big Rock Rock: To improve intellectual prep for lesson plans and instruction.
Mentoring and Effectiveness Statistics:
- Percent of Mentors (0-1) 71% logged 0-1 call per week
- Number of Mentor Check-ins 29% of Summit Data
- Mentor Effectiveness 40%
GPTW Update:
- 38% October 23’
- 90% December 23’ (In house survey build to replicate Authentic GPTW)
ADA Update:
- 78% October 25th - November 6th
- 84% November 6th - December 11th
Next Cycle, the MS team will focus on:
- Increasing student NWEA growth by 20%
- Increasing ADA by 6%
- Increasing Mentoring Effectiveness by 20%
B.
HS Progress to Goals
The HS Leadership Team Cycle 2 Big Rock Rock: Each classroom teacher will use data to inform and execute a small group workshop.
Mentoring and Effectiveness Statistics:
- 32% of mentoring expectations are being met.
GPTW Update:
- 86% said it was a great place to work
ADA Update:
- The current ADA is 82%
Next Cycle, the HS team will focus on:
- Launching a strong NWEA Incentive and testing plan
IV. Mini Lesson: Next Prep at Kairos HS
A.
Next Prep Overview
The mission of NextPrep is to empower St. Louis City high school students to pursue the postsecondary pathway that will allow them to meet their education, income, and life goals.
Six years after finishing high school, the majority of St. Louis City graduates have no postsecondary degree, significant debt², and inadequate professional skills training.³
Next Prep is a pilot at Kairos Academies. There are four parts to the program:
1. Self-Discovery
2. Career Exploration
3. Professional Skills Training
4. Work-Based Learning
To combat this, NextPrep supports Kairos Academies students.
SY22-23: 75 9th-grade students at Kairos Academies High School participated in the program(St. Louis)
SY23-24: 230 9th and 10th-grade students at Kairos Academies High School and 35 12th-grade students at Believe Circle City High School will participate in the program(Indianapolis).
V. MDS Updates
A.
Strategic Initiatives Update
Dr. Kendrah Underwood showed the Network Schools newsletter and gave an update on the Strategic plan initiatives:
- Academic Excellence
- Agency and Executive Functioning and
- Organizational Health
There are no current Program committee goal updates.