Kairos Academies
Minutes
Programming Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Monday March 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88608893266
Committee Members Present
J. Tyrrell (remote), K. Graham (remote), M. Vachow (remote)
Committee Members Absent
J. Horwitz, S. Bauer
Guests Present
I. Buchanan (remote), N. Patel, Robbyn Wahby (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. School Updates
A.
School Updates
B.
NWEA Updates
- Discussed percentage of students tested into the 90s. Previous high was low 80s
- Captured a lot of the data when retesting students when they were absentt at the beginning.
- In HS advisors are drawing connections between NWEA, ACT prep, and ACT test.
- Discussed internal goal of 95% students tested
- Reviewed data on data tracking site.
C.
Teacher First Compensation
- Had discussion on updated Teacher First compensation
-Discussed rehire eligibility criteria and compensation framework
- At-will agreements are up for review this week
- Discussed how compensation is conservative and strategic with resources. Want teachers to have the first portion of the salary cap after leaders.
- Discussed seeing a similar model in New York and slimming at the administrator and non-instructional level.
-Discussed landing guide for all documents for teachers and teacher evaluation.
D.
SPED Review
Discussed significant increase in compliance up to 91% pending confirmation
Discussed BOY tracker that highlights what schools team need to accomplish between now and May.