International Leadership of Texas, Inc.
Minutes
Saturday, January 25, 2025 Board Workshop (Academics)
Date and Time
Saturday January 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Meeting Notice & Mission Statement
In compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, timely public advance written notice (at least 72 hours before the scheduled time of the meeting) is given of the subjects the Board of Directors of International Leadership of Texas (the "Board"), and the Board will convene a Workshop of the Board of Directors of International Leadership of Texas, for the purpose of planning and setting expectations for Board Operations on the date and time and at the location set forth herein. It is the intent of the Board to have a quorum physically present at the above address. The Board hereby certifies that this notice was posted on a bulletin board or on something akin thereto or at a place readily accessible and convenient to the public at 2021 Lakeside Blvd, Richardson, TX 75082, as well as online at www.ILTexas.org. The meeting will take place at 2021 Lakeside Blvd., Richardson, TX 75082. Members of the public may watch the meeting via the link https://zoom.us/j/801651349 or via a link posted on the ILTexas.org website (click the button "Board Meetings" to view any updates to this Notice). The items on this Agenda may be taken in any order. The mission of ILTexas is to prepare students for exceptional leadership roles in the international community by emphasizing servant leadership, mastering the English, Spanish, and Chinese languages, and strengthening the mind, body and character.
/s/ Catherine Barrera, For ILTexas' Board
Directors Present
Andrew Carr, Dr. Lynne Beach, Marcela Monahan (remote), PETER GUDMUNDSSON, Tracy Cox
Directors Absent
Brian Beaudreault, Gabriela Smith
Guests Present
Brenda Lodge, Casey Terrell, Craig Hinkle, Donald Day, Dr. Angel McKoy, Dr. Carla Bennett, Dr. Laura Carrasco, Dr. Patricia Ramos, Dr. Thomas Seaberry, Dr. Valerie Layne, Eddie Conger, Finn Simmensen, Frank Miller, James T. (Tim) Brightman, Kayla Nations-Perkins, Kevin Wajert, Obaid Haqmal, Tiffany Harrod, William Pilcher
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Overview
II. Review of ILTexas Academic Data
A.
Presentation
III. Data to Action Plan Part I
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Presentation
Deputy Superintendent of School Leadership Dr. Thomas Seaberry addressed the Data to Action Plan, Part 1. Matter discussed included:
- Leadership preparation and support (Academies, PLCs, Administrator Onboarding)
- Transformational leadership (briefings by Dr. Angel McKoy and Dr. Valerie Layne)
- Recruitment, selection and support of teachers (Dr. Valerie Layne) (PD, PLCs, coaching, support with codes for summoning help and flags for escalating concerns, access to Superintendent; turnover; winning environments (expectations: set, communicate, manage, model); student and classroom culture (Real Time Coaching)
- High Quality Instructional Materials (Dr. Heather McMahan); teacher internalization of lesson plans; student engagement measured as student verbal participation
- Effective instruction: how observed and reported, ESF, data meetings, coaching cycle
IV. Data to Action Plan Part 2
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Presentation
Dr. Seaberry briefly identified items next for action.
Dr. Layne discussed program model changes.
Dr. Seaberry discussed federal ESSA requirements
Deputy Superintendent of Academics and Student Services Dr. Laura Carrasco opened the Workshop presentations with prefatory remarks and introduced other presenters.
Dr. Carrasco addressed the high percentage of ILTexas students who are living in poverty.
Dr. Carrasco discussed national-scope longitudinal EL studies of outcomes of dual language instruction and emerging data on outcomes of trilingual instruction; ILTexas Math and Reading performance.