Friendly Academy

Minutes

January Academic Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday January 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Location

Zoom

Committee Members Present

D. Morrison (remote), D. Richardson (remote), N. Lampert (remote), T. Robinson (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

N. Lampert called a meeting of the Academic Excellence Committee of Friendly Academy to order on Wednesday Jan 14, 2026 at 5:04 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

Due to this being the first meeting, we do not have previous minutes to be approved. 

III. Establishing roles

A.

Roles

Joslyn identified two roles:

  • Secretary — Joslyn Richardson 
  • Chair — Nicole Lampert 

Alesha Morrison approved Joslyn as Secretary and Nicole as Chair of Academic committee. 

IV. Academics

A.

Review of Academic Data

  • IREADY assessment is current but DIBELS has also been approved. IREADY is great but DIBELS would include more progress monitoring and steps. Winter IREADY is currently occurring, and students are provided in small groups. Fall data will be re-shared with the group.
    • Confirm DIBELS is approved to be utilized alone. 
  • Improving the master schedule: attached both the master and the draft of the new one. Adjusted the times to match the expectation of the curriculum vendors. And allowed for choice time building student joy. 

 

 

  • Board Secretary — Create folders (assessment) and board documents add all old CEO reports.

 

  • RSP update: working in progress — received data from IREADY — working on getting the information into IC and teachers. 
    • Teachers are currently working on communication with families and sharing the information. 
  • Possible departmentalize for Reading and Math instruction — working through the financial impacts of this decision. 

 

  • Coaching Cycles Protocol: 
    • Tesha shares the coaching schedule and logs example with the committee. 
      • Link: 
    • Reviewed internalization template that teachers complete 
    • Everyday teachers are expected to script their lessons. 
    • Focus on both Culture and Rigor
    • An additional coach will be supporting with coaching and feedback cycles to allow Tesha more time for 26/27 planning.
  • Uses with FishTank https://www.fishtanklearning.org/curriculum/ starting Winter 2026
    • Tesha outlined the benefits — better representation of the students, easier to implement, cheaper, 
  • Curriculum Review: 
    • ELA
    • Math 
  • Tesha shared the diagnostic report 
    • Report: 
  • Special Consideration student population data. 
    • 504- 0 
    • IEP- 8
    • EL- 0 

V. Other Business

A.

Discuss tentative topics for next meeting

 

We will review winter IREADY data a the next meeting. 

VI. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:00 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
D. Morrison
Documents used during the meeting
None