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The GLOBE Academy

Academic Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday February 15, 2024 at 12:30 PM EST

Location

In person Upper Campus (Executive Director's office) 

4105 Briarcliff Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30345

Vision, Mission and Core Values
Vision: To develop globally minded citizens who have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to effect positive change in our world.
Mission: The GLOBE Academy fosters Global Learning Opportunities through Balanced Education for children of all backgrounds. With a focus on dual-language immersion, an experiential-learning model, and a constructivist approach, GLOBE inspires students to be high- performing lifelong learners equipped to make a positive impact in the world.
Core Values: The GLOBE Academy’s core values are expressed in the acronym, CREST: Community, Respect, Empathy, Sustainability and Trust. These values are expected of the governing board, faculty, staff, parents, and students. They are woven into daily life at GLOBE and incorporated into the curriculum.
 Community: We are inclusive, and we nurture and support one another.
 Respect: We treat ourselves and each other with kindness and dignity.
 Empathy: We strive to understand and share the feelings of others.
 Sustainability: We aim to conserve our resources for optimal use in the present and future.
 Trust: We are committed to honesty, transparency, and respectfully sharing our thoughts and encouraging others to do the same.

Agenda

      Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 12:30 PM
  A. Record Attendance   1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order  
II. Academic Committee 12:31 PM
  A. Data Review: Winter MAP and GA Milestones Discuss 40 m
   

As a group, review and discuss any observations or findings from recent reports:

 

GA Milestones 

 

http://ccrpi.gadoe.org/Reports/Views/Shared/_Layout.html

 

(click on our county and then our school to see our data)

 

 

Discussion for committee:

* What information would be helpful for the board to know when viewing /interpreting the data? 

 

* What are things that we think might be helpful to look into from an academic perspective? 

 

* Can we relate the data to our schoolwide goals? (below for reference)

 

* What are key points and narratives that we want to focus on in interpreting the data? What’s the takeaway, what the direction is the school going and what are some next steps in the short term?

 

Christi will present with Rebecca Bratten on February 26th.

 

 

Schoolwide goals for the 2023-2024 academic year:

 

Math:

We will increase the number of K-8 students in the high growth/low achievement quadrant (fall to winter, winter to spring) by 5%, as measured by MAP Growth. (setting the baseline this year)

 

Literacy:

We will decrease the percentage by race/ethnicity of students scoring below the 60th percentile by 2% from the Spring ‘23 to Spring ‘24 administration, as measured by MAP. (Fall to Winter 2023 will be baseline)

 

Target Language:

We will increase the number of students in 2nd-8th grades who meet the proficiency level by 2% as measured by STAMP. Please see proficiency level documents by grade and language.     *target language for their grade, by language

 

Social/emotional:

Decrease overall absences* by 5%. 


 

  
  B. Upcoming meetings FYI 5 m
   

 

  • BOD meeting Feb 26 - Christi present GA Milestones data

March 14th IN PERSON, LC (Conference room)  

Proposed agenda: Return to priorities we submitted to the next 5 year strategic plan and flesh out further; potentially flesh some of them out into SMART goal format, etc 

 

May 30th IN PERSON, location TBD - after school lets out, admin 

Agenda: Data review: spring MAP data against school goals 

 

  • BOD meeting June 24 - Christi / Catherine present EOY data, against all our goals
  
III. Closing Items 1:16 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting FYI Catherine Schwenkler