The GLOBE Academy

Minutes

Academic Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Friday June 11, 2021 at 1:30 PM

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.

Committee Members Present

C. Blunt (remote), C. Elliott-Earby (remote), D. Reynolds (remote), J. Limor (remote), J. Nichols (remote), L. Sum (remote)

Committee Members Absent

C. Catinella, J. Varnell, K. Padron, L. Dibble, M. Huitt, R. Hudak, S. Daniel, S. Manns, Z. Funchess

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

D. Reynolds called a meeting of the Academic Committee of The GLOBE Academy to order on Friday Jun 11, 2021 at 1:35 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

D. Reynolds made a motion to approve the minutes from Academic Committee Meeting on 04-16-21.
C. Elliott-Earby seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Academic

A.

Strategic Planning

  • Core Instruction group met for strategic plan: most items on target. Developed new items to add to strategic plan for years 3 through 5.
  • Need to have work on race-conscious curricula represented in strategic plan 
    • How DEI and Global Citizens work can be seen as intertwined
  • Will review 3.1-3.4 strategic planning items at our next AC meeting. 

B.

GLOBE efforts on race-conscious curricula

  • Discussed teacher survey - will prepare to share with committee later this summer. 
  • Current ideas:
    • Inventory of and building classroom libraries - publishers are improving. Will be working on this for next year. 
      • K-5 classroom read-alouds
      • Coming to a consensus about what a diverse collection of books means. 
      • Potential for Parent Volunteers 
      • Improve check-out system for classroom texts to bring home. 
  • July: First leadership training with Conscious Roots. Will work alongside planning in next year to see where AC can support. 

C.

Committee: Additional Support for Target-Language Learning

  • Identified three *potential* initiatives for next year: 
    • Extracurricular after-school programming 
    • Special education training to support target language learning 
    • TA support for students

III. Other Business

A.

Meeting Schedule

  • Meetings to remain on 2nd Friday from 1:30pm - 2:30pm
  • Cancelled July Meeting 
  • Will reconvene in August 13th 1:30-2:30. Agenda Posted. 

IV. 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 2:19 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
D. Reynolds