Equitas Academy Charter School
Minutes
Academic Accountability Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday November 30, 2017 at 6:00 PM
Location
2723 W 8th St., Los Angeles, CA 90005
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Committee Members Present
A. Valentine, K. Kilty, S. Chandler
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
L. Renfort
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
L. Renfort called a meeting of the Academic Accountability Committee Committee of Equitas Academy Charter School to order on Thursday Nov 30, 2017 at 6:15 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
S. Chandler made a motion to approve minutes from the Academic Accountability Committee Meeting on 09-28-17 Academic Accountability Committee Meeting on 09-28-17.
A. Valentine seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
II. Academic Accountability
A.
Discuss Board questions from previous meeting
B.
Presentation to Board
Reviewed Kelli's presentation and gave feedback regarding the Board's potential concerns.
C.
Academic Excellence Vision
Reviewed prior discussions of next steps toward defining Academic Excellence.
Discussed Kelli working with the school directors to create a draft for review at our next Committee meeting. Reference the meeting notes from the March 16th meeting, found in the May 25th Agenda.
Reviewed Committee goals as outlined at the September meeting.
Discussed Kelli working with the school directors to create a draft for review at our next Committee meeting. Reference the meeting notes from the March 16th meeting, found in the May 25th Agenda.
Reviewed Committee goals as outlined at the September meeting.
D.
Academic Accountability Dashboard
Reviewed the dashboard created for January 2017 Board Meeting.
Discussed adjustments to the dashboard, including EFET rubric data and math interventions. As well as a change at how we are looking at MAP, focusing on growth.
Plan to present the dashboard to the Board 4 times a year:
Discussed adjustments to the dashboard, including EFET rubric data and math interventions. As well as a change at how we are looking at MAP, focusing on growth.
Plan to present the dashboard to the Board 4 times a year:
- October
- January
- April
- June
III. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
K. Kilty made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
S. Chandler seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:00 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
K. Kilty
1) Why the shift toward Math now?
2) What was being done before?
Kelli addressed both questions.