Equitas Academy Charter School

Minutes

Academic Accountability Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday September 12, 2019 at 4:00 PM

Location

1612 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90015
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Call in locations: 3744 Latrobe Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033; 10045 Jumilla Ave. Chatsworth, CA 91311.

Committee Members Present

A. Valentine, J. Cruz, J. Troletti

Committee Members Absent

K. Gouveia, L. Chang

Guests Present

N. Orlando, nik orlando

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

J. Troletti called a meeting of the Academic Accountability Committee Committee of Equitas Academy Charter School to order on Thursday Sep 12, 2019 at 4:04 PM.

II. Review of Minutes

A.

Review of Minutes-Approve

A. Valentine made a motion to Approve of Minutes.
J. Cruz seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
J. Cruz
Aye
J. Troletti
Aye
M. Borrego
Absent
L. Chang
Absent
A. Valentine
Aye
K. Gouveia
Absent
Voted approved
 

III. Academic Accountability

A.

Review of Goals

Will design after reviewing draft ideas from retreat.

Current:
Increasing board knowledge of academic knowledge.

Create a structured and timely training program to benefit both new and returning board members around academic data and progress monitoring aligned to org and school goals (includes dashboard platform).





 

B.

Dashboard

Will design the specifics after looking at new dashboard
Will review the dashboard that the org is creating and determine any additional needs.

C.

Cheat Sheet

List of Acronyms for board members.  Will be available to all board members and committee members.
Will be useful for on-boarding new board members and use during board meetings.
Nik will share the draft acronym cheat sheet by HR Director Consultant and Academic Committee will add based on need.
Committee would like to design as a Google Doc so that it becomes a live document for additions.
 

D.

Future Topics

Continue with presentations from staff and school leaders on current practices in academics.

 

IV. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

J. Troletti made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
A. Valentine seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
L. Chang
Absent
M. Borrego
Absent
K. Gouveia
Absent
J. Cruz
Aye
J. Troletti
Aye
A. Valentine
Aye
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 4:46 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
J. Troletti