Sankofa Montessori
Minutes
September Academic Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday September 13, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Location
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Through a culturally responsive, child and family-centered Montessori education, Sankofa Montessori ensures that all of our students develop the knowledge, skill, and agency to have a life of purpose.
Committee Members Present
A. Allen-Thames, E. Moore, S. Harvey
Committee Members Absent
None
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Academic Excellence
A.
Dashboard Planning
B.
Executive Director's Corner
Sarah reviewed dashboard data with committee. Excel spreadsheet via Google doc, which will be ongoing for this school year. In future, a representative from leadership team will be present at meetings to share this data while Sarah is on maternity leave.
In summary, the testing done thus far has a school wide average of 31% for MEFS and 37% for MMRP. MAP testing is pending for future date in the coming weeks.
Urgent needs of special education with approximate rate of 30% of student body as potentially identifiable by January 2024; local/state average around 10-11%.
C.
Discussion of Special Education
Sarah discussed the current staff plan with an additional para support for special Ed and rotation of staff to support classrooms for behavioral /disruptions.
Process ongoing for renewal of existing IEPs for students as well as working with families to identify new students. Discussed the possibility of whether contracted psychologist from Clayton county could perform psychoeducational assessments at the school for the future.
III. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
Discussed upcoming Sarah lunch n learn with academic committee Mtg members on 9/29 to have a Montessori Parent Q&A.
Discussed and shown the current Excel spreadsheet tracking data on enrollmen, attendance, behavioral issues, standardized testing, and special needs/support.