Delta STEAM Academy
Minutes
Academics Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Monday March 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Location
Academics Committee Meeting
Monday, August 19 · 6:00 – 7:00pm
Time zone: America/New_York
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Committee Members Present
Erinn Cottman, Kyera Perry
Committee Members Absent
Nikki Grier
Guests Present
Charice Chever, ddaniel@deltasteamacademy.org, dlesure@deltasteamacademy.org
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
Kyera Perry called a meeting of the Academics Committee of Delta STEAM Academy to order on Monday Mar 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM.
II. Academics
A.
Recap of Old Business
- Reviewed coaching rubric
- $10,000 grant received !
- Progress on STEAM timeline
B.
New Business:
- Finalized coaching rubric was completed by admin team
- Request final copy
- Charice C offered feedback for STEM certification
- Continuing partnerships
- Bringing partners into the school
- United Way of Greater Atlanta
- Outeach
- Advertising and Branding
- DSA- what does it look and feel like?
- Bringing partners into the school
- Continuing partnerships
- Updates from Mr. Daniel
- Contact with DOE to ensure on the right path to have them come in for an official visit
- Moved toward curriculum based PBL based on DOE feedback
- 7th grade- Tanner Health Care- Nutritionist
- 1st Garden- Captain Planet
- Use to improve health food options
- 6th grade- Local food pantry
- 5th grade- Health department did Epidemiology 101
- Transition from engineering notebook to thought journal
- K-5- Project Lead the Way Curriculum
- Current focus:
- How to pull the pieces together for an ending culminating project
- Teacher Engagement
- Professional development through InfoSys
- Project Learning Tree
- Metro Resa - STEM certification option to research and compare pricing to NISE
- PBL Field trips coming up
- 2nd grade- Sugar creek garden
- 4th grade- Stream study regarding ecosystem
III. Other Business
A.
Ongoing
- STEAM Partnerships- ARTS
- STEAM Timeline
- 2-7 years for STEAM certification
B.
Next Steps
- Look into Metro Rese STEM teacher certification
- Review draft STEM timeline and provide feedback
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 6:01 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Kyera Perry