Laureate Academy Charter School Board of Directors
Minutes
June Academic Excellence Meeting
The matters listed are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair to be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may, in fact, be discussed. Other items not listed may be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. All agenda items are informational unless otherwise denoted, though all committee reports require a vote for acceptance. Unless otherwise stated due to COVDI-19 precautions, the meeting will be held on the campus of the school (2115 Oakmere Drive Harvey, LA 70058)
Committee Members Present
Caitlyn Scales, Claire Heckerman-Whitehead, Dr. Jahquille Ross
Committee Members Absent
None
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
Dr. Jahquille Ross called a meeting of the Academic Excellence Committee of Laureate Academy Charter School Board of Directors to order on Thursday Jun 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM.
C.
Approve Minutes
Caitlyn Scales made a motion to approve the minutes from May Academic Excellence Meeting on 05-09-25.
Dr. Jahquille Ross seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
II. Teacher Related Updates
A.
Hiring Needs for 25-26 School Year
- 3rd/4th STEM
- Speech Pathologist
- Para -professional
- 6th Grade Humanities
- 4th Grade Humanities
B.
End of Year Staff Survey
- We will revisit this in July. More data to be collected.
C.
25-26 Curriculum & Professional Development Opportunities
- CLK (K-2) - Yann Colin has scheduling.
- EL Curriculum - training will be provided to 3rd - 8th
- Eureka Squared - 60 minutes lessons. Online platform. Trainers coming, as well to provide.
- Amplify for Science (All grade levels)
- SS - Gallapad (All grade levels)
- ANET - main assessment platform (Aligned to LEAP) think
- MAP - Pre (August) and Post (May)
- Lexia & Zearn - intervention support
III. Student Assessment Data
A.
State Assessments
- ELPT Data - arrived. Needs to be analyzed.
- LEAP Data - will arrive in July.
B.
ANet End of Year Asssessment
- Helpful for data tracking school wide based on the standards focused on for a timeframe.
- Utilize it more consistency going into next year.
- More data to be presented in the July meeting.
IV. Other
A.
Leadership Retreat
- 1st Week of July - possible board opportunity to connect with leaders.
B.
Head of School Evaluation
- Should be completed by August.
- Board will prepare a draft evaluation by July meeting. Entire board will review and approve in August meeting.
V. Idenification of Next Steps
A.
Decide on Next Meeting Date
- Maybe July 9th - anytime in the afternoon.
VI. 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 11:06 AM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Dr. Jahquille Ross