KIPP Academy Massachusetts

Minutes

KIPP MA Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Monday April 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM

Location

Committee Members Present

D. Borchard (remote), E. Severinghaus (remote), K. Pinto (remote), V. Riley (remote), V. Rivera (remote)

Committee Members Absent

E. Bergman, I. Solano

Guests Present

E. DoBell (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

E. Severinghaus called a meeting of the Teaching and Learning Committee of KIPP Academy Massachusetts to order on Monday Apr 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

E. Severinghaus made a motion to approve the minutes from <RESCHEDULED> Teaching and Learning Committee on 02-02-26.
D. Borchard seconded the motion.

Space was made for questions about the previous meeting minutes.

The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

D.

Welcome new members!

II. Teaching and Learning

A.

Student & Family Experience Updates

A member of the KIPP MA team shared updates from the Committee's previous discussion on results from family and student surveys.

 

The KIPP MA Team is building a series of academic Family Town Halls and working more closely with Deans of Students to improve school culture.

B.

MCAS Strategy Updates

A member of the KIPP MA provided updates on KIPP MA's MCAS Strategy.

 

A member of the Committee asked about the distance between middle of year projections and practice MCAS results.

 

Members of the committee provided insight into what to present to the Board and on what systems, time and tools should be used to analyze and respond to data at the school-level.

 

The Committee asked questions about high school MCAS preparation, which is less of a focus in this year's plan given historical performance.

 

A member of the Committee asked about the longitudinal predictions of iReady.

 

A member of the KIPP MA Team shared the regional strategy for maximizing the 13 days between the ELA and Math MCAS. 

 

C.

SY26-27 Assessment Strategy Preview

A member of the KIPP MA Team previewed the SY26-27 Assessment Strategy (Foundation Goals & Interim Assessments). 

 

Space was made for questions and feedback.  
 

An updated version will be brought back to the Committee at an upcoming meeting.

 

The Committee discussed potential items for future meetings:

- ACT official results, if available

- HS MCAS preparation headlines and topics

- Learnings from progress monitoring this year and reflections the team is taking into next year

- Learnings from curriculum implementation this year and its impact on student learning

- Learnings from MCAS preparation from teacher/leader interview/surveys

III. 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 5:30 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
K. Pinto
Documents used during the meeting
None