Bridge Preparatory Charter School

Academic Committee Meeting

Published on March 10, 2024 at 8:29 PM EDT

Date and Time

Tuesday March 12, 2024 at 8:30 AM EDT

Location

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Agenda

      Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 8:30 AM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order   Traci Frey 1 m
  B. Co Chair Welcome   Traci Frey 1 m
  C. Record Attendance   Geena Kuriakose 1 m
II. Notes from the previous meeting held on February 13, 2024
 
  1. DTL sessions to discuss individualized class MAP results with each teacher
  2. Status of teacher PIPs
  3. PD on administration of MAP
  4. Middle school application
  5. Mock testing
  6. Math coach
 
III. Academics 8:33 AM
  A. March 12, 2024, Academic Committee Agenda Discuss Volpe/Castanza 45 m
   

Acadience Data

  • Testing fluency, comprehension, decoding, lexile levels, all without testing accommodations
  • CV meeting with each grade team to look at individual student scores
  • contains a progress monitoring piece - piloting with 4th grade team during structured reading period, 2x/week

2. Recommendations for academic budget needs for 2024-25

  • Literacy interventionist
  • 2 new associate teachers
  • A new ICT pair

3. Improvements to Academic program for 2024-25

  • Cluster teacher for science/social studies
  • literacy coach (instructional coach)
  • Connect Saturdays per session funding

4.  Student Enrollment

  • Authorized for 242 students; budgeting for 225 students
  • # of applications is down; 50 applications across grades 1-5

5.  Reauthorization/SUNY update

  • No one is on Regents agenda for March; optimistically April or May
  • Spoke to SUNY about current CAP plan
  • Hold May 1-3 for Board interview in NYC

6.  Staff Salaries

  • Explore truing people up to DOE salary scale

7.  Saturday Academy updates

  • test prep begins this Saturday 
 
IV. Other Business 9:18 AM
  A. New Business Discuss Academic Committee Members 2 m
V. Closing Items 9:20 AM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Discuss Traci Frey 1 m