Alma del Mar
Minutes
Academic Excellence Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Friday October 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Location
Frederick Douglass Campus
First Floor Conference Room
767 Church Street, New Bedford
Or, Zoom
Committee Members Present
A. Teevens, C. Bator (remote), C. Wood (remote), J. Korn, K. Wang (remote), M. Moore (remote)
Committee Members Absent
I. Almeida, J. Goldrick, L. Hicks, M. Kay, M. Rosario, T. DeLoach
Guests Present
K. Goldrick, S. Furtado (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes from September 2025 Committee Meeting
D.
Opening Items
II. Academic Excellence
A.
MCAS/Accountability Data Review
A. Teevens presented the now unembargoed MCAS data, including Alma comparisons to NBPS and MA state averages, as well as our updated Accountability scores.
B.
SOA Plan Review
A. Teevens shared the SOA plan and SOA progress report for the first year of the plan. The committee members are welcome to review the plan in more detail and bring questions or comments to an upcoming committee meeting.
C.
Committee Goals
J. Korn presented the drafted committee goals and asked for comment by Monday to present to the board on Wednesday.
D.
Committee Logistics
Committee will meet in November. J. Korn and K. Goldrick will confirm location in advance.
III. Closing Items
A.
Looking ahead to Board Meeting
The upcoming board meeting will include the MCAS data shared at this committee.
A. Teevens reviewed the Board Dashboard. The committee engaged in discussion about the teacher qualifications data and potential next steps to support this body of work. K. Goldrick will invite L. Merrill to an upcoming meeting to share more detailed data and strategy in this area.