Alma del Mar
Minutes
Academic Excellence Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Friday November 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Kaitlin Goldrick is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Academic Excellence Committee
Time: Nov 14, 2025 09:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Committee Members Present
I. Almeida (remote), J. Korn, K. Wang (remote), M. Moore, S. Furtado (remote)
Committee Members Absent
A. Teevens, C. Bator, C. Wood, L. Hicks, M. Kay, M. Rosario, T. DeLoach
Guests Present
K. Goldrick
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes from October 2025 Committee Meeting
D.
Opening Items
II. Academic Excellence
A.
Teacher Qualification Review
B.
Academic Excellence Goals
J.Korn presented 3 overarching goals to the committee for this school year. He asked for input in selecting three out of the five sub-goals of the first goal of partnering with the school leadership team on academic initiatives. The committee agreed to three of those sub-goals.
C.
Q1 Interim Data Review
K. Goldrick presented the Q1 Academic data from October in ELA, Math, and Early Literacy. The committee asked questions about these data points and agreed to further discussion about ideas to try to boost achievement at the FDC campus.
D.
Committee Logistics
J. Korn reminded everyone there is no December meeting so the next meeting is in January.
III. Closing Items
A.
Looking ahead to Board Meeting
B.
Adjourn Meeting
- AY2025-26 Alma del Mar Board Dashboard - October 2025 (1).pdf
- Educator Qualifications Summary for Board .pdf
- Academic Excellence goals AY24-25 111425 DRAFT.docx
- Q1 Academic Update for Board_October 2025.pdf
L. Merrill presented the process for teacher qualifications (Bachelors, SEI Endorsement, MTELs) and the ways in which Alma support teachers in this. The committee had clarifying questions and offered further ideas to help teachers gain these qualifications.