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

J. Korn called a meeting of the Academic Excellence Committee of Alma del Mar to order on Friday Nov 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes from October 2025 Committee Meeting

J. Korn made a motion to approve the minutes from Academic Excellence Committee Meeting on 10-17-25.
M. Moore seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

D.

Opening Items

II. Academic Excellence

A.

Teacher Qualification Review

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.

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

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 10:33 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
J. Korn
Documents used during the 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