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Menlo Park Academy Governing Board

Minutes

LPDC meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday March 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Location

First Floor North Side

Thompson Homebase Learning Space

The regular meeting of MPA’s governing board will be held on _________________ at Menlo Park Academy, 2149 W. 53rd Street, Cleveland, OH 44102. Meeting dates and times are posted in several places in building as well as online. We will endeavor to enable virtual attendance, when possible, at this meeting link – https://meet.google.com/bqx-niry-mqu. 

Committee Members Present

Ali Elmore, Doug Thompson, Erin Peters, Jessica Esway

Committee Members Absent

Michael Crudder

Guests Present

Deborah Zeffren

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Doug Thompson called a meeting of the Local Professional Development Committee Committee of Menlo Park Academy Governing Board to order on Tuesday Mar 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

Doug Thompson made a motion to approve the minutes from LPDC Meeting on 11-19-24.
Jessica Esway seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Local Professional Development Committee

A.

Dolar IPDP

Doug Thompson made a motion to motion to table.
Ali Elmore seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

2024-2025 PD Review/Vote

Doug Thompson made a motion to approve professional development and issue certificates for all pd as discussed.
Jessica Esway seconded the motion.

8/14/24 - Curriculum and Programming K-8: 5 Hours

8/15/24 - Curriculum Planning: 4 hours

8/13/24 - Mindset Shift on Behavior: 3 hours 

8/16/24 - Testing Platforms and Samegoal: 1 hour

8/19/24 - Operations and Safety: 1 hour

9/13/24 - Mindset Shift on Behavior: 3 hours

9/13/24 - Written Education Plans: 4 hours

8/8/24 - Responsive Classroom: 3 hours

8/7/24 - Space Utilization: 3 hours

8/9/24 - 3 R's and House Program: 4 hours

8/12/24 - Amplify CKLA (ELA and Humanities Teachers): 6 hours

8/13/24 - MClass (ELA and Humanities Teachers): 6 hours

8/13/24 - Curriculum Planning (6-8 & Encore): 4 hours

The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C.

The Ippy Dippy

Jess demonstrated updates since previous meeting.

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 4:07 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Doug Thompson

MISSION STATEMENT: Menlo Park Academy is a public school that develops the potential of gifted children through an exemplary program of rewarding experiences that nurtures the whole child.