Edison School of the Arts

Minutes

Academic Excellence Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday December 15, 2020 at 3:30 PM

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Edison School of the Arts Mission is to continue to be an educational and artful resource for all students, parents, community, and staff members by consistent and focused professional development, invitational practices by all, utilizing quarterly and annual reviews.  We will continue to develop our educational and arts aesthetic by expanding our arts experiences, exposure, and partnerships

Edison School of the Arts Vision is to provide an environment that promotes high academic and creative achievement through implementation of visual and performing arts course programming. We encourage students to become responsible citizens who are culturally diverse. We develop lifelong learners, appreciators, and consumers of the arts.

Committee Members Present

A. Berns (remote), S. McCoy (remote)

Committee Members Absent

C. Wildhack-Nolan, E. Disney-Britton, H. Leck

Guests Present

C. Jones (remote), N. Tuttle (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

A. Berns called a meeting of the Academic Excellence Committee of Edison School of the Arts to order on Tuesday Dec 15, 2020 at 3:37 PM.

C.

Adoption of the Agenda

A. Berns made a motion to approve the minutes from Academic Excellence Committee Meeting on 10-20-20.
S. McCoy seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Academic Excellence

A.

Academic Report

A. Berns, Principal, presented the attached academic report. The student attendance rate slightly dropped 3% from in-person to virtual learning. The current student attendance rate is 87%. Edison has gathered Math and ELA data analysis from ClearSight testing for 1st-8th grade students. The first interim assessment was taken in October and the 2nd interim assessment will be in February 2021.
Students have been taking the IREAD practice test with average score of 57%. Students will take the final IREAD test in March 2021 with goal of 85% passing rate. S. McCoy, Committee Member, asked what the goal for student test scores is. A. Berns stated that for schools to be proficient in IREAD they need 60-79% of students to be proficient on test. N. Tuttle presented the benchmark and assessment completion schedule for the 2020-2021 school year.

The Panorama staff and 3-8th grade student survey data shows areas of growth in comparison to spring 2020 survey results. The addition of the third instructional coach has been helpful with coaches providing feedback on lessons, observations and data input. S. McCoy, Committee Member, asked what the role of the coaches is. A. Berns stated that the three coaches focus on instructional support and are assigned 12-13 teachers. Short teacher observations are 3-5 minutes and long teacher observations are 30 minutes.

The Principal will meet with each teacher in January to review performance data, celebrations and areas of improvement. During the second semester, the Sped and ESL team will be included in grade level teacher meetings to help teachers be intentional around meeting student needs.
The Principal will get staff feedback to create three 2021-2022 school year calendar proposals. A 2021-2022 school year calendar recommendation will be presented to the board to vote in January 2021.

III. New Business

A.

New Business

There wasn't any new business to discuss. 

IV. 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 4:35 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
A. Berns