Seaside School, Inc

Monthly Governance Committee Meeting

Published on October 12, 2023 at 3:25 PM CDT

Date and Time

Friday October 13, 2023 at 8:15 AM CDT

Location

Dunlap & Shipman, P.A.

2063 County Highway 395

Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459

Founded in 1996
Serving Students in Grades 5 - 12

 

We seek to sustain an educational community where an emphasis on academic excellence is complemented by our concern for each learner’s personal growth and intellectual, aesthetic, and psychological development. The curriculum is developmentally responsive – actively engaging students in learning skills in context, integrative – directing students to connect learning to daily lives, and exploratory – enabling students to discover their abilities, interests, learning styles, and ways that they can make contributions to society.

 

 

Information on procedures for public comment can be found at https://www.seasideschools.net/about/governance 

 

If anyone needs special assistance to participate in the public input session, every effort will be made to provide an appropriate accommodation. When requesting accommodations for public input, please allow no less than 1 business day notice prior to the scheduled meeting.

 

Specific issues about a particular student should only be addressed to the school’s Director of Student Services, rather than the Board of Directors.

 

All public comments will be taken under advisement by the Board, but will not elicit a written or spoken response. The names of persons providing public comment and a brief summary of topics or input will be included in the meeting minutes published. A response will be provided to the stakeholder within seven (7) days.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 8:15 AM
  A. Record Attendance   Robert Kauffman 1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Robert Kauffman 1 m
  C. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes Robert Kauffman 1 m
II. Governance 8:18 AM
  A. Board Selections Needs/Goals/Procedure - Review of Draft Skills Document Vote Michelle Hayes Uhlfelder 5 m
   

M. Uhlfelder to present proposed Website Language and BOD Commitment document for ultimate consideration by the Board on its October consent agenda.

 
  B. Review Board Member Effectiveness / Accountability System Discuss Robert Kauffman 10 m
   

Robert to present initial draft of director Self-Evaluation form

 

 
  C. Teacher Certification Opportunity FYI Thomas Miller 5 m
   

See Attachment: 

 

District school boards and charter school governing boards must adopt rules to allow for the issuance of an adjunct teaching certificate to any applicant who fulfills the requirements of section 1012.56(2)(a)-(f) and (11), Florida Statutes (F.S.), and who has expertise in the subject area to be taught. Changes for school districts and charter school governing boards are noted below.

 

We have multiple teachers this would currently benefit, as well as add opportunity for the future. 

 

I reached out to t Michelle Gaines, Educator Certification at 850-245-0615 or Michelle.Gaines1@fldoe.org

 

and will share.

 
III. Employee Handbook Amendments 8:38 AM
   
  A. New laws related to classroom instruction, gendered bathrooms, and pronoun use. Vote Robert Kauffman 10 m
   

Review and consider recommendation for Board approval of policy related to classroom instruction, gendered bathrooms, and pronoun use, to be consistent with newly adopted State of Florida law.  

 
IV. Other Business
V. Closing Items 8:48 AM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote 1 m