Brighter Choice Charter Schools
Minutes
Academic Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday October 10, 2019 at 9:30 AM
Location
250 Central Avenue, Albany, NY 12206
Committee Members Present
M. Snyder, N. Velilla, T. Hanmer, Z. Nelson
Committee Members Absent
N. Maresca, R. McLaughlin, S. Wallace
Committee Members who arrived after the meeting opened
Z. Nelson
Guests Present
K. Ford, K. Mclean, L. Licygiewicz, S. Jahn, Samora Mayberry, T. Stutsrim
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
T. Hanmer called a meeting of the Academic Policy Committee of Brighter Choice Charter Schools to order on Thursday Oct 10, 2019 at 8:49 AM.
C.
Approve Minutes from the August 23, 2018 Academic Committee meeting
N. Velilla made a motion to approve minutes from the Academic Committee Meeting on 08-23-19 Academic Committee Meeting on 08-23-19.
T. Hanmer seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Academic Policy
A.
BCCSB Principal’s report and school update
Z. Nelson arrived.
B.
BCCSG Principal’s report and school update
K. Ford reported:
Enrollment
Fall Benchmarking is complete. K. Ford shared results.
Absenteeism
Parent Involvement
Staffing
Teacher Certification
"Secret Sister" Program for anti-bullying month
Enrollment
Current enrollment at 330, above budgeted number of students
Increased ENL enrollment, SWD maintaining last year's number, continuing to work on increasing enrollment in these sub-groups.
Trustees discussed potential methods out outreach. M. Snyder suggests the schools reach out to the National Association for SWD in Charter Schools" as a resource.
Increased ENL enrollment, SWD maintaining last year's number, continuing to work on increasing enrollment in these sub-groups.
Trustees discussed potential methods out outreach. M. Snyder suggests the schools reach out to the National Association for SWD in Charter Schools" as a resource.
Fall Benchmarking is complete. K. Ford shared results.
Absenteeism
The school has created an Attendance team that meets each week to act on attendance data.
T. Stutsrim will compile data each month to share with the Attendance Team.
School-wide goal to decrease rates of absences and tardies.
T. Stutsrim will compile data each month to share with the Attendance Team.
School-wide goal to decrease rates of absences and tardies.
Parent Involvement
Increased involvement at recent Back to School Night and tat the first PTO meeting.
Staffing
One of the School Counselors has resigned. At this point she will not be immediately replaced as K. Ford assesses the school's level of need.
She wants to hire two additional Teacher Assistants.
She wants to hire two additional Teacher Assistants.
Teacher Certification
K. Ford has identified the teachers that need to gain or update certification and will work with L. Licygiewicz and S. Jahn to support teachers.
"Secret Sister" Program for anti-bullying month
Guest, Samora Mayberry left the meeting.
C.
Absenteeism
This topic was addressed individually by each Principal for her school.
D.
Teacher Certification
This topic was addressed individually by each Principal for her school.
III. Closing Items
A.
Future Agenda Items
Updates regarding:
* Absenteeism
* Teacher Certification
* Absenteeism
* Teacher Certification
B.
Adjourn Meeting
M. Snyder made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
N. Velilla seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 AM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Z. Nelson
Enrollment
Absenteeism
Teacher Certification
Staffing
Academics
K. Mclean shared the particulars of this focus, by trimester.
Leadership Staff
Monthly school Leadership staff will meet with K. Mclean to share data regarding their area of work to answer the questions, "What has happened?" and "What are you doing about it? What is your plan?"
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