The New American Academy Charter School

Board of Directors Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday March 7, 2018 at 6:00 PM EST

Location

9301 Avenue B Brooklyn NY 11236

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details
I. Opening Items
 
Opening Items
  A. Record Attendance and Guests
  B. Call the Meeting to Order
  C. Approve Minutes
II. Finance
 
Finance
  A. Monthly Financial Report
III. Governance
 
Governance
  A. NYSED Renewal
   
  • TNAACS was given a short-term,two-year renewal with a corrective action plan for academics and governance
  • Major areas of concern:
    • Academic performance as assessed by NYS exams
    • Board Governance
  • The school's ELT is working on a corrective action plan for academic improvement, which will include steps taken this school year and additional steps moving forward. This plan will be shared with the board 
  • This board needs to develop a corrective action plan as well. This plan must include:
    • recruitment
    • professional development for the board
    • establishment of committees 
    • support plan for the school
IV. Other Business
  A. New Board Member
   
  • Jessica Saratovsky has agreed to become a member of the TNAACS Board
  • Ms. Saratovsky is Principal of P.S. 770. 
  • Ms. Saratovsky's strengths include data analysis as well as curriculum and instruction.
  B. Next Jump Update
   
  • L. Silva was invited and will attend Next Jump's Super Saturday Hiring day in Boston on March 10th
  • Charlie Kim, CEO at Next Jump has approached us about the possibility of partnering with  Jim Fadigan who invented the Sesame Street characters
  • Mr. Fadagan has been trying to partner with Next Jump. He took over 100 public schools and close to 20k students and helped increase their math reading and language abilities in 6-12 months. He is based in Florida and has been pressing  to partner  with Next Jump and we want to see him do this work.
  • Charlie Suggested to him to use our school as a pilot program
V. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting