Opening Items

E. DeAngelis is unable to attend this meeting. We need someone to take minutes

TNAACS had their annual Audit on Tuesday September 11, 2018 and Wednesday September 12, 2018

• A CEO Evaluation Report has been generated and sent to all Board Members
• The next Step is to use this report to draft a CEO memo ( an example of such a memo has been requested from BoardonTrack)
• After the Board Chair creates the memo the board members finalize it
• This memo is used to design Professional Development Goals for the CEO (Headmaster)

• After Last month's meeting L. Silva sent 2 resumes to the board for review
  • Christopher Lostaunau, Vice President Global Head CloudNative Platform at American International Group Inc.
  • Holly Sparks, Educator, former teacher and Interventionist at TNAACS. Ms. Sparks was one of the founding teachers of TNAACS
• We need to decide if we would like to move forward with either candidate
• If we are moving forward we need to design next steps in this process
• Additionally Jessica Saratovsky, Principal of P.S. 770 has stated that she would be willing to serve on the board
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• In Septrember NYSED adopted a revised performance Framework for Charter School Evaluation. This New Framework will apply after renewal, starting in the 2019/2020 school year
• The new framework includes, among other things:
  • Increased transparency and clarification of renewal standards; 
  • Updated language reflecting New York's ESSA Plan;
  • Inclusion of grade 4 and 8 science exams in Benchmark 1;
  • A reiteration of our shared commitment to attend to the socio-emotion development of students including asking schools to build upon the work they are already doing and ensure they have plans to address chronic absenteeism and out of school suspensions;
  • Support for students who are eligible under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and
  • Clarification of reporting methodology for enrollment and retention requirements.

Education

• On Tuesday September 25, 2018 TNAACS had it's first District Charter Collaborative Meeting with our DCC facilitator

• Based on the student's performance on the 2018 NYS exams TNAACS would like to continue to partner with The Evolved Education Company, who provided the Saturday test prep program
• We would like to expand the amount of students participating this year from 16 students per grade (8 ELA & 8 Math)
• We propose having 24 to 32 students per grade( 12 to 16 in ELA and 12 to 16 per grade in Math)
• there is money in the budget to support this initiative
• It is important to note the scores from the 2019 testing will be used to evaluate our next renewal

• This is a 2-day workshop for selected fourth and fifth grade students
• This is a c ity wide program at Teacher's College Columbia University
• As of today 12 students from TNAACS have already been accepted
• The workshop is Sunday October 7th & Monday October 8th 
• RTHe workshop is designed to improve writing skills and inspire student activism