DeKalb Brilliance Academy

Minutes

DeKalb Brilliance Academy Academic Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday August 13, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Location

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMud-6tqz0uGNxyPRfGVVvMnCUvHtgHIU2R

Committee Members Present

C. Armour, Jr. (remote), M. Greene (remote), T. Ruffin (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

Guests Present

J. Alter

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

T. Ruffin called a meeting of the Academics Committee of DeKalb Brilliance Academy to order on Tuesday Aug 13, 2024 at 7:37 PM.

C.

Community Builder

II. Academics

A.

Finalize committee goals & build out action plans

Tareva will lead indicators of success

Curtis will lead evaluation portion

Mesha will lead middle school model design 

B.

Decide on key elements for a monthly academic dashboard to bring to the board as a draft for feedback

Excel spreadsheet that captures the following:

 

Quarterly:

- survey results

- suspensions

- any other relevant culture data (e.g. qualitive staff interviews)

- qualitive update on real-world projects for each grade

- family collaboration data 

 

Monthly:

- enrollment by grade

- staffing by grade

- attendance by grade

- assessment results by grade (aligned to SCSC goals)

 

Red/Yellow/Green slide to present to the full board each month

III. Closing Items

A.

Capture next steps & send out to team

Each committee member schedule time with Jocelyn to make progress on their committee goal by August 30th

 

 

B.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:17 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
J. Alter