Navigator Schools
Minutes
Academic Success Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday March 27, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Location
ID: 98895605822
Passcode: 025886
Passcode: 025886
Meeting host: ami.ortiz@navigatorschools.org
Join Zoom Meeting:
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This meeting will be held in compliance with the Brown Act.
Committee Members Present
Chuck Daggs (remote), Claire Grissom (remote)
Committee Members Absent
Alfred Morikang
Committee Members who arrived after the meeting opened
Claire Grissom
Guests Present
Ami Ortiz (remote), Caprice Young (remote), Crystal O'Rourke (remote), James Dent (remote), Mariah Butron (remote), Tina Hill (remote), Tom Peraic, Victoria Garcia (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance and Guests
C.
Approve Minutes from Prior Meeting
D.
Opening Comments from Chief Academic Officer
II. Academic Topics
A.
New Data Dashboard Platform
Victoria Garcia, Data Coordinator, summarized a problem Navigator would like to address: Data is housed in many places. Navigator instructional leaders spend a significant amount of time on creating visualizations rather than use data to inform instructional decisions.
Dr. Young, CEO, reported that Navigator is looking for a partner in systems integration to address these goals. The search has been narrowed and will continue to narrow until a partner is selected. As of today, 03/27/2024, Navigator Principals gave input on the current candidates.
B.
Q3 STAR School-wide Data
Chief Academic Officer, James Dent, reported the most recent STAR data for Navigator Schools. He pointed out that, in previous years, STAR was a predictive indicator for a student's success of SBAC. However, SBAC did change their blueprints, but STAR has not updated their scaled scores to reflect those changes. Therefore, James proposed updated cut-points based off STAR percentiles that would serve to target student needs.
James then went on to report an increase in STAR Math scores across all campuses. Crystal O'Rourke, Director of Schools, noted that WPS made a significant gain in math. She included a break down of how subgroups performed on STAR.
C.
Each One, Teach One
Tina Hill, Director of Student Services, introduced a pilot idea of "Each One, Teach One." Peer tutoring 1:1, was introduced by Sharon Waller last school year. Data suggested that students who participated in the 1:1 peer tutoring benefited both academically and social-emotionally.
Tina then reported that James submitted a grant to support the Each One, Teach One initiative. WPS would be the first site to pilot, with other sites joining in 2025.
D.
Lit Consultancy
Crystal reported on our ELA Adoption Initiative. The goal is to launch the new curriculum by 2025-26.
Navigator has partnered with Lit in order to thought-partner on ELA best practices. Yesterday, 3/26/24, the Lit team, visited Gilroy Prep School for the Lit Quality Review (LQR).
The second phase of the partnership will involve supporting Navigator on a curriculum adoption.
Dr. Young voiced that this initiative will support equity efforts for all Navigator students across all sites.
Silicon Schools Funds has provided Navigator with a grant to support this work.
III. Closing Items
A.
Schedule Next Committee Meeting
Dr. Young called on Tina to speak to CSUMB to get a clinic for WPS. Practicum students would be able to prove WPS students with additional supports such as RTI, Speech and Language.
A discussion began on scheduling the next Academic Success Committee Meeting for the last Wednesday of may, 05/29/2024.
The committee agreed to the 29th informally.
Chief Academic Officer opened introducing today's meeting topics.