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The Kindezi Schools Board of Directors

Minutes

Academic Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Friday October 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM

Location

The Kindezi Schools

Committee Members Present

C. Stocker Barnhil (remote), D. Bailey (remote), D. Simon (remote), E. Duncan Watt (remote), S. Westmoreland (remote)

Committee Members Absent

K. Gunn

Guests Present

Heidi Williams Cooper (remote), S. Reaves (remote), Vera Musgrove (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

S. Westmoreland called a meeting of the Academic Committee Committee of The Kindezi Schools Board of Directors to order on Friday Oct 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes

II. Committee Updates

A.

Academic Overview

DATA Updates

  • Student performance data 
  • Collaborative planning
    • an increase in emerging scores for overall scores 
  • Classroom observations
    •  an increase in emerging scores for overall scores 
  • What we've done/Next steps: Nov 7 iReady math training, Asynch PL before fall break for math instruction expectations, 9 teachers in iReady coaching cycle, action planning with data in next month's leader connections, study the bright spot - Mr. Corker at Gideons, leverage Friday PL time for cross-school collaboration, AP collective sharing of best practices for collaborative planning structure, connect with metro resa math specialist for content coaching 

K-2 Literacy Strategy 

  • structured coaching cycle
  • reviewed genius goals
  • weekly monitoring & midyear diagnostics 
  • feedback loops and data updates
  • tools: UFLI Implementation Guide • Fidelity Checklist • Cox Campus Roadmap

Family Engagement Updates

  • APS strategic plan - family engagement goal 84.8%, Kindezi goal - 85%
  • Shifts and vision for family engagement: Integrates academic capacity building for our families 
  • Alignment between Kindezi initiative and what APS is expecting us to do
  • goal- accomplished and high impact 
  • Gideons was acknowledged as approaching accomplished and high impact for quarter 1 
  • The district should release the remaining schools' overall rating for Q1 today
  • Family engagement learning hub

What's Next

  • Continued Targeted and Differentiated Professional Learning for Educators
    • Leader Connections and AP Collective: Development
    • Literacy - Foundational Reading, Writing
    • Mathematics - Concrete - Representational - Abstract
      • MetroResa training
      • iReady coaching
      • Writing and peer revisions ela teachers
    • Enrichment - Teacher Clarity, Refresh - Demands of the ELA Standards
    • Replicate our Bright Spots
  • November 
    • STEAM Updates
    • Middle School Spotlight
      • middle school teachers and leaders going to see practices at Sylvan MS
  • Charters are in the top 5 of all CSI schools preliminary data for content mastery 

B.

Upcoming Priorities

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 9:49 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
S. Westmoreland