Lindsey- is modeling the AC committee make-up policy modeling after board committee make-up.

• 2 community members
• 2-year terms, alternating so two new members are not starting at same time. 

Discussed these hiring position posting descriptions:

ERA Job Descriptions: 

3 Teacher Job Descriptions: MS Math, MS ELA, MS SS

Director of Academics Job Description

PT Director of Communication Job Description

Question: Director of Academics - could we grow this position to help support curriculum for different ages. 

Qualifications - Masters degree in education or higher (add or higher)

• Having more expectations for their background - aspirationally demonstrate working with large data, conceptualization, how they’ll use and filter in all the data we have
• data analysis, data visualization, predictive analytics
• Have this person have background with curriculum - could they also be a person that keeps an eye on STREAM, working with principals about what that means from execution, streamline K-12
• Fidelity with STREAM model, promoting and supporting research-based curricular innovation - i.e. alpha school, none of outcomes are independently verified, they screen students out before they come, no IEPs - there is a danger in the really big hype for curricular innovation, that is NOT research based. Ability to read research 
• Notes:Data, trends, MTSS through smart lunch, gen ed counterpart to EC Director, helping us being accountable to all of the things

Discussion from other schools: 

• Megan/Kristin: 
  • Durham School of the Arts - didn’t have much on the website about curriculum and metrics - they didn’t respond
  • Science and Math - did reach back, understanding how they developed performance and metrics, they gave a lot about research - really interesting and thoughtful approach
    • You are going to have to go really slow.
    • Suggestion was to have a 3 year plan
      • Next year, all we do is collect information about exactly what we are already doing. What is already happening that hits STREAM goals
        • Early release days - staff meeting and then show me exactly what you’ve done in the last 4 weeks of school that has hit these STREAM components
      • The following year - how do we make this project include more collaboration
    • Summer capstone project for juniors and seniors (music and math teacher one summer etc.)
    • Bringing in experts on some of those afternoons to help model to the teachers to get the buy in
  • https://finearts.ncssm.edu/ - Scott Laird and Carrie Alter may be helpful to talk with: http://www.scottlaird.net/Educationalsessions.html and Bec Conrad runs the Fab Lab, is a former museum exhibit designer and concept car creator.  Also - just generally ask about their J-Term options. The problem is summer is that contracts are not 12 months. It would need to be an additional contract for summer programming. Summer camps for older students.
  • School current does have the physical structure and materials to support this stuff
    • If you want tech and arts together you have to have a space for that.
    • Summer camps I wonder if one of the first sessions with teachers is to put together a STREAM vision statement with examples of resources needed that reflects ERA and then we work to map the classes within that STREAM vision.

See the STREAM Roadmap

Next meeting: start with the end in mind - portrait of a graduate.

Notes from last meeting: 

We should be leading creating our own resources and helping other schools become like us, we should not be conforming to other definitions of distinction

• Presenting at NC Conferences
• Let’s be us fully and then share that back
• Creating own rubric that includes Research and the Arts 

Important for having metrics - looking for indicators around R and A. For the next several meetings

DSA, TMS

See above item for details on this. 

Another Note:

• Charlotte and Scott will meet today about AI Guidelines - ready for the next meeting!