Albany Leadership Charter School for Girls
Minutes
Accountability Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday May 15, 2019 at 4:00 PM
Location
ALH
Committee Members Present
E. Bowman, E. Robertson, M. Moree, S. Cates-Williams
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
C. Cook, Ms. Evans
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
S. Cates-Williams called a meeting of the Accountability Committee of Albany Leadership Charter School for Girls to order on Wednesday May 15, 2019 at 4:10 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
We did not have minutes from the previous meeting to approve.
II. Accountability
A.
Principal's Report Dashboard
Review of the Principals Dashboard. Highlights include:
- School attendance is at 84%. Home School Coordinators making good effort to follow-up on students.
- School Referral & Suspension: Committee would lie to see continued decline in both due to intervention practices being implemented by school leader.
- Mock Regent exams given but results not available yet. Principal Cook will report out at next meeting.
- 61% of students are failing at least 1 class.
- 75% of the 2019 graduating class have been accepted into college.
- Board questioned whether there is any relationship between the School-Wide Grade data reported and Professional Development/coaching for teachers. How effective are the supports provided for new faculty in enabling them to grow into their jobs?
III. OTHER BUSINESS
A.
2019-2020 School Calendar
- Board recommended calendar be adjusted to accommodate students returning to school earlier from winter recess (i.e., Jan 2 vs . Jan 7).
- Board recommended the Jan 6th PD be rescheduled either later in the month or the following month.
- Students will arrive to school 10mins earlier than previous year.
B.
Documents for May Board Meeting
Principal Cook is in the process of preparing the following for the May Board meeting. The Board will approve these items at the June meeting.
- Draft Employee Handbook for 19/20
- Enrollment Report which will show projections for the fall.
- Professional Development plans for staff in 19/20
- Student Recruitment (pipeline report)
- Student re-enrollment status + new students
- Any other items the Board may need to approve at the start of next year
IV. 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 5:11 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
S. Cates-Williams