Butler Academy

Minutes

Scholar Experience February Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday February 22, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Location

Google Meet

Meeting link

 

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Join by phone

 

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Committee Members Present

E. Mobley (remote), E. Waters (remote), S. Wilson (remote)

Committee Members Absent

S. Hill

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

S. Wilson called a meeting of the Scholar Experience Committee of Butler Academy to order on Thursday Feb 22, 2024 at 7:00 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

E. Waters made a motion to approve the minutes from Scholar Experience Committee Meeting on 01-11-24.
E. Mobley seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Staff and Faculty Support

A.

Discussion of recent communication with BA President regarding possible and current teacher recognition efforts

The committee reached out to Dr. Reyes about his/the leadership team's thoughts about a possible Teacher of the Year Award. Due to the school's size and current practices of celebrating teacher excellence, this idea does not feel necessary or appropriate at this time.

 

Emilye shared her take aways from the Development breakfast, which she was able to attend recently. 

III. Update Committee Goals and Action Items

A.

Classroom Management Support

The committee maintains that BA has solid processes in place to support teachers in the development and refinement of classroom management strategies.

B.

Teacher and Staff Training and Development Ideas

The committee would like to support and/or facilitate a current aim or goal of the leadership team in relation to teacher development, classroom management, or teacher celebration.

 

We plan to extend an invitation to the leadership team to see which areas we can help foster this assistance and support.

C.

Board show of support

The leadership team is compiling a list of current practices in place to celebrate and recognize teacher strengths. This will allow the committee to identify areas in which the board can become more involved in a show of support.

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 7:41 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
S. Wilson