Empower College Prep
Minutes
Governing Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday April 8, 2019 at 4:30 PM
Number to call in:
7127704700 x 558890
Notice of Public Meeting can be found at:
5757 North Central Ave and 2411 Colter Street
7127704700 x 558890
Notice of Public Meeting can be found at:
5757 North Central Ave and 2411 Colter Street
Trustees Present
K. Erickson (remote), P. Welborn, S. Breen
Trustees Absent
G. Perez
Ex Officio Members Present
B. Holman
Non Voting Members Present
B. Holman
Guests Present
A. Eich, A. Masad, B. Jones, Matt Breecher, R. Rossi
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
P. Welborn called a meeting of the board of trustees of Empower College Prep to order on Monday Apr 8, 2019 at 4:35 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
P. Welborn made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 03-18-19 Board Meeting on 03-18-19.
K. Erickson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Executive Director Report
A.
ED Report
III. Committee Reports (Academic Reports)
A.
High School Principal report:
Student retention: retention is looking good, working on classes and schedules
Teacher evaluations: 3 teachers are moving up towards the master teacher level, they will be our lead teachers
Sheila- had a question, how do you measure the data when you first started
Bob- we started with the benchmark test
learning a lot about the summit, alignment, benchmark tests, etc.
Pat- if you can read 8th grade at 41% what does the 41% mean? ELA
Bob- 41% of the kids are on track right now based on summit performance
Pat- on track for what
Bob- to pass for the AZ merit
- no further questions
Teacher evaluations: 3 teachers are moving up towards the master teacher level, they will be our lead teachers
Sheila- had a question, how do you measure the data when you first started
Bob- we started with the benchmark test
learning a lot about the summit, alignment, benchmark tests, etc.
Pat- if you can read 8th grade at 41% what does the 41% mean? ELA
Bob- 41% of the kids are on track right now based on summit performance
Pat- on track for what
Bob- to pass for the AZ merit
- no further questions
B.
Elementary School Principal report
The lead teacher is back
New action: having fewer kids with intentional focus, we are in a cycle of review so in May we will see results
New action: having fewer kids with intentional focus, we are in a cycle of review so in May we will see results
IV. Finance
A.
Financial Report
The financial report reflects the closing of the February books: any future hopes of expansion for the future would be to stay at 1.2, we are at 1.65 currently.
State and federal reimbursements
Cash on hand-
Pat - Capital project
is there something we should be looking at that will show us the tracking, for the money coming in from the capital project
(very high-level tracking)
Angela- next meeting I can show you documents for this
- Project budget
Action piece- Angela needs to bring tracking of bond funding for the next meeting
State and federal reimbursements
Cash on hand-
Pat - Capital project
is there something we should be looking at that will show us the tracking, for the money coming in from the capital project
(very high-level tracking)
Angela- next meeting I can show you documents for this
- Project budget
Action piece- Angela needs to bring tracking of bond funding for the next meeting
V. New Business
A.
Teacher Development Program
Bring back rubric for classroom site funds, determine influence if any of post-grad work
VI. 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 5:52 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
P. Welborn
Enrollment: stable enrollment, details have been tracked by principles
Development update: we are doing one final push for fundraising this year, we are doing a 3 level campaign