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Urban Montessori Charter School

Academic Oversight Committee Regular Meeting

Published on October 9, 2020 at 12:06 PM PDT

Date and Time

Tuesday October 13, 2020 at 4:45 PM PDT

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Members: Olivia Couch, Jan Faraguna, Hae-Sin Thomas (chair)

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Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details
I. Opening Items
  A. Call the Meeting to Order
  B. Record Attendance
  C. Approve Minutes from September 22, 2020, Academic Oversight Committee Regular Meeting
II. Academic Oversight
  A. Distance to In-Person Learning Decision-Making Protocol
   
Review draft of Decision-Making Protocol for In-Person Learning
  B. Review of Charter Renewal Data - CSDC
   
Review charter renewal data from CSDC report 
  C. Review of Beginning-Of-Year Data
   
Review Seesaw, Dibbles, NWEA, Attendance data 
  • How reliable is this data?
  • What are some grade level or demographic trends?
  • Are there targeted groups really underperforming on these assessments?
  • What are our options for address struggling students?
    • What are we already doing? How are we tracking the effectiveness of those strategies?
    • What else would be helpful? 
III. Other Business
IV. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting
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