Final

Urban Montessori Charter School

Academic Oversight Committee Regular Meeting

Published on December 9, 2021 at 12:28 PM PST

Date and Time

Tuesday December 14, 2021 at 3:45 PM PST

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Members: Jan Faraguna (chair), Kara Fortuna, Greg Klein

Urban Montessori Charter School welcomes your participation at Board meetings. The purpose of a public meeting of the Board of Directors (“Board”) is to conduct the affairs of the organization in public. Your participation assures us of continuing community interest in our school and assists the Board in making the best decisions for our school. To assist you in the ease of speaking/participating in our meetings, guidelines are provided at the bottom of this agenda. All materials for all board and committee meetings, including audio recordings of Regular Board Meetings, are available via http://www.urbanmontessori.org/board_of_directors.

 

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details
I. Opening Items
  A. Call the Meeting to Order
  B. Record Attendance
  C. Approve Minutes from Prior Meeting
    Approve minutes for Academic Oversight Committee Regular Meeting on November 9, 2021
  D. Vote on updated Committee Calendar and Meeting Time
   
If needed.
  E. Review of Action/Discussion Items
   
With input from the committee, the committee chair may decide, based upon a number of factors, to reorder the action/discussion items to best suit the needs of the meeting. No additional action/discussion items will be added at this time.
  F. Presentations from the Floor
   
PRESENTATIONS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS – Any person wishing to speak to any item not on the agenda will be granted three minutes to make a presentation. Speakers required translation will be granted double time. Comments should refer to matters within the jurisdiction of this committee.
II. Academic Oversight
  A. Instructional Updates
   
  • Review attendance, chronic absence, and suspension data to date
  • Review most recent academic assessment and/or social-emotional survey data
  • Updates on key initiatives (e.g., coaching, Nautilus)
  • Updates on Schoolwide Goals / Indicators / Dashboard
  B. Middle School Program Review
   
  • How is the UMCS Middle School program organized?
  • How are students set up to discover and succeed in their high school of choice?
  • How are students supported to lead here at UMCS and contribute to solving problems?
  • How are content and lessons delivered? How are students included in making their plans to master CA standards?
  • How might the Board support the growth and excellence of the Middle School program?
III. Closing Items
  A. Topics for next meeting
  B. Adjourn Meeting
THE ORDER OF BUSINESS MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the order of consideration of matters on this agenda may be changed without prior notice.

REASONABLE LIMITATIONS MAY BE PLACED ON PUBLIC TESTIMONY The Governing Board’s presiding officer reserves the right to impose reasonable time limits on public testimony to ensure that the agenda is completed.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS MAY BE MADE Notice is hereby given that, consistent with the requirements of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, special presentations not mentioned in the agenda may be made at this meeting. However, any such presentation will be for information only.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY Pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, any individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting of the Governing Board may request assistance by contacting UMCS at 5328 Brann Street, Oakland, CA 94619 or info@urbanmontessori.org.

FOR MORE INFORMATION For more information concerning this agenda or for materials relating to this meeting, please contact UMCS at 5328 Brann Street, Oakland, CA 94619 or board@urbanmontessori.org. All materials are available via the Governance Section of our website: http://www.urbanmontessori.org/governance.