Final

Urban Montessori Charter School

Academic Oversight Committee Regular Meeting

Published on June 5, 2022 at 10:45 PM PDT

Date and Time

Thursday June 9, 2022 at 11:30 AM PDT

Location

4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94619. Signage on campus will direct you to the correct room, generally the Sun Room.


The public may comment and participate via Zoom if they prefer. The public may also email comments to janf@urbanmontessori.org to be shared during the meeting. Please make that intention clear in your email.

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Members: Jan Faraguna (chair), Kara Fortuna, Donald Williams

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. 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.
  D. 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.
  E. Approve Minutes from Prior Meeting
    Approve minutes for Academic Oversight Committee Regular Meeting on May 12, 2022
II. Academic Oversight
  A. Instructional Updates
   
  • Review most recent academic assessment (NWEA MAP) and/or social-emotional survey data, including Panorama data
  • Updates on key initiatives (e.g., coaching, Nautilus), and progress on midyear changes to the Middle School.
  • Updates on Schoolwide Goals / Indicators / Dashboard, including SBAC Testing administration plan.
  • Review how Health curriculum is organized and implemented at which Levels and grades.
  B. 2021-2022 LCAP Review to inform 2022-2023 LCAP Development
   

A discussion on the 2021-2022 LCAP actions and progress to date to help inform any updates or changes for 2022-2023 LCAP development.

 

A discussion on the Local Performance Indicators reflection for the 2022 CA School Dashboard.
  C. School Academic Policies
   

Discuss updates to school policies:

  1. UMCS Rehabilitation Act 504 and Special Education Policy
  2. UMCS Student Free Speech Policy
  D. Discussion and Celebration of Jan's Committee Leadership
   

A moment to pause and recognize Jan Faraguna's four years of Board service and her leadership of the Academic Oversight Committee.

 

Discussion of possible options for the Committee's leadership moving forward.
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.