Urban Montessori Charter School
Executive & Governance Committee Regular Meeting
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Location
4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94619. Ring the front bell or call/text 510-290-4005 for entry. Signage on campus will direct you to the correct room, generally the Head of School's Office.
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Members: Sarah Morrill (Chair), 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 on our BoardOnTrack public portal and also through the UMCS School Calendar.
Agenda
| I. | Opening Items | |
| A. | Call the Meeting to Order | |
| B. | Record Attendance | |
| C. | Approve Minutes from prior Executive & Governance Committee Meeting | |
| D. | Review of Action/Discussion Items | |
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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. |
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| E. | Presentations from the Floor | |
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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. |
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| II. | Executive and Governance | |
| A. | Long Term Goals & Follow Up | |
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Executive Committee Focused Goals Our ABAR Commitment and Land Acknowledgement are integrated into all the facets of our work with students, staff, and families.
Review updated board Job Description and discuss recruitment
This is the planning document provided by the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Equity in Governance cohort and that this committee is using to organize the Board's work across the Six Long Term Goals. |
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| B. | Board Membership, Recruitment, and Training | |
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Discussion on status of Board members, recent recruitment, and training, including training in different Board roles.
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| C. | Head of School Evaluation Process | |
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Discuss timeline and direct reports for HOS evaluation |
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| III. | Updates on School Policies and Required Documents | |
| A. | Board Governance Documents | |
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Board work in support of school policies review.
Uniform Complaint Policy Public Records Act Policy |
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| IV. | Closed Session | |
| A. | Closed Session Items | |
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Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Head of School |
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| B. | Report out of Closed Session | |
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"Return to Open Session" is always agendized ahead of time as a "Vote" item. It is not meant to indicate the the Board shall take an action at this time. If any votes are taken during any Closed Session, those are reported out publicly at this time on the agenda. |
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| V. | Closing Items | |
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | |