Final

Urban Montessori Charter School

Academic Oversight Committee Meeting

Published on November 8, 2023 at 2:14 PM PST

Date and Time

Thursday November 16, 2023 at 3:15 PM PST

Location

4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94619. Signage on campus will direct you to the correct room, generally the Mr. Bissonnette's office .


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

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Additional teleconference location:  2927 75th Avenue Oakland, CA 94605

Agenda

      Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 3:15 PM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order   Kara Fortuna 1 m
  B. Record Attendance   Kara Fortuna 1 m
  C. Review of Action/Discussion Items Discuss Kara Fortuna 1 m
   

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   Kara Fortuna 5 m
   

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. Vote on Minutes from Prior Meeting Approve Minutes Kara Fortuna 1 m
II. Academic Oversight 3:24 PM
  A. Instructional Updates Discuss Daniel Bissonnette 10 m
   

May include:

  • Summer cohort's ongoing work in the Oakland Montessori Training Center
  • Updates on Schoolwide Goals / Indicators / Dashboard
  • Review any recent academic assessment and/or social-emotional survey data, including Panorama data
  • Updates on key initiatives (e.g., coaching, Nautilus).
  • Updates on Student attendance. 
  
  B. Board retreat follow up - Role of Academic Oversight Committee Discuss 20 m
   
  • Review and discuss committee's role in overseeing Board goal around having clear, compelling, rigorous whole child growth data that demonstrates all students are thriving.
  • Discussion of metrics/data points that are used to gauge performance/engagement. 
  
III. Closing Items 3:54 PM
  A. Topics for next meeting Discuss Kara Fortuna 1 m
  B. Adjourn Meeting Discuss Kara Fortuna 1 m

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 or directly via our BoardOnTrack public portal.