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Urban Montessori Charter School

Academic Oversight Committee Meeting

Published on September 10, 2024 at 8:25 AM PDT

Date and Time

Friday September 13, 2024 at 2:15 PM 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 karaf@urbanmontessori.org to be shared during the meeting. Please make that intention clear in your email.

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Additional teleconference location: 494 Juana Ave San Leandro, CA 94577

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Members: Kara Fortuna (Chair), Greg Klein; Committee Alternate: Ann Rhodes

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

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 2:15 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
    Minutes for Academic Oversight Committee Meeting on August 22, 2024  
II. Academic Oversight 2:24 PM
  A. Instructional Updates Discuss Tobie Garcia 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. Effective School Boards Framework Training Discuss Greg Klein 20 m
   

Discussing next steps in implementing the Effective School Boards Framework.

  
III. Closing Items 2:54 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 4551 Steele 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 4551 Steele 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.