Urban Montessori Charter School
Minutes
Academic Oversight Committee Regular Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday October 12, 2021 at 4:15 PM
Location
The committee will meet at school 4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94611.
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Members: Jan Faraguna (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 via http://www.urbanmontessori.org/board_of_directors.
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Members: Jan Faraguna (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 via http://www.urbanmontessori.org/board_of_directors.
Committee Members Present
J. Faraguna (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
D. Bissonnette, G. Klein
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
J. Faraguna called a meeting of the Academic Oversight Committee of Urban Montessori Charter School to order on Tuesday Oct 12, 2021 at 4:17 PM.
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Approve Minutes from Prior Meeting
Motion to approve the minutes from Academic Oversight Committee Regular Meeting on 09-14-21.
J. Faraguna seconded the motion.
Greg made a motion to approve the minutes. BoardOnTrack isn't letting us select Greg's name from the drop-down menu.
Greg also voted to approve.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| J. Faraguna |
Aye
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II. Academic Oversight
A.
Instructional Updates
Daniel shared that coaching continues weekly. Continuing to fine-tune work and follow-up work systems particularly in Lower Elementary. Daniel reporting the feedback mainly is that new systems are working for the vast majority of staff.
Daniel shared attendance school-wide. (Shared in the documents section of this meeting in BoardOnTrack.) 2% are currently chronically absent overall and not seeing any disproportionality in that data by race.
Regarding DIBELS, about 200 students still need testing data input into the reporting system. Older students focus just on the fluency components, not the letter sounds assessment.
YIPS/YEPS social-emotional screeners are also being administered right now, mostly through 1:1 conferencing.
NWEA MAP is happening in the work period in small groups.
Jan asked what next steps occur as the data comes in. Daniel shared that Ms. Kimberly looks at all of the data as it comes in, prior data, and meets with teachers, she builds reading groups and recommends other supports. Also, in one weekly Lesson Study per month, Ms. Kimberly participates with teachers to provide additional reading expertise.
Regarding School-Wide Goals, an ABAR Leadership Group of staff met with Dr. Rachelle Rogers-Ard at the end of September. Two staff working groups are forming 1) Family support and services; and 2) Literacy - African American Students.
Jan asked about the literacy working group and sourcing additional relevant reading content. Daniel shared that last Spring there were some additional investments and now more general reading material investments are a part of the work coming up. Individual teachers have often sourced strong content, and the work now is creating systems across a Level.
Jan recommended reviewing some of the recordings and resources coming out of the Oakland Literacy Coalition's recent symposium.
Greg asked about the assessments throughout the year, and about ELPAC. Daniel shared that Coach Kelly is finishing fall ELPAC right now.
Jan noted that she needs to meet at 3:45pm in November, and that we don't need a meeting in December, and that in November the committee will agendize and formally approve these updates.
No other public comment or discussion.
III. Closed Session
A.
Closed Session Items
Tabled.
IV. Return to Open Session
A.
Report out of any closed session action(s)
Tabled.
V. Closing Items
A.
Topics for next meeting
B.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 5:12 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
G. Klein
Documents used during the meeting
None