Academic Oversight Committee Regular Meeting Minutes

March 8, 2022, 3:45-4:45 PM

Minutes Approved

Urban Montessori Charter School

Minutes

Academic Oversight Committee Regular Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday March 8, 2022 at 3:45 PM

Location

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

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

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Committee Members Present

D. Williams, J. Faraguna (remote), K. Fortuna (remote), S. Morrill

Committee Members Absent

None

Committee Members who arrived after the meeting opened

D. Williams

Guests Present

D. Bissonnette

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 Mar 8, 2022 at 4:00 PM.

B. Record Attendance

C. Approve Minutes from Prior Meeting

S. Morrill made a motion to approve the minutes from Academic Oversight Committee Regular Meeting on 02-08-22.

J. Faraguna seconded the motion.

The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

Roll Call
K. Fortuna	Aye
D. Williams	Absent
S. Morrill	Aye
J. Faraguna	Aye

D. Vote on updated Committee Calendar and Meeting Time

J. Faraguna made a motion to Change meeting time to 11:30-12:30 on Thursday.

S. Morrill seconded the motion.

The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

Roll Call
S. Morrill	Aye
J. Faraguna	Aye
K. Fortuna	Aye
D. Williams	Absent

E. Review of Action/Discussion Items

F. Presentations from the Floor

II. Academic Oversight

A. Instructional Updates

D. Williams arrived at 4:17 PM.

Discussion of NWEA results

Bigger drop on the annual winter to winter scores, especially for ELs

Growth scores also lower in comparison to scores pre pandemic - some a lot lower, especially for Black and Latino students

Next Step-

* sit with students to understand more about how they are navigating the space

* start to build in lessons to support students to navigate online platforms of SBAC

Middle School

Amplify curriculum working well; resources vary by subject
Finding the right balance between work on computer and in book/paper; been learning process
Have opened up opportunities for 7th and 8th graders have more cross-class time together

B. 2021-2022 LCAP Review to inform 2022-2023 LCAP Development

- Request for board members to review

C. School Calendar 2022-2023

- OUSD plans to start on Aug 8th

- UMCS plan to have first 2 weeks of August, first day 8/15

D. School Academic Policies

Request to see reclassification
Will need updates
Administration will bring draft revised policy to May meeting
Members to review other policies and add to future meetings as needed

III. Closing Items

A. Topics for next meeting

Panorama data review
Middle school program
LCAP

B. Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 4:49 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,

J. Faraguna

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.

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