Urban Montessori Charter School
Minutes
Academic Oversight Committee Regular Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday April 14, 2022 at 11:30 AM
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, Donald Williams
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Committee Members Present
J. Faraguna (remote), K. Fortuna (remote)
Committee Members Absent
D. Williams
Guests Present
D. Bissonnette
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Review of Action/Discussion Items
D.
Presentations from the Floor
None.
E.
Approve Minutes from Prior Meeting
F.
Vote on updated Committee Calendar and Meeting Time
Tabled, not needed.
II. Academic Oversight
A.
Instructional Updates
Assessments
- Identified students to retest NWEA through coaching with teachers - currently setting up and hope to begin next week.
- Setting up for State testing; planning to happen first three weeks of May
- Question on family communication plan: Communication to families will happen in weekly updates
- Question on practice tests: Will do practice tests soon in auditorium space.
Other Instructional Updates
- Starting transition process from Primary and 3rd grade to next level. Process is to create a snapshot of each transitioning student and determining best placement. Family night about this prior to spring break.
- Part of this process is also setting up student portfolios; being built in coaching meetings with Daniel and teachers.
- Jan: glad that portfolios are being started. Is there an opportunity for families to respond of provide feedback? Beginning of the year will be the best time for that.
- Middle school health curriculum: reaching out to contractors but not having much response. Previously have done it in house but attempting to take it off teachers workload.
Panorama survey results
- 74% student response rate, 20% family feedback (ok compared to past)
- student: 3rd & 4th, 7th & 8th grade results are higher; upper el is trending lower than previously.
- drop in sense of safety for hispanic students.
- staff: drop in sense of safety in white staff and newer staff; increase in other groups; increase in leadership results
- family:all slightly down. communication: sense of admin communication up; understanding student's learning goals is down.
- discussion around comparison to last year when in distance learning might not be the most helpful. would like to look at spring or fall 2019
- wider range of groups responded; usually primarily white families that respond
- followup: what are next steps/follow up with families/students?
B.
2021-2022 LCAP Review to inform 2022-2023 LCAP Development
no update. outreach happening at ELAC and FC meetings.
C.
School Academic Policies
EL policy: mostly changes cosmetic. questions around reclassification piece. Last year, NWEA was only data point; didn't reclassify anyone last year. Add Diebels as a second data point for younger students?
Other policies we need to look at? will look at and follow up with Daniel.
III. Closing Items
A.
Topics for next meeting
Other polices to review
LCAP
Update on SBAC
Update on NWEA
Curriculum changes being considered through 22-23
Update on Middle school - continuing with amplify?
June meeting: other measures of growth and progress
No changes.