Urban Montessori Charter School
Minutes
Academic Oversight Committee Regular Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday June 9, 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
D. Williams (remote), J. Faraguna (remote), K. Fortuna (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
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
E.
Approve Minutes from Prior Meeting
II. Academic Oversight
A.
Instructional Updates
B.
2021-2022 LCAP Review to inform 2022-2023 LCAP Development
Daniel: no updates.
Will be presented and approved at next full board meeting. Please add comments etc prior to that meeting.
C.
School Academic Policies
Rehabilitation Act 504 and Special Education Policy - small updates around positions. Add box with last reviewed/revised?
Who ensures this is in compliance with current law? Krishna + legal team. When there are changes our SELPA reaches out to us to let us know
Student Free Speech Policy
Have there been recent student publications? Yes- Class or level generated. Not formal or across all levels.
No changes.
D.
Discussion and Celebration of Jan's Committee Leadership
Jan - have enjoyed being on the board and the academic committee over the last four years.
Daniel - will miss your expertise and level of detail.
III. Closing Items
A.
Topics for next meeting
Next meeting is in August - SBAC data. More detailed calendar would be helpful in planning meetings for the year.
Decide on new meeting timw for next year based on new committee member etc.
On summer break now.
SBAC finished - we should meet 95% of participants. No preliminary results yet. Results usually by July/August - but prelim should be in June.
Teachers are mostly closed out procedures for year.
Looking at PD for next year. Elizabeth Slate returning for start of year PD - nautilus and whole child study.
Main focus on Training Center. June 21-July 23. NCMPS staff here to help set up. Excited about how targeted for UMCS students the training will be
Jan: how will effectiveness of training be measured? Daniel: Just the fact that it's creating a pipeline is important; it will immediately diversify our lead teachers. Part of why we're doing this is alignment - classroom materials etc. Jan: encourage staff to get down goals on paper now. Surveys for people going through training?
Staffing updates? Looking like 7th grade cohort won't be as big as previously expected, so not big enough to support extra staff.
Hiring - not looking to hire lead teachers because expectation is that staff going through training will step into lead roles. Hiring support teachers.
Planning a day to create calendar for whole year including family engagement etc.