Urban Montessori Charter School
Minutes
Executive & Governance Committee Regular Meeting
Date and Time
Monday October 17, 2022 at 1:15 PM
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 christinag@urbanmontessori.org to be shared during the meeting. Please make that intention clear in your email. Please make that intention clear in your email.
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Committee Members Present
D. Leung, G. Klein, S. Morrill
Committee Members Absent
None
Committee Members who arrived after the meeting opened
D. Leung
Committee Members who left before the meeting adjourned
D. Leung
Guests Present
K. Feeney
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Approve Minutes from prior Executive & Governance Committee Meeting
No questions or public comments on this item.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| D. Leung |
Absent
|
| S. Morrill |
Aye
|
| G. Klein |
Aye
|
D.
Review of Action/Discussion Items
E.
Presentations from the Floor
No public comments on items not on the agenda.
II. Executive and Governance
A.
Board Goals - Retreat Planning
Sarah shared about creating space at the October and early November meetings for Retreat content.
Sarah shared about framing the work as where we have been, where are we now, and then where are we going. Where we have been from founding through to Krishna's arrival. Where we are now through Krishna's tenure. What we might need to focus on moving forward. The committee discussed how and when at upcoming Board meetings to break up the content of the Board's retreat.
There were no public comments on this item.
B.
2022-2023 Head of School Evaluation Process
Sarah shared that the process is moving forward similarly to last years. Sarah and Krishna are connecting to further align metrics to each of the three goal areas of using student data, prepared classrooms and shared spaces, and building adult systems and practices to help ensure mutual accountability.
There were no public comments on this item.
C.
Board Membership, Recruitment, and Training
Greg shared reminders to be further shared with the Board at each meeting, including asking for help or speaking up when they have questions; completing Forms 700; getting finger-printed as needed. The FAC could have elected its second Board rep by the time the Board meets in December.
No public comments on this item.
D.
Participation in Diverse Charter Schools Coalition communities of practice
Sarah, Greg, Krishna, Daniel, and Melody are each signed up to join various communities of practice with DCSC. Communities begin in October and run through the end of the school year.
There were no public comments on this item.
III. Updates on School Policies and Required Documents
A.
Discuss updates to school policies
Tabled.
IV. Closed Session
A.
Closed Session Items
At 2:08pm, the Committee went into closed session on Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Head of School. There were no public comments on this item.
B.
Report out of Closed Session
At 2:26pm, the Committee returned to open session. No actions taken.
No changes needed.