Urban Montessori Charter School
Minutes
Academic Oversight Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday August 22, 2024 at 2:15 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: Kara Fortuna (Chair), Sarah Morrill; Committee Alternate: Ann Rhodes
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Committee Members Present
K. Fortuna, S. Morrill (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
D. Bissonnette, T. Garcia
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Review of Action/Discussion Items
D.
Presentations from the Floor
E.
Vote on Minutes from Prior Meeting
II. Academic Oversight
A.
Instructional Updates
B.
Start of School Year/End of Summer Updates
included in previous discussion
C.
Planning for 2024-25 Academic Oversight Committee
Discussion re what data points this committee wants to see
IXL in September
NWEA in October and March
IXL Trends month
DIEBELS trends for primary: October, February, and June
Attendance - bimonthly starting september ( november, jan, march, may)
Transistion check list check in at end of year to assess whether checklist expectations aligned with state testing results
Training Program. Cohort 1 - 3 are all leads in classrooms; 5 people in cohort 2; two UMCS staffer are in classrooms as leads or support.
ILT team started, meet monthly as a team, meet monthly one on one with Tobie; lead level meetings weekly. honing in on knowing tangibly where all students are. doesn't leave time for non-academic planning, but working on that.
IXL math diagnositic started on 3rd-8th; language will be completed by 9/4. Diebels due 9/20, tk-6th. NWEA starts Sept 9th. Data dive at PD at end of September.
Cirriculur map - look at it a month at a time to plan, includes montessori lessons as well as non-montessori lessons. ILT And Tobie are building out as a year long program.