Urban Montessori Charter School
Minutes
Academic Oversight Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Friday September 13, 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), Greg Klein; Committee Alternate: Ann Rhodes
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Committee Members Present
G. Klein, K. Fortuna
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
No public comment on items not on the agenda.
E.
Vote on Minutes from Prior Meeting
No questions or public comments on this item.
II. Academic Oversight
A.
Instructional Updates
Tobie shared the main topics of IXL Benchmark Math Data, ILT update, Attendance.
Math benchmarks are nearly complete. Just under half of 3rd graders scoring at/above in math. 4th grade has a slightly lower percentage at/above, and 5th grade has a lower percentage at/above, and 6th grade has the lowest math scores. Teachers use the data to pull students for interventions, and gives tangible next steps for teachers to use. Students get access to personalized support plans on the platform. Next assessment with IXL will occur mid to late October and the assessment takes up to an hour. Kara asked and Daniel shared that reports can be a part of weekly conferencing with students, and communication is going home later today for families at about access at home. Greg asked and Tobie shared that the idea would be that the use of IXL in the classroom would be another material in the classroom like the Montessori materials. Greg asked and Daniel shared that IXL access in ELOP is not yet happening but coming.
Tobie shared that the ILT meets once a month with Tobie and individually also once a month. The ILT is supporting Levels meetings, and helping Tobie build out curricular map, helping their team collect data. Mostly IXL data so far, but work samples in writing came to ILT last week. ILT is supporting Primary math diagnostic work. Daniel shared that teachers have been looking more at data this year already than prior years, and with great rigor in the student work. Levels meetings are now on Wednesdays for more time to make these plans and build more collaboration.
Daniel shared that AERIES has an error on attendance and Mr. Buck has a help desk ticket in to fix it.
No other questions or public comment on this item.
B.
Effective School Boards Framework Training
Greg shared an overview of the Framework.
No public comments on this item.
III. Closing Items
A.
Topics for next meeting
Greg offered to do future trainings on Monitoring calendar, monitoring reports, and asking the right questions during monitoring sessions.
No public comments on this item.
No changes needed.