MCCPS Board of Trustees
Minutes
Academic Excellence Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday January 15, 2020 at 7:30 AM
Committee Members Present
Ellen Lodgen, Jessica Xiarhos, Kimberly Sullivan, Matt Cronin, Michael Condon, Peter Cohen
Committee Members Absent
Emily Westhoven, William Sullivan
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
Jessica Xiarhos called a meeting of the Academic Excellence Committee Committee of MCCPS Board of Trustees to order on Wednesday Jan 15, 2020 at 7:34 AM.
C.
Approve Minutes from 1/08/20
Ellen Lodgen made a motion to approve the minutes from Academic Excellence Committee Meeting on 01-08-20.
Michael Condon seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Academic Excellence Committee
A.
CON'T - Summary and Key Takeaways from visit to Francis Parker Essential Charter School
B.
Dissemination of Academic Excellence to Staff
C.
Parent Recruitment to Committee
D.
Update on December's Action Items
III. Closing Items
A.
Action Items
Matt Cronin to lead. discussions in. departments on Parker's "Criteria for Excellence"
B.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:43 AM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Jessica Xiarhos
-School-wide rubrics for writing, etc.
- general enough for 4 through 8
- could collect quantitative data from school-wide rubrics
Where do we go from here?
-does committee create MCCPS' Criteria for Excellence
-have departments develop?
-have the working groups develop them?
Things to Consider:
-Community "judges" at Exhibition - New M'head Super, Salem Sound, board members, former teachers, alumni, Project Adventure, MoS teacher trainings