MCCPS Board of Trustees
Minutes
Academic Excellence Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday April 1, 2020 at 9:30 AM
Location
Jessica Xiarhos is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: MCCPS Academic Excellence Committee Meeting
Time: Apr 1, 2020 09:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Time: Apr 1, 2020 09:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 191 581 548
Password: 972532
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Committee Members Present
Ellen Lodgen (remote), Jessica Xiarhos (remote), Kimberly Sullivan (remote), Matt Cronin (remote), Meg Upton (remote), Michael Condon (remote), Peter Cohen (remote)
Committee Members Absent
Emily Westhoven
Guests Present
Sarah Plymate
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 Apr 1, 2020 at 9:35 AM.
C.
Approve Minutes from 3/4/20
Jessica Xiarhos made a motion to approve the minutes from March 4, 2020 Academic Excellence Committee Meeting on 03-04-20.
Michael Condon seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Kimberly Sullivan |
Aye
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| Michael Condon |
Aye
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| Matt Cronin |
Aye
|
| Ellen Lodgen |
Aye
|
| Meg Upton |
Aye
|
| Emily Westhoven |
Absent
|
| Peter Cohen |
Aye
|
| Jessica Xiarhos |
Aye
|
D.
Accept Remote Participation
Jessica Xiarhos made a motion to In light of the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, Governor Baker issued an emergency Order on March 12, 2020, allowing public bodies greater flexibility in utilizing technology in the conduct of meetings under the Open Meeting Law. This committee makes a motion to accept this Executive Order for this meeting of the Academic Excellence Committee, on April 1, 2020.
Ellen Lodgen seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Ellen Lodgen |
Aye
|
| Peter Cohen |
Aye
|
| Jessica Xiarhos |
Aye
|
| Kimberly Sullivan |
Aye
|
| Michael Condon |
Aye
|
| Meg Upton |
Aye
|
| Matt Cronin |
Aye
|
| Emily Westhoven |
Absent
|
II. Academic Excellence Committee
A.
Dissemination of Academic Excellence to Staff - Update
Current situation an opportunity to reevaluate traditional grading.
B.
Timeline
C.
Project Based Learning
III. Closing Items
A.
Action Items
Matt, Ellen, Jessica to meet Wednesday the 8th at 9:30.
Jessica will add the draft Math/Science and Humanities "Criteria for Excellence" to Board on Track and share with Committee members via GoogleDocs.
B.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 10:19 AM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Jessica Xiarhos
Documents used during the meeting
- 2020_03_04_academic_excellence_committee_committee_meeting_minutes.pdf
- don't want to put this document on the back burner
Perceptions from the high school - very well prepared in science, math and humanities/ELA a weakness
Purpose of the document - maintaining high excellence for each teacher and content area.
-priority looking into the weak point
Questions for today:
- What do we do if school continues to be closed for an extended amount of time?
Let's get a draft going with Jessica, Ellen, Matt, and Peter to move forward.
Meet at departments?
Protocol to go through with departments - what about the document resonates with you?
Vision of the graduate - bring to the committee
IA - bring draft of math/science/ humanities to IA as exemplar