MCCPS Board of Trustees
Minutes
Academic Excellence Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Friday September 25, 2020 at 7:30 AM
Committee Members Present
Ellen Lodgen (remote), Jessica Xiarhos (remote), Kimberly Sullivan (remote), Matt Cronin (remote), Meg Upton (remote), Sarah Plymate Ragozin (remote)
Committee Members Absent
Molly Wright, Peter Cohen
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 Friday Sep 25, 2020 at 7:35 AM.
C.
Accept Remote Participation
Kimberly Sullivan made a motion to accept remote participation 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 August 28, 2020. Ellen Lodgen seconded the motion.
Ellen Lodgen seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Jessica Xiarhos |
Aye
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| Kimberly Sullivan |
Aye
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| Sarah Plymate Ragozin |
Aye
|
| Meg Upton |
Aye
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| Molly Wright |
Absent
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| Ellen Lodgen |
Aye
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| Matt Cronin |
Aye
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| Peter Cohen |
Absent
|
D.
Approve Minutes from 8/28/20
Matt Cronin made a motion to approve the minutes from 8/28/20 Academic Excellence Committee Meeting on 08-28-20.
Ellen Lodgen seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Ellen Lodgen |
Aye
|
| Kimberly Sullivan |
Aye
|
| Peter Cohen |
Absent
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| Meg Upton |
Aye
|
| Matt Cronin |
Aye
|
| Jessica Xiarhos |
Aye
|
| Molly Wright |
Absent
|
| Sarah Plymate Ragozin |
Aye
|
II. Academic Excellence Committee
A.
Update on Draft Criteria
Initial PD during
- Departments had good conversations
- Integrated Arts - Foreign Language, Art, Music - have a draft
- Not a chance yet to circle back to see if drafts have been finalized
- 80 - 90% of the way there
- Math/Science document has been put in Schoology to align to student assignments/assessments
- What do we need for communication to connect all these things together
B.
Next Steps
We need to put a timeline on this -- things will always come up, and we need to emphasize
Parent Night?/Back to School Night?
- Not all teachers have had the same amount of time with the documents - not all teachers constructed the document
- Giving a chance for those who helped craft the document to share out with others
- Time for a department meeting? - Math/Science
- Monday - all remote - at lunch
- Outcomes: how is it connecting to curriculum now? & a few examples in current lessons (roll out of parents night)? Concrete over abstract.
Parent Night?/Back to School Night?
- Remote. Structure of the evening?
- As part of parent night or dedicated night?
- All together, then breakout into grade levels
- Larger concerns to address?
- Pre-hybrid or Post?
- Other info sharing nights in the meantime - What if's?
- Let not check every box, but take a meaningful look at curriculum that connects
C.
Implementation of Criteria for Excellence Documents in Remote Learning
III. Closing Items
A.
Action Items
Jessica to meet with Peter to potentially set dates for timeline fo roll out of document to community.
Jessica to meet with Matt re: updates on IA document for excellence.
Jessica to meet with Matt re: updates on IA document 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 8:27 AM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Jessica Xiarhos
Documents used during the meeting
None