MCCPS Board of Trustees
Minutes
Academic Excellence Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Friday December 4, 2020 at 7:30 AM
https://marbleheadcharter.zoom.us/j/82429411125
Committee Members Present
Jessica Xiarhos (remote), Kimberly Sullivan (remote), Matt Cronin (remote), Meg Upton (remote)
Committee Members Absent
Ellen Lodgen, Molly Wright, Sarah Plymate Ragozin
Guests Present
Jessica Gelb (remote)
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 Dec 4, 2020 at 7:33 AM.
C.
Accept Remote Participation
Kimberly Sullivan 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 December 4, 2020.
Matt Cronin seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Molly Wright |
Absent
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| Ellen Lodgen |
Absent
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| Kimberly Sullivan |
Aye
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| Jessica Xiarhos |
Aye
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| Peter Cohen |
Absent
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| Sarah Plymate Ragozin |
Absent
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| Matt Cronin |
Aye
|
| Meg Upton |
Aye
|
D.
Approve Minutes from 9/25/20
Matt Cronin made a motion to approve the minutes from September 25, 2020 Academic Excellence Committee Meeting on 09-25-20.
Meg Upton seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Peter Cohen |
Absent
|
| Kimberly Sullivan |
Aye
|
| Ellen Lodgen |
Absent
|
| Meg Upton |
Aye
|
| Molly Wright |
Absent
|
| Sarah Plymate Ragozin |
Absent
|
| Matt Cronin |
Aye
|
| Jessica Xiarhos |
Aye
|
II. Academic Excellence Committee
A.
December Board Presentation
B.
Update on Draft Criteria
Link to Drive with Criteria: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xGBP4V5QtjKBtG0ggZCcfV5nqUJLC01t?usp=sharing
C.
Next Steps
D.
Implementation of Criteria for Excellence Documents in Remote Learning
III. Closing Items
A.
Action Items
Next meeting to be Monday December 14th @ 7:30
B.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:13 AM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Jessica Xiarhos
Documents used during the meeting
- 2020_09_25_academic_excellence_committee_meeting_minutes-2.pdf
- Teaching tool in addition to assessing progress
- This more comes from the instructional end, compared with something like MCAS
- The document is to shape the learning experience
Need to align with the Board on the purpose of this documentPotentially a two-step process
- Background, reasoning, status update on drafts, example performance tasks
- Next steps
What are we looking for out of this document as far as an assessment tool/data collection?Our vision aligns with Board's vision
What questions do we want to be able to answer with the data?