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Vida Charter School

Academic Excellence Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday October 18, 2016 at 4:30 PM EDT

Location

Vida Charter School

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details
I. Opening Items
 
Opening Items
  A. Record Attendance and Guests
  B. Call the Meeting to Order
  C. Approve Minutes
   

There are no minutes to approve.  This is the first convening of this committee for 2016-17. 
  D. Public Comment
   

Members of the public are invited to bring comments or questions to the committee at this stage of the agenda.  The committee may not respond to comments directly during the meeting but will follow-up at a later time on any items brought forward.
  E. Overview of committee's charge and background
   

Discuss job description for this committee and work done in previous years by the academic excellence committee (how did we get where we are today?).
II. 2016-17 Committee Goals
 
Academic Excellence
  A. Student achievement goal as outlined by Sra. Davis
  B. Draft student achievement goal for recommendation to board.
  C. Discuss special education / gifted goal to follow on previous work of committee.
  D. Discuss teacher recruitment and retention goal
   

- as relates to student achievement;
- as relates to teacher professional development;
- as relates to support of dual language instructional environment (language and culture).
  E. Discuss student language-learning goal
   

- as relates to support programs offered or needed (SLL, ELL);
- as it relates to curricular resources;
- as it relates to growth in student achievement.
  F. Draft additional committee goals for recommendation to board.
III. Other Business
  A. Experts invited to consult with the academic committee in 2016-17
   

Dr. Chloe Ruff, Education Department, Gettysburg College
Dr. Kaoru Miyazawa, Education Department, Gettysburg College
Dr. Jenny Dumont, Romance Studies Department, Gettysburg College?
Center for Applied Linguistics staff?
LIU? or other local K-12 educators?
Pedro Rivera, State Secretary for Education, PA
IV. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting