Vida Charter School
Minutes
Academic Excellence Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Monday January 11, 2016 at 3:30 PM
Location
Committee Members Present
A. Kittelberger, C. Maldonado
Committee Members Absent
M. Novoa
Guests Present
Amelia Contreras, M. Rosenberger, Maribel Gonzalez
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| M. Rosenberger |
Aye
|
| C. Maldonado |
Aye
|
| M. Novoa |
Absent
|
| A. Kittelberger |
Aye
|
II. Old Business
A.
Reporting: Student Data alignment with Curriculum
B.
SPED review and revision recommendations
Cynthia is working with Leia Kissick to revise and add policies as Vida prepares for likely 16-17 Special Education audit.
C.
Report cards and quarterly reporting - HOLD for January
14th of January is last day of quarter. Report cards are to go out on the 19th. Testing results will be sent out at that time.
III. New Business
A.
Math and/or Social Studies Curriculum Review
Recommend 2-3 experts to review mathematics curriculum now and social studies in spring. Mrs. Maldonado is to reach out to community experts to seek support with identifying possible curriculum and people who could evaluate and prepare a report for school. Some resources could be from Dual Language schools, Center for Applied Linguistics, Shippensburg /Millersville teachers.
B.
After School 21st Century Funding
Respective Solutions was awarded a 21st Century PDE grant to implement free after school programming in Adams County. Amelia Contreras discussed the benefits this will provide Vida students. More information will be sent out with students this week.
Presentation to Academic Excellence Committee by Maribel Gonzalez, Vida's Math Specialist/Data Coach. Gonzalez discussed why data is collected in schools and how to use data. She discussed the data gap and how schools close the gap. She reviewed the 3 tiered Response to Intervention and what interventions Vida uses. Ms. Gonzalez reviewed classes recent performance data and compared with prior years. Vida currently uses PSSAs - English, NWEAs - English and Spanish tests, and IPT - oral Spanish.