Vida Charter School
Minutes
Academic Excellence Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday December 5, 2017 at 4:00 PM
Location
Vida Charter School
Committee Members Present
C. Bowen, F. Dutrisac, M. Davis
Committee Members Absent
None
Committee Members who arrived after the meeting opened
F. Dutrisac, M. Davis
Guests Present
Chloe Ruff, Mary Canedo
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C. Bowen called a meeting of the Academic Excellence Committee of Vida Charter School to order on Tuesday Dec 5, 2017 at 4:20 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
M. Davis arrived.
F. Dutrisac arrived.
C. Bowen made a motion to approve minutes from the Academic Excellence Committee Meeting on 11-09-17 Academic Excellence Committee Meeting on 11-09-17.
F. Dutrisac seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Academic Excellence
A.
Ms. Davis will give a brief update and introduce Mary Canedo
B.
Induction program for new teachers at VIDA
III. Other Business
A.
Continue Work on finalizing Professional Community Assessment/Survey
Ms. Canedo asked if she could stay for the remainder of the meeting. She then asked if she could speak to 2 issues:
1) need for Responsive Classroom training 2) need for Social Studies curriculum, possibly National Geographic's "Ladders"
which is available in Spanish.
Ms. Davis wanted to inform and discuss the need to Improve/develop 6th grade curriculum so as to retain students in 5th
grade. She presented some very robust ideas for STEM .....Invigorating and inspiring conversation!
Since the meeting began late, our discussion for the survey was pushed back, unfortunately. We will continue to work on
it.
1) need for Responsive Classroom training 2) need for Social Studies curriculum, possibly National Geographic's "Ladders"
which is available in Spanish.
Ms. Davis wanted to inform and discuss the need to Improve/develop 6th grade curriculum so as to retain students in 5th
grade. She presented some very robust ideas for STEM .....Invigorating and inspiring conversation!
Since the meeting began late, our discussion for the survey was pushed back, unfortunately. We will continue to work on
it.
IV. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 5:00 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
C. Bowen
The meeting lasted until 5:30.
with professional efficiency, expertise, and effectiveness ....and enjoys it immensely! We thanked her for time spent mentoring and monitoring this program. She provided us access to the requirements and "map" of the program so we
could see the specifics of all that is entailed.