Vida Charter School

Minutes

Academic Excellence Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday November 13, 2019 at 4:30 PM

Location

120 E Broadway, Gettysburg PA 17325 Conference Room

Committee Members Present

C. Miller, E. Nashelsky, S. Powell, Y. Gagliardi

Committee Members Absent

B. Reyes-Lua

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

S. Powell called a meeting of the Academic Excellence Committee of Vida Charter School to order on Wednesday Nov 13, 2019 at 4:32 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

Y. Gagliardi made a motion to approve minutes from the Academic Excellence Meeting on 10-17-19 Academic Excellence Meeting on 10-17-19.
S. Powell seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Academic Excellence

A.

Faculty and Staff Survey

Survey will be given on December 18 at 4:00 and completed by the end of the work day on December 20.
Survey is anonymous and the comments will be taken out of the context.
 

B.

PSSA Data and Future Readiness Index

Reviewed PSSA data from 2018-2019 and historical data from years prior.

Future Readiness Index is now live and available to the public.

PVAAS tracks a group of students with at least two years of PSSA scores and gives data about the growth expectation.

ELA met the expected growth

English Language Learners
60 students at Vida
Students are not meeting the state expected growth.  13 students did not make the state expectation.  Vida is looking at this data to plan instruction for these students.


 

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

S. Powell made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Y. Gagliardi seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 5:42 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
S. Powell