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El Colegio
Board Minutes
May16, 2013
Board member roster and attendance (term expiration)
Norma Garces (ex oficio) / Dan Ittner (2014) / George Sand (2015)Ana Vasquez (2012) / Jennifer Godinez (2014) / Anne Zukoski (2015)
Alli Shurilla (2013) / Nareida Flores (2014) / Krysti Snyder (2015)
Others present: David Claur, Amanda Sanchez, La Raza Fund; Sheryl McClellan, Augsburg; Joel Arson, ELL teacher
Meeting called to order:4:39pm
Next Board Meeting: Thursday May16th4:30-6:00
Topic / Discussion/Actions / Next Steps (If Any)Minutes / -Ana motions to approve minutes from 3/21
- Dan seconds
- All approve
- Motion carries
Approvals / EdVisions Contract
-Approval for current year’s contract
-Next year Norma will request contract for more than 1 year
- Need to think about termination agreement
- Yes- provide valuable services (e.g. lawyer)
- Alli seconds
- All approve
- Motion carries
-Draft policy to use until policy handbook
-Discussion of edits
-George motions to editpolicy handbook addition: add “even” before “voluntary” in paragraph 2; Add “of any age” at the end of the first paragraph.
- Dan seconds
- All approve
- Motion carries
- George seconds
- All approve
- Motion carries
Finance Committee / -Budget revised to 69 ADM
- Principal salary adjusted (position vacant for part of year); office manager moved to .5 time
- Advertising budget
- Field trips
- El Patio grant budget error
-Alli motions to approve revised budget
- Ann seconds
- All approve
- Motion carries
-Last year at this time we had 6 less kids / -Draft of next year’s budget to be presented at May board meeting
Authorizer Contract / -Krysti met with teachers on Monday
- Currently insufficient data- talked about data collection
- Partially because we don’t have a consistent academic dean
- Teachers doing a good job on their own
- What data sources do they need?
- English acquisition
- NWEA
- Challenges
- Consistent dean
- Computers/technology
- Grade level instruction
- Recs
- Goals for academic dean- data markers
- Data retreats
- Track Spanish literacy
- Language arts teacher
- Academic focus for the year
- Address attendance
- *Data driven goals that link with prof. development for teachers
-Concern that timeline doesn’t allow sufficient board input
- Jennifer recommends additional meeting May 9th
-Q-Comp overview- presentation
- Need to clarify academic director roles compared to QComp instructional leaders
- Rodolfo seconds
- All approve
- Motion carries
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La Raza Fund / -Productive meeting with Jennifer
-22 schools in portfolio
- Provide support to schools
- Credit quality (= academic performance)
- EC struggling
- Hearing positive feedback with new ED
-Clarity on lease
-Recommendations for strategic planning consultants
-What’s working in successful schools?
- High expectations- our job to convince kids
Eval Committee / -Committee met and came up with a process
-Will have info by June board meeting
-Info in memo
-Tool based on research on leadership in schools
- National Association of School Principals
- Modified standards + financial
-Committee will distribute survey (update in May), compile results, meet with ED, present findings/recs to board-- develop goals / -Will have results at June 20 meeting
Board Training / -Norma recommends board do training together
-3 hour training
- Focus on board specific issues, strategic planning
Adjournment / -Alli motions to adjourn the meeting at 6:36 pm
- Dan seconds
- All approve
- Motion carries
NEXT MEETING: May16th, 2013 4:30pm