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Montague Charter Academy for the Arts and Sciences

Charter Renewal Committee

Location: Room 31             Time: 3:00 – 4:30

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Our task as a committee will be to review the elements of the current charter, decide what modifications are needed( if any) so that the charter will reflect practices and beliefs that will guide MCA for the next five years, and to complete the elements for submission to the Board for final approval.

The public is invited to all meetings and may take part in all discussions.  Any stakeholder may decide to become a committee member by notifying the committee chairs (*).

A. Call to Order

B. Roll Call

_____E. Woods(*)                 ­­­­_____ D. Buhr(*)                   _____M. Martinez

_____ A. Ebner                      _____ N. Lopez                      _____ M. Tanchanco

_____ A. Palacios                 _____ T. Dieguez                  _____ J. Gonzalez

_____ A. Ganci                      _____N. Vallin                                  _____ C. Ochoa

_____ R. Rodriguez               _____ J. Sturm                                   ____ J. Martinez

_____ P. Wilson                    _____ N. Gonzalez                _____ L Gyorkei

C. Review and approval of minutes from February 17, 2016.

See attached

D. Report from attendees of the CCSA Conference – N Lopez and C Ochoa

Any new information regarding the charter renewal process?

E. Plan phase two of the SD on MCA’s Vision/Mission to be given in April

How can the responses from all employees be used in finalizing the Vision/Mission statements for the charter renewal?

What will the PD in April look like? Date?

F. Review Element 1 (Pages 10-26 of the LAUSD guide) – Updates from members

·      What elements have been posted on google docs?

·      How is this process working?

·      What is the timeline?

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Element 1 # 1 general information – Dieguez, Vallin

Element 1 # 2 school's performance – Woods

Element 1 # 3 surrounding schools– Dieguez, Vallin

Element 1 # 4 target pop– Dieguez, Vallin

Element 1 # 5 enrollment rollout– Dieguez, Vallin

Element 1 # 6 vision and mission – Martinez, Ochoa, Stromoski, Lopez

Element 1 # 7 educated person - Woods

Element 1 # 8 how learning best occurs - Ganci

Element 1 # 9 life long learners - Woods

Element 1 # 10 LCFF – LCAP Committee

Element 1 # 11 curric and instr design– Ochoa, Ganci, Lopez

Element 1 # 12 school's curric– Ochoa, Ganci, Lopez

Element 1 # 14 methods and strategies– Ochoa, Ganci, Lopez

Element 1 # 15  CC and NGSS– Gonzalez, Martinez –

Element 1 # 16  Technology – Ebner, Gyorkei, Torres

Element 1 # 20 TK – Wilson (done)

Element 1 # 21  Calendar - Stromoski

Element 1 # 22 Daily Schedules – Lopez et al

Element 1 # 23 Instr Days - Woods

Element 1 # 25 tchr recruit – Ochoa, Lopez

Element 1 # 26 prof devel –

Element 1 # 27 ELL– Lopez

Element 1 # 28 GATE – Ranu and Ganci

Element 1 # 29 low achieving – Gonzalez and Tanchanco

Element 1 # 30 socioeconomic -

Element 1 # 31 Other subgroups -

Element 1 # 32 typical day -

H. Setting the agenda for the next meeting, April 13, 2016.

Attention Parents and Community Members

The MCA Board of Directors is seeking two candidates for the  Board of Directors’ representative positions of "At Large Members" of the community .

Length of term: 2 years

Meetings: Held on Tuesdays beginning at 4:30pm, at least monthly

Qualifications

 The at-large representative must be not an employee of MCA; and must either be a community member, former educator, or experience in  banking, fundraising, etc.  An at-large representative may be a parent. 

Process Submittals

If interested, submit a resume and cover letter consisting of experience, qualifications, interest, and knowledge of MCA.  Submit to Ricanne Stromoski, the Board Secretary in the Library or by e-mail to r.stromoski@montaguecharter.org

All resumes for the At large and Parent seats are due by Tuesday, January 12, 2016.

Interviews will take place between 1/13/16 - 1/22/16

Recommended candidates will be interviewed by the Board,selected and seated at the January 26th Board meeting. 

Updated 12/18/15 10:40 a.m.