Verified EESAC Meeting Minutes

Recording Secretary: Sarah Russell

Location of meeting: Dorothy M. Wallace COPE Center- Rm 39

Was a quorum established? No

Was the meeting advertised? Yes, 02/27/2018

Attendance

Topics Covered

The meeting was called to order at 8:03 a.m. by Mrs. Alfreida Joseph-Goins, Chairperson, in Room 39 of Dorothy M. Wallace COPE Center.

In Attendance: Alfreida Joseph-Goins, Tammy Edouard, Dr. Calvina Clay, Constance Gilbert, Dr. Angela Gayden, Mildreca Robinson, Mery Dominguez, Sarah Russell, Sonya Harrington, Dr. Yvonne Parchment, and Nuris Binett.

The minutes from the December 5, 2017 meeting were read. It was moved and seconded to approve the minutes, with corrections. The minutes were adopted.

Mrs. Goins introduced and welcomed the new Principal, Mrs. Tammy S. Edouard.

Old Business:

Regarding the question Dr. Parchment asked at the last meeting, Mrs. Goins explained that currently we have no formal way of tracking our COPE students after they have graduated.

Next came a review of the School Improvement Plan/Action Plan Goals. The goal for 2017-2018 is to enhance the quality of core instruction in all content areas to improve student achievement. This goal will be met by implementing an instructional routine that includes gradual release during whole and data-driven small group instruction.

New Business:

Various faculty members gave a mid-year data review:

• Mrs. Edouard reviewed the Midyear Action Plan.
Mrs. Edouard discussed the instructional review as it pertained to adjustments necessary in order to meet the school goal:
The goal for the 2017-2018 is to enhance the quality of core instruction in all content areas to improve student achievement. The action steps included but are not limited to implementing exit slips as a strategy to determined what the student learned from the lesson, and to implement focus calendars to be used for review and reinforcement of material.
• Dr. Quinn reviewed Language Arts (Reading/Writing) and Social Studies (U.S. History)-
o Language Arts- data initially showed an improvement in the performance on the Midyear ELA , but as a result of the District rescoring the MYA, data indicated little improvement the English-Language Arts Midyear Assessment
o U.S. History- data showed that no students were proficient in the reporting categories assessed on the U.S. History MYA.
• Dr. Gayden reviewed Science (Biology)
o Data from the Midyear Assessment in Biology showed that 27% of the students tested were proficient and 46% of the students demonstrated limited proficiency.
• Mrs. Goins reviewed Mathematics (Algebra I and Geometry).
o Algebra 1- students demonstrated limited proficiency on the MYA administration
o Geometry- no students demonstrated proficiency on the MYA administration .

Mrs. Goins then discussed the School Improvement Plan Waivers for the 2018-2019 school year. Faculty had voted on two items at the February 27, 2018 faculty meeting.

1. Block Scheduling – it was voted by the faculty (94% in favor of) to keep the schedule as it is (4 x 4) for the next school year.
2. Waiver to the labor contract that a teacher can take on administrative duties – 67% of the faculty voted against this. This will be removed from the 2018-2019 School Improvement Plan.
EESAC funds request – these funds were allocated at the last meeting and have already been used.

Announcements:
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Mrs. Mildreca Robinson is the newly elected UTD Steward for Dorothy M. Wallace COPE Center staff. As such, there is now a vacancy for the Teacher position on the EESAC.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:57 a.m.