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Board of Education Policy and Instruction Committee Meeting
Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 5:00 PM
Meeting Information and Documents:
- Meeting Location:
DeLayo Martin Community Room, Alice and Bruce King Educational Complex, 6400 Uptown NE - Meeting Notice: Posted on August 11, 2014 at 8:30 PM
- Agenda Packet: Posted on January 9, 2015 at 5:20 PM
- Minutes
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Policy and Instruction Committee Meeting
REVISED AGENDA
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
5:00 PM
DeLayo Martin Community Room, Alice and Bruce King Educational Complex, 6400 Uptown Blvd. NE - REVISED AGENDA
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Call to Order |
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Adoption of the January 14, 2015, Policy and Instruction Committee Agenda and Approval of the November 11, 2014, Policy and Instruction Committee Meeting (Discussion/Action) |
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Presentation Instructional Audits and Tri-Annual Visits (Discussion) |
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Presentation Instructional Audit Tri-Annual Visit Montezuma Elementary School |
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Presentation Instructional Audit Harrison Middle School |
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Presentation Instructional Audit Pajarito Elementary School |
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Presentation Instructional Audit Lavaland Elementary School |
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Graduation Dress Regalia (Discussion) |
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Animals in Schools Including Service Animals procedural directive (Discussion) |
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Special Education Retention and Recruitment Task Force (Discussion) |
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The Next Policy and Instruction Committee Meeting will be held Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at 5:00 p.m., in the DeLayo Martin Community Room of the Alice and Bruce King Educational Complex, 6400 Uptown Blvd NE. |
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Adjournment |
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Minutes of Policy and Instruction Committee Meeting
January 14, 2015
Board of Education
Albuquerque Public Schools
A Policy and Instruction Committee meeting of the Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education was held Wednesday, January 14, 2015, beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the DeLayo Martin Community Room, Alice and Bruce King Educational Complex, 6400 Uptown Blvd. NE
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Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m. |
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Adoption of the January 14, 2015, Policy and Instruction Committee Agenda and Approval of the November 11, 2014, Policy and Instruction Committee Meeting (Discussion/Action)
Present: Dr. David Peercy, Dr. Don Duran, Kathy Korte and Dr. Analee Maestas, Martin Esquivel was present by telephone phone at 5:00 p.m. and arrived in person at 5:15 p.m. Steven Michael Quezada and Lorenzo Garcia were present by telephone.
Dr. Duran motioned to adopt the agenda. Steven Michael Quezada seconded the motion. All were in favor.
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Presentation Instructional Audits and Tri-Annual Visits (Discussion)
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Presentation Instructional Audit Tri-Annual Visit Montezuma Elementary School
Principal Amy Lane presented the findings of the tri-annual visit conducted by New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) at Montezuma Elementary School:
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Presentation Instructional Audit Harrison Middle School
Principal Kevin Cummings presented the finding of the instructional audit conducted at by the NMPED at Harrison Middle School.
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Presentation Instructional Audit Pajarito Elementary School
Principal Jacqueline Lovato presented the findings of the NMPED instructional audit at Pajarito Elementary School.
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Presentation Instructional Audit Lavaland Elementary School
Principal Susan Neddau presented the findings of the NMPED instructional audit conducted at Lavaland Elementary School.
Board Member Comments:
Lavaland Elementary School uses DIBELS to give a good guideline for the next six weeks instruction and quarterly use Stepping Stones. Harrison Middle School uses SBA scores for Tier II placement. Pajarito Elementary School uses short cycle assessment data to form intervention groups. Teachers prefer DRA-EDL to DIBELS because it is new. Montezuma also uses DRA as DIBELS is new. Quarterly assessments in math are helpful as well as performance based tasks (PBTs).
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Graduation Dress Regalia (Discussion)
Ms. Brunder presented a follow up to the September Policy Committee meeting request to update the graduation dress regalia. Ms. Brunder stated that a committee of district and school personnel designed a process of approval for extracurricular and co-curricular activities.
Board Member Comments:
Dr. Peercy asked Jocelyn Jackson, director of Black Student Union if the procedural directive was acceptable as there were many conversations about this issue. Ms. Jackson stated that her students know as freshmen what is expected of them for graduation. The problem is they are meeting the requirements and then when it comes to graduation they are told they cannot wear their Kente cloth. Dr. Peercy reiterated that the point of the procedural directive was to have an approval process for all schools. Ms. Jackson stated that the last half of the directive was negative and asked what the approving committee knows about the clubs that are coming for approval. Dr. Peercy stated that administration is trying to write a procedure that makes sense to all clubs, so they can put forth a request for approval. We cannot have a generic directive because there needs to be a process to put forth criteria.
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Animals in Schools Including Service Animals procedural directive (Discussion)
The APS Service Center raised an issue with the procedural directive on service animals as there was a very short section on animals in school. With recommendations from Mr. Carrico of Modrall Sperling Law Firm the procedural directive is now in compliance with law. Service animals are now included and are allowed in schools with reasonable accommodations developed by a 504 plan. School and district administration cannot ask for documentation while the animal is at the school location.
The procedural directive will be published so that all APS schools have the correct information on service animals in schools.
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Special Education Retention and Recruitment Task Force (Discussion) Albuquerque Teacher Federation
Ms. Rudys, Ms. Tafoya and Ms. Bernstein outlined the findings of the Retention and Recruitment Task Force study:
Teacher dissatisfaction included:
Special Education teacher dissatisfaction included:
What APS is doing to help:
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The Next Policy and Instruction Committee Meeting will be held Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at 5:00 p.m., in the DeLayo Martin Community Room of the Alice and Bruce King Educational Complex, 6400 Uptown Blvd NE. |
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Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m.
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