IIC Minutes for September 19, 2019
IIC Committee Members
Alexia Ritchie, Larry Pratt, Kendra Knowles, Anna Collins, Becca Burns, Kim Trutane, Yael Bloom, Joanna Totino, Fiona O’rourke, Hengyue Lian,
Introduction of Members
Review of IIC Actions from 2018-2019
Goals for the 2019-2020 school year
Valedictorian Selection Process-
It has been suggested that we take a look at our valedictorian selection process. Should students who had an instance of academic dishonesty be disqualified from the pool of Valedictorian candidates? “I would like to see a discipline record be a part of the process.” I think that the process should reflect/highlight the growth of students, including those that have made bad decisions. “There was a lot of work put into this process.
Student Learning Objectives-
We will continue the process of attempting to refine student learner objectives.
Can we craft objectives that reflect the potential and needs of all learners? What could this process look like? This will be an important part of our WASC document in the next evaluation cycle. In future meetings, we will explore different options for having this discussion.
For the Good of the Order
Does anyone have future topics that they would like to see discussed over the course of the year?
Future Agenda items
We have never had a conversation around budget and the Master Schedule. Do we have too many AP Courses? Can we address Singletons in our schedules? For example, Math Support is at the same time as guitar. Students are forced to choose between a course that they need and one that may be enriching. Master scheduling is impacted by both singletons and class sizes. What do we think is essential? “Is our curriculum responsive to the most timely current events? What classes do we have that are addressing current issues?
There was a request and significant interest to discuss the impacts of College Board on the school and its resources. Is this an IIC topic? It was agreed that the valedictorian selection process would be put off until January.
The process of refining our ESLRs-Student Learning Objectives
It was suggested that we take a look at Advisory.
On a positive note, yearbook was UC approved.