Illinois State Board of Education, Balanced Accountability Measure Committee met May 25.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
IBAM Members Present:
Thomas Bertrand, Illinois Association of School Boards (In Person – S)
Kimberly Small, Illinois Association of School Boards
Jeff Broom, Chicago Public Schools
Dr. Mark Klaisner, Illinois Association of Regional School Superintendents
Dr. Daniel Krause, Illinois Principals Association
Cathy Mannen, Illinois Federation of Teachers (In Person – S)
Kurt Hilgendorf, Chicago Teachers Union
Diana Zaleski, Illinois Education Association
IBAM Members Absent:
Alicia Geddis, Danville School District 118
Erin Roche, Chicago Principals Association
Karl Goeke, Illinois Education Association
Emily Warnecke, Illinois Association of School Administrators
ISBE Staff Present:
Amy Hyde, Administrative Assistant for Systems of Support (In Person – S)
Carolina Fabian, Director of Family and Community Engagement (In Person – C)
Rae Clementz, Director of Accountability (In Person – S)
Dr. Christine Paxson, Director of ESSA/IL-EMPOWER (In Person – S)
Casey Wills, Principal Consultant, ESSA / IL-Empower
Nicholas Heckel, Principal Consultant, ESSA / IL-Empower
Welcome and roll call was at 2:06 p.m.
Dr. Bertrand made a motion to approve the April 2023 minutes and was seconded by Mr. Krause.
The committee continued discussions on more rigorous state-determined action and the development of recommendations about a more rigorous needs assessment for schools in Intensive Support and standardized progress monitoring metrics and public reporting requirements on leading performance indicators.
Dr. Bertrand made a motion, based on a continuation of the committee’s discussion, to put forth a draft needs assessment letter and do an edit via email. Mr. Broom seconded, and Ms. Hyde called a voice vote.
Ms. Clementz stated she would check the procedures for doing a special voting meeting on the recommendations.
Ms. Mannen recommended all future recommendations be formal written letter of recommendation to ISBE for memorialization.
Mr. Bertrand provided a verbal report on the continued discussion of school board member training on responsibilities for school improvement after he and Ms. Warnecke met with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) staff regarding training for charter boards and local school councils. He said that CPS governance structure poses challenges and asked the following two questions:
1. Who are the governing bodies?
2. Should stakeholders be part of the design?
Ms. Mannen stated the need for broadening and defining the language and asked who has the oversight on non-CPS district-authorized charter schools.
Ms. Clementz stated she would check with David Turovetz, ISBE’s director of Charter Schools, on who has such oversight.
Ms. Mannen discussed letters of appointment now that the new superintendent is in place. Ms. Hyde will send an email to committee members for new letters of recommendations from their respective representation. Appointment letters will be sent by Ms. Hyde after July 1, 2023.
Ms. Mannen stated all recommendations would be wrapped up in the June meeting.
The committee discussed the remainder of 2023 meetings:
• September 7, 2023, 2-4 p.m.
• October 10, 2023, 2-4 p.m.
• November 2, 2023, 2-4 p.m.
• December 7, 2023, 2-4 p.m.
Ms. Mannen asked Ms. Hyde to send a Doodle Poll to committee members for responses on the dates.
Dr. Bertrand introduced Kimberly Small, who will be replacing him after the June 2023 meeting.
Ms. Mannen called for public comment.
There was no public comment.
Motion to adjourn the meeting made by Dr. Bertrand and seconded by Mr. Hilgendorf.
Meeting adjourned at 3:23 p.m.
https://www.isbe.net/Documents_BAMC/20230525-Minutes.pdf
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