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Meeting Date:
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1/27/2022 - 5:30 PM
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Category:
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Report of the Committee on Student Achievement and School Innovation
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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3. Report with Possible Action Regarding the Climate Justice Curriculum Advisory Committee and District Sustainability Team
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Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
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Goal 1 Academic Achievement Goal 2 Student, Family and Community Engagement Goal 3 Effective and Efficient Operations
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Attachments
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At its meeting on February 27, 2020, the Milwaukee Board of School Directors referred Resolution 1920R-016 by Director Peterson to the Committee on Student Achievement and School Innovation (SASI). At its March 17, 2020, meeting, the Board adopted Resolution 1920R-016. In response to the Board's action, the Administration is providing its regular quarterly report relative to implementing the resolution.
The Board's original action directed that a Climate Justice Curriculum Advisory Committee and a District Sustainability Team be established to carry out implementation of the resolution. The Office of Academics is leading the Climate Justice Curriculum Advisory Committee, and the Office of School Administration is leading the District Sustainability Team. To ensure alignment to the resolution and consistency, there is cross-representation between them.
The Climate Justice Curriculum Advisory Committee met for first time this school year on September 23, 2021. The committee continues to actively recruit new members. A Thursday Updates posting was sent out to help recruit new members, and several teachers have shown interest in joining the committee. The next meeting will take place on January 12, 2022, at 5:00 p.m.
To continue moving the curriculum work forward, a request for an LTE was written into an EPA grant to support both the climate justice resolution and the school yard redevelopment program work. The proposed position will work for at least one year as a member of the district science team to continue to vet and create curricular resources, work with curriculum teams in all content areas to add lessons to pacing/instructional guides, provide training and classroom support for teachers, and mentor student interns who will learn to work with classroom teachers to implement the lessons with younger students. This position will work to build capacity in the district; therefore, the work will continue after the grant funded position ends. If the district does not receive the EPA grant for the position, this work will be led by the science curriculum specialist and one of the science teacher leaders as part of the work that continues with the new district science adoption.
It was determined that teachers will need two levels of professional development for the climate justice lessons. First, some teachers may need to attend professional development designed to address content knowledge on the topic. Second, pedagogy professional development will be offered about how to implement the lessons in a meaningful way with students. Topics for and the design of the professional development will be the work of the Climate Justice Curriculum Advisory Committee this school year.
The District Sustainability Team welcomed a new sustainability project specialist to the group after the recommended candidate was approved by the Board at the September 2021 Board meeting. The sustainability project specialist has been connecting with community partners, reviewing past progress on the Draft Sustainability Action Plan, and will join the Climate Justice Curriculum Advisory Committee to review cross-over initiatives at the January 2022 meeting. Monthly District Sustainability Team meetings will resume in February 2022.
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File Attachment:
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Background:
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Fiscal Impact Statement:
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N/A
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Implementation and Assessment Plan
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Recommendation:
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Your Committee reports having received the foregoing report. This item was noticed for possible action but no action was taken.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Jacqueline M. Mann, Ph.D. - Board Clerk/Chief Officer
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