QEC Minutes 4.27.21
COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION
City of Miami Beach Tuesday, April 27, 2021
_________________________ MINUTES ____________________________
Members PRESENT: Mary Keinath, Joshua Levy, Elisheva Rogoff, Judith Berson-
Levinson, Tiffany Heckler, Karen Edelstein, Rachel Weissman, Beverly Heller,
Ivan Alvarez, Yvette Tache, and Lauren Cantor, and Karen Latham
Members absent: Jordan Leonard and Jamie Adams
Minutes approved for March 2021
Discussed Status of Motions from February 2021 –
• Commission Meeting items on March 17 Agenda and April 21 Agenda
• C4P Referral to NQLC Virtual Tours of Schools – Nautilus – May 12
commission meeting agenda
• C4X Referral to Finance discuss extension of PreK Pilot for 22-23 school
year – May 12 commission meeting agenda
• C4AE Referral to Finance discuss Orange Bowl Host Committee funds to
Nautilus $20,000 – April 30
• Substitute Teacher Incentive Program to be referred to NQLC May 19 and
Finance May 21 meetings
Education Compact
1. Safety / Traffic
• Discussed Safe opening for School year 2021/2022
2. Communication
• School Board update/Budget update/Legislation update provided
• Feeder Pattern Update provided
• Sub-committee budget to be scheduled (on hold)
• Youth Commission Community Outreach Program Update provided
• #MBHistory May 13 at 4 pm and June 3 dates shared
3. Student Achievement
• Afterschool tutoring at MBSH and Nautilus for mathematics update
provided
• Math and Reading Interventionists at schools update provided
4. Parental Involvement/Family Support/Youth and Community Engagement
• Field use at South Pointe Elementary and MBSH.- update provided
• Beach High courtyard donation status $60,000 CMB update provided
5. Technology
• Testing capacity with schools current technology discussed
6. Teacher Recruitment/Retention
1. Sub Teacher motion discussed
7. Health / Mental Health
• Mental Health virtual and live access flyer to be udpated
FUTURE MEETING DATES:
5/25/21