Minutes of a Meeting of the Education, College Readiness and Success Committee of the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York held May 9, 2012 Pursuant to a notice of meeting duly given on April 20, 2012 and revised on May 7, 2012, the Education, College Readiness and Success Committee of the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York met at SUNY Plaza, Albany, NY on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. Members present: Trustees O’Brien, Good, Lewin, and Ambassador Spielvogel Other Trustees present: Trustee Belluck Members not present: Trustee Hunt Also present: Senior Vice Chancellor Duncan-Poitier; Ms. Lansing, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Education Pipeline Initiatives; Ms. Moeckel, Office of the Provost; Ms. Miller Barker, Dr. Miller, Mr. Rossi, Mr. Franta, Mr. Wasbes and Ms. Proctor of the SUNY Charter Schools Institute; Mr. Banister, SUNY University Relations Office; and Mr. Belsky, SUNY Office of Communications. Trustee O’Brien convened the meeting at 11:35 a.m. Approval of Meeting Minutes * Upon motion of Ambassador Spielvogel and second by Trustee Lewin, the Committee voted to unanimously approve the minutes of its April 24th meeting. Senior Vice Chancellor’s Report Senior Vice Chancellor Johanna Duncan-Poitier provided the Committee with a progress report on a number of Education Pipeline initiatives including SUNY’s work with: * Teacher Preparation - Senior Vice Chancellor Duncan-Poitier highlighted that more than $3.0 million in Race to the Top funds have been awarded to two SUNY colleges, the University at Albany and SUNY Oswego, to develop intensive, clinically-rich, graduate-level teacher education programs as part of the SUNY Strategic Plan. In addition, to really make a difference in the future pipeline and the college readiness of SUNY students, the office is working with the State Education Department on a professional development opportunity for SUNY’s teaching faculty, which will be supported with $3.5 million in funding. * Smart Scholars Early College High Schools - The Senior Vice Chancellor reported that SUNY now has 23 Smart Scholars Early College High Schools with over 3,800 students. It is remarkable that this college readiness work has resulted in 98% of these students being on track toward graduation. Trustee O’Brien asked Senior Vice Chancellor Duncan-Poitier to discuss with the Committee at a future meeting data on the students in the program, including a student profile, and the value-added SUNY is providing. * Cradle to Career Success - There are now five cradle-to- career “Strive-like” sites in New York, in Albany, Harlem, Queens, Rochester and the North Country with many other SUNY communities interested, including Long Island. Senior Vice Chancellor Duncan-Poitier explained that the Albany Promise Cradle to Career Partnership was formally launched earlier in the week. She said an important part of the event was presenting the public a report card of 2012 baseline data for the Albany City School District. She noted that Trustee O’Brien participated just as Trustee Lewin had at a similar event in Buffalo. * STEM - With $390,000 from the Battelle Memorial Foundation, SUNY’s Empire State STEM Learning Network is developing innovative approaches for students to be successful in STEM-related fields to be prepared for high-tech and high-demand careers. More data will be shared in the coming months on the STEM hubs around the state and their educational and economic impact. * SUNY WORKS/Co-operative Education - SUNYs co-operative education program, called SUNY WORKS, provides students with 21st century work experiences, aligned with their academic program, while they attend SUNY. In addition to helping these students persist and graduate this important initiative provides career opportunities after graduation. Currently, there are nine pilot programs at nine SUNY campuses as this is scaling up across the system. Senior Vice Chancellor Duncan-Poitier also shared information about the support SUNY is receiving from the World Association of Continuing Education (WACE), an international leader in cooperative education. * Remediation - The first meeting of the Remediation Task Force took place on May 2 in New York City. One of the participants commented on the importance of K-12, higher education and other key partners collaborating on the issue at the same time. All indications are that it was a very successful meeting. Trustee Good is a member of the Task Force. Institute Report Charter Schools Institute Interim Executive Director Susan Miller Barker discussed the report of charter school related actions proposed to be taken by the Institute under delegation of authority. The Institute proposed to approve four facility changes or expansions by schools already located in district buildings in New York City. The Committee expressed no objection. Ms. Miller Barker also shared a number of public hearing summaries with the Committee. Institute staff then provided a detailed briefing about their work with staff from the New York State Education Department to develop a proposed methodology for setting enrollment and retention targets for at-risk students at New York charter schools; a requirement for both the Trustees and the Regents under amendments to the Charter School Act. Ms. Miller Barker explained that staff from the Institute and the State Education Department will be sharing the proposed methodology for public comment. A refined methodology will be presented to the Committee for review and adoption as soon as its June meeting. Adjournment * Upon motion of Trustee Hunt and second by Trustee Lewin, the Committee meeting adjourned at 12:45 p.m. Page 2 of 3