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Warren County R-3 highlights new curriculum units, public access and UFLI phonics adoption
Summary
District curriculum coordinators told the school board the district created 411 new learning units, is rolling a six‑year curriculum cycle and has published its curriculum for public review; grades K–2 will implement the UFLI phonics program this year.
Warren County R‑3 curriculum coordinators presented an update Tuesday on the district’s curriculum‑writing cycle, public access to materials and a new phonics adoption for early grades.
Carrie Strunk, district math and science curriculum coordinator, and Gina Deltzheim, district ELA and social studies curriculum coordinator, told the board the district created 411 new learning units last school year across math, English language arts, fine arts, practical arts and high‑school electives. "My name is Carrie Strunk. I am the district math and science curriculum coordinator, and this is Gina Deltzheim," Strunk said while introducing the presentation.
The coordinators said the district follows a six‑year curriculum writing and purchasing cycle; this year the teams are revising English language arts and library resources created six years ago. The district also maintains a shared Google Drive, the Warren County R‑3 curriculum share drive, that contains unit frameworks, common assessments and instructional resources intended to make curriculum materials “easily accessible” to teachers, the presentation said.
Strunk told the board that parents have full read access on the district website to scope and sequences, standards addressed in each unit, essential questions and unit overviews. She also described the district’s assessment alignment: Canvas common assessments for grades 2–12 and a district academic dashboard that syncs Canvas to Infinite Campus.
On early literacy, the coordinators said grades K–2 are implementing UFLI, identified in the meeting as the University of Florida Literacy Institute phonics and phonemic‑awareness program. Strunk said the district is giving STAR Renaissance reading three times a year and CBM progress monitoring every two weeks for students on reading success plans to align with state reading assessment requirements enacted in recent years. The presentation referenced Senate Bill 681 as the state law that requires reading assessments.
Board members asked about teacher editing access and the process for curriculum writers. Strunk said curriculum writers have editing access when participating in curriculum sessions and the district controls edits. The coordinators said teams meet quarterly and include no more than four representatives at a time, a practice tied to substitute availability.
The presentation ends with planned curriculum and resource reviews, and coordinators said they will continue aligning units to Missouri learning standards and AP/College Board expectations for advanced courses.
The board did not take formal action on the curriculum report; it was presented as information.
