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Snowline Joint Unified’s instructional leaders reported a broad summer professional‑learning program, focused on adopted curriculum, Thinking Maps training, early-literacy assessment and site-level alignment ahead of the school year.

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Staff said they ran 89 instances of curriculum-related professional learning over the summer and early fall, certified 35 teacher‑trainers in Thinking Maps, provided initial Thinking Maps training to 45 additional teachers, aligned TK/K assessment and report‑card protocols, and conducted DIBELS training for elementary teachers.

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An instructional leader reported the numbers to the board: “Since we started this summer, and now going into the fall, we've had 89 instances of professional learning, with our adopted curriculum. 89 instances,” she said.

She described Thinking Maps as a cognitive-organization strategy and said, “We had 35 teachers become trainers... and then 45 teachers have gone through day 1 training. So that's 80 teachers that have gone through thinking maps training.” The district plans to offer a January follow-up and to continue training throughout the year to scale implementation.

Staff also said TK and kindergarten teachers met outside regular hours this summer to align assessment protocols and report-card practices, and elementary teachers participated in DIBELS training to prepare for literacy screening and progress monitoring this fall. The district said it will supply substitute release days so classroom teachers can conduct individual DIBELS assessments when school begins.

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Leaders told the board they will continue to collect participation data and will report training attendance and outcomes to the board. They said the district will provide more detailed attendance numbers to trustees upon request.