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Curriculum committee outlines ELA, math and science steps; district plans vaping and fentanyl education
Summary
The board’s Curriculum, Instruction and Student (CIS) committee reviewed ELA and math curriculum work, piloted resources, science and social-studies updates, dual-enrollment course approvals and a planned vaping/fentanyl education program for high school students.
The Pequannock Township School District’s Curriculum, Instruction and Student committee on May 12 reviewed ongoing curriculum work across grades and subjects and detailed planned programming for the coming school year.
Committee members summarized an ELA presentation and said the district plans to use diagnostic data (DIBELS) to target phonics and foundational reading gaps and to develop a scope and sequence for summer work. The committee discussed purchasing supplemental materials to address phonemic-awareness gaps and compiling a vetted list of novels used in classrooms.
In math, the district reported plans to update curriculum to the 2023 standards and to consider resources for intervention. The district piloted Ready Math programs, and the math supervisor will present findings to the board on May 27 regarding the Conquer Math series and other pilot results.
Science and social studies updates included plans to model hands-on labs in elementary classrooms and implement the TCI social-studies program for grades 1–5. The board also welcomed Jeanine Barbosa as the incoming science supervisor.
On secondary offerings, the district reported submissions to William Paterson University for additional dual-enrollment courses — including computer information and technology, cybersecurity, data science and marketing — and noted that accounting currently lacks an approved dual-enrollment option. Allied-health seniors who are full-time in the allied-health program will take AP biology rather than Anatomy & Physiology II next year.
The committee also confirmed plans for districtwide vaping and fentanyl education at the high school for grades 9–12 next year; the district said the town health department will provide materials and collaborate on that work.
The committee noted it will meet again in August and then approximately every other month during the school year. No board action was required at the May workshop.
