Superintendent Andy Gardner told the board the district will expand its instructional framework this year around the Center for Educational Leadership's five‑dimensional rubric and will increase classroom observation and feedback as part of year‑two implementation.

Gardner described the five dimensions — purposeful teaching, student engagement, curriculum and pedagogy, assessment for learning, and classroom environment and culture — and added a sixth category, professional collaboration. He said administrators and teachers will move from shared awareness to common understanding and common practice through structured observation, coaching and professional learning communities.

To speed feedback, the district will pilot an AI‑assisted tool (described in the meeting as Magic School) that can create time‑stamped transcripts or summaries of lessons so teachers and administrators receive near‑real‑time coaching notes. Gardner said the tool is intended to supplement, not replace, administrator judgment: “AI cannot replace administrators. 80/20 rule will apply,” he said. The district plans to let teachers voluntarily use the tool to self‑reflect, and managers will include administrator observations as part of the district's evaluation cycle.

District leaders said principals will require protected time in their schedules for observations. Staff estimated that required observations will take approximately three hours per week for each principal during initial implementation; research cited in the training suggests strong instructional leaders may spend a day a week in classrooms. The district will also support coverage arrangements so principals can observe without being pulled into other duties.

Board members asked about safeguards, data privacy, and educator participation. Staff said the pilot will include a district steering committee and that transcripts or data produced by the tool will be reviewed by administrators before any formal use. The district's collaborative steering committee will monitor adoption and identify policy or procedural changes needed to protect staff and student privacy.

Gardner said the goal is cultural change: make instructional practice a shared public activity that builds teacher capacity and promotes equitable student outcomes. He said the district will start with targeted learning and report progress to the board during the year.