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Board approves $525,000 contract for targeted middle‑school math coaching paid with federal SIG funds
Summary
The Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education voted June 24 to approve a contract with Bailey Education Group to provide intensive, one‑year math coaching for sixth‑through‑eighth‑grade teachers at five middle schools, not to exceed $525,000 and funded through the federal 1003(a) school improvement grant (SIG).
The Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education voted June 24 to approve a contract with Bailey Education Group to provide intensive, one‑year math coaching for sixth‑through‑eighth‑grade teachers at five middle schools, not to exceed $525,000 and funded through the federal 1003(a) school improvement grant (SIG).
District staff said the Bailey coaching will provide 35 days of in‑person, side‑by‑side coaching at Argentine, Carl Bruce, Central, Eisenhower and Gloria Willis schools; building instructional coaches will continue their regular cycles and provide additional support in between Bailey visits.
"The Bailey coaching will be 1 year of targeted weekly coaching sessions for the sixth through eighth grade teachers at each of the sites receiving the grant," said Lisa Walker, a district staff presenter. "This targeted coaching will happen on a more frequent basis with these math…
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