Committee to consider ESL curriculum, teacher-coaching pilots and higher-education partnerships
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Summary
The instructional subcommittee voted to refer multiple curriculum purchases and teacher-coaching partnerships — including an HMH ESL curriculum purchase, Impact Coaching pilots and a Boston College/graduate-student partnership — to the full committee for approval.
The instructional subcommittee reported on June 30 that several curriculum and professional-development items were voted to be referred to the full committee, including a recommended HMH English3D ESL curriculum for newcomer students, a train‑the‑trainer model and direct coaching partnerships, and a Boston College partnership for graduate cohorts in special education and ESL.
Assistant Superintendent and Chief Academic Officer Mr. Raposo presented the items. He said the HMH ESL curriculum (for newcomers in the first two years of receiving multilingual services) earned a literacy-alignment seal that other curriculums under review did not. "Admin said that this is a curriculum that they feel is best for the district," he said.
The subcommittee also voted to refer two Impact Coaching items: (1) a model that places coaches weekly at Talbot to coach new teachers and (2) a train-the-trainer model at three schools to build internal coaching capacity. Mr. Raposo said the Impact Coaching work would be curriculum-agnostic and focus on teacher practice for early-career educators; the train-the-trainer model is intended to accelerate internal leadership capacity by year’s end.
The nut graf: the referrals would expand instructional supports at several schools, add an evidence‑aligned ESL curriculum, and launch graduate cohorts at Boston College and Bridgewater State University tied to tuition supports and district tuition reimbursement.
Committee members asked for outcome data and clearer metrics. Mr. Raposo said some pilot data exists — for example, Lexia and other supplemental programs reported accuracy and access gains — and he agreed to supply quarterly impact snapshots to the committee. The Boston College partnership will be grant-funded and initially launch two cohorts of 25 graduate students with tuition support tools available for teacher-participants.
Ending: The district will return with detailed contracts and data summaries to help the committee evaluate cost, expected outcomes and scalability before final approvals.
