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Board hears plan to boost classroom instruction with new walkthrough app, principal training
Summary
District administrators described a new walkthrough app, instructional framework and phased rollout of five "high-impact" practices intended to give teachers faster feedback and align lessons to grade-level standards.
Dr. Lewis, an administrator, told the Berkeley County Board of Education on July 21 that the district has begun phasing five "high-impact" instructional practices and unveiled a new walkthrough app to give principals and district leaders immediate classroom feedback.
The update stemmed from an instructional meeting with principals last week that divided elementary and secondary leaders and focused first on practices one and two: curriculum alignment to standards and crafting performance-based objectives tied to those standards, Lewis said.
"When the app opens up, it'll have a one-pager that shows all of our principals the district approved curriculum that they should be looking for," Lewis said. "They're gonna get that immediate feedback." The district demonstrated that a principal who…
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