The Revere School Committee voted June 17 to accept the Paul Revere School's five-year innovation plan, which the school says will guide instructional and social-emotional initiatives from fall 2025 through the 2029-30 school year.

Principal Coyle and assistant principal Squittery presented the plan and outlined five core initiatives: Purposeful Play (a Playful Learning Institute rollout in grades K'5 tied to DESE-endorsed practices), the Learning Pit (structured productive struggle during lessons), Zones of Regulation and Social Thinking (a schoolwide social-emotional framework), expanded student-led conferences and a revised club structure designed to increase family engagement.

The nut graf: School leaders said the initiatives are designed to build student agency, consistent instructional language and social-emotional routines across the building; staff survey results included with the presentation showed majority support from teachers for the plan.

Principal Coyle described Purposeful Play as a grant-supported approach using DESE-endorsed core strategies and a phased rollout across grade levels and content areas. "The idea behind Purposeful is making sure to delineate that this is not just kids playing and having fun, but that there's always going to be a learning target associated with the play that is taking place in the classroom," Coyle said.

The Learning Pit initiative asks teachers to design lessons that intentionally place learners in manageable ambiguity so students practice resourcefulness and problem-solving before adult intervention. The plan will post consistent classroom signage and common language so students and staff can reference the approach.

For behavior and regulation, the plan will expand Zones of Regulation training systemwide so staff, students and families use a single color-coded language set for emotions and self-regulation strategies. The plan also pilots student-led conferences beginning with fifth grade and proposes modifying before- and after-school club offerings to include caregiver-student joint activities.

The committee motion to accept the innovation plan passed by roll call without recorded opposition. Members asked staff to share results of early pilots (for example, student-led conferences and Purposeful Play activities) with the district and to consider opportunities to partner with other schools piloting similar approaches.

Ending: With committee approval the Paul Revere School will implement the plan this fall; staff said training and phased rollout will continue through the five-year cycle and that they will report progress to the committee and district administration.