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District completes winter professional development on science of reading; staff trained across grade bands

2364196 · February 20, 2025
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Twinsburg officials told the board on Feb. 19 that the district completed a January professional-development effort in the science of reading and is continuing work on writing and vocabulary across grade bands.

Twinsburg City School District officials reported on Feb. 19 that teachers and certified staff completed districtwide professional development in January on the science of reading, part of the district’s 20-first-century teaching and learning goal.

Missus Farthing (district staff leading the initiative) told the board the district assigned pathway modules that ranged from about 7 to 22 hours depending on staff role, with the stated aim that “every teacher is a reading teacher” so all staff use common terminology and…

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