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District spotlights CKLA implementation, team teaching and classroom successes
Summary
The district's curriculum staff highlighted implementation of the Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) program in grades K–5, showing classroom examples, team teaching models and plans for ongoing teacher collaboration and supports.
Curriculum and instruction staff presented a February "bright spot" on Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) implementation across grades K–5, sharing classroom examples, teacher collaboration efforts and the role of an implementation coach.
Why it matters: CKLA is a core reading program; the district credited dedicated coaching and team teaching with improving classroom practice and student access to decodable readers and fluency work.
Highlights from the presentation - Classroom examples: Staff showed students researching light and sound in third grade and producing related writing; a third grader, RJ Shabalah from Washington Elementary, dressed as a CKLA character for the 100th day of school. - Team teaching: Presenters described co-teaching models in which both teachers actively instruct and rotate responsibilities; presenters credited the CKLA implementation coach, Sarah Liberto, with in-class support that staff called "life changing" for teachers. - Supports and partnerships: The district noted monthly teacher collaboration meetings and thanked community partners and local businesses (named in the transcript) for providing snacks and acknowledgements to staff during the CKLA roll-out.
Next steps: The curriculum office will continue monthly CKLA spotlights, teacher collaboration meetings and distribution of classroom examples in district communications.
