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District updates literacy grant, curriculum mapping and gifted-education work in strategic-plan briefing
Summary
District leaders updated the school board on work under Strategic Plan Focus Area 1, including year‑three progress on a K–3 literacy grant, a districtwide curriculum-mapping initiative, multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) and efforts to expand equitable identification and programming for gifted learners.
District administrators told the Steamboat Springs School Board on Feb. 10 that work under Strategic Plan Focus Area 1 — which centers on students reaching academic potential — is emphasizing early literacy, districtwide curriculum mapping, data-driven PLCs and a stronger structure for special-education and gifted services.
Dr. Tim Ritter and principals described program enhancements driven by a K–3 literacy grant in its third year and an expanded set of professional-development activities for teachers. Erin Halbert, who described the literacy work, said the grant “gave us so much” and noted the district now has in‑person grade-level consultant meetings and profiles for small-group literacy instruction.
Administrators described regular…
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