Great Valley previews three-year comprehensive plan focused on STEELS standards, grading review and digital citizenship

Great Valley School District officials presented a draft three-year comprehensive plan at the board’s January meeting, outlining continued work on four priority areas and a timeline that calls for a public review in February and board approval in March.

The district’s comprehensive planning lead, Dr. O’Toole, told the board the draft carries forward four priorities from the prior plan — safe and inclusive spaces, teaching and learning, instructional technology and college and career readiness — and highlighted changes the administration plans to make over the next three years. He said the district is aligning curriculum and professional development with newly adopted STEELS science standards ("Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability") and plans to reconstitute an assessment and grading committee that paused during the pandemic.

The plan matters because the district must submit a Future Ready…