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Bethlehem Central presents ELA curriculum pilot; cabinet to vote on Bookworms next week
Summary
District ELA leaders reviewed a yearlong pilot process that tested multiple programs and recommends piloting Bookworms across K–5 classrooms; a cabinet vote is scheduled next week and the main implementation cost would be purchasing books.
Dan Hash, K‑12 English language arts supervisor for the Bethlehem Central School District, presented the district's ELA curriculum pilot process at the board's meeting, saying the cabinet had reviewed multiple products and narrowed the options to a single pilot candidate.
The pilot process matters because it could change ELA instruction across kindergarten through fifth grade and is intended to align district instruction with the science of reading and Ed Law 818, which the presenters said requires K–3 curriculum to include evidence-based elements. The cabinet's recommendation and pilot evidence will be considered at a scheduled adoption meeting next week.
Hash outlined a multi-step review that began with canvassing available publishers, convening a district ELA cabinet (teachers representative of each building, supervisors and principals), and using rubrics and mini pilots to narrow the field. Mini pilots tested two products (identified in the presentation as Wit & Wisdom and CKLA); a third product, ARC, was removed from consideration after initial review. After that work, the cabinet examined a later-listed option called Bookworms, which the presenters said…
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