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Weare kindergarten teams expand orientation to balance classrooms and support families
Summary
Kindergarten teachers from Centerwoods described a five-day orientation and temporary homeroom rotation used this year to assess students, build routines, and create more balanced kindergarten classrooms before regular instruction begins.
Centerwoods kindergarten teachers told the Weare School District Board on Sept. 16 that a five-day orientation and temporary homeroom rotation has helped staff assess incoming students and place them in more balanced classrooms for the full school year.
The orientation model places students in temporary homerooms for five days and rotates cohorts through each classroom so every child visits all five kindergarten rooms. On the sixth day, students return to their assigned homeroom and staff make final placement decisions using observed academic, social and routine…
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