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Las Cruces Public Schools updates board on districtwide professional learning in literacy, math and CTE
Summary
District leaders told the board on May 6 that teacher training tied to the strategic plan — including LETRS, AIM Pathways, Reading Apprenticeship, math recovery work and a CTE collective — is expanding, with SEG grant funds covering part of the cost and additional cohorts planned for 2025–26.
Las Cruces Public Schools board members heard an update May 6 on districtwide professional learning tied to Strategic Plan goals 1 (literacy) and 2 (mathematics). District staff described expanded training this year in structured literacy, disciplinary reading strategies and research-based math interventions and said some funding comes from the State Equalization Guarantee (SEG) early literacy grant.
The report, presented by Doctor Miller Tomlinson, described three major literacy initiatives: LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) for K–5 teachers, Reading Apprenticeship for disciplinary teachers, and AIM Pathways for secondary structured literacy. Tomlinson said the district also shifted from STAR assessments to I‑Ready for diagnostic uses and trained teachers to use I‑Ready growth metrics to set instructional goals.
Tomlinson told the…
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