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Governing board approves progress-monitoring reports as district highlights SIOP training for English learners
Summary
The Phoenix Elementary School District governing board on April 22 approved progress-monitoring reports for interim goals focused on early-grade English-language supports and middle-years math, following staff presentations on SIOP-based classroom observations and SEI endorsements.
The Phoenix Elementary School District governing board on April 22 approved progress-monitoring reports on two interim student-outcome goals, and district staff described recent classroom observations showing greater use of sheltered-instruction strategies for English learners.
Administrators presented results for interim goal 2.3 (classroom strategies supporting academic English development, observed in first and second grades) and interim goal 5.3 (middle-years math and related measures). The board voted to approve the progress-monitoring report for interim goal 2.3 and, later in the meeting, approved the report for interim goal 5.3. Both approvals passed on roll-call votes with the four recorded members voting aye.
District staff said the monitoring focused on observable instructional strategies — specifically scaffolding, purposeful…
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