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Wallingford‑Swarthmore updates multi‑year curriculum plan; board presses for disaggregated pilot data
Summary
District staff told the Education Affairs Committee on Nov. 11 that new elementary and secondary curricula will be rolled out over multiple years, with Arts & Letters, a 95% structured‑literacy program and math pilots (Reveal/CPM) phased in; board members requested regular, disaggregated data and clarity on costs and pilot design.
Wallingford‑Swarthmore School District officials gave the Education Affairs Committee an update Nov. 11 on a multi‑year curriculum strategy that the district said will include Arts & Letters at the elementary level, an expanded 95% structured‑literacy program and a pilot rollout of College Preparatory Mathematics (CPM) and Reveal Math at secondary levels.
Anthony Gabriel, the district’s director of teaching, learning and innovation, described the plan as a phased three‑year implementation in which year one is "learn," year two is "deepen" and year three is "know." He said the district is pairing on‑site professional learning with custom coaching and that administrators are trying "to be responsive to teacher need, not reactive." Gabriel said building teams have completed classroom walkthroughs and module‑level assessments and that the district intends to continue visits and model lessons through spring.
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