District humanities and multilingual-learner directors presented a coach-collaboration plan the committee said aims to advance the district’s multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) for multilingual learners.

The presenters said the short-term priorities include developing classroom tools around speaking, vocabulary and reading; a sample set of daily literacy routines and suggested scaffolds (for example, annotation guides and pre-teaching vocabulary) were shown to the committee. The district described meeting structures that pair humanities and ML coaches — weekly and monthly collaboration — and collection of classroom videos to use in professional development.

"One of our first steps is to develop tools to support ML-aligned classroom routines around speaking, vocabulary, and reading," a humanities director said, and coaches will adapt materials to avoid watering down grade-level texts while increasing access through scaffolding.

The presenters said the organization includes six elementary coaches, three middle-school coaches and a high-school coach who meet with principals and teachers; video exemplars captured during professional-development days will be used in teacher groups. Committee members asked for additional classroom-level examples and follow-up on measurable outcomes; directors said they will report progress and metrics at future meetings.

Administrators said the work is aligned with the district improvement plan and is intended to make high-quality Tier 1 instruction more accessible to ML students without changing grade-level expectations.