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Elementary curriculum lead asks board for funding to support new coaching, interventions and K–12 adoptions
Summary
At the Dec. 9 School City of East Chicago meeting, elementary curriculum lead Christine Gutierrez outlined district-wide assessments, new content-specific coaching roles, departmentalizing for grades 5–6 and planned K–12 science and social studies adoptions, and asked trustees to prioritize funding and professional learning supports.
Christine Gutierrez, the district’s elementary curriculum lead, told the School City of East Chicago board on Dec. 9 that the district has revised curriculum maps, rolled out district‑wide assessment calendars and is expanding targeted reading interventions to improve elementary outcomes.
Gutierrez said current elementary enrollments are Harrison 376, Lincoln 312, McKinley 493 and Washington 448 and described staffing patterns that generally include a principal, assistant principal, dean, instructional coach, social worker and interventionist — while noting an interventionist vacancy at Harrison and an assistant-principal vacancy at Lincoln.
She described a coordinated model of short, standards‑based formative assessments and a…
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