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Northshore School District presents middle school task-force findings; priorities include student connections and reading/math interventions
Summary
District staff summarized the middle school task force's history, data and four priority areas: strengthening student connections, improving Tier 1 instruction and interventions for reading and math, enhancing family engagement, and exploring choice options. Implementation will be phased, budget-conscious and subject to bargaining agreements.
Northshore School District leaders gave a study-session briefing on the district's middle school task force, summarizing a year of work that used student and staff surveys, AMLE assessment tools and multiple performance measures to shape a multi-year implementation plan.
Dr. Riley, who facilitated the task force, told the board the group deliberately prioritized student voice in analysis: "60% of the total responses came from students," and the team used those perceptions alongside attendance, discipline, grade and assessment data to identify gaps. The task force narrowed dozens of recommendations into four high-level priorities and developed five-year implementation plans for each.
Dr. Joseph Robertson, who co-led the academics subcommittee, said the committee emphasized teacher'student interaction and engagement as central to instruction: "Instruction is active, purposeful, and, democratic," he said, and argued that…
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