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District outlines science-of-reading rollout; some elementary units postponed this year
Summary
District presenters described adoption and classroom changes tied to the science-of-reading curriculum, noting teacher supports, intervention plans for struggling readers and a temporary postponement of several elementary units to ensure effective implementation.
The board heard an update on the district’s science-of-reading curriculum implementation and classroom rollout.
"At this point, I'm proud to say, science of reading is well understood at the elementary level," Mr. Knott told the board during his presentation on the new curriculum. He described a multi-step adoption process that included teacher input, professional development and classroom changes such as using text sets instead of leveled readers.
Knott said teachers and instructional coaches are working together to adapt materials, and that the district intentionally postponed three or four elementary units this school year to allow teachers time to master the new materials before full implementation. "We were gonna postpone. We needed to have success first, and we needed to have time to just understand the layout of the curriculum," he said.
The presentation emphasized in-class supports for students who fall behind. Knott described monthly meetings with CTLA staff, videos of stories for intervention, progress monitoring and targeted reteaching. He said teachers report students with disabilities are participating well under the new materials and that unit-assessment data show promising results.
Instructional coaches will provide mini professional development sessions, model lessons in classrooms and help with progress monitoring, Knott said. The district plans to read the postponed units in the spring and to refine teacher materials and pacing based on early data.
Board members asked about supports for students who need remediation and the role of instructional coaches; Knott described the layered supports and the district-level review process that will guide next steps.
