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Committee hears positive PD feedback and literacy rollout plan; curriculum presentations start in January
Summary
District staff reported largely positive survey results from a recent Election Day professional development and described InterReading (HMH) implementation, coaching supports and a January schedule to present curriculum proposals to the committee and board.
District curriculum staff reported favorable feedback from a recent Election Day professional development session and outlined next steps for literacy and broader curriculum development.
Staff member presented PD survey findings, saying the district asked three questions about each morning and afternoon session (overall satisfaction, relevance and confidence to apply learning) and that a majority responded positively across those metrics. The staff member noted a roughly 50% response rate: “we got about I think that says 304... that's exactly 50% of our staff.”
The committee discussed variation in lower-percent responses; staff and other presenters attributed low scores to mismatched expectations, repeat attendance or session choice rather than overall program quality. The presenter said comments are shared with outside and internal presenters and that the district uses iterative feedback to improve future sessions.
On literacy, a presenter described a literacy appearance map (created by principal Harold Bryce) to help teachers understand InterReading modules and how the new materials integrate with other literacy supports. The presenter said the district provides five coach days per building, five modules this year and five next year focused on the science of reading, and that data-team meetings (September, January, June plus two progress checks) will support implementation and monitoring.
Why it matters: Staff framed the PD and literacy rollout as foundational to improving classroom practice and student outcomes, and the committee set a schedule to review course proposals: starting in January the curriculum committee will host presentations for prioritized courses that have been prepared for writing and approval.
Next steps: Staff said they will bring curriculum proposals beginning in January; the committee will review and, if approved, forward items to the board for formal consideration. No formal votes on curriculum approvals were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
Quotations used in this article come from staff and presenters recorded in the committee transcript and are attributed to the functional labels used in the meeting.
