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Superintendent reports on curriculum alignment, preschool changes and district programs
Summary
At the March 23 meeting the superintendent described districtwide vertical/horizontal curriculum work, a shift in preschool monitoring to a 'pyramid' model, and several grants and programs intended to support staff and students.
The superintendent used the March 23 board meeting to highlight the district’s focus on instructional leadership and curriculum alignment. District staff reported that vertical conversations between grade levels (preK through grade 12) took place locally, and administrators set a May 1 deadline for teachers to upload unit plans and assessments so the district instructional team can review and revise them.
On preschool, instructional staff described required beginning‑of‑term home visits, planning support provided by instructional assistants, and a transition to a new monitoring system described in the transcript as a 'pyramid' model (staff said they moved away from a prior system referenced in the record). Staff said the preschool program now emphasizes vertical planning to improve kindergarten readiness and will include transitional time in kindergarten classrooms.
The superintendent noted grant‑supported and district programs: a $2,500 grant that allowed bus drivers, custodial and cafeteria staff to order safety shoes up to $125, spring and summer PEF programming (signups reported as strong), Excel programming starting next week, and an upcoming kindergarten registration event. The superintendent also noted the district is purging dated personnel files for scanning to DocuShare as part of a digitization effort.
CTE and career readiness work was also mentioned: staff described career and technical education conversations tied to grants (including a 'spark' grant), JAG (Jobs for America’s Graduates) and efforts to teach employability (POP) skills across content areas.
Quotes and context: "It's the best part in my room was, the kindergarten teacher had made a list of things that they needed their kids to know when they left kindergarten to go to first grade," the superintendent said, describing vertical planning. "We want them to have their assessment uploaded to the document and their whole unit planned out by May 1 so that our district instructional team can dig into those documents," the superintendent said, laying out the district timeline for review.
Next steps recorded in the meeting include the May 1 target for unit and assessment uploads and continued district review and quality‑control work on assessments.
