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Bywood Elementary showcases student-centered goal-setting and engagement tactics

Upper Darby School District Board of School Directors · March 11, 2026
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Summary

Bywood principal Kristen Meehan presented a video and staff/student examples of student-centered goal setting, including data binders, daily fluency practice (Amira), IXL competitions, house/team incentives and student-of-the-month recognitions designed to boost motivation and reading growth.

Bywood Elementary principal Kristen Meehan told the board that the school's student-centered goal-setting practices and engagement strategies are helping students take ownership of learning and improving reading outcomes.

Meehan presented a staff-created video showing classroom practices such as student data binders, ten minutes of deliberate daily fluency practice guided by…

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