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District reports strong PD feedback; committee hears pupil-services and counseling review updates
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Staff told the committee that recent PD emphasized teacher clarity and formative assessment, with March survey results showing roughly 91'94% favorable responses; pupil-services staff summarized executive-function training and counselors' planned follow-up, and counselors began a multi-step review of delivery models.
District staff updated the Teaching and Learning Committee on professional development, pupil services and the counseling model on April 14.
Mysiak said the district continues to focus on high-quality instructional strategies centered on teacher clarity and formative assessment, using Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) to align learning intentions and success criteria. "Teacher clarity is kind of split into two major veins, which are learning intentions... and success criteria," Mysiak said, explaining that clarity and formative assessment are district goals used to make learning visible to students.
He presented PD feedback from October, February and March cycles: in March, 91% of teachers responded favorably that PD provided meaningful collaboration, 94% agreed PD was aligned to school goals, and about 92% said they could apply PD to improve PLC practices. Staff said principals and building teams follow up with teachers who disagree and that some buildings have performed deeper follow-up surveys to identify specific needs.
A pupil-services staff member described a two-hour session with special-education teachers and speech pathologists focused on executive-functioning skills (time management, organization, task initiation) and applied that work to reviewing IEP goals and specially designed instruction. Staff said counselors will run a refresher and strategy-sharing session at the next PD day and will compile survey feedback to highlight successful teacher strategies.
On the counseling-model review, counseling staff said each building completed an initial assessment of direct student services, counselor strategies and data use; the next steps include a deeper gap analysis, summer work and implementation planning for the upcoming year. Staff emphasized the review is at an early (stage-1) phase intended to identify strengths and areas for improvement rather than to prescribe immediate changes.
Committee members praised the approach and asked for continued follow-up; staff said they will return to the committee with results and plans from the April 24 PD day.
