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East Primary teachers brief board on professional‑learning communities used to track student learning

Kiski Area School District Board of Directors Legislative Meeting · March 16, 2026
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East Primary principal Dan Smith and teachers described weekly PLC meetings, common formative assessments and small‑group intervention time used to align instruction and provide targeted remediation and extension.

Dan Smith, building principal at Kiski Area East Primary, and teachers Jody McCartney and Kelly Gallia presented the district’s Professional Learning Community (PLC) practices to the board, describing how grade‑level teams use common formative assessments and weekly meetings to identify student learning needs.

Gallia summarized the PLC’s four guiding questions—what students should learn, how staff will know they learned it, what to do if they haven’t, and how to extend…

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