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Superintendent says summer professional learning produced measurable gains in early grades
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Morse reported multi-day professional learning for more than 80 staff, summer meal and extended-special-services programs, and cited notable gains (e.g., kindergarten literacy improvement of about 22% fall-to-spring and one building cutting high-risk math students from 53 to 26).
Superintendent Dr. Morse told the Bettendorf board the district hosted three days of focused professional learning for more than 80 staff members, combining data review, priority-setting and action planning with partners from the AEA and the Center for Model Schools.
Dr. Morse highlighted specific student gains, including a districtwide kindergarten improvement of roughly 22% from fall to spring and a single elementary building that reduced the number of high-risk math students from 53 to 26. She credited the improvements to changes in adult practice, curriculum adoption (new middle-school math approved by the board) and implementation work under the state's SAM (self-assessment of multi-tiered systems of support) process.
The superintendent also reported the start of extended school-year services for students with disabilities and a summer meal partnership with parks and recreation to serve about 100 students. District emergency-response training with local police and fire departments was scheduled for the coming week.
Dr. Morse said staff refined action plans to track both proficiency and growth so that students who remain below proficiency are still measured for incremental improvement. No new budget requests were voted on during the report.
