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District presents UIP with emphasis on evidence-based math practice and added independent practice time
Summary
School leaders outlined the 2024–25 Unified Improvement Plan (UIP), prioritizing incremental, research-based math interventions, more independent practice time after instruction, and professional development led by staff including summer training by Mr Singley.
School District No. Re-2 Brush presented its Unified Improvement Plan for 2024–25, emphasizing incremental, evidence-based changes to math instruction and additional opportunities for independent practice.
At the start of the meeting the UIP presenter described the plan as an iterative program of small, data-driven changes rather than a single sweeping reform. The district will keep successful community and parent-engagement activities in place and focus UIP actions on areas where the data show the greatest need, the presenter said.
The presentation stressed that the district’s recent math curriculum rollout required more instructional time during early adoption; subsequent UIP changes have focused on increasing the portion of class time devoted to independent practice immediately after instruction so students can ‘‘play math’’ and reinforce new learning. The presenter said the next step is to make instruction itself more effective and refine intervention practices.
Board members asked whether state assessments would be required to remove a school from an improvement label. The presenter answered that removing a designation requires consistent performance over time, not a single strong test event, and noted some state test items include written responses that require explicit instruction in writing across content areas.
Board members and administrators also praised summer professional development on evidence-based math practices led in part by Mr Singley, who participated in Colorado Department of Education PD and subsequently modeled those practices for colleagues. The presenter credited that work with building local instructional capacity.
The presentation closed with staff saying unified improvement plans are due in mid-October and that district- and school-level teams will continue to refine UIPs with external support and additional classroom observations.
