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District recommends Frog Street curriculum for preschool to improve alignment and consistency
Summary
Administrators and preschool teachers recommended adopting the Frog Street curriculum for the district’s preschool classes, citing consistent weekly lesson plans, age-appropriate literature, and alignment with state goals; the item was informational and will be revisited for action in October.
District administrators and preschool teachers presented a recommendation to adopt the Frog Street preschool curriculum, emphasizing consistent weekly lesson plans across classrooms, built-in age-appropriate literature and alignment with state-required assessments.
Presenters said a shared curriculum will help new preschool staff plan together, reduce duplicated purchases of materials and provide consistent learning progressions so children moving from 3-year-old to 4-year-old classrooms encounter aligned instruction. Teachers in the room said the curriculum’s defined weekly lessons and classroom materials would make team planning and cross-classroom collaboration easier, and administrators noted the choice was made in consultation with preschool staff and with an eye to language and early-literacy alignment.
This item was introduced as a presentation and not an action item at the meeting; administrators asked board members to review the included materials and to bring questions to the next meeting. The board was told that, if adopted, the district would use the curriculum as a starting point and could customize the curriculum map in subsequent curriculum-mapping sessions to remove or adapt any elements that do not fit the district’s goals.
