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Deputy superintendent outlines new-teacher orientation, coaching realignment and opening-week plans
Summary
Deputy Superintendent Ian Hillman presented beginning-of-year updates including new-teacher orientation details, a two-day administrative retreat, the 'sweet start' opening-week outreach, a coaching realignment to support schools without academic coaches, and pre-K enrollment gains (over 300 applications).
Deputy Superintendent Ian Hillman gave a broad briefing to the board on the district's beginning-of-year activities and priorities. He described a new-teacher orientation that featured speaker Shana Bush and a two-day administrative retreat covering legal updates, human resources, communication, attendance and special programs; Hillman said the district emphasized collaboration and leadership development during those sessions.
Hillman detailed opening-week activities, including a "sweet start" bus tour to multiple schools, mascot appearances and professional development across topics such as standards-based instruction, formative assessment, CPR/first aid and active-shooter training. He also described a coaching realignment to provide structured support for two middle schools and five elementary schools currently without assigned academic coaches, and said pre-K applications exceed 300 so far. "I just don't wanna fail a kid," Hillman quoted a new teacher as saying, adding that commitment as an example of the mindset the district sought to recruit and support.
