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District details instructional shifts — '15 to Win', Hattie 'elite 8' and video coaching
Summary
Dr. Montgomery outlined district actions to lift instruction: revised master schedules (longer ELAR/math blocks), '15 to Win' focus, affinity groups for teachers, mandatory small groups led by instructional specialists, Hattie‑inspired strategies, and roll‑out of a lesson‑video coaching tool called 'Sydney'.
Dr. Montgomery presented the district's response to data and described concrete instructional and system changes intended to raise student outcomes. She said walkthroughs in the fall identified needs in teacher effectiveness, campus leadership and secondary math curriculum and described steps taken since December, including a soft rollout of a program called '15 to Win', institution of affinity groups for teacher development, a requirement that instructional specialists run small groups, and adoption of the Hattie 'elite 8' instructional moves.
She described operational changes: master‑schedule adjustments that increase ELAR from a 90‑minute block to 120 minutes and math from 70 to 100 minutes at elementary; use of a video‑coaching platform called "Sydney" to record classroom lessons and align feedback to instructional expectations; and partnerships (including UT Arlington) for MTSS training. "We're not saying we're happy. We're saying we got work to do," she told trustees, and staff committed to provide monthly unit‑assessment reports and preliminary STAR data in August.
Trustees followed with questions about the frequency of CIP reviews and how principals and teachers will be held to the new expectations; staff said principals now must present quarterly targets and that instructional specialists and principals will be held accountable through tighter evaluation and reporting practices.
