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Board hears year‑one progress on PLC/guaranteed‑viable‑curriculum work to lift expectations
Summary
Staff described year‑one PLC work to identify essential standards, proficiency scales and unit pacing as part of a three‑year effort. The presenter said the district aims to raise performance expectations to 90% and will couple monthly data monitoring with attendance.
Staff told the board the district is in year one of a three‑year professional‑learning-community and guaranteed‑viable‑curriculum rollout. Presenter described work by grade-level teams to identify essential standards, proficiency scales and pacing units, and said the district provides release time and external content experts (ELA, math, science) to support teams. "Moving that target to 90% will increase high expectations," the presenter said, noting the target has generated robust staff conversations but is intended to raise student outcomes.
The presenter described how teams are building unit plans and storing them in a shared folder so new teachers have ready-made unit maps. Trustees were shown an example fourth‑grade math unit with nine essential targets and an explanation of the "real criteria" used to determine what will be assessed. Staff said the next steps include monthly data monitoring using a DIAO (data→insights→actions→outcomes) cadence, continuing PLC support and targeted feedback to teams to align instruction with assessments.
