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Elementary principal highlights classroom walkthroughs and push for daily fluency practice
Summary
Elementary principal Curtis Konick described unannounced classroom walkthroughs, data summaries used to guide instruction, and a district goal to increase repeated reading routines and explicit instruction across TK–5 classrooms.
Elementary principal Curtis Konick told the board he has been conducting unannounced classroom walkthroughs to capture snapshots of instruction and to synthesize findings into a district-level report that guides improvement efforts.
"What we're doing well, fluency is being connected to meaning and not just in isolated drills," Konick said, describing observations across TK–5. He said the district will emphasize consistent repeated-reading routines, explicit instruction, and professional development to increase accuracy and automaticity in students' reading.
Konick also summarized other work driven by walkthroughs and lesson-plan reviews, noting he can pinpoint areas such as word work that historically received only 40% of instructional time and recommended increasing that next year. He closed by describing upcoming evaluations, field trips and a focused March–April period for instruction.
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