June 27, 2023 at 8:00 AM - Curriculum Committee Meeting

Description:  The High School Mathematics Department is proposing a new Foundations of Algebra course designed for students who are underprepared for Algebra and would be better served with a Pre-Algebra course instead of Algebra with Algebra workshop.  The initial group of students to be served will be newcomer multilingual students who have had interruptions in their mathematics education.  Additional students will be served as we develop placement criteria to appropriately identify candidates.

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Description:  The Heritage Bilingual Biology course is part of our bilingual program implementation at the High School.  Content coverage is aligned with our existing Biology course and students will use the Spanish language version of our Biology textbook with supplemental materials.

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Description:  This is the state mandated annual adoption of academic standards. There are no changes from last year.

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Description:  This is our annual testing and assessment schedule for 2023-2024.  This is very similar to previous schedules.  STAR Early Literacy replaces PALS as our early literacy readiness screener for 4K.  The Middle School has been selected as a site for the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

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Description:  Janell Dorn will be presenting our first Pathways annual report as required by the new policy on Advanced Learning.  The slide deck will be added to Board Book after the meeting presentation.

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Description:  Amy Johnson will provide an update on our K-4 Mathematics instructional materials review.

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Description:  Tim Schell will provide an update on the Middle School ELA materials review.

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