Meeting Agenda
1. COMMITTEE MEMBERS
2. CALL TO ORDER
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
4. RESOURCE FOR REVIEW
5. DISCUSSION ITEMS
5.A. School Climate Discussion
5.B. Kindergarten Placement Procedures
5.C. Program of Studies Update
5.D. Comprehensive Plan Update
5.E. Social Media Standards
5.F. Structured Literacy Overview
5.G. PreK Counts Agreement with LifeSpan 2026-2027
6. INFORMATION ITEMS
6.A. Open Resource Update
7. PUBLIC COMMENT
8. ADJOURNMENT
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Meeting: September 14, 2026 at 5:15 PM - Education Committee
Subject:
1. COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Description:
Board Committee Members:
Brian Reimers, Chair
Amanda Hahn
Jon Kern

Administration:
Dr. Lisa Hoffman, Superintendent
Kelly Cramer
 
Subject:
2. CALL TO ORDER
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3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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4. RESOURCE FOR REVIEW
Description:

6th Grade Reading Resource

  • Scholastic Storyworks Magazine provides students in grades 4-6 with high-interest, student-friendly content such as paired texts, debates, plays, fiction, and nonfiction. These engaging texts will supplement our core Reading Class resources while building students’ background knowledge, vocabulary, comprehension, and interest in reading. 

  • For a total of $580, we receive 6 magazines for each student, teaching guides for every issue, and access to past issue archives.
Subject:
5. DISCUSSION ITEMS
Subject:
5.A. School Climate Discussion
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5.B. Kindergarten Placement Procedures
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5.C. Program of Studies Update
Description:
The administration will provide an update on the Program of Studies. 
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5.D. Comprehensive Plan Update
Description:
The administration will provide an update on the Comprehensive Plan. 
Subject:
5.E. Social Media Standards
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5.F. Structured Literacy Overview
Description:
Act 47 of 2025, establishes statewide requirements related to Structured Literacy professional development, evidence-based reading curriculum materials, universal screening, and reading intervention for students in kindergarten, grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3.
Subject:
5.G. PreK Counts Agreement with LifeSpan 2026-2027
Description:
This agreement outlines the relationship between QCSD and LifeSpan which is participating in the 2026-27 Pre-K Counts Program with state funding for up to 31 Full Time Slots.
 
Quakertown Community School District will provide (2) classrooms for the LifeSpan Pre-K Counts Programs for the 2026-2027 school year, one (1) available classroom at Neidig Elementary School (15 slots), and one (1) available classroom at Richland Elementary (16 slots).
 
The agreement term is from August 2026 through June 2027.
Subject:
6. INFORMATION ITEMS
Subject:
6.A. Open Resource Update
Description:

ReadWorks

  • There is an update to ReadWorks. We are excited to share that ReadWorks, an open educational resource, is now aligned with UFLI, our K-2 foundational skills program, and Bookworms, our K-5 primary ELA resource. This alignment gives teachers easy access to high-quality, connected texts that can reinforce foundational skills, build background knowledge and vocabulary, and provide additional opportunities for students to practice comprehension with content that complements core instruction. 

 

OpenSciEd

  • OpenSciEd remains a high-quality, open educational resource that we use to support standards-aligned science instruction. It provides teachers with high quality, ready-to-use, STEELS aligned, 3D-based lessons, instructional resources, and embedded assessments that support the instructional routines and inquiry-based learning reducing the need for teachers to independently develop materials. 

 

Engineering byDesign (EbD)

  • Pennsylvania participates as an Engineering byDesign (EbD) Consortium State, providing educators access to free K-12 technology and engineering curriculum, instructional resources, and professional learning developed by the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA). The district continues to draw upon these resources to develop and refine STEELS-aligned Technology and Engineering units, lessons, and professional learning, providing a consistent, standards-aligned foundation for our ongoing curriculum work.
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7. PUBLIC COMMENT
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8. ADJOURNMENT

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