High School:
Math Department visited colleagues from Everett Public Schools to see Illustrative Math in action and engage in dialogue around what’s working, address practice questions, and discuss the implementation process.
Science Department spent team time engaging with and implementing the newly adopted Biology curriculum.
Social Studies Department (9th-grade teachers) met to discuss ninth-grade content and began discussing instructional shifts to deepen alignment.
English Department (9th and 10th-grade teachers of English/Honors English Course) met in August to update the syllabi and honors guidelines. In October, they engaged in another meeting to discuss the next steps for ongoing professional development and support of these courses.
Middle School
Social Studies Department (7th-grade teachers) spent team time engaging with curriculum materials and developed a curriculum map for Washington State History.
Elementary
English language arts teacher participated in grade-level meetings to discuss the EL curriculum and engage in backwards planning for module two. Based on feedback from these grade level meetings and PLC teacher leader meetings, the mid-year grade level meetings will be repurposed for a small workgroup of teachers to meet and develop district-wide essential standards and backwards maps.
District-wide
PLC/PLT leaders engaged in a couple of professional development opportunities during the fall to continue the professional development launched during the summer Institute and support the ongoing work of the PLC/PLT teams and leaders.
