Accelerate learning for students, including priority populations, with accessible and aligned high-quality curriculum and instruction.

Student Learning

Information on this goal of the strategic plan will be presented to the MCCSC Board of School Trustees at the March 2024 Board Meeting.

Materials, information, and recording of the meeting will be provided here after the meeting.

Questions for Student Learning

Is there a way to integrate a gifted program in electives at the elementary level?

Dr. Deb Prenkert, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Educations, responds at the 3/28/23 Regular Board Meeting: E3 Community Question 1
Why is student learning 7th in line [out of eight Strategic Plan presentations]?

Dr. Deb Prenkert, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Educations, responds at the 3/28/23 Regular Board Meeting: E3 Community Question 2
What are the goals of the district when it comes to the implementation of evidence-based literacy instruction, also referred to as Science of Reading, across all grades, K-12?

Dr. Deb Prenkert, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Educations, responds at the 3/28/23 Regular Board Meeting: E3 Community Question 3
Implementing evidence-based, explicit reading and writing instruction only goes so far when contrary methods are also still used in classrooms. How does MCCSC plan to de-implement these instructional methods and curricula?

Dr. Deb Prenkert, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Educations, responds at the 3/28/23 Regular Board Meeting: E3 Community Question 4
How will MCCSC purchase new ELA curriculum premature of our 7-year cycle if state bills pass that require curricula to align with the Science of Reading?

Dr. Deb Prenkert, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Educations, responds at the 3/28/23 Regular Board Meeting: E3 Community Question 5
How does MCCSC plan to shift curriculum and instructional practices to align with the scientific evidence on how children learn to read and write, and the direction the state is going with legislative action related to this body of research?

Dr. Deb Prenkert, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Educations, responds at the 3/28/23 Regular Board Meeting: E3 Community Question 6
How is MCCSC prioritizing professional development for staff on evidence-aligned reading and writing instruction, instruction teachers did not receive in their schools of education, but that at least 60% of students need in order to be successful?

Dr. Deb Prenkert, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Educations, responds at the 3/28/23 Regular Board Meeting: E3 Community Question 7
Would the district consider shifting to a more structured, sequential curriculum that emphasizes building background knowledge and academic vocabulary, with embedded writing as a way to enhance knowledge building, rather than the current curriculum that is focused on skills and strategies?

Dr. Deb Prenkert, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Educations, responds at the 3/28/23 Regular Board Meeting: E3 Community Question 8
What are we doing at the district level to address literacy as a social justice issue?...When will the district adopt a tier 1 phonics curriculum that follows the science of reading research?

Dr. Deb Prenkert, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Educations, responds at the 3/28/23 Regular Board Meeting: E3 Staff Question 1
With struggling readers as a priority population, how will MCCSC best serve these students at the middle school and high school levels? Does targeted reading instruction, at their skill level, continue past elementary school? How do we continue to provide instruction for gaps in their phonics knowledge, and phonological awareness?

Dr. Deb Prenkert, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Educations, responds at the 3/28/23 Regular Board Meeting: E3 Staff Question 2
How is MCCSC leveraging the research and evidence based instructional practices that address all seven aspects of becoming a skilled reader? Specifically, what curricula have we adopted that is grounded in evidence-based research, that we know is going to contribute to best instructional practices in teaching reading?

Dr. Deb Prenkert, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Educations, responds at the 3/28/23 Regular Board Meeting: E3 Staff Question 3