April 30, 2024 PCSD Weekly Notifications
- April 30th, 2024
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District Academic Committees met on October 28, 2019
The DISC Committee meet and broke into Secondary and Elementary groups to discuss presenting standards-based grading in professional development sessions. There were many new members, especially in the secondary group, so time was also spent reviewing what the committee has done up to this point. Next month the two groups will continue their discussions and start to make plans to move forward.
The Elementary Math Committee continued the work of recommending a math curriculum for adoption by the end of this school year by reviewing the progress of the first phase of this process. Subcommittees met in October to:
Finally, the committee reviewed the newly established math essentials from USBE (called the “Major Work” of each grade) and determined that the state essential learning standards will replace our current P1 and P2 essential standards for Fall 2020. The DMC will be moving to phase 2 of the curriculum adoption process in December 2019.
The Science Committee reviewed preliminary student profiles created last year in preparation for the creation of an RFP. After a presentation from Dr. Daniel Horns (UVU) about student profiles for college students in the Sciences the student profile was adjusted to better align across grade levels, with SEED standards, and in preparation for continuing Science studies and careers. The committee also reviewed student learning data in the last few years to further evaluate the needs of students moving forwards
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