Teaching & Learning Committee Meeting Summaries for November 2024

In the month of November, 2024 the Fine Arts Curriculum Review Committee and the Literacy Committee met.  Review summaries of those meetings below.

Fine Arts Curriculum Review Committee

The Fine Arts Curriculum Review Cycle Committee met on November 25, 2024. Teachers worked in discipline-specific groups to identify priority standards, essential vocabulary, key skills and topics, available resources, and student expectations. Visual arts teachers participated in a Zoom session with a representative from The Art of Education to explore the resources and support they offer for visual arts instruction. The committee will continue to represent PCSD fine arts teachers in this process to ensure that the curriculum reflects the needs of the fine arts educators and students while aligning with state and district standards.

Literacy Committee

Secondary Meeting

The Secondary Literacy Committee met on Monday the 25th to discuss which books could be immediately added to the PSCD Approved Novel List. These books are books that have been approved previously and teachers have used effectively in their classes prior to the purchase and implementation of StudySync.

Additionally, we discussed the implementation progress of StudySync in each of the secondary schools and possible next steps to effectively use PLC groups and time to receive needed training on StudySync. We focused on what the roadblocks are that may be holding back any of the PLC groups from effective implementation. One of the major concerns that was brought up repeatedly was training for teachers on the use of data.

Elementary Meeting

The 6th grade committee members met separately to discuss the following topics:

• An outline for a 6th Grade StudySync Collaboration/Training
• Finalize StudySync topics and presenters
• The format and structure of the proposed training