Educator Professional Development Requirements Working Group Issues Recommendations Equity Symposium

forward while considering the needs of a politically divided community. They opened the session by sharing the challenges created by a newly formed social justice and equity committee, how the board worked to address misconceptions, the creation of a board/district equity statement, and next steps to continue to move forward as a district while creating equitable opportunities for all students. The session provided the opportunity to develop strategies to best address issues while focusing on student outcomes in their district. They observed that good intentions don’t necessary lead to effective solutions, and emphasized the need to consider multiple perspectives through collaborative conversations.

solution for ongoing review and modification of past and future legislation.

Members of the Working Group were: Alicia Bowman, Connecticut Association of Schools; Fran DiFiore, Connecticut Federation of School Administrators; Andrew Feinstein, Special Education Equity for Kids of Connecticut; Kate Field, Connecticut Education Association; Kathleen Greider, Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents; Patrice McCarthy, Connecticut Association of Boards of Education; Steve McKeveer, American Federation of Teachers- Connecticut; and Irene Parisi, State Department of Education. The full report is available at https://bit.ly/3RKlX5H.

State Board of Education Meets

At the February meeting of the State Board of Education, the State Department of Education (SDE) reported that it has recently rehired 13 retirees and has 23 hires in process, along with six new postings.

Commissioner Russell-Tucker informed the Board that all told there are 41 positions that SDE is working through. Staffing in January was at 113 employees.

Russell-Tucker said reports that will be forthcoming from the Department include work on educator evaluation and support and on teacher certification.

The Board voted on educator preparation provider program approval for CCSU, Albertus Magnus and UCONN. Also their vote revised the menu of researched based K-3 universal screening reading assessments.

Additions: Acadience RAN

Acadiience Reading (was DIBELS Next) aiimswebPlus RAN

Amira Learning

DIBELS 6th Edition mCLASS RAN mCLASS Vocabulary

Deletions: NWEA MAP Growth

STAR i-Ready

CABE recently held two webinars on K-3 reading which can be accessed in our webinar library at https://www.cabe.org/professional-development/webinars