Mitchell Board of Education to hear presentation on new literacy coaches – Mitchell Republic

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MITCHELL — The Mitchell Board of Education will learn more about the district instructional literacy coaches when it meets next in regular session.
The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10 in Room 10 at the Mitchell Career and Technical Education Academy. The Mitchell Republic will livestream the meeting on its website.
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Joe Childs, superintendent for the Mitchell School District, told the audience at Thursday’s State of the School’s presentation that the district has three new literacy coaches on staff this year who are working to improve reading skills for students at all levels.
“New this year, we have three literacy coaches that work in our elementary schools. They spend half of their time working with teachers providing professional development, and half of their time is direct instruction,” Childs said at the Thursday presentation. “There’s been a lot of discussion about the science of reading. There is a state initiative now, and it’s become an initiative in the Mitchell School District, and it focuses on phonics. Part of our empowerment is to make sure our teachers are up to speed with all the resources they need to teach reading.”
The coaches spend half of their day supporting classroom instruction during CORE 95% phonics time, or Tier 1. The literacy coaches work alongside every K-5 teacher once a week, according to information in the meeting agenda item. The other half of the day is dedicated to providing small-group instruction in a Tier 2 model for 30 minutes, with each coach leading a group during Tier 2 time at each grade level.
No action is expected on the subject at the meeting, the presentation is expected to be for the board’s information only.
Mitchell Board of Education Feb. 8 2025 Meeting Agenda by Mitchell Republic on Scribd

Also at the meeting, the board is expected to consider the following personnel moves:

Also at the meeting, the board is expected to:

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The meeting is open to the public.
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