Teachers and students from a Kent City Schools third-grade classroom presented the board with firsthand examples of a two-adult co-teaching model now in its second year.

"We've been doing our co-teaching together for 2 years," said Rodney Keefer, a first-grade teacher who introduced the classroom presentation, noting teachers work together ‘‘all day long’’ to monitor students and provide in-the-moment interventions. Students told the board the model means more adults to help, familiarity during substitute coverage and visible learning supports such as a vocabulary wall.

The teachers said the arrangement lets them "collaborate, analyze data, and be flexible with kids" and to group students and deploy targeted help without waiting for a later planning day. Teachers invited board members and guests to scan seven QR codes placed around the room to view short, student-made videos explaining the classroom’s resources.

Board members asked about lessons learned from the first year and praised the classroom’s reported gains in life skills such as communication and problem-solving. One board member called third grade developmentally appropriate for the model and encouraged staff to continue sharing school highlights at future meetings.

The teachers offered to circulate after the presentation to answer questions from attendees and confirmed the classroom intends to continue the QR-code activity to illustrate how students use resources daily.