During a nearly hourlong address Monday at Cove Highâs Lea Ledger Auditorium, Copperas Cove Independent School District Superintendent Joe Burns gave an update on the happenings of the district during the 2020-2021 school year.
Many of the points Burns emphasized fell under the teaching and learning theme, including the district beginning to offer training for all pre-K, kindergarten and first grade teachers in the science of reading.
âMany of you will probably ask, âWell, why is that important? Teachers have teaching certificates, wouldnât they already know that?ââ Burns said. âIâd share with you that more than half of all people entering the education field now are entering that field under alternative certification requirements, and they may not have had that very sound instruction in teaching reading, even at the early elementary grade levels.â