Ratifies $5,000 for Novak Education online support-system training at Crocker Highlands Elementary

Novak Education, of Groton, Massachusetts, will run an online professional development course on the Multi-Tiered System of Support for staff at Crocker Highlands Elementary School. The school's leadership team will attend monthly sessions and build action plans. The agreement runs September 1, 2025 through April 30, 2026, and the board is ratifying it after it began.

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Vendor / partner: Novak Education · Groton, MA
Action: New agreement
Category: Classroom & academic programs
Term: Sep 1, 2025 – Apr 30, 2026
This vote: $5,000
Schools: Crocker Highlands Elementary School
Funding: PTA Local Schools
Resource / site: 9337-111
Vendor no.: 008757
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 25-2532 · agenda O.-42
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Nov 12, 2025

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2025-2026 by and between the District and Novak Education, Groton, MA, for the latter to provide a comprehensive, online professional development training course focused on the Multi-Tiered System of Support for the staff including having the Instructional Leadership Team attend monthly asynchronous sessions designed to help explore, understand, and implement a robust Multi-Tiered System of Supports framework, with key activities including: Differentiating the Multi-Tiered System of Supports from response to Intervention; Examining current school systems against Multi-Tiered System of Supports; Creating action plans and learning best practices for equitable and inclusive learning environment at Crocker Highland Elementary School, for the period of September 1, 2025 through April 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00.

History

Nov 12, 2025 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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