District Vision 

Westfield Public Schools collaborates with our community to provide rigorous, inclusive educational experiences that promote academic, emotional, and social growth to become lifelong learners, and to empower students with knowledge and skills for future success in college and career.

Theory of Action  

If we design and implement a rigorous instructional program aligned with staff development, then our students will achieve a high level of success as evidenced by multiple measures.​   

Welcome to the Westfield Public Schools Department of Curriculum and Instruction.  Our department provides support to all educators in all aspects of teaching and learning as outlined in our Strategy for Continuous Improvement.

Westfield promotes the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) approach to instruction with the intention to make learning for all students both rigorous and relevant.  Through a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), we address academic as well as social-emotional / behavioral learning.  

We work with school leadership teams to further strategic goals using several approaches.  The Learning Walkthrough Process is a strategy being used to identify areas of growth around a focus of inquiry determined by the school’s leadership team.  Instructional coaching of teachers by content experts provides job-embedded professional learning, through the use of research-based instructional practices and high-quality instructional resources.  Professional development opportunities are provided by district experts as well as partners outside our organization to ensure that all educators have opportunities to develop in their content knowledge, their own identified areas of professional practice, and in the instructional shifts required of newly revised curriculum frameworks.  Professional development is offered in several ways, including during the school day, after school, and during the summer months.  

Content Area Supervisors, Instructional Coaches, and Lead Teachers facilitate monthly Professional Learning Communities (PLC) meetings with the common goal of engaging all learners in order to foster student growth and achievement.  Teacher PLCs meet weekly to interpret Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, create WPS Curriculum Maps, and address department or grade level team challenges using an inquiry problem solving process.  Teams meet several times during the school year 

We use a specific process for Curriculum Renewal.  During the 2021-2022 school year, the ELA Curriculum Committee concluded their work and made a recommendation for purchase of new English Language Arts programs for students in grades K-12 for use in the 2022 - 2023 school year.   During the 2022 - 2023 school year, English as a Second Language Curriculum Committee and the Social Emotional Learning Curriculum Committee are working to select programs for implementation in the 2023 - 2024 school year in grades PreK-12.