Welcome to Bright By Design
This website is a collaborative space to celebrate progress, exchange ideas, and elevate early literacy across our 15 PRISM districts.
This is your hub for sharing what’s working, seeing how others are building early literacy success, and staying connected across the PRISM community. Bright by Design is here to grow with you.
- Let others know what’s happening—share an update on your district page.
- Read what your colleagues are doing across the network.
- Join the conversation. Post a comment on our community forum. (Coming this fall)
PRISM I News!
Catch up on what’s happening across our PRISM community—from district events to new teaching tools. Connect across communities to share best practices in advancing early literacy growth and equity.
Supporting ALL Pre-K Educators with Curriculum Implementation in Framingham
Adopting a new curriculum can be a challenging journey, especially when that curriculum will serve Preschool and Pre-K students across multiple district schools and community-based organizations. As challenging as it may be, it is also incredibly rewarding.
Active Monitoring in Practice
In the photo above, Kathryn Castonguay, Assistant Superintendent of Stoneham Public Schools, notices a student without a partner during turn-and-talk and steps in with care, creating a quiet moment of connection, attention, and belonging. A small move. A student included. The lesson continues.
New Bedford Public Schools Offers an Early Literacy Asynchronous Academy
At the end of June, 35 educators who work with grades PreK-3 across New Bedford Public Schools participated in an Early Literacy Asynchronous Academy.