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College Access Summit
Curriculum Alignment
Working Group
A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL FLORIDA K-12 SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND UCF
COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERS
History of Curriculum Alignment
• Sponsored by UCF Regional Campuses, Undergraduate Studies, and Interdisciplinary Studies.
• Started with a need to look at digital media – which lead to a Banner Center being awarded to Seminole State College.
• The Chief Learning Officers of the consortium colleges saw a need to address math, then chemistry, physics, and biology. The most recent addition was computer programming through the awarding of a National Science Foundation grant in 2010
• On October 27, 2010 first regional Curriculum Alignment conference was held at Valencia Community College.– First time to include K-12 schools in the alignment discussion
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Begin alignDigital MediaBetweenCC’s and UCF
RegionalDigital MediaEducation AndWorkforceDevelopmentInitiative
Begin alignMathCC and UCF
Begin alignChemistryCC and UCF
Begin alignPhysicsCC and UCF
Begin alignBiologyCC, SC,and UCF
Continue alignSTEM DiscCC, SC, UCF
Math BeginMultidiscAlign CC, SC,UCF
Begin ExploreWays forPreK-12 toWork with CC, SC,UCF
Curriculum Alignment Work-To-Date
Key Successes
• Alignment of topics and learning outcomes across the 7 educational institutions.– Changing courses to improve student success.– Mutual agreement on topics covered in key courses.
• Sharing of best practices:– Discussions at the workshops.– Postings on the web site.
• Changing curriculum and courses.– Changing 4 UCF Digital Media courses from 3xxx to 2xxx so that
the community college partners had a common set of transferrable courses.
– Adding MAC1140 at UCF.
Curriculum Alignment ConferenceOctober 27, 2010
• Purpose: To bring together instructors and administrators from K-12, Community Colleges, State Colleges, and UCF to begin working together on curriculum alignment from K-20• Meet each other and determine to work together• Identify concrete goals for the upcoming year• Discuss next conference scheduled for October, 2011• Set long term goals
• Special guest Mary Jane Tappen, Deputy Chancellor for Curriculum, Instruction, and Student Services from DOE
Goals and Action Items• Biology
– Improve biology lab skills for entering freshman. – Standardize HS biology curriculum beginning with labs. – Improve pedagogical and content knowledge of MS/HS teachers. – Increase ongoing support from CC/Univ to MS/HS. – Improve general college readiness of HS Students.
• Chemistry– Academic transition readiness - Students will be prepared to enter the next level
of the chemistry curriculum– Students will demonstrate mastery of core concepts and skills, eg. scientific
method, experimental design, data collection and analysis, results communication (written and verbal), inquiry labs are a tool for accomplishing this
– Students will demonstrate strong problem solving and critical thinking skills and scientific curiosity
– Students will have established successful learning strategies including basic study, note taking, and time management skills
– Establish and maintain a supportive communication, resource network, and meeting schedule for K-16 and industry
Goals (continued)
• Math– Continue and initiate more dialogue between high school and college levels.– Provide constant communication of course descriptions and ongoing
assessments between levels.– Discuss and align placement process from secondary to post secondary (6-20).– Develop a consistent alignment of concepts taught and tools used in the K- 20
levels.– Share data to modify instruction to achieve desired learning outcomes.
• Physics– Develop a Lab Curriculum/List of Suggestions– Clear communication between K-12 , colleges, and FDOE– Improve Public Relations– Implement STEM Competition (JETS, Physics Olympiad) hosted by the regional
college– Align physics curriculum (middle school – college)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2020
First JointK-12, CC, SC,UCF Meeting
Begin alignSTEM DiscHS,CC, SC,UCF
Cont. alignSTEM HS,CC,SC, UCF
Incorp.MiddleSchools
Cont. alignSTEM MS, HS,CC, SC, UCF
Cont. alignSTEM ES, MS,HS, CC, SC,UCF
Incorp.ElemSchools
Begin crossDisciplinaryalignment
Cont crossDisciplinaryalignment
Curriculum Alignment Future Work
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