Check-in on Curriculum ProgressNext Steps

Brings all of the pieces together.

Transparency

Creates curriculum conversation

A tool for the journey

Essential focus

Makes curriculum progress clear to everyone.

Provides smooth transitions for our students.

Allows the school community to work more seamlessly.

Illuminates best instructional practice.

CURRICULUM MAPPING The curriculum design work determines the WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, and WHO (grade level)

The curriculum structure describes what MUST be taught to have consistency

The Curriculum design does not determine the HOW, or curriculum practice. That takes place in the classroom.

Curriculum Mapping Process “The BIG Picture”

State StandardsState StandardsContent and Skills that are to be taught by all teachers at every grade level

District Curriculum Mapping ProcessDistrict Curriculum Mapping ProcessStep #1: Translating the state standards into teacher-friendly, unpacked languageStep #2: Creating Planning guides - Units

Individual MappingIndividual MappingTranslating the Master Consensus curriculum into individual teachers’ classroom teaching practice

Two Types of Maps*Master Consensus Map*Individual Map

BOTH are needed!!!

It is not about the Maps, it is more about the Curriculum work, the TALK to create and implement the mapping data.

“MAP and TALK”

Why a District Map?* Katie and Eddie are the focus of our work* Consistency in instruction and assessment*Alignment to the content standards*Increased accountability for instruction*Access to data about instruction, assessment and student learning*Vehicle for integration of skills in all subject areas*Awareness of other teachers work and best practices

Moving from isolation …

…to a community of learners.

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Mapping is a coin with two sides

One side is the documentation –the maps themselves

One side is the review process – examining and revising map cumulatively between teachers

FIVE TYPES OF ALIGNMENT

Internal: The elements in a teacher or district consensus curriculum map align to one another.

Cumulative: The curriculum maps build year to year; class to class K-12

External: The curriculum and assessment maps align to external standards

To Students: Curriculum and assessment maps are specifically designed to match the needs of specific learners in specific locations.

Global: The aims and actions of our school curriculum and programs will help our learners connect to global communities.

Strategic Grouping for Professional ReviewsVertical – K-12 - extended departmental meetingsTargeted Vertical- examples: K-1; 3-6 ; 7-11; 10-12Across grade level- all third grade; all teachers of

freshmenTargeted cross grade level- interdisciplinary 7th grade

team Extended team- special area teachers, special ed staff,

ESLFeeder pattern- in larger districts only those sharing

same students; within school following student groupsExpanded local team- virtual groupings (online);

parents; community; internshipsGlobal team- Feedback and collaboration with

meaningful worldwide educators and students.

Targeting Needs: Discussions, debates, and decisions will be based on…

What is in the best interest of our specific clients, the students in our educational setting?

Their agesTheir stages of developmentTheir learning characteristicsTheir communitiesTheir aspirationsTheir needs The need for cumulative learning

What information do we collect initially on a map?

CONTENT

SKILLS

ASSESSMENT

All aligned with standards

Indicators of Standards-Based Teaching and Learning

The school develops clear statements of what students should know and be able to do.

Standards apply to all students with high expectations for their success

The teacher knows how each lesson relates to district and state academic standards

Students know what they are learning, what standards are related to it, and why they are learning it.

Standards are constant, instructional strategies and time are the variables.

Planning begins with standards/mastery skills rather than materials.

Students have multiple opportunities to demonstrate achievement of standards.

Assessment of student achievement is consistent across teachers and schools, using common performance indicators.

Teachers work with colleagues to share and compare scoring of classroom-based assessments

How can mapping improve the classroom experience for teachers?

Brainstorm how this reflective practice could impact teaching?

What are possible benefits of using Atlas for students?

Benefits for Teachers? Benefits for the District?

The Curriculum mapping process focuses are:

COMMUNICATION with your teachers

CURRICULAR DIALOGUE that clarifies and supports the goal of the map design

Communication plus Curricular Dialogue = COHERENCY

It’s a process, not a product.

It’s hard to put a puzzle together unless you’ve seen the complete picture.

- Bonnie Campbell Hill

School Departmental/GL Teachers

1. Collective accountability for a guaranteed and viable curriculum

2. Marketing tool3. Collaboration4. Transparency 5. Institutional memory6. Identity to the

mission statement7. Strategic plan goal

setting tool and operating plan

8. Resource and artifact to inform the board

9. Curriculum drives the schedule and programmatic choices

10.Standards based, data driven

1.Vertical and Horizontal Continuity.

2.Intentional progression of skills and content

3.Cross curriculum connections for students PreK-12

4.Collaboration documentation

5.Skill vs. Content6.Knowledge transfer7.Integration

opportunities8.Discovery opportunity

for teachers to identify areas of gaps and redundancies

9.Standards based, data driven

1. Guide for new teachers

2. Organization while allowing for autonomy

3. Reflective growth through knowledge transfer and collaboration

4. Progression of content and skills and making connections for students

5. Discovery opportunity for teachers to identify areas of gaps and redundancies

6. Integration opportunities

7. Standards based, data driven

8. Exemplar CommunitySample – Curriculum Goals