Our Journey Towards Curriculum Development Rationale No comprehensive curriculum management plan is in place to guide the design and delivery of curriculum although there are some elements of curriculum planning In spite of an effort to improve the curriculum in the past two years there are ID: 653034
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Granville County Public Schools
Our Journey Towards Curriculum DevelopmentSlide2
Rationale
“No comprehensive curriculum management plan is in place to guide the design and delivery of curriculum, although there are some elements of curriculum planning. In spite of an effort to improve the curriculum in the past two years, there are still many courses that do not have a written curriculum. The written curriculum that does exist is not of sufficient quality to be an effective tool to facilitate improvement in student achievement. With adequate professional development and the implementation of a curriculum management plan, a better product is expected. With that in place and additional training for administrators on how to monitor the delivery of the curriculum, increases in student achievement while closing the gaps among subgroups should occur.”
-PDK Audit, November 2010Slide3
Goal
Standards have little meaning to most classroom teachers.
All stakeholders need:
access to a rich instructional framework, and
strong instructional resources
to use as a roadmap for delivering the standards through local curriculum.Slide4
Phase One
Phi Delta Kappan Curriculum Audit
November 2010
Common Core Roadshow
Spring 2011
Grade Span/Content Teams Formed; Work began on creating “something”
Summer 2011
Collected paper feedback from teachers; all curriculum documents posted to wiki
2011-2012Slide5
Phase Two
Re-selected teams based off application; Contracted with QTL to provide PD
Spring 2012
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Roadshow
Spring 2012
Partnership with CCRESA and
L & L begins; GCS teams attend
Late Spring 2012
June 2012
Teams continued work; documents now on wiki or Haiku (LMS)
RCD session in Granville County; teams deconstruct standards and identify priority and supporting standards
June 2012
Summer 2012
First year of full implementation; feedback collected; new K-2 report card
2012-2013Slide6
Phase Three
Work continues; elementary transitions to Haiku (LMS)
Summer 2013
Feedback is embedded in curriculum documents; works continues throughout year
2013-2014
Assessment training based on RCD model
Spring 2014
Refined curriculum documents and assessments rolled out
Beamon works with district; assessment training for teams; assessments are peer-reviewed
June 2014
2014-2015Slide7
Document SharingSlide8
Lessons Learned
Slow down!
Creatively leverage your resources
Utilize a strong selection process for team members
Demand teacher feedback. Once received, respond to the feedback to teachers know you are listening.
Ensure easy access to documents.
Don’t underestimate the power of partnerships with organizations and other LEAs.Slide9
Questions?Slide10