2009-2010 Curriculum Review and Development
Summary of Meetings and Tasks
September 09, 2009
The Curriculum Leadership Teams that each district sends to meetings will be responsible for the Review and Development process at the district level. Each district is being asked to assist the Curriculum Leadership Teams in disseminating the teams’ findings and helping them to accomplish their assigned tasks by creating time for teachers to engage in reflective professional development. The models being used can also be found in the "General Resource" section of this web site.
Below is a brief description of what each team can expect for the 2009-2010 school year.
YEAR
1-Research and Review
“How does what we are doing now correlate with what we know about
teaching and learning?”
Social Studies
Tasks to be completed by
the District Curriculum Leadership Team:
• Review and analyze assessment and other data.
• Review standards review process/revised standards.
• Update all maps K-12 to reflect existing curriculum and
standards.
• K-12 - conduct a research of current thinking in instructional
methods and content.
• Use reflective models of professional development to implement
Best Practices at the district and site level.
• Develop an improvement plan and report work and findings to the
SAC and board.
YEAR
2-Appropriate Materials & Instruction
“What are we going to do, how are we going to do it, and how will
we know that we got it done?"
We suggest that you send your entire art and music department to the MRVED meeting.
Art
Music
Science
Tasks to be completed by
the District Curriculum Leadership Team:
• Collect, review and summarize evidence of student learning.
• Develop performance indicators.
• Develop criteria for the selection of instructional
materials.
• Update all maps K-12 to reflect existing curriculum and
standards.
• K-12 - conduct a research of current thinking in instructional
methods and content for art, music, and science.
• Write a summary of findings.
• Use reflective models of professional development to implement
Best Practices at the site level.
• Develop an improvement plan and report work and findings to the
SAC and board.
YEAR
3-Implementation
“What does it look like in the classroom?”
Mathematics
World Language
Tasks to be completed by
the District Curriculum Leadership Team:
• Collect, review and summarize evidence of student learning.
• Update curriculum maps –propose fixes.
• Use reflective models of professional development to implement
Best Practices at the site level.
• Write a summary of findings.
• Develop an improvement plan and report work and findings to the
SAC and board.
YEAR
4-Implementation, Monitor and Adjust
“How well is it working and how can we make it work
better?”
Technology Education
Health
Physical Education
Tasks to be completed by
the District Curriculum Leadership Team:
• Collect review and summarize evidence of student learning.
• Update all maps K-12 to reflect existing curriculum.
• Use reflective models of professional development to implement
Best Practices at the site level.
• Develop an improvement plan and report work and findings to the
SAC and board.
YEAR
5-Implementation, Monitor and Adjust
“How well is it working and how can we make it work
better?”
Language Arts
Tasks to be completed by
the District Language Arts Curriculum Leadership Team:
• Collect, review and summarize evidence of student learning.
• Agree upon what data will be used to determine effectiveness of
these programs.
• Explore the possibilities of using cross-district reflective
models of professional development to implement Best Practices.
• Begin work on program approval process.
• Review and develop career pathways.
• Develop an improvement plan and report work and findings to the
SAC and board.
YEAR
6-Assessment and Evaluation of Improvements
“Is what we set out to do happening-are our students
learning?”
Industrial Technology
FACS
Agriculture
Business
Tasks to be completed by
the District Curriculum Leadership Teams:
• Collect, review and summarize evidence of student learning.
• Update all maps to reflect existing curriculum.
• Implement Best Practices at grade/course levels-linked to
data.
• Survey graduates.
• Develop an improvement plan and report work and findings to the
SAC and board.
