2008-2009 Curriculum Review and Development
Summary of Meetings and Tasks
September 02, 2008
The first round of the MRVED curriculum review and development cycle was completed in 2005-06. The needs of the second round of the cycle are a great deal different than they were the first time around. The Best Practice Teams, Principals, Superintendents and the Teachers’ Advisory Council developed the Revised MRVED Curriculum Review and Development Cycle. The revised chart is located in "General Resource" section of this web site.
The Curriculum Leadership Teams that each district sends to meetings will be more 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 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 2008-09 school year.
YEAR 1-Research
and Review
“How does what we are doing now correlate with what we know about
teaching and learning?”
Art
Music
Science
2 days K-12 at MRVED
Yvonne in districts as needed.
We suggest that you send your entire art and music department to
the MRVED meeting.
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?”
Mathematics
3 days at MRVED – (The math grant will reimburse district’s
substitute teacher costs for the first two meetings: 4 teachers per
district.)
Yvonne in districts as needed.
World Languages
1 day at MRVED – individual work in district
Yvonne in districts as needed.
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 mathematics and World Languages.
• 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?”
Technology Education (K-12)
Health
Physical Education
1 day K-12 at the MRVED – work in district
Yvonne in districts as needed.
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?”
Language Arts
1 day K-12 at MRVED – work in district
Yvonne in districts as needed.
Tasks to be completed by the District Language Arts 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?”
Industrial Technology
FACS
Agriculture
Business
2 days at MRVED (The Carl Perkins grant will reimburse district’s
substitute teacher costs for the first meeting in each curriculum
area. All teachers should attend the first meeting for their
curriculum area).
Tasks to be completed by the Career and Technical Education
teachers:
• 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?”
Social Studies
1 day K-12 at MRVED
Yvonne in districts as needed.
Tasks to be completed by the District Social Studies Curriculum
Leadership Team:
• 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.
