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Paving the Way: Understanding the Process of Quality Curriculum Mapping

Paving the Way: Understanding the Process of Quality Curriculum Mapping. Alexander County Schools January 2012. What is Curriculum Mapping?.

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Paving the Way: Understanding the Process of Quality Curriculum Mapping

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  1. Paving the Way: Understanding the Process of Quality Curriculum Mapping Alexander County Schools January 2012

  2. What is Curriculum Mapping? • Curriculum Mapping is the process for collecting and recording core skills and content taught, processes employed, and assessments used for each subject area and grade level. • The completed curriculum map then becomes a tool that helps teachers keep track of what has been taught and plan what will be taught.

  3. Why Curriculum Mapping? • allows review of curriculum to check for redundancies, inconsistencies, misalignments, weaknesses, and gaps • documents the relationships between required components of the curriculum and intended student learning outcomes • helps identify opportunities for integration among disciplines • provides a review of assessment methods • identifies what students have learned, allowing educators to build on previous knowledge

  4. The Road Ahead

  5. Four Clear Learning Targets

  6. Goals: Alignment and Integration • When drafts are complete, use them to reorganize and order units to develop opportunities for vertical and horizontal alignment. • Common templates are imperative to the process. • Research-based processes are essential to a quality product.

  7. Suggested Support Documents

  8. “To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you’re going so that you better understand where you are now so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.” Stephen R. Covey – The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

  9. What is backward design? • Creating curriculum based on deep understanding, engagement, uncovering answers, and inquiry rather than developing lessons and units around… • Resources (Textbook Crutch) • Activities • Covering the Material • See Handout

  10. Grant Wiggins Quotes Mae West

  11. Eye-Opening Moments Without Backward Design.. Standards and goals are not driving the planning process Integrity of the standards may not be upheld. Instruction is designed around materials and resources available http://www.google.com/imgres?q=square+peg+round+hole&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=moV&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1366&bih=664&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=G_J9lPB-sXYmbM:&imgrefurl=http://www.spaceacts.com/Apollo_13_CO2_filter.htm&docid=2TAIurbRnuX4vM&imgurl=http://www.spaceacts.com/square_peg.jpg&w=153&h=111&ei=2I0ET9HFE8ectwfzxojRBg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1164&vpy=234&dur=1095&hovh=88&hovw=122&tx=72&ty=24&sig=114730900127101918374&page=5&tbnh=88&tbnw=122&start=82&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:82

  12. Three Stages of Backward Design

  13. Understanding Stage 1

  14. Contact Information E-mail: heather.mullins@dpi.nc.gov Skype: waterlovers3 Phone: 828.244.8759 (H) Blog: www.mullinshe.wordpress.com Wiki: www.rt3region7.ncdpi.wikispaces.net Twitter: @carolinablondie

  15. References Brookhart, Susan M. (2006). Formative assessment strategies for every classroom. Alexandria, Virginia: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Brookhart, Susan M. (2009). Exploring formative assessment. Alexandria, Virginia: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Brookhart, Susan M. (2008). How to give effective feedback to your students. Alexandria, Virginia: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Brookhart, S., & D'Arcangelo, M. (2008). The power of formative assessment to advance learning. Alexandria, Virginia: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Chappuis, J. (2005). Helping students understand assessment. Educational Leadership, 63(3), 39-43. Clark County School District-Assessments & Accountability and Educational Testing Services (ETS). (2007). Using Quality Assessments to Target Instruction. Cotton, K. (1991). Close-Up #11: Teaching Thinking Skills. Retrieved date, from Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory's School Improvement Research Series Web site: http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/6/cu11.html Covey, S. R. (2004). The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. New York City: Free Press. Duncan, A., Kryza, K., & Stephens, S. J. (2007). Inspiring Middle and Secondary Learners: Honoring Differences and Creating Community Through Differentiating Instructional Practices. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. Essential questions. (2005.). The question mark. Retrieved November 10, 2009, from http://questioning.org/mar05/essential.html Essential Questions (2008). Essential questions. Retrieved August 1, 2008, from Spartanburg School District 3 Web site: http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/essentialquest.htm

  16. References Framing Essential Questions. (1996). Retrieved September 23, 2009, from www.fno.org/sept96/questions.html (2002). Writing essential questions. Retrieved August 1, 2008, from myprojectpages.com Web site: http://www.myprojectpages.com/support/ess_questpopup.htm Formative Assessment Workshop. (n.d.). Retrieved September 26, 2009, from http://www.slideshare.net/elliottsfourthgrade/formative-assessment-workshop-presentation Marzano, R. J., Pickering, D. J., & Pollock, J. E. (2001). Classroom instruction that works: Research-based strategies for increasing student achievement. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. McTighe, Jay. "Essential questions: Doorways to understanding." Northeast ASCD Affiliate Conference. Northeast ASCD, n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2009. <www.neascd.org/files/Essential%20Questions%20slid Nellan, Ted (2008). What is an essential question?. Retrieved August 1, 2008, from The Nellan Family Jewels Web site: http://www.tnellen.com/alt/essential.html Stiggins, R. , Arter, J., Chappuis, J., & Chappuis, S. (2006). Classroom Assessment for Student Learning: Doing It Right, Using It Well. Princeton, New Jersey: Educational Testing Services. Themes & Essential Questions Framing Inquiry & Promoting Critical Thinking. (2004). Retrieved September 23, 2009, from www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/essential%20questions/Index.htm Westerberg, T. (2009). Becoming a great high school: 6 strategies and 1 attitude that make a difference. Alexandria, Virginia: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Wiggins, G. & McTighe, J. (2011). TheUnderstanding by Design Guide to Creating High Quality Units. Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development: Alexandria, VA.

  17. References Wiggins, G. & McTighe, J. (2005). Understanding by Design. Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development: Alexandria, VA. Wiggins, G. & McTighe, J. (2004). Understanding by Design Professional Development Workbook. Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development: Alexandria, VA. Wiggins, G., What is an essential question?. Retrieved August 17, 2008 from Big ideas, an authentic e-journal: Web site: http://www.authenticeducation.org/bigideas/article.lasso?artId=53

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