District Essential Curriculum Mapping

1. District Essential Curriculum Mapping Algebra I February 2008 Written by The Albuquerque Public Schools District Essential Curriculum Mapping Task Force Lynda Idle, Instructional Manager Christina Fritz, Assessment Manager Jennifer Macdonald, Curriculum Coordinator Gina Middleton, RDA Resource Teacher Kathy Richter-Sand, TLS Resource Teacher Sue Broemmer, TLS Resource Teacher Jackie Calvert, TLS Resource Teacher Janet Malta, Sandia Cluster Staff Developer Margie Maes, Manzano Cluster Staff Developer Lynn Wilson, Valley Cluster Staff Developer Cindy Williams, Chaparral ES Instructional Coach

2. Agenda • Welcome/Sign-in/Introductions • District Curriculum Mapping Initiative • Connections to the A2L/High School Short-Cycle Assessment • Algebra I Curriculum Map • Standards • Assessment • Content • Skills • Plus/Delta

3. Group Norms • Begin and end on time • Be courteous to colleagues, limit sidebar conversations • Equity of voice • Stay on task • Turn cell phones to vibrate/step outside to take calls • Take care of personal needs

4. What is aDistrict Essential Curriculum Map? A district planning tool used to map out standards-based instruction An alignment of instruction and assessments to state standards A communication vehicle for teachers, students, and parents to promote understanding of standards-based instruction

5. What is aDistrict Essential Curriculum Map? A tool that addresses Performance Standards, Essential Questions/Big Ideas, Content, Skills, and Assessments An organizer which supports professional vertical and horizontal articulation A blueprint to be used as a guide to support schools’ development of differentiated course/content planning

6. What is the purpose of theDistrict Essential Curriculum Maps?“DECMs” • To align with Public Education Department High School Redesign (SB561) • To align with APS Redesign K-12 initiatives • To align APS assessments and instruction to NM Standards

7. DECM Goals • Every APS course/content area (K-12) will have a curriculum map • Every curriculum map will be articulated horizontally and vertically • Educators will have online access to District Essential Curriculum Maps through the Albuquerque Instructional Management System (AIMS)

8. What are the key components of a Curriculum Map?

9. Curriculum Map Template

10. Curriculum Map Components • Performance Standards • Essential Questions/Big Ideas • Content → with related academic vocabulary • Skills → with related learning activities • Assessment → Formative and Summative → Rubrics (links) • Resources

11. Performance Standards A performance standard identifies what students need to know and be able to do at a specific grade level.

12. Linking Performance Standards to Assessments • Performance Standards are aligned to district benchmark assessments • High School Short Cycle Assessment is aligned to the scope and sequence of the Algebra I curricular framework The High School Short Cycle Assessment is given for: • Algebra I, Geometry, & Algebra II • grades 8-12 • Fall, Winter, Spring administration

13. Essential Questions Lead students to Big Ideas based upon the Performance Standards • Encourage higher-level thinking • Ask “Why” and “How” rather than “What” • Organize key concepts • Written in student-friendly language EXAMPLES In what ways can the graph of a quadratic equation help us answer questions about the height of an object? Why look for patterns? How can data be represented, organized, or interpreted?

14. Essential Questions The “mental Velcro” that help ideas stick in students’ minds for a long time to come!

15. Big Ideas Are student answers to Essential Questions • Central themes • Teachers use in planning to develop Essential Questions EXAMPLES 1. Foundations • Rule of Four • Equivalent equations/expressions • Linear Functions • Quadratic Equations • Data Analysis

16. ContentWhat students need to know • Discipline- or field-based • Interdisciplinary • Student-centered • Written in Noun form • Vocabulary (academic language); words students need to know to understand concepts EXAMPLES exponents linear equations polynomials Tools and Resources Frayer Model Teaching and Learning with Text Marzano’s Building Academic Vocabulary

17. Skills What students need to be able to do • Written in Verb form • Specific, not broad-based • Measurable • Used to develop guided learning activities • Based on standards EXAMPLES Solving a story problem Analyzing graphs Applying order of operations

18. Assessment Products or performances that demonstrate student learning • Formative assessments • Guides instruction • Informs the need for differentiation EXAMPLES Student demonstration Group research project (checks along the way) Pretest KWL Quiz A2L Checking for Understanding Exit Slips

19. Assessment Examples: Unit Tests Projects Presentations Products or performances that demonstrate student learning • Summative assessments • Evidence of mastery of standards at specific points-in-time • Graded assessment at the end of the unit of study

20. Resources to include on a map - Adopted instructional materials (math, reading, writing programs, etc.) - Technology - Supplemental materials - Links to curriculum frameworks and other websites

21. What Does a CM Look Like? It is a graphic organizer and planner. Standards-based units are listed. It shows a timeline of what is taught, when! The “how” is based on student data. A DECM includes Performance Standards, Essential Questions/Big Ideas, Content, Skills, Assessments, and Resources. .

22. Curriculum Map Template

23. Next Steps to Mapping Discuss Curriculum Map template and connections to district short-cycle assessment Determine placement of assessment standards to specific months Identify and place remaining performance standards onto map Review the resources - High School Short-cycle Assessment (HSSCA) - Examine Algebra I Curricular Framework Begin mapping

24. APS/LEI/TLS/JAN08

25. Outcomes for Today’s Work: Step 1: Review Assessments (HSSCA) & place performance standards linked to assessments on curriculum map Step 2: Place remaining performance standards on map for both semesters Step 3: Identify Assessments for each standard Step 4: Identify Content & Skills for each standard

26. Assessments Review HSSCA on curriculum maps Look at curriculum frameworks, lesson plans, resources Plot standards on curriculum map….

27. Performance Standards As a whole group… Place identified HSSCA performance standards in order by month of when taught on curriculum map Place remaining performance standards on curriculum map for both semesters

28. Content, Skills, Assessments In small groups… Complete the curriculum map for both semesters with examples of: content, skills, in-class assessments

29. Articulation Each group share out today’s work Look for repetitions, omissions, gaps

30. Next Steps Quickly identify next steps for February 21st Algebra I Curriculum Mapping Group Big Ideas/Essential Questions Academic Vocabulary Resources Complete Maps Look for Repetitions, Gaps, Omissions What materials do you want to bring for next time?

31. Plus/Delta Please complete a plus/delta before you leave. Thank you!