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Overview of the Intent of the Iowa Core Curriculum. What is the Iowa Core Curriculum?. A state-wide effort to improve teaching and learning to ensure that all Iowa students engage in a rigorous & relevant curriculum. Iowa Core Curriculum Overview.
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What is the Iowa Core Curriculum? • A state-wide effort to improve teaching and learning to ensure that all Iowa students engage in a rigorous & relevant curriculum.
Iowa Core Curriculum Overview • 1’s) What vision does the Iowa Core Curriculum advance? Page 1 (Including the gray box at the top of the page) What is the Iowa Core Curriculum? Pg.2 What does the Iowa Core Curriculum look like? Pg. 4,5 • 2’s) What are the benefits to students? Pg. 6 What are the benefits to educators? Pg. 7 What are the benefits to the state? Pg.8 • 3’s) What assumptions guide this work? Pg. 10-top of 13
Understanding of the Iowa Core Curriculum • 1’s) Describe 3 features of the Core Curriculum and how those features will impact student improvement in Iowa. • 2’s) Select at least one benefit for each group identified in the Overview. How can that benefit be used to support and promote the Core Curriculum within the district and community? • 3’s) Select at least 2 key assumptions that undergird the Core Curriculum. Explain why that is important to the work of Iowa educators.