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Curriculum and Education Update

Curriculum and Education Update. May 2014. Framework for Curriculum Review. Where are we now? Where do we want to go? How will we get there? How will we know we are getting there? How can we keep it going?. Asking the Right Questions (2009 ) Dr. Edie Holcomb. 2. Where do we want to go?.

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Curriculum and Education Update

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  1. Curriculum and Education Update May 2014

  2. Framework for Curriculum Review

  3. Where are we now? • Where do we want to go? • How will we get there? • How will we know we are getting there? • How can we keep it going? Asking the Right Questions (2009)Dr. Edie Holcomb

  4. 2. Where do we want to go? 1. Where are we now? 3. How will we get there? 5. How can we keep it going? 4. How will we know we are getting there? 4. How will we know we are getting there?

  5. Science Vertical Team: DEVELOPMENT • English/Language Arts: REVIEW • Technology/Computer Science: REVIEW • Gifted: REVIEW & DEVELOPMENT • Math: MONITOR Vertical Team Review

  6. In Development: • Align K-12 content and practices with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) • Elementary science: Content area reading and writing • Improved resources and supports for Biology • Integrate engineering practices from NGSS • Enrichment strands for advanced and highly interested students Science Vertical Team

  7. SUBGROUPS: • K-12 Writing • Writing Across the Curriculum • Reading Comprehension: Elementary • Reading Comprehension: Secondary • Diversity of Literature • Research Skills ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS

  8. APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY – What is working? Amethod for studying and changing social systems that advocates collective inquiry into the best of what is in order to imagine what could be. (David Cooperrider) • DATA ANALYSIS – Where are our gaps? • SURVEY DEVELOPMENT – How do we know? • SURVEY RESULTS…coming May 30, 2014 ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS

  9. Training in and implementation of Teacher’s College Reading Workshop in 3rd – 5th grade • Preparation for adopting TCRW into 6th grade Language Arts – Fall 2014 ELA VTCritical “Now” Steps

  10. Continued training and transition to 3-5 Reading Workshop approach • Increased student engagement, higher level thinking and speaking about texts across genres • Well-positioned for demands of the new standards in reading • Strong support from WSSD Education Foundation Elementary Reading

  11. Defining the Roadmap • Technology Education vs. Educational Technology • Engineering • Computer Science K-12 • High School: Electives (better course alignment to 21st century skills) & New Technology • Middle School: Sequencing Skills & Robotics Team • Elementary School: Developing a scope & sequence (2014-15) Technology/Computer Science Vertical Team

  12. Implementation: Elementary Level • Year One Implementation of Math in Focus • Unified district approach and expectations across schools and groupings • Strong positive response to increased rigor of new standards MATH

  13. Middle School Math: Pathways • Accelerated • Enriched • Grade-Level • Transitions Math Vertical Team

  14. Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8Grade 9 Adv. Alg. 1 (H)/ Inferential Statistics Accelerated Math 6/7 Accelerated Math 7/8 Geometry (H) Summer Packet & Placement Test Adv. Alg. 1 (H) Enriched Math 7 Enriched Math 8 Enriched Math 6 5th Grade Math Math 8 Math 6 Math 7 Adv. Alg. 1 Transitions Math 8 Transitions Math 6 Transitions Math 7 Foundations of Algebra

  15. RIGOROUS • Appropriately challenging for all students • ENGAGING • Student-centered, active, and experiential • ACHIEVEMENT-CENTERED • Focused on student learning and benchmarks for progress

  16. November & February In-service Program Socratic Seminars Rigorous Writing • RIGOROUS • Appropriately challenging for all students GRIT PA Core Standards Differentiation for the Gifted Population Debate in the Classroom Teaching Research Mindfulness in Education Higher Order Questioning “Appy Hour” Real World Inquiry Over 36 sessions offered K-12 by teachers and administrators

  17. A processto document a measure of educator effectiveness based on student achievement of content standards. S.L.O.’s

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