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Curriculum Mapping
November 2004
Today’s Agenda• Pre-Survey• Introduction of CM
Team• Purpose• What is Curriculum?• Why Map?• CM Concepts• Tentative Timeline• Post-Survey
Curriculum Mapping Team
• Katie Byrne• Kim Campagna• Nellie Delfini• Bryan Drozd• David Dudiak • Hope Durkin• Madonna Fiorelli• Sharon McGuire• Ceil Oakes• Susan Scroppo
Purpose
• No decisions have been made as of yet.
• This meeting is designed to provide information.
Define Curriculum
• Activity
Types of Curriculum
• Recommended – Standards as defined by experts in their field.
• Written – State standards, local goals and objectives (ie., curriculum binders).
• Supported – Curriculum for which materials are actually available, such as textbooks and software.
Types of Curriculum
• Tested – What is actually assessed at the state and local level.
• Taught – The content that teachers actually deliver.
• Learned – The content that students learn.
What is Curriculum Mapping?
Curriculum Mapping is the documentation and discussion of what we teach.
It is a collaborative process that helps us understand teaching and learning throughout the Elementary and Middle School .
Why Curriculum Mapping?
• It benefits ALL students.
• Mapping is a COMMUNICATION tool.
• Mapping is a PLANNING tool, it keeps us FOCUSED and targets necessary information.
• Promotes PROFESSIONALISM and teaching creativeness.
Benefits• Mapping is not burdensome, in fact
it replaces repeat teachings and (eventually) lesson plans.
• Mapping allows us to focus on fewer goals, and therefore, teach concepts in depth.
• Mapping will eliminate wasted review and expand teaching time.
• It vertically shows curriculum steps.
What Happens With Curriculum Mapping?
• Departments can investigate the map to identify gaps in the vertical and horizontal alignment of courses.
• Assess what students mastered in the preceding grade and focus on building skills and knowledge.
• Horizontal alignment, assures that all teachers follow a similar timeline.
Curriculum MappingAttempts to:
• Create a “snapshot” of the educational activities of every classroom within the district.
• Capture the content skills and assessments taught by every teacher in the district.
• Organize this information into an easily accessed visual that presents a timeline of instruction by teacher and course.
Every day
When…
This is a multi-year
ongoing process
How…
We’ll show you.
Sample Curriculum MapEssential Questions
Content
(noun)
Skills
(verb)
Assessment Activities
August
September
October
November
December
Essential Questions…
• Focus on a broad topic of study.
• Have multiple answers and perspectives. They address “why” or “how”.
• They are “mental Velcro” that helps ideas stick in students’ minds.
Essential QuestionsExamples
• Which is more important – water or air?
• What is change?
• What if Shakespeare were a woman?
Content
• Content is the essential concepts and topics covered during a month.
• Content is written beginning with a noun.
ContentExamples
• Cultural diversity
• Water cycle
• Bridge to Terabithia
• Local Government Systems
• Fire Safety
Skills
• Skills are key abilities and processes students will develop related to specific content.
• Skills are written beginning with a verb.
Skills Examples
• Reading a map
• Writing a play
• Analyzing non-fiction text
• Writing persuasive essays
• Matching words and pictures
Assessment
• Assessments are the products or performances that demonstrate student learning.
• Assessments are what the student does (the actual product or performance), not the evaluation tool used to assess the product.
Assessment Examples
• Group presentation
• Brochure
• Research Paper
• Essay exam
• Puppet show
• Debate
Activities
• Key activities that lead to acquisition of knowledge and skills.
• Describe the "how" for the knowledge and skills.
Activities Examples
• Writing persuasive letters to local government
• Water analysis of local river
• Critique a work of art
• Create a 50 states quilt
Curriculum Mapping Timeline
Summer 2004: Core team attends training
Fall 2004: Core Team plans training and dissemination. Presents at Institute.
December 2004: Staff Development
January 2005: CM Training continues during Institute
Curriculum Mapping Timeline
February 2005: Train teachers and staff. Teachers and staff develop maps for one class or content area
February 2005: Identify and purchase software
March 2005: Teams review maps.
Curriculum Mapping Timeline
Academic Year 2005/2006: First draft of Curriculum Maps are finished.
Review and revision of maps begin
And then…
Once we have our Maps, what do we
do with them?
Maps are never finished; they are a work in progress!
Documentation
ExaminationRevision
DocumentationExamination
RevisionDocumentation
ExaminationRevision
DocumentationExaminationRevision
Post-Survey
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/virtualwkshp/virtualwkshp004.shtml
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