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Curriculum Mappingby Kendra Jensen & Laura Nelson
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What is Curriculum Mapping?
• Calendar-based process for collecting curriculum data from classroom
• Provides a basis for examination of that data• Maps the journey of learning!
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Basic Mapping Elements
• Essential questions• Content• Skills• Assessments• Lesson Plans
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Macomb High School’s Mapping
• Content– Topics are nouns and bold the topic words– Sub topics are to be bulleted
• Skills– IL Standards (www.isbe.net/ils/Default.htm)– Benchmarks– Introduced, Developed, Reinforced
• Assessments– Bold the “type” (noun) of assessment given– Bullet the short description of assessments– http://district185.macomb.com/
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Why Curriculum Map?
• Knowing what occurs in each classroom• To promote alignment
– Internal curriculum within the same subject– Between grades and departments– To district and state standards
• To give students a seamless journey in their total K-12 experience
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Communication Tool
• Between teachers across grade levels• Between teachers in feeding and receiving sites• For parents• For students
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Planning Tool
• For curriculum reform/renewal• For meeting standards• For ordering materials, software, etc.• For assessment reform
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Pedagogical Tool
• For the new teacher• For the special education teacher• For designing staff development• For sharing effective techniques/lessons
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Technology
• The Curriculum Mapper• Web Based Program• Communication at our fingertips
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Basic Steps of the Process
• Collect data• First read through• Mixed peer review• Large group review• Determine areas for immediate revision• Determine areas for long-term planning• Continue the cycle
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Nuts N’ Bolts
• Diary Map– Personalized map written at the end of the month—
really took place in classroom
• Projected Map– Planned itinerary
• Essential Map– Master map created by team
• Skills– Measurable verbs (Bloome’s)– Descriptors (demonstrated, labeled, and defined)– Defined nouns (test, quiz, and project)
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Best Practices—Engage Staff
• Map to identify gaps• Introduce CM as a tool to solve teaching and
learning problems• Introduce CM as a hub for integrating building
and district initiatives• Sometimes used as a tool to raise the level—
state standards too easy for some
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Best Reason
• Increase student performance– Can meet virtually– Effective schools research– Clear purpose– Required product– Constant focus on students– Opportunity for collaboration and reflection– Establish common ground and shared vision
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Results
• Over time, see significant gains (2 years)• See increased complexity in writing—word
choice and sentence variety• Increase in math scores—which are first and
foremost reading tests• Professional learning communities—formal
process
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Staff Development Days
• Hire subs for two-hour work time to update maps
• Make a part of regular work load• Half-day school work days
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Planning
• Provides an accurate road map
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Resources
• Heidi Hayes Jacobs (Mapping the Big Picture, Getting Results with Curriculum Mapping, http://www.curriculumdesigners.com go to resources and then bulletin board
• Macomb School District—http://district185.macomb.com/
• Oswego School District—http://www.oswego308.org
• Midland School District—http://www.midland-7.org/Midlandframe/index.htm
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