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Personal Curriculum

Susan Caudell

+Rigor, Relevance, Relationship of the Personal Curriculum

Rigor is appropriate

MMC is appropriate

EDP is the 1st Step in the Personal Curriculum

IEP supports the EDP

Four clearly defined reasons for PC

Prepare students

+Students

Throughout Michigan all students have the same graduation requirements.

Allows for employers to be assured that the diploma means that students have core skills ready for the 21st century.

Allows colleges to know that students are ready for the rigor of studies.

+Wage Earning by Education

Bachelor’s degree earns more than double a dropout.

Bachelor’s degree earns more than 70% of a high school graduate and .

+Prevention of Drop Outs

Disengagement

Failing grades

Low tests

Not enough credits

Grade retention

Absenteeism

Disruptive behavior

Bad relationships teachers/peers

+Teachers Can Help the Drop Out Rate

39 point difference between test scores of most effective teachers vs. least effective teachers

Key teacher practices

1. instructional strategies

2. classroom management

3. classroom curriculum design

+Schools Can Help the Drop Out Rate

Highly effective schools overcome the effects of student backrounds.

Five school practices

1. viable curriculum

2. challenging goals/feedback

3. parent/community involvement

4. safe/orderly environment

5. collegiality/professionalism

+Personal Curriculum for those needing help with or going beyond MMC requirements Allowable for MC modification

1. Student to go beyond the MMC in math, science, ELA, world languages

2. modify math requirement

3. modify the requirements for an IEP student

4. modify the requirements for transfer out of state student or non public school student

+Changes in the MMC Requirements Consequences

MME

College entrance

College scholarships

Michigan Promise scholarship

Trade school

Securing a job

NCAA athletic programs

+District Consequences to a PC

AYP

Continuous Improvement and Monitoring System, the State Performance Plan, and the Annual Performance Report

+Modifications not allowed to the MMC

ELA

Science

World Languages

Civics

Online learning

(except for IEP or transfer students)

+Parts/Process/Content of the PC

ID post secondary goal-look at EDP/IEP

ID career pathway

Document current level of performance

ID requirements for post secondary goals

ID experiences needed to achieve post secondary goals

+IEP and the PC

The EDP and IEP and graduation have an inverse relationships.

PC modifications

1. Be specific and targeted

2. Include all content expectations that are appropriate for the student and must graduate with same amount of credits

3. EDP and IEP must align

4. Based on disability

5. Be limited in the deviation from the MMC requirements

+Summary

The rigor of the MMC will prepare all students.

MMC is appropriate for all with some PC exceptions.

EDP must be completed for all students.

IEP documents the student’s needs to complete the MMC.

There are only 4 reasons for a PC and the reasons are strictly defined.

High school is to prepare students for post secondary goals.