Curriculum PlanningThere have been many different theories regarding curriculum planning postulated by experts throughout the years, but one thing is clear: curriculum planning continues to adapt to the changing educational landscape. One of the most traditional forms of curriculum planning was to have "Curriculum Planning Committees" to plan the curricula and evaluate its effectiveness throughout the year. This method of curriculum planning is fast becoming outdated as technological advances take hold.
One of the newer methods of curriculum planning employs a technique of beginning with the end in mind. While some traditional curriculum planning committees would start with a resource, such as the chosen textbook to plan curriculum, a beginning with the end approach commences a hard look at goals, standards, and progress indicators. This top down method asks questions at the onset of curriculum planning: What should my student be able to do at the end of this course? Once these questions are answered, the curriculum planning is centered on the answers.
Many districts must comply with state and federal standards, which help employ this top down approach to curriculum planning, but only if implemented correctly. Collaborative Learning assists schools with their ccurriculum planning needs with their Curriculum Improvement Suite, a studio of products that can be tailored to fit any curriculum improvement need.
Curriculum Mapper™ allows schools and teachers to create and document curriculum and link all parts of the curriculum to standards, an increasingly important part of curriculum planning as more districts adapt to state and federal standards. Curriculum Mapper™ also allows teachers to document instruction within the classroom to measure which standards are being taught and when. Curriculum Mapper™ gives teachers a line of vision into what goes on in other teachers' classrooms, allowing for teacher collaboration and sharing of best practices through curriculum maps. Curriculum Mapping also equips new teachers with the tools to immediately know what has worked historically in a classroom, so they can start using best practices from day one.
StandardsScore™ is a standards-based, web-based assessment solution for curriculum planning that allows teachers to easily link any worksheet, classroom activity, quiz or test straight to standards, so teachers daily authentic assessment of students becomes formative standards-based assessment. The StandardsScore™ solution allows teachers to show what was taught and learned within a curriculum, giving districts a big picture look into what is working in a classroom, and parents a specific look into their child's position within the learning process. StandardsScore™ also plainly documents where specific students are struggling, allowing for differentiated instruction within the classroom.
Imagine if every school had documentation of what has been working, and what needed more planning, in every classroom utilizing current curriculum. Without this information, curriculum planning can feel like driving a car without a steering wheel. In using Collaborative Learning’s Curriculum Improvement Suite forcurriculum planning, schools know exactly what was taught and learned in every classroom, each day.
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A Comprehensive Curriculum
The Original, Easiest-to-Use
A Standards-Based
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