The Why and The How of Curriculum
Provides a clear path for students from grade to grade, and standardizes the learning goals for the district.
What is Curriculum?
Students are using a variety of representations to have a deeper understanding and develop the "why" behind the math.
What is balancing conceptual understanding and procedural skills?
Where to look for assessment dates?
What is the Assessment Calendar?
Campus admins get support from this group of experts
Who is the Curriculum and Instruction team?
Curriculum is a form of
What is professional learning?
Instructional practice where students engage in inquiry and explorations prior to teacher instruction.
What is explore before explain?
All teacher supports and information is linked to this website.
What is the Professional Learning Site?
Campus admins should help teachers ______ for instruction in PLC.
What is plan?
Content Literacy. Formative Assessment. Learning Targets. Workshop Model. PLC
What are the C&I Foci?
A table with suggestion readings that are correlated to the scope and sequence by week.
What is the Social Studies Literacy Calendar?
This one-stop-shop has links to everything an admin needs.
What is the Principal Padlet?
Daily curriculum-focused visits to classrooms
What is a curriculum walk-though?
TEKS/ELPS, Assessments, Pacing, Learning Targets, Vocabulary, and Instructional strategies for diverse learners
What are the components of the curriculum documents?
A tool used to assess student performance and understanding in alignment with state standards; provides clear criteria for evaluating various assignments, projects, or assessments based on the specific learning objectives
What is a TEKS-based rubric?
Help! My teacher needs help with clarifying instructional expectations and strategies. Where can find that?
What is Instructional Framework?
Snapshot of the curriculum in all content areas
What is the Pk-12 Curriculum at a Glance?
Providing the learning intention and success criteria so students know where the learning is going.
What is a Learning Target?
Clear expectations. Modeled with explicit instruction. Time for independent practice
What are the Universal Instructional Expectations?
Help! I have a newcomer that needs ESL support. Where can I find strategies for a teacher?
What is the ESL Support website?
Data drives the discussion in this
What is PLCs?