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Curr Guide Content
Curr Guide Content
Alignment
Ensures coherence within your organization, program, building, content area, grade level, etc.
Curriculum Alignment definition (Cramer): matching the various components of your curriculum to
ensure all parts fit together and are addressed/taught/assessed/resourced
Utilize tables or matrices to illustrate matches
Requires identification of
o what needs to be taught -- goals, content and standards;
o where it will be taught/provided
o when and the degree to which it is to be taught -- introduced, taught, and reinforced
o assessments -- teacher made and standardized
Provides a map for allocating resources -- time, energy, money, space
Allows for accountability within the organization
District Level Big Picture Guide/Section (optional but useful, Glatthorn, 1994/2004)
District’s educational goals -- the outcomes you hope the students will achieve after completing formal
schooling
Vision of curriculum excellence -- your dream of what excellence looks like
District’s curriculum policy -- Policy governing how curriculum will be developed, implemented,
reviewed; who does what; process for monitoring and evaluating curriculum; access; resources, etc.
Long-Term Planning Chart -- to indicate when curricular materials are to be planned, produced, piloted,
implemented
Alignment charts (Cramer)
Big Picture Materials (optional for inclusion in guide but useful to assist in planning, Glatthorn)
State frameworks/guides (from DPI)
Exemplary national curriculum projects
Research on teaching and learning in your subject area
Research on child/adolescent/learner development
High-quality commercially produced learning materials
Process -- Developing a Mastery Curriculum (Glatthorn, 1994/2004, p. 34)