Professional Documents
Culture Documents
CurrDevProcess Paper 4
CurrDevProcess Paper 4
Development Process?
Swarnima Singh
B.Ed. II
Glatthorn’s School Board
Citizens’
Model Curriculum
Advisory
Superintendent Council
Curriculum
Planning
Council
Principals
Task Forces
School
Curriculum
Council
Curriculum Instructional
Writers Planning
Teams
Organizational components (1-15) needed to
accomplish effective curriculum work :
1. District org structure for central curriculum
planning
2. District org structure for developing curriculum
3. District org structure for citizen input
4. District long-term plan for developing
curriculum
5. District requires groups developing curriculum
to submit specific plans for accomplishing this
task (Are plans monitored?)
6. Written Board policies delineating its role in
curriculum development
7. District written curriculum goals
8. District written vision of excellence for Do you have
curriculum these
components?
9. Written, systematic district process for developing and
evaluating curriculum
10. Systematic district process for aligning instruction with
written curriculum, texts and assessments
11. Systematic district process for monitoring the
curriculum
12. Systematic district process for implementing the
curriculum
13. Each school has its own goals, vision and written
program of studies
14. Classroom teachers develop yearly plans, courses of
study and integrated units
15. District audit assesses the quality of the delivered
curriculum
Who could/should/might
be involved in the curriculum
planning process?
• Citizens’ Curriculum Advisory Council
• Curriculum Planning Council What
• Curriculum Task Forces about
me?
• Curriculum Writers
• School Curriculum Council
• Instructional Planning Teams
Who’s Involved? What do they do?
Citizens’ Curriculum Advisory Council
• Superintendent and assistant superintendent for
curriculum AND members appointed by the Board with
input from school administrators
• Council acts in an advisory capacity to School Board
• Advise Board on curriculum policy
• Foster communication by meeting with individuals and
community groups concerned about the curriculum
• Hold hearings on controversial curriculum issues,
communicate recommendations to Board
• Confer with Curriculum Planning Council and individual
Task Forces to share community beliefs and opinions
about curriculum issues
Who’s Involved? What do they do?
Curriculum Planning Council
• Central Office staff, school administrators, professional
support staff, teachers (selection based on knowledge of
district, ability to plan, knowledge of current curriculum
practices, credibility with colleagues
1. Organize Planning Council, set schedule, choose
leadership, determine how decisions will be made
2. Provide leadership in identifying educational goals and
developing a vision of curriculum excellence
3. Explicate the district’s curriculum guide development
process
4. Develop and submit budget recommendations for
curriculum work
5. Arrange for necessary leadership training and staff
development
6. Identify a standard format for the curriculum guides
7. Identify and implement curriculum evaluation processes
8. Develop processes and materials to ensure the
curriculum is effectively implemented
9. Conduct a needs assessment to identify priorities for
developing curriculum guides and related materials
10. Appoint and provide training for Task Forces that will
develop the actual curriculum guides
11. Monitor the work of Task Forces