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CurriculumCurriculumCurriculumCurriculum
Department of Curriculum & Testing
March, 2011
A Look at the New Curriculum Guides &
the Instructional Process
A Look at the New Curriculum Guides &
the Instructional Process
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What do we know about What do we know about Learning?Learning?
What do we know about What do we know about Learning?Learning?
• Students learn best when:Students learn best when:
– The goal is explained clearlyThe goal is explained clearly
– New content is connected to prior New content is connected to prior knowledge or familiar conceptsknowledge or familiar concepts
– Content is organized around Big Ideas or Content is organized around Big Ideas or Enduring Understandings instead of a string Enduring Understandings instead of a string of facts or isolated skillsof facts or isolated skills
– Content is presented in a variety of ways to Content is presented in a variety of ways to address different learning needsaddress different learning needs
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Begin with the end in mind – Begin with the end in mind –
What Big Ideas/Enduring Understandings do What Big Ideas/Enduring Understandings do we want students to gain?we want students to gain?
What are the Learning Outcomes? What are the Learning Outcomes?
– We need to understand clearly the content and the reasons you are teaching it
– Look for the skills that will demonstrate learning– Develop a content blueprint (within the curriculum
guide)– Develop a Handbook of resources for each
course
Where do we begin?Where do we begin?Where do we begin?Where do we begin?
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Guides to the Guides to the Instructional ProcessInstructional Process
Guides to the Guides to the Instructional ProcessInstructional Process
• Curriculum Guide– Curriculum Guide– a plan, not a scripta plan, not a script– StandardsStandards– Student OutcomesStudent Outcomes
• Handbook– Handbook– the deliverythe delivery– ActivitiesActivities– ResourcesResources– Instructional practicesInstructional practices– AssessmentsAssessments
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Components of a Components of a Curriculum FrameworkCurriculum Framework
Components of a Components of a Curriculum FrameworkCurriculum Framework
Curriculum Guide -Curriculum Guide -Philosophy or rationaleDescription of CourseStandards – NJ & Common CoreInstructional Framework and/or Blueprint
Teacher Handbook -Teacher Handbook -BibliographyDetailed resourcesSample unit and lesson plansExamples of cross discipline integrationUnit PlansFormative and Summative AssessmentsLiving document constantly revised
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Change in FormatChange in Format
Curriculum GuideCurriculum GuideChange in FormatChange in Format
Curriculum GuideCurriculum Guide
• The curriculum guide is mapped according to the standards
• Its focus is Learning not Teaching therefore the guide’s focus is the learning outcomes, not the activities
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HandbookHandbookHandbookHandbook
The handbook is written to The handbook is written to address the instructional process address the instructional process from the teaching perspective.from the teaching perspective.
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Curriculum Management Curriculum Management within the Curriculum within the Curriculum
GuideGuide
Curriculum Management Curriculum Management within the Curriculum within the Curriculum
GuideGuide
Key Elements/Big IdeasKey Elements/Big Ideas
ContentContent (What students should know)
Performance Targets Performance Targets (Skills: What students should be able to do)
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The Blueprint: NJ CCCS &The Blueprint: NJ CCCS &Common Core StandardsCommon Core Standards
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Three Columns:Three Columns:Key Elements, Content, Key Elements, Content,
Performance TargetsPerformance Targets
Three Columns:Three Columns:Key Elements, Content, Key Elements, Content,
Performance TargetsPerformance Targets
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We include important We include important featuresfeatures
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New InitiativesNew Initiatives
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An Outline or Focal PointsAn Outline or Focal Points
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Handbook to be writtenHandbook to be writtenHandbook to be writtenHandbook to be written
• Representatives of all stakeholders• Living Document• Renewable and sustainable
because it is not dependent upon any particular textbook series
• All references are amendable and, hopefully, constantly added to
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