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Gorham Schools Curriculum
Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment
Coordinator: Duties & Responsibilities
Protocol
The District's overall Five-Year Curriculum Renewal Cycle ensures the ongoing development, review, and assessment of all content areas. Members of the appropriate department(s), grade level team(s), and cross divisional/school curriculum committees formally review several areas each year. The focus includes: (1) content, in terms of topics, concepts, or essential questions, (2) processes and skills taught, (3) alignment with district and external standards & benchmarks, (4) integration of technology and library media, (5) assessment of outcomes and performances, and (6) articulation, sequence, and congruence across the district.
*Renewal cycle includes the following content areas:
English/Language Arts
Foreign Languages
Health
Physical Education
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Technology
Visual/Performing Arts
*Technology & Library/Media are also integrated across the grade levels and content areas.
*Each area progresses through four phases: revision (design & development) preparation (training & resources), implementation, and assessment (data analysis and prescription).
Subject Area Renewal Cycle:
Four-year cycle, 2004-2008
2004-2005: Science/Technology/Social Studies
2005-2006: Mathematics/Health/Physical Education
2006-2007: English/Language Arts
2007-2008: English/Language Arts; World Languages/Visual & Performing Arts
Five-year cycle, Effective 2008-2009
2008-2009: English/Language Arts (ELA, Year III), Standards Based Reporting (SBR)
2009-2010: Science/ Technology
2010-2011: Health/Physical Education/Math
2011-2012: Social Studies
2012-2013: ELA
2013-2014 ELA, World Languages/Visual & Performing Arts
Five-year cycle renews, 2014-2015
Rationale and goals for curriculum development:
- To involve all stakeholders in curriculum development, implementation, and assessment
- To develop a solid foundation of common understandings across the district: philosophy, essential goals and frameworks that enable departments and grade levels to create comprehensive methodologies, units, and assessments which compliment the overall educational program and link the grade spans/schools.
- To assure that there is a focus across the curriculum on the affective domain and the cognitive domain.
- To coordinate professional development opportunities with teaching and learning across the district.
- To coordinate content area focus (renewal cycle) with the allocation of financial and other resources.
- To gather and disseminate information on recent curricular trends, standards, and research.
- To provide access to current resources, texts, and technologies.
- To assist classroom teachers, those in leadership positions, and administrators in aligning the written, taught, and assessed curricula.
- To maintain high expectations for curriculum design, implementation, assessment, accountability, resources, and in-service programs and opportunities.
- To advance communication and consensus building across the district.
- To encourage a commitment to renewal and change and to secure understanding and appreciation across the district that the best schools are organic, always a work-in- progress.
Curriculum & Assessment Council
The Curriculum & Assessment Council (CAC) will provide leadership in the development, implementation, and coordination of the K-12 Curriculum content area curriculum work within the district. Each member of the CAC has primary responsibility for assuring that the content area and/or focus area meets the requirements of Curriculum review work in a comprehensive, congruent, and timely manner.
The CAC collectively, and the Coordinators individually will:
• Guide the development, implementation, and evaluation of curriculum, assessments, & instruction.
• Collaborate w/K-12 Administrators to improve staff competencies and plan professional development.
• Review and evaluate results of District-wide assessment and other evaluative measures.
• Serve as liaison with educational leaders in curriculum at regional ex: SEA), state, & national levels.
• Coordinate NCLB application (Katie, Rhonda, & Hollis will take the lead) and performance reports, including its programs & services, and maintain budget thereof.
• Direct and collaborate with the appropriate staff in the District to coordinate and advance the work in curriculum, assessment, data analysis, and the use of data to inform program(s) and instruction.
• Other responsibilities as may be determined.
Members of the CAC will also serve as the review committee for all curriculum and assessment work in the District, K-12. Drafts of work accomplished 'to date' will be submitted (written and oral presentation) to the district committee for review, discussion, and modification at designated dates/times throughout the 'renewal cycle' year. All written work will be done on computers and maintained for easy access and review and modification. During the 'off-cycle' years, each content area will engage in the appropriate assessment and data analysis.
Chair, Superintendent or designee
Coordinators: ELA, Susan Sedenka, Literacy Specialist
Math, Margaret Evans, Principal, White Rock
Arts (Visual, Performing) Susie Hanley, Assistant Principal, GMS
Foreign Languages (Modern & Classical), Polly Brann, Assistant Principal, Narragansett
Health/Phys Ed., Kim Slipp, Assistant Principal, GHS
Science, Jane Esty, Assistant Principal, Village
Social Studies, Charlie Tryder, Assistant Principal, GHS
Technology, Dennis Crowe, Director of Technology
Instructional Services, Katie Hawes, Director of I.S.
Testing/Assessment, Brian Porter, Principal, Village
Standards Based Reporting, Brad Smith, Principal, Narragansett
Professional Development Liaison, Rhonda Warren, Assistant to Superintendent
Grade Span & Linkage Content Area Curriculum Committee Teams
Composition and Responsibilities of all Content Area Curriculum/Assessment/Data Committees (Committees within each grade span composed of teachers from each grade level in that content area, including two members who also are engaged in a 'linkage subcommittee' with other grade spans *(i.e., Grades 2 to 3; Grades 5-6; and Grades 8-9).
Each Principal will designate a member of the professional staff to coordinate the work of that grade span. Each Principal, or designee, will coordinate the ìlinkageî subcommittee work with his/her colleague from the next grade span (i.e., K-2 Principal or designee with 3-5 Principal or designee).
*Note: as of September 2011 the linkage teams will be 5-6 and 8-9, reflecting the new K-5 configuration.
Time Lines/Guidelines, 2008-2009
Initial progress report presented to CAC on January 20, 2009
Second progress report presented to CAC on March 17, 2009
Third and Final report (final draft of K-12 Curriculum) presented to CAC on May 19, 2009
Note: Presentations to the CAC are to be both oral and written.
A common template/format will be used for final draft/composition of K-12 curriculum.
All written work will be in Times Roman, 11 font (12 ñ 16 for headings/titles in bold), double-spaced)
The appropriate school-based and district level administrative support staff will serve as resources for all curriculum committee work across the district.
Format for Curriculum, K-12 (content area/grade level/grade span/school/district)
District Mission Statement
Philosophy Statement
Content Standards
Grade/Course Level Performance Indicators (Content/Essential Skills)
Assessment (Internal & External Instruments)
Data Analysis: (Format, Forum, Prescription, Modification)
Adult & Continuing Education
As both an extension and an adjunct of the K-12 educational program, Adult &
Continuing Education will be incorporated in the renewal cycle(s) and will have a linkage subcommittee with the high school.
Note: All questions, suggestions, comments, inquiries, and drafts that are directed to the CAC are to be submitted to/through the Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent.
Revised May 22, 2008
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