Next Level Curriculum Mapping In the beginning, our school mapped because the accreditation board told us we needed to articulate the curriculum beyond the row of binders that had been collecting dust in the Assistant Principal of Curriculum and Instruction’s office...
Written by Edmund Miller, Teacher Father Gabriel Richard High School Seeking Knowledge of God Through the Experience of Beauty French has two ways of expressing the verb “to know.” Savoir is used in the context of knowing a fact, while connaitre expresses not merely a...
By Stacy Winslow, Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Derry Township School District If it doesn’t matter whether or not all children learn; if any learning is an acceptable measure of learning, then no written set of learning objectives is needed. However, if...
By Eric Hewitt, High School Principal Riverview School District Change. In my school it is known as the “C” word. If you are smart, you will avoid using that word at all costs. Just mentioning change could doom any initiative or plan to failure before you utter the...
When incorporating arts into curriculum, an educator’s goal is to present the arts – fine art, music, dance, drama, and creative writing – in a way that helps students to construct, reinforce, or demonstrate their understanding of a subject. According to The Kennedy...
Science and social studies have been swept to the side in the yearly race for AYP, especially in elementary school curriculum. This means that students are often underprepared for science and social studies curriculum and courses in Middle and High school. Rather than...
