BPS Curriculum Process
BPS Curriculum Mapping Process - Rigorous Curriculum Design
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Step 1: Prioritze and Unwrap the Standards
Prioritize and vertically align from grade to grade and course to course the academic content standards or learning outcomes.
Step 2: Name the Units of Study
Identify the specific units of study for each grade level and course.
Step 3: Assign Priority Standards and Supporting Standards
Assign Priority Standards and supporting standards to each unit of study, taking into account "learning progressions" -- those building blocks of concepts and skills that students need to learn before they can learn other ones.
Confirm that every priority standard is assigned to one or more Units of Study.
Step 4: Prepare a Pacing Calendar
Create a curriculum pacing calendar for implementing the units of study to ensure that all Priority Standards are taught, assessed, retaught, and reassessed throughout the school year.
Step 5: Decide Big Ideas (Enduring Understandings) and Essential Questions
Decide the foundational understandings derived from the "unwrapped" concepts and skills for that unit of study. Write essential questions that will engage students to discover for themselves the related Big Ideas.
Step 6: Develop Learning Goals and Scales
For each priority, develop the learning goals and scales defining the skills and vocabulary necessary to reach proficiency for each priority standard.
Step 7: Create the End-of-Unit Assessment
Create the end-of-unit assessment directly aligned to the "unwrapped" Priority Standards.
Step 8: Create the Unit Pre-Assessment
Create the pre-assessment aligned or "mirrored" to the post-assessment.
Step 9: Plan Engaging Learning Experiences
Design meaningful learning activities directly based upon the "unwrapped" concepts and skills and representative of additional vocabulary terms, interdisciplinary connections, and 21st-century learning skills. Ensure writing and text-dependent activities are included in the engaging learning experiences.
Step 10: Gather Resource Materials and Select High-Impact Instructional Strategies
Gather print materials and seek out technology resources that support the planned learning experiences for the unit. Also, select high-impact instructional strategies to use during instruction and related learning activities with the whole class, with small groups, and with individual students that have specific learning needs.
Step 11: Implement and Monitor
Implement the units of study according to the pacing calendar. During implementation, evaluate student pre-assessment, formative and progress-monitoring measures, and end-of-unit assessment.
Step 12: Adjust the Unit of Instruction
After the unit, reflect and adjust the unit to continue to build a stronger unit.
Resources
All information in the Curriculum Design Process is based on the The Leadership and Learning Center Training Manual: Planning for Rigorous Curriculum Design (2010) and from the text from Larry Ainsworth - Ainsworth, L. (2010). Rigorous curriculum design. Englewood, Colo.: Lead Learn Press.