Office of
Curriculum, Instruction
& Professional Learning
Adam Pease, EdD - Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction - adpease@chappaquaschools.org - 914-238-7200 x 1004
Curriculum Revision and Review Process
The team in C & I is consistently inspired and driven by the Board of Education's Strategic Question:
"How can the District ensure that all students think deeply and creatively, support their thinking, apply problem-solving skills, work collaboratively, and actively participate in their learning as they acquire content knowledge?"
In order to actively work to ensure this question is actualized, our team of professional developers works with teachers throughout the grade levels and departments to review and assess the efficacy of thier curriculum. Each department within the school district is in one of the four stages of our CCSD Curriculum Cycle (shown below). We are constantly striving to meet the needs of our students and our ever changing society. Through constant evaluation and reevaluation, we can ensure that our curriculum, in all areas, is modern, responsive and meeting the needs of our students.
Evaluate
In this stage you will review, elicit feedback, examine the current curriculum in place. You will be asking if the current curriculum is meeting the needs of the students, the community and modern society. You will use quantitative and qualitative data. A committee of teachers, possibly students and administrators will be a part of this stage.
Respond
Using what you learned from your evaluation, you will make decisions to improve the current curriculum or work to write or choose a new one. If teachers are writing a new curriculum, they will be lead by a team of veteran teachers, professional developers and/or administrators. If they are choosing a new curriculum, an evaluation process is established and carried out with a team of teachers, administrators and professional developers.
Prepare
This is the stage of learning. Based on the decisions made in the previous stage, what training, professional development, content acquisition, practice, etcetera do needed as individuals, a team, or department to successfully implement the new changes will be carried out. Coaching and support is a vital part of this process and can be stretched over several years.
Implement
A multi-year stage, in this phase, we work to implement the new curriculum, while receiving coaching and support along the way. We work to revise our pratices, improve our skills and rewrite units that need revision throughout this stage. Teams of teachers, administrators and professional developers work together in this phase of the process.
Guidelines for Curriculum Selection
Presented at the September 2022 Board of Educaiton meeting, the following information is provided to share guidelines for curriculum review and selection.
