Art Overview

The CTECS Art Curriculum 24-25 revision was modeled after CSDE Model Curriculum. The curricula were constructed using the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) K–12 Curricula Design Principles Handbook as a framework to structure the design process in order to ensure access to high quality, high-impact teaching and learning aligned to the content standards adopted by the Connecticut Board of Education to provide  CTECS’s students access to equitable educational opportunities within a culture of high expectations.

This standards-based curriculum defines what students are expected to learn by course; it provides a roadmap of the essential learning outcomes for mastery by the end of the course. The curriculum combines how teachers will teach to develop skills, content knowledge, and assess students’ ability to transfer learning. The structure and organization of curriculum are guided by a curriculum framework that must include standards aligned concepts, skills, high impact instructional methods, high quality materials, and multiple means of assessment aligned to standards.