Learning

Destination Learning:

What students need to know and be able to do

  • Nebraska College and Career Ready Standards

Curriculum:

The skills and knowledge that students are to learn

  • This includes learning materials, learning activities, and the learning engineer (teacher)
  • This involves an alignment of curriculum to the standards

Unpacking:

The process by which the curriculum is understood

  • Verbs - What students are doing
  • Content - Aligned to standards
  • Context - How students are learning the content

Prioritizing:

If applicable, this is the process by which the curriculum is defined by priority (mastery) and supportive standards. This may be content-dependent.

Scope & Sequence: Instructional Timeline

  • Scope: Refers to the areas of development addressed by the curriculum.
  • Sequence: Includes plans and materials for learning experiences to support and extend children's learning at various levels of development.

Instructional & Curriculum Alignment Myths:

Total Instructional Alignment: From Standards to Student Success Perfect Paperback – January 1, 2007 by Lisa Carter (Author)

  • "If we wait, the crisis will surely go away."
  • "We can continue to use the same old delivery methods to help students meet or exceed rigorous standards."
  • "Instructional alignment is simply 'teaching to the test.'"
  • "Standards and assessments stifle teacher creativity."
  • "Innovations by themselves will improve student performance."
  • "My textbook is my curriculum."
  • "Give teachers the standards, and they will figure them out."