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."

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