Learning
Destination Learning:
Destination Learning:
What students need to know and be able to do
- Nebraska College and Career Ready Standards
Curriculum:
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:
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:
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 & 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:
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."