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Building
Consensus
Building
Consensus
Ownership in the process of curriculum design is vital for teachers to:
have a voice in the process
work through the process
own the process
take pride in the process' final product
Know Your Role
Know Your Role
Since every committee member is part of the process. It's important that each member knows his/her role. This discussion of expectations helps keep everyone in their lanes. The image to the left provides a model of what roles can look like in an organization.
Understand the Phases
Understand the Phases
There are several phases that are involved with curriculum design. In the context of a school building, the following order of the phases is recommended.
School
Self-Analysis
Description: During this phase, the faculty considers what is going well and what needs improvement in the subject area.
Inputs: Faculty observations, parent feedback, student data results, educational trends
Duration: 3 months - 1 year
Mission & Development
Description: During this phase, the faculty determines the mission/vision and philosophy as well as creates the curriculum guide. A instructional resource review also fits in during this phase.
Inputs: state standards, evidence-based research, teacher training program
Duration: 6 months - 1 year
Implementation
Description: During this phase, the faculty implements the curriculum guide, which may include a new instructional resource or program.
Inputs: curriculum guide, possible new instructional resource/program
Duration: 1 -2 school years
Refinement & Maintenance
Description: During this phase, the faculty refines the instruction to achieve the goals of the curriculum guide. In addition, data is collected for any gaps that need to be addressed during the next curriculum review.
Inputs: teacher observation, parent feedback, curriculum guide, student data results
Duration: 1 -2 school years
Curriculum Guide Templates: WELSSA Format
Curriculum Guide Templates: WELSSA Format
The WELSSA Standard 11 provides several categories that lend themselves well for organizing a curriculum guide. The two documents below give you a general template that can be utilized in developing a quality curriculum. When it comes to providing that it is usable to your teachers, think about...
Clear and common language
Uniformity in formatting
A table of contents
Links to supporting curriculum documents
The "share" setting
Mrs. Melanie Giddings
for the Commission for Lutheran Schools
2022
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