Curriculum Cycle - This document was created in collaboration with unit leaders and department heads in the spring of 2022. Please contact the curriculum department if there are any resources missing or need revision.

WBSD Software List 

Course/Curriculum Review Process

New Course/Curriculum Recommendation Form

New Instructional Material Recommendation Form

Textbook Adoption Form

The Curriculum Study Council, functioning as an advisory and consultative body, shall review, study, research programs and make recommendations in writing to the superintendent in curriculum areas that are beneficial to the district. 

If changes are made, said proposals shall be returned to the Council for further study and approval before presentation to the Board by the superintendent. The Board and the Association agree that the Curriculum Study Council serves in an advisory and consultative capacity and that the failure of the Board to place recommendations into effect shall not constitute a basis for a grievance.  However, the Board or its designee shall respond in writing, giving reasons for their decision. 

The Curriculum Study Council shall determine long and short-range goals at the second regular meeting. 

The duties of the council are as follows: 

• They shall attend all meetings and report minutes to their buildings. 

• They shall discuss, investigate, evaluate, and make suggestions to the superintendent pertinent to problems regarding curriculum, teaching material, and teaching methods and procedures. 

• They shall review and evaluate any recommendations which the administration might make regarding changes in curriculum, materials, methods, or procedures affecting the learning process.

• This committee shall consider all proposals from any source pertaining to the improvement of the educational programs carried on or proposed to be carried on in the public schools. 

• The Board recognizes that the professional staff shall have a responsible voice in textbook selection. The adoption, continuation, or discontinuation of textbooks shall be a matter of review and consideration by the Curriculum Study Council. 

• The committee will issue an annual report to the superintendent and a copy to the Association concerning their activities, and said report will include the minutes of each meeting, and a prospectus of the work of future committees. This report will be made no later than June 1 st of each year.