.: The 6 Big Ideas in Curriculum Mapping :.
1. knowledge transfer
2. integration
3. transparency
4. accountability
5. collaborative &
focused conversation
6. perspective
Goals for today's session:
- Review current unit map template
- Comfort with navigating Atlas
- Confidence in leading & sustaining process
- Develop 1 quality unit of instruction
- Build curriculum calendar
- Quality Mapping Discussion
- any others? :)
logging into Atlas:
http://scischina.rubiconatlas.org
initial password: opportunity
engaging students in what they do not know
showcasing all the great work that SCIS is doing!
progress
moving from isolation....
smooth transitions
to a community of learners!
seamless school community
Are we developing 21st century skills?
best instructional practice
it is all about the conversation!
where is measurement as a skill taught in our curriculum?
- builds learning communities
- supports a process of continual improvement
- offers a critical examination of what needs to stay and change
- allows us to work across boundaries and integrate
- engages teachers in collaborative work
what are our opportunities for integration?
how about a vertical scope & sequence?
what does a horizontal scope & sequence look like?
Rubicon International
- Atlas consultant: Meng Zhou
- Headquatered in beautiful Portland, Oregon
- Educational Technology Consulting firm
- Atlas schools in 50 states and 100 different countries
excited to be partners with you in this process!!
Shanghai Community International School & Atlas Curriculum Mapping
QUALITY MAPS...
- which of the 6 big ideas resonated most with you?
- what is one thing you hope to learn from today?
- Reflect what is actually happening
- Appropriate level of depth
- Clear and concise for the reader
- Interesting and relevant to student needs
- Reflects curriculum strategies
- Always evolving, never static
"A guaranteed and viable curriculum is the #1 school-level factor impacting on student achievement."
Robert Marzano
What Works in Schools
"Curriculum Mapping promotes significant transition into 21-century solutions to age-old problems of articulation and instruction. It is a new form of communication relying on software and the Web to foster immediate review by the individul teacher and by targeted clusters of K-12 teachers vertically across grade levels and departments.'"
-HHJ