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MAPPING THE CURRICULUM

MAPPING THE CURRICULUM. The Curriculum Mapping Review Process. Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good. --Plato. Essential Question How does inquiry effect knowledge?

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MAPPING THE CURRICULUM

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  1. MAPPING THE CURRICULUM The Curriculum Mapping Review Process Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.--Plato

  2. Essential Question • How does inquiry effect knowledge? • Supporting Questions • How may curriculum mapping aid in improving student learning and performance? • How may establishing norms for quality written maps enhance our curriculum design and practice? • How may teacher-designed curriculum and collegial dialogue through conducting reviews improve student and teacher learning?

  3. The CM Seven-Step Review Process • 1. Collecting the Data • 2. First Read-Through Review • 3. Small-Group Review • 4. Large-Group Comparisons • 5. Determine Immediate Revision Points • 6. Determine Points Requiring Some Research and Planning • 7. Plan for Next Review • Before a formal review begins, two pre-planning stepsneed to take place: • Determine the review’s key focus and/or purpose (problem, issue, or concern). • Based on focus/purpose, determine who will collectively participate in the large group.

  4. More Curriculum Mapping Terminology! • Horizontal Collaborate concerning samegrade level • Vertical Collaborate concerning across grade levels • Like • Collaborate concerningsamediscipline • Mixed Collaborate concerningcross disciplines A review may be a single or combination configuration as it is always dependent on the review’s purpose or focus.

  5. What is one of the most important purposes for havingmixed-groupteam reviews? • To get away from the “every teacher is an island” mental model • To gain perspectives that would otherwise not be achievable by asking those outside of our “box” to look in

  6. 2.First Read-ThroughReview edit • Each teacher individually first reads through the pre-determined grade-level, discipline, school-site, learning organization-wide maps and/or other data (Step 1: Collect the Data) as an editor and reviews based on the pre-determined focus/purpose • During this individual review, personal notes are recordedon a data-collection sheet (product-in sheet) that will be brought to the small-group review meeting Edit = to prepare/ revise for publication

  7. 3. Small-Group Review • Dependent on the review focus/purpose and the size of large group, a small group must haveatleast two members. It is recommended that a small group does not have more thaneight people. • The face-to-face meeting time will vary depending on the focus/purpose. The meeting may take as little as 20 minutes or may take as long as a few hours (maybe over more than one meeting time). • A designated recorder takes collective notes concerning individual findings and collaborative comments (most often in an electronic format). ALL small-group product-out documents are read by all large-group members before…

  8. 4. Large-Group Comparison (The compiled small-group meeting documents are individually pre-read by all attending; again individually taking noteson a product-in sheet before the large-group meeting.) This session is facilitated by designated teacher-leader(s) and/or administrators.A large-groupRecorder takes collective notes (often done electronically). All members participate in dialogue based on the small-group compilation of findings to determine if it is time for Step 5 or Step 6...

  9. 5. Determine ImmediateRevision Points • Large-group members make curricular or related decisions(stop, start, modify)that can be incorporated with relative ease* • If needed, specific faculty members** are selected to be facilitators for the curricular/related decision(s) • If necessary, a timetable for needed action(s) is created *May take more than just one meeting time to revise, but can happen “quickly” **Long-term “committees” no longer exist!

  10. 6. Determine Points Requiring Some Research and Planning • Large-group members identify area or areas wherein more research and development is needed before decision can be collectively made. • A temporaryTask Force is created to conduct the research and report back to large group at predetermined times. (Time spent in Step 6 will vary depending on focus/purpose.)

  11. Setting UpA Task Force Team • Determine the best faculty and/orstaff members for this particular R&D project • Determine who will be facilitating and recording for the R&D Task Force team • Determine timeline and protocols to enhance communication to the large-group members during the planned R&D time concerning ongoing findings • There will need to be a final large-group meeting to determine final decisions concerning the necessary curricular/related resolutions

  12. 7. Plan for Next Review Once the problem, issue, or concern (focus/purpose) has been resolved and appropriate actions planned or carried out, the large-group review team is disbanded. (The same is true for a Task Force that may have been formed during Step 6.) This is not to say that a large group or a task force will never meet again. A future problem, issue, or concern may warrant the same people being involved in another review. Likewise, the same large group may need to reconvene to revisit an earlier review focus.

  13. 7. Plan for Next Review • Before review begins, two pre-planning steps will need to happen: • Determine the Review’s Key Focus/Purpose (concern/problem/issue) • Based on focus/purpose,determine who will collectively participate in the large-group review. • When another review is considered… The next slide is a visual representation of a formal review cycle’s step configurations…

  14. Individual First Read-Through This Particular Review Cycle’s Large Group based on Pre-determined Focus/Purpose Large-Group Comparison Curriculum Maps & Other Data Small-Group Review

  15. Clarifying Focuses/Purposes For Formal Reviews“TheHubEffect” • Identify potential list of problems/ issues/concerns that will be best served/resolved through the use of CM review cycles (curriculum maps and, when applicable, other data sources or statistics).

  16. Review Maps forHigher-Level Critical Thinking Research has shown that a majority of test items are posed at the higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. (Los Angeles Times, September, 1999) • Conduct a Comparison of --Skill Measurable Verbs --Assessment Types Redundancy or Quality Progressions?

  17. worth being familiar with important to know & do “enduring” understanding Assessment Types: Redundant or Balanced? Traditional Quizzes & Tests • Selected Response • Constructed Response Performance Tasks & Projects • Open-ended • Complex • Authentic Teachers may want to use student assessment samples as well as assessment analysis as a part of this review process. Bena Kallick

  18. Review for Coherency… • Evaluate the intra-aligned elements within a unit of study for a “solid match” between the Content, Skill statements, and Assessments/ Evaluations. • If discrepancies are discovered, determine how they are best to be resolved (i.e., revise map = revise instruction, assessments, learning environments).

  19. Focus onRepetitions and Gaps • Is there meaningless redundancy or powerful spiraling? • Focus on Content and Skill Statements • Critical to this review is to check the descriptors used in both elements. • Note: Need full year of vertical map data to be an effective review.

  20. Focus on Timeliness… • Review maps to determine if learning includes timely issues, breakthroughs, methods, resources, and assessments. • Vigilant use of technology in all aspects of learning (instructional and assessments).

  21. Pre-Requisites Pre-Algebra Algebra II What are the similarities (redundant?) and differences (spiraling?)between the three courses when looking at the maps’ content/skills elements? Algebra I

  22. Locate potential areas for curricular integration… • Review a set of disciplines’ maps (by grade level) and note potential areas for integration across curricular areas. • Use this data to springboard into new or revisionary cross- or integrated curriculum (Content, Skills, Resources, Essential Questions)

  23. Celebrate Reviews! Incorporating constant and consistentuse of maps and other data will positively impact student learning. Look for small and large-change celebrationsand actually celebrate in small and occasionally big ways! • Positive Collaborative Growth: Educationally and Emotionally • Begin to see positive learning trends—students and teachers

  24. An Important Reminder… The quality of a learning organization’s curricular dialogues can only be as strong asthe quality of its writtenmaps.

  25. Mapping Systems The mapping system you select will be a critical tool when conducting formal and informal reviews.

  26. Remember that mapping is an ongoing process and involves designing curriculum by developing maps and using the maps to continually addresscurriculum or related focuses/purposes. State/Other StandardsProficiency Targets Types of Maps (Monthly)Essential Consensus ProjectedDiary ON-GOING PROCESS Lesson Plans(Daily) Reality

  27. In Conclusion... It should now be clear that mapping is formal work (Jacobs, Mapping the Big Picture, 1997). Participating in collaborative curriculum design and focus/purpose-driven reviews are critical to the curriculum mapping process.

  28. Ten Tenets of Curriculum Mapping 1. Curriculum mapping is a multifaceted, ongoing process designed to improve student learning. 2. All curricular decisions are data-driven and in the students' best interest. 3. Curriculum maps represent both the planned and operational learning. 4. Curriculum maps are created and accessible using 21st century technology. 5. Teachers are leaders in curriculum design and curricular decision-making processes.

  29. Ten Tenets of Curriculum Mapping 6. Administrators encourage and support teacher-leader environments. 7. Curriculum reviews are conducted on an ongoing and regular basis. 8. Collaborative inquiry and dialogue are based on curriculum maps and other data sources. 9. Action plans aid in designing, revising, and refining maps. 10. Curriculum mapping intra-organizations facilitate sustainability. Hale, J. A. (2008). A guide to curriculum mapping: Planning, implementing, and sustaining the process. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

  30. Curriculum Mapping Checkpoint… For my school/ our learning organization, I have been thinking… APPLICATION I have been hearing… KNOWLEDGE I am still wondering about… SYNTHESIZE FORM A GROUP OF 3 or 4

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