Curriculum


 * Curriculum: **


 * Successful implementation of the Common Core State Standards that increases levels of student learning requires a //curriculum// **to be a well-defined set of research-based experiences in which students and instructors are engaged to attain understanding and achievement of outcomes and expectations aligned to the standards.

**Desired Outcomes: ** //Translate the standards to support implementation. // //Develop tools and evaluations to help identify and select appropriate resources and materials. // //Create elaborations of the standards to help educators envision how they play out in classrooms //.

(from Innovation Configuration Map created by Great Lakes East and Great Lakes West Comprehensive Centers)

ELA Curriculum Maps from Commoncore.org: []
 * Resources: **

Tools to incorporate 21st century skills into the curriculum:
 * Binkley, M., Erstad, O., Herman, J., Raizen, S., & Ripley, M. (with Rumble, M.). (2010). //Defining 21st century skills// (Draft White Paper 1). Melbourne, Australia: Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills. Retrieved April 30, 2010, from http://www.atc21s.org/home/
 * Partnership for 21st Century Skills. (2004). //Milestones for improving learning and education (MILE) guide for 21st century skills.// Tucson, AZ: Author. Retrieved April 30, 2010, from http://atc21s.org/GetAssets.axd?FilePath=/Assets/Files/6cb2492b-f903-42c4-a408-cc6107a046ab.pdf
 * Partnership for 21st Century Skills. (2009). //Framework for 21st century learning//. Tucson, AZ: Author. Retrieved April 30, 2010, from []

Surveys of Enacted Curriculum: []

Wiggins, G., & McTighe, J. (2001). //Understanding by design//. New York: Prentice Hall.

Curriculum Audits: Learning Point Associates. (n.d.). Curriculum alignment [Website]. Retrieved April 21, 2010, from http://www.learningpt.org/expertise/schoolimprovement/curriculumAlignment.php

 Wallingford Public Schools. (2007). //Social studies: K–12 enduring understandings and essential questions.// Wallingford, CT: Author. Retrieved April 30, 2010, from http://www.wallingford.k12.ct.us/uploaded/Curriculum/SOCIAL_STUDIES_K-12/SS_K-12_EUs_&_EQs.pdf New Technology High School. (2007). New Technology High School [Website]. Napa, California: Author. Retrieved April 30, 2010, from [|http://www.newtechhigh.org] Sample Process: Schooling by design: []
 * Identify Core ideas and skills
 * Create Understandings and questions
 * Create frameworks for assessments
 * Works with an innovative instructional Framework

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