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Curriculum Mapping
Curriculum Mapping is asking all teachers to document the content and skills they teach and then provide them with the opportunity to speak with their colleagues regardless of grade level or content about their real classroom teaching and how those practices affect our students. Through this process, we are able to identify gaps, redundancies, overlaps, and new learning. As we correct these areas, we create a coherent and consistent curriculum within and across schools that is aligned to our standards and responsive to student data and other school initiatives. We map because we have problems. Mapping allows us to identify and correct those problems so each of our students has a smooth journey from one classroom to another until graduation.
This is an interview with the curriculum coordinator from Fowler Elementary School in Arizona. She does a wonderful job explaining how important it is to plan prior to mapping, as well as, having building administrators build in time for teachers to work on their maps and meet. It is a must read. Mapping Interview
There are four (4) phases to implementing and sustaining a mapping initiative in your district. Here are a series of short video clips with Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs describing each of the four phases.
Our staff consists of two nationally certified trainers in the mapping process. We are also certified in 3 software packages: Atlas by Rubicon, Curricululm Mapper, and in TechPaths. Let us help you lay the foundation for a solid start in your mapping journey.
Mapping Resources
Here is a wonderful article by Steven Weber is the Director of Secondary Instruction for Orange County Schools in Hillsborough, NC. Weber has served as a classroom teacher, assistant principal, and state department of education consultant in Arkansas and North Carolina.
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| Last updated on 11/2/2009 |
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