Curriculum Pacing Guide Development

Clarke County Board of Education

2009-2010 SY

Total Instructional Alignment

“Leaving no child behind will require that all schools design an instructional program that not only aligns instruction to standards, benchmarks, and assessments, but also presents instruction that is aligned to the learning needs of each individual student.”

-Lisa Carter, Total Instructional Alignment

What is a Curriculum Pacing Guide

• Road Map

• Timeline

• Written Schedule (updated periodically)

• Alignment of COS Standards with Summative Assessment Items

• Consistency Tool

• Accountability Tool

Who Creates the Curriculum Pacing Guides?

• A Team of Experts– Teachers– Academic Coaches– Curriculum Specialists– Administrators

What Tools are Needed When Creating Curriculum Pacing Guides?• Alabama Courses of Study

• Summative Assessment Data

• Vertical Articulation

• Summative Assessment Blueprints and Objectives

• Instructional Year Calendar (to include summative assessment dates)

• Patience and Time

Objectives and Measures

Teaching Without a Curriculum Pacing Guide

Student Achievement

Objectivesand Measures

Student Achievement

Teaching With a Curriculum Pacing Guide

Process

• Unwrap the ALCOS Standards

• Analyze Assessment Data (horizontally and vertically)

• Determine/Identify Tested Standards

• Backward Map from Summative Assessment Dates (7 month plan)

• Remain rigorous although realistic

Alabama SamplesDo not reinvent the wheel, although address

the needs of Clarke County.• http://www.hsv.k12.al.us/dept/merts/instruction/

index.php• http://www.mcpss.com/?DivisionID=2141• http://www.elmoreco.com/Default.asp?

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Current Research

http://mikeschmoker.com/promise.html

Time-line

• January 2010 – March 2010 Development

• April 2010 – August 2010 Teacher Training

• August 2010- Initial Implementation

• Summer 2011- Review and Revise

Needed Resources

http://clarkecounty.schoolinsites.com/?DivisionID=4175&ToggleSideNav=

• Document Uploads

• Curriculum Pacing Guide Tools– Format– Alabama Courses of Study– Development Rubric

Next Steps

• Share contact information

• Establish meeting times in January- not during school hours and not to exceed three hours in duration.

• Be sure to have sign-in sheets and simple agenda (indicating times and dates)

• Work session as a group on February 16th in the auditorium at Jackson High School.