No matter the size of your district, each must address the same curriculum challenges. For both central office personnel and teachers, each district needs staff members trained to answer the following challenges: • How does the district ensure that teachers are provided a guaranteed and viable curriculum? • How does the district ensure that curriculum […]
Curriculum
Meeting the Challenge of Curriculum Alignment
Curriculum Alignment is a process that ensures the written, taught, and tested curricula are nested, coherent, and research-based. This session will explore the essential steps of curriculum alignment within grade levels and content areas of the TEKS, while also uncovering “points of integration” that are aligned between content areas. Participants will experience the steps of […]
Designing the 21st Century Classroom
“Education is serious, but that doesn’t mean it has to be grim.” “I don’t think we’re in Kansas any more.” “Schools are killing creativity.” These quotes by William Glasser, Dorothy (Wizard of Oz) and Sir Ken Robinson illustrate the philosophy of 21st Century Schools which is incorporated into all our professional development and curriculum design. […]
Active Literacy (Two-Day)
Presenter: Jeanne Tribuzzi Establishing the components of an effective literacy program is a structural cornerstone for improving student performance across the grades and subject areas. Jeanne Tribuzzi will facilitate hands- on experiences as participants view models of best-practice curriculum and instruction, focusing on the foundational levels of literacy, literacy across all levels and disciplines, and […]
Active Literacy (One-Day)
Presenter: Jeanne Tribuzzi Establishing the components of an effective literacy program is a structural cornerstone for improving student performance across the grades and subject areas. Jeanne Tribuzzi will facilitate hands- on experiences as participants view models of best-practice curriculum and instruction, focusing on the foundational levels of literacy, literacy across all levels and disciplines, and […]