Curriculum Updates Summer Curriculum Work October 2, 2012 Joyce A. Mundy, Assistant Superintendent Tracy Jenkins, Health/PE CRT Keith Bellinger, Social Studies CRT Jessica White, Science and Math CRT Cheryl Lyman, Digital Literacy CRT

Health and Physical Education K-5 Prepare curriculum framework for the K-5 newly added health block. ◦ Topics for each grade level identified:  Added strands on healthy relationships, human development, nutrition, and exercise, ◦ Materials selected for review by teachers- will be brought for approval on October 22

Social Studies and Science Utilization of time for instruction was the focus- New schedule: 45 minutes daily for science or social studies and no need to pull from that time. Former schedule: ◦ 30 minutes daily for one of these- not both. ◦ Fragmented and often used to make up for other core subjects. ◦ If time was needed to make up for other subjects, it came from here. ◦ If students needed pull out, this time was used.

Cohesive Experience Rather than having these rotate every other day or be inconsistent, teachers met and decided: ◦ Science: Marking Periods 1 and 2  Can keep set up for labs and overlap units as needed. ◦ Social Studies: Marking Periods 3 and 4  Incorporate social studies topics and current events in literacy block during first two marking period s.

Report Card Change Marking Periods 1 and 2 will only have a grade for Science Marking Periods 3 and 4 will only have a grade for Social Studies CRT’s will evaluate this during the year as part of curriculum audit and make recommendations at ongoing meetings during the year.

Every Day Math: Implementation Needs Last year from September to May: ◦ Ongoing work to train CRT’s in online planner, assessment development, pacing and differentiation.  Recommendation for increased math time  Need for common assessments and grading practices  CRT teachers did ‘turn-around’ training for their grade levels on November and Spring professional development days.  Training for all teachers who would implement EDM in school year was done in May.

Every Day Math: Teacher Resources Summer work by CRT team : ◦ Assessments for grades 1-5  Assessments will be consistent for beginning, mid- point, and end of unit.  Assessment guides for all teachers to guide grading.  Plan for continued, job-embedded professional development for this school year:  October 3 and October 10  Four full days to align curriculum with Common Core

Every Day Math: Parent Resources  Common letter to go home to parents at beginning of the year.  Beginning of Unit resources for parents will be sent home consistently by all teachers.  Parent nights for EDM for parents:  November 5: Online Resources for Homework Help.  February: Understanding Secure Skills and Programs for Practice  April: Summer Resources for EDM  August : Getting Ready for the New Year- Game Night for EDM ** February, April, and August dates to be determined as EDM confirms availability.

Title I Program Interventions for K-2 Reading and Math ◦ Streamlining what we do…  Based on data  Effective intervention programs  Ongoing child study to monitor needs and interventions  Addition of math to Title I grant-  Ipad pilot for intervention and practice  Mind Research for mathematics  Looking K-12 for Read 180 and System 44

Digital Literacy Skills for 21 st Century Learners ◦ Developing a framework ◦ Key skills for K-5  Highlights for Program ◦ Developing the curriculum this year  Next Steps…

Curriculum Needs October 22 Proposals - Preview: ◦ Health materials to support curriculum topics ◦ Mind research to support Title I- Ipad initiative ◦ Digital Literacy online resources to support instruction ◦ System 44 for the middle school to continue work on elementary interventions- K-12 Intervention Strand