Curriculum &
​ Instruction

Curriculum and Instruction supports student learning when it is intentionally planned and delivered to be important, focused, engaging, demanding, and scaffolded.  This category seeks to ensure there is commitment to and practice of defining learning targets for students, then intentionally planning for and using a variety of instructional strategies so EVERY student is challenged. There are three elements in Curriculum & Instruction: Curriculum, Instructional Planning, and Instructional Practice (adapted from Carol Ann Tomlinson).

• Monte Vista Curriculum
• Video from a Bill Metz collaboration with Lindamood Bell
• The Modern Classroom approach is being implemented at the secondary level. 
  • This approach is research based and contains blended instruction, self-paced learning, and mastery based grading; see more information here.
  • ​See the student view of the Modern Classroom framework here.
  • In order to provide time for secondary teachers to build their Modern Classroom courses, they were given the option to utilize APEX for the first semester of the 2020/21 school year.
• See resources from the book Total Participation Techniques (TPT’s) here.
• Universal mental health screener, the BIMAS-2, will be given to all 6th and 9th grade students.
• Great Body Shop curriculum
• Depth and Complexity
  • Frameworks
  • Prompts
• EXCEL Teaching Model
• MTSS Communication Plan
• Response to Intervention Referral Checklist
• ICAP - 9th Grade Success Lab
• ICAP - 12th Grade Portfolios
• PARCC Scoring Rubric for Constructed Response
• Performance Dashboard
• MTSS Professional Development Plan​

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STRENGTH AREAS

2019-2020 SSR Strength Areas ("Practice" or "Impact")

• Elementary Level
  • Instructional Planning is intentional, focused, engaging, and scaffolded, (i.e., the HOW).
  • Instructional Planning includes reflection on effectiveness of instruction. (the HOW)
  • Instructional Planning systems are in place to plan for and ensure instructional supports for specific learning needs.
  • Instructional Practice are demanding, important, and ensure transfer of learning.
  • Instructional Practices are engaging.
  • Instructional Practice are focused.
  • ​Instructional practices are scaffolded.
• Middle Level
  • ​Curriculum is written and aligned so there are no gaps or unnecessary overlaps, and represents important and demanding understandings and processes.
  • Instructional Planning is aligned to curriculum that is important and demanding (i.e., the WHAT).
  • Instructional Planning is intentional, focused, engaging, and scaffolded, (i.e., the HOW).
  • Instructional Planning includes reflection on effectiveness of instruction. (the HOW)
  • Instructional Planning systems are in place to plan for and ensure instructional supports for specific learning needs.
  • Instructional Practice are demanding, important, and ensure transfer of learning.
  • Instructional Practices are engaging.
  • Instructional Practice are focused.
  • Instructional practices are scaffolded.
• Secondary Level
  • ​Instructional Planning is aligned to curriculum that is important and demanding (i.e., the WHAT).
  • Instructional Planning is intentional, focused, engaging, and scaffolded, (i.e., the HOW).
  • Instructional Planning includes reflection on effectiveness of instruction. (the HOW)
  • Instructional Planning systems are in place to plan for and ensure instructional supports for specific learning needs.
  • Instructional Practice are demanding, important, and ensure transfer of learning.
  • Instructional Practices are engaging.
  • Instructional Practice are focused.
  • Instructional practices are scaffolded.

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GROWTH AREAS

2019-2020 SSR Growth Areas ("Awareness" or "Commitment")

• Elementary Level
  • Curriculum is written and aligned so there are no gaps or unnecessary overlaps, and represents important and demanding understandings and processes.
  • Instructional Planning is aligned to curriculum that is important and demanding (i.e., the WHAT).

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Click here for S-CAP SSR Site Visit Findings used to inform this area:            Pk-5            6-8            9-12