The real

voyage of
discovery
consists not
in seeking new
landscapes,
but in having
new eyes.
--Marcel Proust

CM: An Introduction &

Look at Mapping Systems
Session 1

All that is shared during our time together is

based on the work of Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs
Mapping the Big Picture.
1997, ASCD.
Getting Results with
Curriculum Mapping.
2004, ASCD.

Active Literacy
Across the Curriculum.
2006, Eye On Education.

As well as

Keys to Curriculum
Mapping: Strategies
and Tools to Make It
Work
Susan Udelhofen
2005, Corwin Press

A Guide To
Curriculum Mapping:
Planning,
Implementing,
and Sustaining
the Process
Janet Hale
2008, Corwin Press

Essential Question
How does inquiry
effect knowledge?

Supporting Questions
How may curriculum mapping
aid in improving student
learning and performance?
What is critical to realize regarding
curriculum mapping basics?
What is critical to realize regarding
the use of a mapping system?

1. Curriculum mapping is a multifaceted,

ongoing process designed to improve
student learning.
2. All curricular decisions are data-driven
and in the students' best interest.
3. Curriculum maps represent both the
planned and operational learning.
4. Curriculum maps are created and
accessible using 21st century technology.
5. Teachers are leaders in curriculum
design and curricular decision-making
processes.

6. Administrators encourage and support

teacher-leader environments.
7. Curriculum reviews are conducted on an
ongoing and regular basis.
8. Collaborative inquiry and dialogue are
based on curriculum maps and other data
sources.
9. Action plans aid in designing, revising,
and refining maps.
10. Curriculum mapping intra-organizations
facilitate sustainability.
Hale, J. A. (2008). A guide to curriculum mapping: Planning,
implementing, and sustaining the process. Thousand Oaks, CA:
Corwin Press.

Curriculum
(Latin Root)

= A Path Run
In Small Steps

Jacobs (2006) states:

Consider the following reality. Johnny
has a flotilla of teachersthe total

number of teachers that Johnny

has over his thirteen years from
K-12 ranges from between forty
and sixty-five. Curriculum mapping
does not guarantee that all of these
teachers will become intimately
acquainted with Johnnys needs or his
experience. What it can do is provide a

real data base allowing any of his

teachers to find what he has
experienced and is experiencing
currently, and it can communicate
Reference:
Jacobs, H.H. (2006) Active

literacy across the curriculum.

Larchmont, NY: Eye On
Education.

with more precision with any of the

flotilla of teachers through
technology. (pp. 114-115)

What is Curriculum Mapping

based on Jacobs model?
Advertisers know how to get potential
consumers to remember the qualities
(value) of their products
We need to experience a TV
ad three times to even begin
to remember a product;
seven times for it to stick!
Share with a neighbor(s)
where you went on a planned trip
and then share "what really happened!

Mapping Is An Ongoing Process

State/Other
Standards
Types of Maps
Essential
Consensus
Projected
Diary
(Monthly)

Proficiency
Targets

ONGOING
PROCESS

Lesson Plans
(Daily)

Reality
Mapping is a continuous cycle of reviewing and making
decisions based what has actually happened (Diary Maps)
compared and contrasted with curriculum planning (other
Types of Maps) through ongoing curricular dialogue.

Curriculum Mapping is never done

The Far Side

Stop asking me if we are almost there,

were Nomads for crying out loud!

All Types of Curriculum Maps are

Designed BY Teachers FOR Teachers

to aid in generating ongoing

collaborations focused on student learning.

Collaboration = To work together,

especially in a joint intellectual effort

Two
CM Rules

The Empty Chair

Whenever review teams or entire
staffs meet in person, there is
literally or figuratively an empty
chair placed front-and-center in the
room. This chair represents all of the

students in a school or throughout a

learning organization. The student in
the chair is oftentimes referred to as
Chris.

Data-driven Reviews and Collaborations

If it is in Chris best interest to

change, modify, stop, start, or maintain

a practice or other school/District-related issue,

there must be data-based proof.

Remember, curriculum maps are a form of data!

Curriculum mapping is a

calendar-based (monthly) process

for collecting and maintaining an

ongoing database
of the operational
and planned curriculum

throughout a learning organization.

Curriculum mapping asks
teachers to design the curriculum via

authentic examination,
collaborative conversation,
and student-centered decision making.

Why Map?
Three Common Reasons Why
Learning Organizations
Choose To Map

Marie Strangeway, CM Consultant

3 Base Reasons To Map

Issue Motivated InitiativeTurns to mapping to address

a specific problem or series
of problems.
Low test scores in ____
(e.g., Reading, Writing,
Math, AYP Subgroups,
Etc.). All are looking for
quick results in a specific area or
areas. Be aware: CM is not designed
to be a quick fix and then discarded.

3 Base Reasons To Map

Grass Roots Initiative - Turns to mapping

because some administrators, faculty,
and/or parents have learned about mapping
and believe that it will help students
improve and succeed. They know or feel
there are gaps, redundancies, and
absences in the curriculum
and want to create horizontal
and vertical communication. Be aware:
CM is designed to provide ongoing evidence via
curriculum maps and other data that empowers
teachers to discover inconsistencies and then
create consistencies in curriculum: PreK-12+.

3 Base Reasons To Map

Good to Great A school or district is

successful by current standards,

however is looking to stay competitive
or to continually improve Adequate
Yearly Progress (AYP) scores.
They are looking to mapping to
become the tool and catalyst for
ongoing curricular dialogue and to
lead to ongoing professional
development.
Be aware: CM is designed
to fully align curriculum and
improve learning: PreK-12+.

Regardless of what is or was the

purpose(s) for your initiative

Issues

Grass
Roots

Good to
Great

NO curriculum maps
(Diary Maps, Projected Maps,
Consensus Maps, Essential Maps)
are EVER used for TEACHER EVALUATION
or PUNITIVE PURPOSES!

Curriculum =
A Path Run In
Small Steps

Curriculum Mapping =
Systemic Second-Order
Change
It is all about
doing business
differently.
Please realize up front
that everyone will be
learners for some time,
and as with all learners
knowledge is best
presented in small steps

So, lets take a look at

the types of maps

Four Types of
Curriculum Maps
Diary Map
Projected Map
Consensus Map
Essential Map

The Essence of
Curriculum Mapping
I am a
datacollection
portal

Diary Map

(Recorded Monthly)

A personalized* map
recorded by an individual
person that contains data
reflecting what REALLY
took place during a month
of learning and instruction
Commonly due by the

7th of the next month

*There is no such thing as

team diary mapping.

The
Projected Map
Nuts N A map that has been created by an
individual person for a discipline or
Bolts
course before the actual yearly testing
of
out of its planned itinerary
Mapping
Language

These two types of maps are, in actually, the same map.

Differentiation is based on the current month of the year.

Consensus Map (An Entire School Year Of Months)

A map designed by two or more educators
wherein all designers have come to
agreement on the course learning and
serves as the planned-learning map
wherein all who teach the course use the
Consensus Map as a foundation* for his or
her course instruction
*Flexibility in additional learning, length of
learning, assessments, resources, and how
learning is executed is up to the discretion of each
teacher teaching the course and is reflected in his
or her Projected Map/Diary Map.

SCHOOL-SITE LEVEL MAPS

The
Essential Map
(An Entire School Year Of Learning
Nuts N
Usually Recorded By Grading Periods)
Bolts
A map created via a team of
of
educators (Task Force) that is
representative of District learning
Mapping
The Essential Map
Language expectation.*
serves as the base-instruction map
wherein all who teach the course
use the map to plan learning and
create collaborative, Consensus
Maps and/or personal Projected
Maps

*There needs to two or more like

schools or courses offered to warrant
creation and use Essential Maps.

DISTRICT LEVEL MAPS

When we travel, road maps become

more distinctive the closer we get to
the main destination.

Quote By:

Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs

Keynote Presentation,
2006 National Curriculum
Mapping Institute.

Bergenfield

Base DETAIL
Consensus
Map
Grade 1
Math

Diary Map
Janet
Biggins

Grade 1
Math

Janet Biggins
Nicki McGrane
Susan McGuire

School District
Grade 1
Essential
Maps

Lincoln
Elementary
School

More DETAIL

Most (Monthly) DETAIL

Much More Specific
(Day By Day) DETAIL

Weekly/Daily
Lesson Plans

Annual Personal
Projected/Diary
Maps
Ongoing
Collaborative
Horizontally and
Vertically Aligned
Consensus Maps

Annual Personal
Projected/Diary Maps
Ongoing Collaborative
Horizontally and
Vertically Aligned
Consensus Maps
Task Force-Led
Horizontally and
Vertically Aligned
Essential Maps

Diary Map
Mr.
Watson
High
School
US
History

A Months
Worth Of
Learning

What are the common initial data elements

included in a Projected/Diary Map?
UNIT NAME*
CONTENT
SKILLS
ASSESSMENTS

RESOURCES (MATERIALS)
STANDARDS

*Some

commercial
mapping
systems
require a
Unit Name
to enter
map data.

For a Consensus Map, common initial elements include:

Unit Name, Intra-alignment of Content, Skills, Standards, and
possibly Common/Same Assessments (only if full agreement by all
teachers designing the learning) and Resources (only if available to
all teachers teaching the course)

As the years
of mapping
progress,
the most
common
additional
map elements
include
(not necessarily
in this order)

Activities/Strategies

Modifications/
Accommodations
Integration of
Language Arts, such
as various types of
vocabulary
Essential Questions

I know what you

are thinking

What came first,

the egg or the
chicken?

Chicken Coop

Organization-wide

Essential Maps

Chickens

Each School Sites

Consensus Maps

Speed Bump by Dave Coverly

You can best

answer after
all sessions...

st
21

Century Mapping
All types of
curriculum maps
are recorded and
accessible via an
Internet-based
mapping system
(Internet Software).

Most
Well-Known
Commercial
Systems

makes mapping
interactive.
You can
conduct reviews

in one school,
between schools,
and throughout
the learning organization
instantly and easily
since all schools
are included in
the same
mapping system!

The question is

Which system is the

right system for you
and your learning
organization?

It is recommended that you give all three

systems a try using a free-trial access code
once you know a little bit more about
the mapping process and entering
the most common initial elements in a map.

Take notes, make comparative comments,

ask questions of the companies, and
make certain all schools are represented in the
decision-making process for selecting the system!

1. Collection of map data refers to

each teacher (or teachers) inputting
course learning within a selected
Internet-based or self-generated
mapping system. (This inputting
process takes time. As a norm,
teacher(s) input one discipline [Elem]
or one course [JH/HS/ Specialists] the
first year if projected/diary mapping.)
2. Using the maps as data via a
mapping systems search and report
features and other databases/research
to solve problems/concerns is
equally as important as inputting
map data.

CM Seven-Step Review Process

1. Collecting Ongoing Data (Initial Read-Through)
2. First Read-Through Review
3. Small-Group Review
4. Large-Group Comparisons
5. Determine Immediate Revision Points
6. Determine Points Requiring Some
Research and Planning
7. Plan for Next Review
From Mapping the Big Picture: Integrating Curriculum
and Assessment K-12; 1997, ASCD, Jacobs, HH.

Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs states, Mapping is like a

two-sided coin: One side is collecting the data
If you do not flip the coin and focus on the other side
using the data you miss the true value of mapping!

Remember

Curriculum Mapping is NOT

STATIC

ITS ONGOING!

Curriculum maps serve as the living, breathing,

ever-changing, archived history of PreK-12+ student
learning. Mapping is formal work and takes time.
The improvement in studentand teacherlearning
makes both the work and time worthwhile!

Essential Question
How does inquiry
effect knowledge?

Supporting Questions
How may curriculum mapping
aid in improving student
learning and performance?
What is critical to realize regarding
curriculum mapping basics?
What is critical to realize regarding
the use of a mapping system?

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forward to our
remaining
WebCasts!

Please visit my
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mapping
resources and
materials that
may enhance
your learning and
curriculum
mapping
initiative.