RESPONSIBILITIES for CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

and IMPLEMENTATION
Clarifying the Relationships of Curriculum Shakopee Public Schools DEPARTMENT OF
Articulation Committees, Vertical Teams, ARTICULATION
COMMITTEE V.5 | 2013.10.08 TEACHING &
and Professional Learning Communities LEARNING
RESPONSIBILITIES 505 Holmes Street South
Set a guiding vision and Shakopee, MN 55379

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establish best practices: www.shakopee.k12.mn.us

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Determine Scope & Sequence of
course offerings (course proposals)

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Develop district Guaranteed Curriculum
ESSENTIAL LEARNINGS AND SKILLS Maps which include essential learnings & skills ESSENTIAL LEARNINGS AND SKILLS
(What Students Know and Can Do) (What Students Know and Can Do)

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Determine district-wide summative assessments
Analyze data for comprehensive program improvement

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Core competencies that all learners must know Measured by standardized tests, state assessments, and
upon completion of a grade level or Course. Adopt common resources common summative assessments
EXAMPLE | We have determined
Non-negotiable
Core skills that all learners must be able to do
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that writing an argument is an
essential skill. Now we need a dis-
Summative Assessments | used at the end of learning
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As needed Questions #1-2 trict-wide summative to assess
upon completion of a grade level or Course student learning. Assessment OF Learning
Non-negotiable
Guaranteed curriculum determined by
articulation committees VERTICAL TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES
Manage vertical alignment Keep alignment alive FREQUENCY
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2-3 times/year
Audit Guaranteed Curriculum Map scope & sequence to identify
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gaps & overlaps PLC Guiding

Ensure that essential skills are practiced in increasingly Questions #1-2
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Create or adopt common summative assessments EXAMPLE | How do we
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LEARNING TARGETS scaffold essential skills LEARNING TARGETS

Collect and analyze data for continuous improvement to among grade levels so
(Can Do Statements) ensure program fidelity students are successful?
(Can Do Statements)
Communicate with articulation committee
Daily Objectives Measured by PLC-created
Student-friendly Common Formative or
language/I Can PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITIES Summative assessments
statements FREQUENCY Formative Assessments
Determine how to implement Guaranteed Curriculum Map essential learnings and skills Weekly
Learner- used to inform and
Create learning targets/can do statements drive instructional
centered PLC Guiding planning
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Create or adopt common formative (and summative) assessments Questions #1-4

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Collect and analyze data to inform and drive daily instruction Assessment FOR
Maintain and update curriculum resources aligned to Guaranteed Curriculum Maps EXAMPLE | Lets break down these Learning
skills into a common formative
Manage horizontal alignment and report grade level/course focus back to vertical team assessment and report our findings
to our vertical team.
Design and implement appropriate interventions or enrichment to improve student learning

PLC GUIDING QUESTIONS

1. What do students need to know and be able to do? 3. What will we do when they havent learned it?
2. How will we know when they have learned it? 4. What will we do when they have already learned it?