School curriculum

The supplementary reading activities for this week focus on three areas that are significant for our overall understanding of curriculum evaluation and development and for our efforts to ensure a curricular program that leads to improved instruction for all students.

The article “Art and Science of Teaching/High Expectations for All” extends our discussion about whether teaching is an art or a science, or both, and the role that expectations play in that process. “Show Us What Homework’s For” is especially relevant to chapter 7, Assigning Homework and Providing Practice, from Classroom Instruction That Works. The video (Attached below), “Response to Intervention-Data Based Decision Making” is relevant to our ongoing discussion of the role and process of reviewing and using all of the student performance data that is available to us, again for the purpose of improving instruction for all students.

Watch video ^^^^^^^^^^

Discuss the roles of each of the following groups in the process of developing a school’s curriculum: administrator, curriculum leader(s), teachers, students, parents, and members of the community.

What ideas from these articles/video will help you as you work on your Instructional Improvement Project?

Be sure to refer to the texts and supplemental readings in your original response. After sharing your responses to the questions posed for this discussion board activity, please read your classmate’s posts and respond to at least 2 of them again referring back to the texts and readings (Approximately 100 words response for each). Use the guidelines from Week 1 if needed.

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