Diocese of St. Petersburg

Curriculum Development Plan 2012 – 2015

Overview of Curriculum Development◦ Standards Based Curriculum/Child-centered

learning Common Core SS, Diocesan Standards, NGSSS-

Florida◦ Standards Based Assessment- Performance

Students Teachers Administrators

Prior Knowledge Essential Questions

Expectations

What knowledge are you bringing to this session that you have learned from prior sessions.

Academic Vocabulary(2 minutes)

Prior Knowledge

How do I best prepare my students for College and Career Readiness?

A.k.a What headache medicine best cures my

Common Core?

Essential Question

Foundations Create a train the trainer

model to implement curriculum development initiatives using instructional coaches as the hedge pins for success.

Procure National Speaker For Curriculum Development.

Schedule Three Large Group Gatherings.

Introduce and implement UBD.

Introduce the CCSS document and theory focusing on ELA

Develop a digital Professional Learning Community for the Instructional coaches to be expanded to faculties mid year. Edmodo

Create Focus Group meetings to facilitate the transference of information and assist the IC’s

2012-2013- Plan and BuildFoundational year of introduction of UBD, and Common Core Standards focusing on ELA, Supporting knowledge and practices

2013-2014-Build and Develop Implementation of Language and ELA and

Expansion into the CCSS Math Standards

2012- 2015 Curriculum Plan

2014-2015

Continued Professional Development in Best Strategies, Powerful Practices.

Assessment and Data Interpretation

Alignment of formal documents to effectively represent progressive movement in the Curriculum Plan.

2012-2013 Curriculum Plan

October Professional Development Writing to Source, Writing to Secondary Sources

Math Teachers K-12 are invited to participate in an online course offered by Catapult Learning.

February Professional Development Implementing mathematic standards in the

classroom environment. K-12

2013-14

◦ Best strategies◦ Powerful practices◦ Digital learning◦ rubrics◦ Blended classrooms◦ Flipped classrooms

The Iceberg Effect CCSS is the tip of theIceberg with a much deeper and dense base

close readingrigorscaffoldingalignmentchild-centering learning assessmentrubricsPLCs

WE NEED YOU

a.k.a Excederin

Focus Points Know the Document Understand the C&C Readiness Goal Begin to peel the layers of

curriculum, teaching/learning strategies, mapping, classroom management, professional development, staff training, parent education

Edmodo.com code CPALMS.com

GREAT SITES AND ORGANZIATIONS Simplek12.com Teachingchannel.org Education Week-newsletters@edweek.org Pinterest.com ASCD

PLC’s Professional Learning Communities

• Assessment• Administrators’ Meeting October

• National Speaker on Data and Assessment• Training- Administrators and Instructional Coaches• How Teachers Can Turn Data into Action

Looking at instructional gaps and assessment

2014-2015

October Professional Development Math Strategies and Assessment 8:30am – 12:30pm Math teachers only

October 15- Pinellas County K-5 October 16- Hillsborough County K-5 October 17- Grades 6-12 Middle School and

High School to include articulation time

2014-15

February Professional Development

Assessments and Data Value

Feb 3- High School

Feb 5- Northern and Hillsborough

Feb 6- Pinellas

2014-15

Unit by Design Instructional Coaches

2012-13– ELA 2013-14- ELA and Math 2014-15- ELA, Math, extend to remaining

core subject– ideally all subjects

2014-15

Florida Core StandardsNext Generation Standards

CPALMS Common Core State Standards

2014-15

UBD

CCCI- Catholic ID, rubrics, tutorial, templates

School Templates

Consider use of IC and in-service week PD

2014-15