Curriculum Mapping Benefits for Presentation

Curriculum Mapping

1. IN-SERVICE TRAINING IN
CURRICULUM MAPPING
January 15-16, 2021
CCS School Auditorium

2. Curriculum Mapping:
its MANY benefits
of investing time and effort

3. An overview of the many benefits
of curriculum mapping:

5. Curriculum mapping
can help schools
maintain a focus on MISSION

6. What is YOUR school’s mission?
Successful schools stay focused on their mission.
BRAINSTORM:
What are some of the things you think might distract your school from
staying MISSION focused?
(i.e. day-to-day urgencies, a lack of long-range planning, student behavioral issues)

7. Curriculum mapping
can help schools
clearly articulate
GOALS & EXPECTATIONS

8. When mapping curriculum,
outcomes are identified
student expectations
are clarified
instructional strategies
and resources are
shared

9. Curriculum mapping
creates a common
understanding
about what a school
expects students to know
and be able to do.
Make a Connection:
How do you think curriculum mapping can benefit teachers in
regard to unit planning and student assessment?
Provides commonality regarding important content and skills; helps teachers design tests that are
compatible to the learning objectives, and gives teachers a place to attach helpful resources.

10. Collaboration is the KEY
to clarity and consistency.
Pair & Share:
What changes might be
needed in your school to
better enable teachers to
collaboratively map their
curriculum?
What might happen if just
one teacher is “out of sync”?

11. Curriculum mapping
can help schools
improve ALIGNMENT

12. Why should schools align their curriculum
to external standards and benchmarks?
•to take advantage of objective expertise
Educational experts have already determined what should
be accomplished by students in each subject area.
•to ensure appropriate scope/sequence
Alignment helps identify gaps and areas of repetition in a
school’s learning expectations.

13. Improved alignment
PAIR & SHARE:
What freedoms do schools
and teachers have for
standard and benchmark
selection within the
alignment process?
•There is intentionality in regard to the
attachment process.
•There is flexibility as to the grade level in
which something is taught.
•There are cross-curricular opportunities.

14. Curriculum mapping
can help schools improve by
encouraging CONVERSATIONS
among the faculty

15. Curriculum mapping is a vital tool
for school improvement.
It helps identify answers
to important questions
about teaching and learning.
For example –
Where is “this skill” taught in your curriculum?
Do the maps or reports reveal a curricular problem?
Has an instructional problem been uncovered?

16. …that focus on
best practices,
engaging resources,
quality assessments,
and
student learning
PROFESSIONAL
CONVERSATIONS

17. that include:
problem solving,
asking good questions,
improving the status quo,
and sharing new ideas
COLLABORATIVE
CONVERSATIONS

18. Curriculum mapping
can help schools improve by
positively impacting
COMMUNICATION

19. TRANSPARENCY
Communication is
enhanced through the
internaltransparency of
curriculum maps:
Teachers become aware
of what is happening in
classrooms
other than their own.

20. As a result,
Classroom
teachers
Classroom
teachers
Classroom
teachers
teachers are knowledgeable
about what content is taught by teachers
at every grade level…

21. …and all
teachers in a
school have
access to the
same
curricular
information.
Classroom
teachers
Support
teachers
Specials
teachers

22. TRANSPARENCY
Communication is
improved as a result of
externaltransparency:
Parents, community
members, and other
schools can have access
to the curriculum
of the school.

23. THE RESULTS OF
CREDIBILITYACCESSIBILITY
ACCOUNTABILITY
Discussion:
How is your school doing in the area of transparency?
Is your internal or external communication in need of improvement?

24. Curriculum mapping
can help schools capture their
assets and help teachers leave
their legacy

25. Maps capture a school’s “assets”
Curriculum maps
articulate the very best
thinking and practices
of the school.
For example, information assets
such as…

26. The work of master
teachers can be
passed on to
teachers not yet
hired.
Teachers leave a legacy for others

27. Curriculum mapping helps schools
articulate and communicate their plan for
student learning.
Curriculum mapping helps schools have
meaningful conversations around teaching
and learning.
Curriculum mapping helps teachers seek
out the most effective resources and
strategies for teaching and learning.
In summary…

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