MCJC Schools Curriculum Plan Year One

Curriculum Goals Year One 2017-2018 Teachers will develop an understanding of stage one of the curriculum writing process (Planning—What do we want our students to learn) Teachers will develop a beginning understanding of the role literacy plays in their content area. The leadership team will commit to developing an understanding of the backwards design process

Training and Professional development Plan August 2017 Teacher Objectives Leadership Objectives Teachers will draw conclusions about big ideas from standards to generate enduring understandings for content area Teachers will choose Power Standards from courses Leadership team will begin a book study to delve deep into how to implement the curriculum process Department co-chairs will begin a book study to master the curriculum design process

Training and Professional development Plan September 2017 Teacher Objectives Leadership Objectives Teachers will reflect on Power Standards and divide them into courses Teachers will discuss what data might be used to determine whether correct Power Standards were chosen. Teachers will begin to explore the idea of looking at data to choose literacy standards. Leadership team will begin training on the curriculum process and implementation and work with Atlas to plan October PD Co-chairs will begin training on the curriculum process Lead teachers will help their teachers gather data to make decisions about Power Standards

Training and Professional development Plan October Department Meetings 2017 Teacher Objectives Leadership Objectives Teachers will bring data sources to meeting and determine whether correct Power Standards were chosen Curriculum Team will bring summarized STAR reading data to help content area teachers choose one Power Standard for both reading and writing. Leadership team will continue book study on the curriculum process and implementation, and continue working with Atlas on October PD Co-chairs will begin continue book study on the curriculum process

Training and Professional development Plan October Professional Development 2017 Teacher Objectives Leadership Objectives With the help of our Atlas team, teachers will work on refining their understanding of the Power Standards With the help of our Atlas team, teachers will develop a process of breaking standards down into “I Can” statements Leadership team will continue book study on the curriculum process and implementation Co-chairs will begin continue book study on the curriculum process Curriculum Team will finalize the “ standards break down process” and publish it in Atlas

Training and Professional development Plan November 2017 Teacher Objectives Leadership Objectives Teachers will follow the process for standards breakdown process to analyze Power Standards Teachers will apply this process to other courses in their curriculum Teachers will use the same process for literacy standards Teachers will begin discussing what types of academic vocabulary may be taught in each unit Leadership team and co-chairs will finalize book studies Leadership team will use walk-through check sheets to set goals about the curriculum process for their teachers Rubrics for essential questions and enduring understandings will be created.

Training and Professional development Plan December 2017—January2018 Teacher Objectives Leadership Objectives Teachers will finish up Power Standards work in courses Teachers will begin choosing academic vocabulary in each unit Conversation about creating essential questions and enduring understandings Leadership team and co-chairs will hold discussion and assess the curriculum process so far

Training and Professional development Plan February Department Meetings 2018 Teacher Objectives Leadership Objectives Teachers will finish up Power Standards work in courses Teachers will begin choosing academic vocabulary in each unit Leadership team finalizes rubric for essential questions and enduring understandings Leadership team and co-chairs continue conversation about the curriculum process and further training needed

Training and Professional development Plan February Professional Development 2018 Teacher Objectives Leadership Objectives Teachers will receive training of developing essential questions and enduring understandings Teachers will work within Atlas to begin developing these items Leadership team and co-chairs begin training for developing an assessment style guide and rubric

Training and Professional development Plan March Department Meetings and PD 2018 Teacher Objectives Leadership Objectives Teachers will work within Atlas to develop essential questions and enduring understandings for units in multiple courses Leadership team and co-chairs continue to work on developing a process and rubric for creating assessments Leadership team and co-chairs will begin to develop a process for training teachers on assessment design

Training and Professional development Plan April Department Meetings 2018 Teacher Objectives Leadership Objectives Teachers begin conversations about how we will assess our units Leadership team and co-chairs continue to work on developing a process and rubric for creating assessments Leadership team and co-chairs will continue to develop a process for training teachers on assessment design

Training and Professional development Plan May Department Meetings and PD 2018 Teacher Objectives Leadership Objectives Teachers will receive training on assessments and begin assessment design Rubric for assessment design will be finalized Curriculum Team holds conversation with co-chairs and leadership team about first year plan and progress Leadership Team will refine and begin to plan for year 2 Conversation about year 3 will begin.

Leadership and Curriculum Team Plan Measurements Teachers Leadership and Curriculum Team Lead Teacher and Curriculum Team walk-throughs OTES evaluation Principal Evaluation Teacher progress

Leadership and Curriculum Team Plan Measurements Teachers Leadership and Curriculum Team Lead Teacher and Curriculum Team walk-throughs OTES evaluation Principal Evaluation Teacher progress