Jen LaMaster, Assistant Principal Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School

 The academic plan… including  Academic Content  Sequence  Instructional Methods  Instructional Resources  Assessment practices  Evaluation/Reflection

Consider Intended Curriculum Achieved Curriculum Hidden Curriculum

What is our school’s Intended Curriculum, Achieved Curriculum, Hidden Curriculum?

Understanding by Design Wiggins and McTighe’s classic fits in with IPP well.  Context – identify current practices  Experience – backward design to identify curricular goals and desired outcomes  Reflection – identify gaps, desired results and assess evidence  Action – Plan content, sequence and learning experiences  Assessment – review evidence to support goal achievement

 I hope our Symposium conversation will look at the tension between the academic practice of curriculum design and the very human reality of our students and faculty living out the design.

 Amount and frequency of assessments  Homework  24/7 access to communication tools  Outside pressures such as college admission, parental expectations and time management

 What are the outside influences on curriculum design in my school?  Lights and shadows of formal curriculum design vs information curriculum design.  How do we ensure all voices (students, parents, faculty) are part of the design process?  Recognizing the tension of internal curricular expectations and external curricular demands, how do ensure stress is kept reasonable for all?

Sharing What is your school doing to address curriculum design in light of cura personalis?

 Curriculum Design from the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching from the University of Michigan  Overview of the UbD & the Design Template, Gary Wiggins