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

2. An overview of the many benefits of curriculum mapping: click here to begin video (If you have trouble opening this link, you can go directly to

3. Let’s look at this
topic more closely…

4. Curriculum mapping can help schools maintain a focus on MISSION
BENEFIT #1:
Curriculum mapping can help schools maintain a focus on MISSION

5. What is YOUR school’s mission
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)

6. BENEFIT #2:
Curriculum mapping can help schools clearly articulate GOALS & EXPECTATIONS

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

8. …and the mystery disappears
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.

9. 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”?

10. Curriculum mapping can help schools improve ALIGNMENT
BENEFIT #3:
Curriculum mapping can help schools improve ALIGNMENT

11. to ensure appropriate scope/sequence
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.

12. 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.

13. BENEFIT #4:
Curriculum mapping can help schools improve by encouraging CONVERSATIONS among the faculty

14. Curriculum mapping is a vital tool for school improvement
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?

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

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

17. BENEFIT #5:
Curriculum mapping can help schools improve by positively impacting COMMUNICATION

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

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

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

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

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

23. BENEFIT #6:
Curriculum mapping can help schools capture their assets and help teachers leave their legacy

24. Maps capture a school’s “assets”
Curriculum maps
articulate the very best thinking and practices
of the school.
For example, information assets such as…
Know-how
Know-what
Know-who

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

26. In summary…
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.

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