1. Creating District Curriculum in CIITS

2. TERMINOLOGY Curriculum –a syllabus covering an ENTIRE course (e.g., year or semester) that is relevant to one subject and grade level Curricular Unit –a term that is used to represent how the school year is broken up This can differ by school type and/or subject area. For example: Science grades K-5 may divide the school year in to six week cycles, while HS Math courses may segment the year into Semesters.

3. Instructional Unit –divides the Curricular Unit into smaller topics Lesson Plan –unit of instruction that addresses a theme/topic related to the Instructional Unit TERMINOLOGY

4. Resource –a material to support instruction a link to video or an educational website a PowerPoint presentation a handout for students Assessment –a tool to be used to measure learning (rubric, unit test, quiz) –this is NOT a benchmark assessment or a classroom assessment created in the Assessment Admin module TERMINOLOGY

5. CURRICULUM MATERIAL TYPES & RELATIONSHIPS CURRICULUM (Entire Course) CURRICULAR UNIT 1 st Nine Weeks ResourceAssessment CURRICULAR UNIT 2 nd Nine Weeks Instructional UnitLesson PlanResourceAssessmentInstructional UnitResourceAssessment CURRICULAR UNIT 3 rd Nine Weeks CURRICULAR UNIT 4 th Nine Weeks

6. ENTERING MATERIALS 6

7. A District Curriculum Manager creates/enters instructional materials in CIITS Submit materials for approval A District Materials Approver reviews and approves/ declines materials Approved materials are immediately available districtwide in the District Materials Bank OVERVIEW OF PROCESS

8. DEFINING PROPERTIES For each material type, the first step is to Define Properties.

9. ALIGNING STANDARDS Identify the standards addressed by the material you are creating.

10. ADDING CONTENT For most material types there are 3 options for creating content (choose one): District Template (free-form text) File Attachment URL Link

11. LINK RELATED MATERIAL Materials can be linked to each other. You may wish to create resources first so they will be available when creating “higher level” materials

12. ORGANIZERS Tagging materials by selecting the appropriate organizers will allow users to find your material through the advanced search option.

13. LOCATING PUBLISHED MATERIALS 13

14. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS BANK

15. SEARCH FOR ANY CURRICULUM In Curriculum tab, filter by grade and subject

16. MY MATERIALS

17. INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES SHARING

18. Educators may share instructional resources they have created Materials approver must be chosen at school and district levels – role assigned in IC SchoolDistrictState SHARING RESOURCES

19. Outlines submission process at each level Includes rubric for state-submitted resources State-approved resources added quarterly Share with teachers, principals and instructional leaders