Iowa Core Curriculum Update – February 1, 2010
Our ICC team attended a regional meeting on Monday. The work centered on three points:
- Alignment work for the ICC is about each and every student. Our team answered the three questions posed:
- What evidence do we have that shows our district's intended curriculum? This is the guaranteed curriculum for all students at any given grade level or grade span.
- Curriculum guide, mapping, lesson plans, curriculum staff development - ICC team and curriculum teams are building capacity about Iowa Core standards & benchmarks
- Curriculum guide, mapping, lesson plans, curriculum staff development - ICC team and curriculum teams are building capacity about Iowa Core standards & benchmarks
- What evidence do we have that shows our district's enacted curriculum? This is the delivered curriculum and is the "what is happening in my classroom."
- Lesson plans (with notes on how it went/changes/etc.), walkthroughs, student work, implementation data, PLC logs
- Lesson plans (with notes on how it went/changes/etc.), walkthroughs, student work, implementation data, PLC logs
- What evidence do we have that shows our district's assessed curriculum? It needs to assess the curriculum that is intended and enacted.
- Lesson plans, student work, testing data (classroom assessment, district wide and building assessments)
- Teachers are going to be asked to document what they teach…and it is possible.
- We were introduced to a tool the state is rolling out to self report – Heartland Curriculum Alignment Toolkit (HCAT). Teachers would enter their data when a 'course' is over. This will usually occur at the end of school year, but may happen at other times during the school year.
- We were introduced to a tool the state is rolling out to self report – Heartland Curriculum Alignment Toolkit (HCAT). Teachers would enter their data when a 'course' is over. This will usually occur at the end of school year, but may happen at other times during the school year.
- Alignment work will extend beyond the initial roll-out.
Other news & notes….
- Deb Johnsen, AEA Core Curriculum Consultant, talked about the Race to the Top (RttT). It appears we will find out if Iowa receives their $160+ million grant July 1, 2010.
- We began work on Self Study for Outcome 4.
Team Work for the PM
Decision about February 3rd PD
- Options: Prep for Anthony Muhammad's Feb 15th OR Complete curriculum work
- Decision: Complete the curriculum work and then have teachers complete a preassessment survey before Anthony Muhammad's visit
Finalizing SIAC
- Finalized the presentation for the February 15th SIAC meeting.
- Created a graphic organizer to allow members to work through 21st Century Learning Skills and provide feedback to our ICC team & district.
