Transcript CITE+Curriculum.1st+Class

College of Saint Rose
Center for Integrated Teacher Education
Curriculum Development
Created By:Dr. Rich Hawkins &
Dr. Deb DeLuca
Presented By:Laura Mastrogiovanni
Curriculum Development
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Welcome!
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Who are we?
How will we work and learn together?
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Syllabus & Class Expectations
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Questions, Concerns, Cries of Outrage?
Meeting Days
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Sept. 24
Oct. 1
Oct. 15
Oct. 22
Oct 29
Pertinent Information
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Name
Home Tel. #
Cell Tel. #
Work Tel. #
Email 1
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contact please
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Home Address
Work Address
Grade/Discipline
Taught
Administrative
Aspiration
Leadership
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Thoughts on Leadership – Begin to
think of how you will lead. Can you
articulate this well??
Thoughts on Leadership
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“Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world. Indeed, it is the
only thing that ever has." –
Margaret Mead
“The future belongs to the leader
who can juggle a dozen
conundrums at once.” – Tom Peters
Thoughts on Leadership
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“Look at any leader who’s made a
big change. The key is
servanthood. You can’t lead
without making sacrifices.” – Randy
Hopper, US Military Academy
“If people are too intimidated or too
reluctant to help their leaders lead,
their leaders will fail.” – Michael
Useem
If you think I can run this place by
myself, you are nuts! –Rich Hawkins
Thoughts on Leadership
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“Leaders are visionaries with a poorly
developed sense of fear and no
concept of the odds against them.” –
Robert Jarvik
“If you do not have time to read, you
do not have time to lead.” – Phil
Schlechty
“Readers are plentiful; thinkers are
rare.” –Harriet Marineau
“People don’t leave companies, they
leave leaders.” – Richard Leider
Margaret Mead
“We are now at a point where we must
educate our children in what no one
knew yesterday, and prepare our
schools for what no one knows yet.”
Curriculum Development
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As a curriculum leader, you will make
decisions that will influence student
learning. To provide all learners –
those with diverse cultural
backgrounds, needs, abilities, learning
styles, and prior educational
experiences- with curricular
experiences that are meaningful and
growth promoting is not easy; however,
this class is designed to begin to guide
you through the process of curriculum
planning.
The Essential Questions:
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What is meant by the term
curriculum?
What is meant by instruction?
How do they differ?
Types of Curriculum
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Intended Curriculum (Espoused)
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Taught Curriculum (Theory-in-Use)
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This is reflected in the binder gathering
dust on your classroom bookcase 
Only Jesus knows what this is.
Learned Curriculum
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OMG, Fughetaboutit!
Special Education and General Curriculum
Special Education
Expanded Curriculum
Knowledge & Skills
General Education
No Accommodations
Accommodations
Modifications
Alternate Achievement/Standards
Nolet, V., & McLaughlin, M. J. (2005). Accessing the General
Curriculum: Including Students with Disabilities in Standards-based
Reform (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
No Accommodations
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No Changes to:
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Content
Performance expectations
Sequence and timelines
instruction
Accommodations
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No Change to:
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Content
Performance Expectations!!!!!!!
Changes to:
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Sequence and Timelines
Instruction
Modifications
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Changes some or all of:
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Content
Performance expectations
Sequence and timelines
instruction
Alternative Achievement Standards
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Individualized Curriculum Goals
WTF?
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What’s The Face?
I see furrowed brows. What
questions do the last four slides
raise for you?
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Small group SWOT
Bases of the Curriculum
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Social Forces
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An understanding of social forces will help you
provide for relevance and the teaching of values
Theories of Human Development
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Knowledge about human development will enable
you to provide for continuity in learning and for the
development of self-understanding
Bases of the Curriculum
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The Nature of Learning & Learning Styles
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Knowledge of learning and learning styles will
enable you to plan curricula with learning
outcomes that learners find useful and transferable
from one situation to another
*Bases of the Curriculum will be discussed more
deeply as the class progresses!!!
Yeah! Something to look forward to!
Curriculum Goals
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Without a set of clearly defined goals (Guiding
Ideas), teachers and curriculum planners
cannot make sound professional judgments.
To choose among curriculum alternatives or
instructional strategies, educators must know
the goals they seek and the curriculum bases
on which they will make their choices.
Otherwise, their choices will be little more
than random, uninformed by today’s
knowledge of social forces, human
development, and learning and learning styles.
Toward a Learning Culture
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Many will say we are learning and/or
growing; however, the challenge
facing organizations is to making
learning institutional, by defining and
building capabilities and structures for
learning, such as culture, processes,
systems, and skills.
Some Initial Thoughts
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Learning Community: a community of
learners that practices five disciplines to
develop the capacity to create it’s desired
future
A successful, sustainable change initiative
requires participation of all constituent groups
Schools are a “complex system” and for a
curriculum choice to be effective and
sustainable it must be a system-wide initiative
Social and Emotional Literacy is the precursor
to strong, sustainable academic achievement
{Teddy}
Some Initial Thoughts
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In order to meet the needs of a diverse
population, the bases for curriculum must be
considered
Successful implementation of any program
requires a high degree of “buy-in” by all
constituents, a high level of staff/parent
development and, a strong assessment
component
A successful design should be research-based
Every school’s initiative might look different as
long as they produce the desired results
Some Cautions
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In order to go fast you must go slow
Mandated or imposed programs always
produce “push back” or resistance
Teachers are over burdened already –
successful initiatives must be imbedded
(inter-disciplinary) in what we currently do to
the maximum extent possible
Examine and measure patterns, not events
Sustainability requires a cultural shift, not a
new program
Schools That Learn
It’s All About Culture
Awareness and
Sensitivity
Relationships
Data – performance
norms
Personal, Practical
Knowledge (PPK)
Rituals
Domain of
Enduring
Change
Practices
ABBA’s - Attitudes,
Beliefs, Biases and
Assumptions
Enduring Change Occurs When the Culture Adopts the
New Norms as Their Own
Growing the Culture
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Learning is a discipline
How do people know if they are learning?
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People will exhibit new skills and capabilities.
When we can do things we were unable to
do before! (Senge)
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New skills and capabilities lead to new
awareness and sensibilities.
These insights cause you to question
assumptions and observations that may
appear obvious.
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New awareness ultimately leads to new beliefs.
When the way you view the world around you
changes, the world itself changes, too.
A Learning Organization
Guiding Ideas
Evidence
Domain of Strategic
Architecture
(Action)
Innovations in
Infrastructure
Theories, Methods
and Tools
Domain of Change
New Attitudes
And
Beliefs
Domain of
Enduring
Change
New Skills
And
Capabilities
New Awareness
And
Sensibilities
Vision Statement
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The William Floyd School District is an active
learning community of students, parents,
educators, and staff. We are committed to
developing responsible citizens who
demonstrate virtuous behaviors through the
awareness, reflection, teaching, and
internalizing of the core virtues. Our vision
will be achieved through all constituent
groups participating in continuous growth
and personal mastery of the core virtues
which will provide the social and emotional
literacy necessary for academic success and
responsible citizenship.
Guiding Ideas
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If we believe that social and emotional literacy is
necessary for academic success then…
If we believe responsible citizenship is developed
through the teaching and learning of core virtues and
skills of character development then…
If we believe that all virtuous behavior is learned,
then…
If we believe all students will demonstrate the
capacity to reflect on their behaviors through the lens
of the core virtues and generate multiple strategies to
correct and model appropriate behaviors then…
Framework for Strategic Leadership
Skills and
Capabilities (ppk)
Relationships
Deep Learning
Cycle
Guiding Ideas
Evidence
PDSA
Domain of
Strategic
Architecture
Innovations in
Infrastructures
T, M, & Tools
Practices
ABBA’s
Awareness
and
Sensibilities
Five Disciplines that individuals must adopt
to create a true learning culture.
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Systems Thinking
Personal Mastery
Mental Models
Shared Vision
Team Learning
PM
MM
ST
TL
SV
Systems Thinking
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In this discipline, people learn to
better understand interdependency
and change and thereby are able to
deal more effectively with the forces
that shape the consequences of
their actions. Systems thinking is a
powerful practice for finding the
leverage needed to get the most
constructive change
(Senge 2000).
Personal Mastery
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Personal Mastery is a set of
practices that supports people in
keeping their dreams whole while
cultivating an awareness of the
current reality around them
(Senge 2000).
Shared Vision
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People with a common purpose can
learn to nourish a sense of
commitment in a group or
organization by developing shared
images of the future they seek to
create and the principles and
guiding practices by which they
hope to get there
(Senge 2000).
Mental Models
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The core task of the discipline of
mental models is bringing tacit
assumptions and attitudes to the
surface so people can explore and
talk about their differences and
misunderstandings with minimal
defensiveness. This process is
crucial for people who want to
understand their world
(Senge 2000).
Team Learning
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Through such techniques as
dialogue and skillful discussion,
small groups of people transform
their collective thinking, learning to
mobilize their energies and actions
to achieve common goals and
drawing forth an intelligence and
ability greater than the sum of
individual members talents
(Senge 2000).
The 5 Disciplines of a Learning
Community
Systemic & Sustainable Change
PM
SV
Aspiration
MM
ST
Understanding Complexity
TL
Inquiry
Senge, 1990
Putting It Together!
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Outlearning the Wolves
The Journey Continues…
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See you on the 30th
Enjoy your Memorial Day Weekend!