Standards-based curriculum continues to drive public education today. ACSD 14 Department of Curriculum and Instruction's mission is to provide teachers and students access to a guaranteed and viable, standards-based curriculum. In order for a curriculum to be "guaranteed," teachers need explicit direction on the grade level targets they should aim for, with regards to the standard indicator. Hence, Grade Level Essential Targets (GLETs) for every standard indicator were created. Teachers in our district then created a "viable" pace for teaching the standard indicators and GLETs. This guaranteed and viable curriculum was put in the form of Curriculum Frameworks (CFWs) for every grade Pk-10. If all of our students have access to ACSD 14's guaranteed and viable standards-based curriculum, then the research supports that our students' academic achievement will increase.
Ten years ago, teaching standards-based
curriculum was like shooting a rifle at a target
blindfolded. Today, a guaranteed and viable standards-based curriculum is like shooting that same rifle looking through a scope.
3 comments:
Nice initial post. Is there a place on the Internet to get the GLETs or just the Intranet?
Are teachers modifying the GLET documents to add resources (e.g. lessons plans)?
I think that having the GLETs posted online would be a great way to communicate with families about what their students are learning in school.
I actually had a parent comment to me that she was frustrated with the school district because she couldn't find the standards online. Are these posted somewhere for the public?
I hope this will be a forum for open discussion, very good start. The curriculum has been placed on a web site, just waiting for the ok to make it live.
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