Curriculum Cork Boards are easily accessible Web visuals that link North
Carolina educators to grade-level content, teaching resources, and assessment
data. They open the door to a range of possibilities for media/technology
integration, short-term preparation, collaborative long-range planning
and clear communication. Curriculum Cork Boards provide snapshots of
a child's academic day; they are not designed to substitute for the more
sophisticated processes of curriculum mapping.
- Answers Questions: "What do my students know? What did they study
last year? What are they studying in the classrooms throughout the school?
Is my colleague across the hall, who works with students in the same
grade and level as students I teach, covering similar content? Where
do I begin, and how do I help my students understand the connections
between my subject and others?" (2003) Glencoe. "Roadmap
to Success: A Curriculum Mapping Primer"
- Makes Connections: Our students need us to know what is going on
in their daily classes as they move among teachers and content areas.
- Saves Time: It captures, and then organizes the content, skills,
and assessment data into an easily accessed visual that can be used
as a
time-saving tool for communication, for planning, and to support
collaboration efforts in the school.
- Links to Families: Families can view a year's curriculum in one snapshot.
- Helps New Teachers: It acquaints new teachers with a "big-picture" of
the Standard Course of Study and delivers important "advice" from
veteran teachers.
- Encourages Collaboration: Teachers can easily identify opportunities
for integration among disciplines and discuss ways to deliver content
and maximize student learning. "Merging concepts from two or more
disciplines can make for a powerful and lasting learning experience.
By perusing the maps for potential linkages among subject matter, teachers
discover possibilities for integrated units of study." (2003) Glencoe. "Roadmap
to Success: A Curriculum Mapping Primer"
- Serves as a Springboard: Individual schools could create their own
customized maps as part of the School Improvement Plan.
| "As teachers begin to build on interdisciplinary connections, students naturally begin to link information between and among courses, increasing the relevancy of skills and content in such courses. Additionally, teachers can verify skills or content addressed in other courses and alter their unit plans to a higher level, making learning more relevant." (2003) Glencoe. "Roadmap to Success: A Curriculum Mapping Primer" |
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