Assignment:
Curriculum Planning: A Foundation
Using your answers to the discussion questions throughout this course and the information you researched about social forces from Assignment 1, you will create a proposal to update the curriculum you used in Assignment 1. Remember to relate your answers to the student population, neighborhood demographics, alignment to state and national standards, and other issues that affect the curriculum.
Write a 6 to 8 page paper where you address the following points:
• Identify the immediate issues with the curriculum.
o Address the following:
- test scores
- age of current curriculum
- need to implement technology
- social forces
- revision of state and/or national standards
• Discuss who will be on your curriculum team.
o How will you ensure that you have a diverse team?
o Explain the role of key positions and who you expect to fill those positions.
• Describe how you will conduct a needs assessment.
o Use a variety of resources and methods, not just test results.
• Explore at least 3 current trends that include technology integration in the classroom and current methodology in your grade/subject area.
o These issues can be ideas such as:
- Flipped classroom
- Online instruction
- Differentiated learning
- The latest teaching methods.
- Expanded use of technology for students such as iPads for everyone.
• Discuss practical considerations with these issues such as cost, teacher training, logistics, etc.