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Knowledge is of two kinds.
We know a subject ourselves,
or we know where we can find information.
—Samuel Johnson
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Curriculum Mapping Handouts
Create Quality Written Maps with Design in Mind Reminder Guides
Curriculum Maps Sample Months/Units
Curriculum Mapping PowerPoint Presentations
Curriculum Mapping DVD |
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Curriculum Mapping Materials |
Curriculum Mapping Needs Survey
Please download any of the
following resources to aid in your learning organization’s curriculum
mapping initiative. You have my permission to utilize these resources
for any number of educators with the express understanding that my
name and contact information remains on reproduced copies.
Curriculum Mapping Handouts
(Updated
6/15/08)
Creating Quality Maps With Design in Mind Reminder Guides
There is a difference between
curriculum design and curriculum practice. Teachers are used to
focusing on curriculum practice (e.g., writing daily lesson
plans). Therefore, there is a learning curve for many regarding
how to write curriculum maps with curriculum design in mind.
Please be aware that while these guides are beneficial as quick
references, it is recommended that teachers and administrators
participate in comprehensive professional development regarding
writing curriculum maps with design in mind (Chapter 4 of
A Guide
to Curriculum Mapping: Planning, Implementing, and Sustaining the
Process dedicates more than 60 pages to this writing process).
The definition of a quality written
map is: a map wherein map readers do not need the map writer or
writers present to correctly interpret the map's data. Since
curriculum maps are frequently accessed, read, and discussed by
teachers during curriculum reviews without the map writer or
writers present, consistency in wording, format, and
intra-alignment throughout a learning organization contributes
significantly to the quality and clarity regarding accurate map
data interpretation.
The
Quality Map Writing With Design In Mind Recommendations
document provides insight into the information included in the
reminder guides. The guides are designed to assist a learning
organization in establishing recording norms for consistency, ease
of reading, and accuracy in interpretation without interfering
with writer or writers' autonomy regarding context. While a map
may include a variety of curriculum elements, the guides focus on
the most common elements included in a curriculum map: Unit Name,
Content, Skills, Assessments, Resources intra-aligned to
Standards.
The guides may be included in
curriculum mapping binders or provided as training handouts. Some
find it useful to laminate the appropriate guide or guides and use
them as quick-reference visuals when recording curriculum maps.
(The matrix is under revision.
"Coming Soons" will arrive mid-July. Thank you for your patience!)
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Generic
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Curriculum
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Rubicon
Atlas |
TechPaths |
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| Consensus Map |
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| Essential Map |
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Curriculum Maps Sample Months/Units
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Projected/Diary Map, Consensus Map, and Essential Map sample
months/units focused on providing examples of quality
wording, format, and intra-alignment in a generic table
template and three mapping systems.
Curriculum Mapping DVD
This DVD presentation was originally created by a Curriculum
Mapping Cabinet to encourage their district’s teachers to embrace
newly established meeting protocols while conducting reviews. When
teachers and administrators are new to the concept and process of
writing quality maps and participating in reviews, conducting the
Initial Read-Through is a unique forum with two specific purposes.
The first is to provide specific, collaborative feedback
concerning quality wording, format, and intra-alignment clarity
when writing a map. The second is to establish a safe climate and
environment that builds or extends trust in collaborative team
meetings.
To augment the use of this DVD, please read/use
the following handouts:
Conducting An Initial Read-Through (Leadership Explanation),
Conducting An Initial Read-Through
(Team Member Directions), and Conducting An Initial Read-Through
Recording Cover Sheet.
Curriculum Mapping PowerPoint Presentations
(Updated 6/15/08)
Downloading the presentations may
take a few minutes to load due to large file size. Please retain
my citing on the first slide if using during a presentation. If modifying
the original presentation, please add a modification statement:
A Celebration PowerPoint
The following slide show was created
in conjunction with a surprise celebration by the North Grove
Elementary School Staff for their principal, Mr. Conlon. The
teachers had just completed their initial year of learning how to
write quality Diary Maps. It is not an easy process and they had
worked very hard. It was pure joy to see them having fun with the
process--and product! Thank you to North Grove Elementary School,
Indianapolis, Indiana, for allowing me to share their creativity
with mappers around the world!
got maps? T-shirts
Wearing matching shirts during
trainings or special occasions is a great team-building
opportunity for groups such as a Curriculum Mapping Cabinet,
Curriculum Mapping Councils, or school-site learning communities.
These shirts also make great celebratory gifts for teachers and
administrators who are dedicated to the mapping process!
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Curriculum Mapping Materials
Please visit the Curriculum Mapping Materials
page for listings that include popular
commercial mapping systems, archived e-newsletters, resource books, and informational videos.
Curriculum Mapping Needs Survey
The
Curriculum Mapping Needs Survey affords me the opportunity to
gain insight into your learning organization’s current and/or desired
curriculum mapping efforts. If you would like to fill one out,
download the template, complete it, and return it via
e-mail or
fax. I will contact you after reading your provided information.
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