| The Purpose of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction (C&I) is to provide curriculum, instructional support, and other needed resources to ensure an effective educational structure where all children can learn and succeed throughout the district Pre-Kindergarten through 12. |
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2010-11 GOOSE CREEK CISD
CORE CONTENT AREA FRAMEWORK OF “NON-NEGOTIABLES” During the spring of 2010, the Core Content Area Council was formed to develop the 2010-2011 Goose Creek CISD Core Content Area Framework of “Non-Negotiables”. The Council includes three groups – teachers, campus administrators, and curriculum and instruction staff. The work and premise of the Council was to transition from the professional development council work completed during this past school year. The outcome is to have a structure in place that will ensure consistency across each level (elementary, junior school, high school) in implementation of our written curriculum and the initiatives that have been identified to support it (Attachment C1). The end result is to provide a seamless continuum for student learning in GCCISD Pre-K-12. The inner circle of the framework is the focus of our district (the bulls-eye) for the four core areas of instruction. It is to help ensure that the Goose Creek CISD written curriculum is taught daily Pre-K through grade 12. It is tested, at minimum, as indicated on the District Assessment Calendar, to determine student mastery of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). It is rewritten periodically as state mandates change, based on student needs and on campus improvement efforts. The middle circle of the framework includes the strategies/initiatives that support the effective implementation of the written, taught, and tested curriculum (the inner circle). They are aligned to the curriculum and instructional practices in the four core areas. The visual, highlights the strategies/initiatives identified through the work of the GCCISD Professional Council. Also, included in the visual are additional strategies/initiatives that are used within at least one entire level (i.e. junior school) as identified by the core coordinators and the GCCISD Core Content Area Council as “non-negotiable”. Guiding Questions for Content Area Circle:
The Box = Proposed Pilot Initiatives/Strategies for the coming school year. Pilot Criteria:
Pilot requests will be reviewed by the GCCISD Core Content Area Council once each semester. |