Curriculum


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 * Assessment & ESL || Curriculum || LT & CTE || Professional Development || Special Education || Student Interventions ||
 * Approach || Person(s) Responsible || Timeline || Resources || Formative Evaluation || Summative Evaluation ||
 * C. Provide focus for instruction through the development of Power Standards ||||||  || Analyze the implementation of power standards through checkpoint results || Evaluate student perforamnce results in math and science as measured by the TAKS. ||
 * Deployment ||||||  ||||   ||
 * 1. Implement Power Standards for K-12 Math || Director of Curriculum, Math Coordinator || Fall 2009 || Time and Effort ||||  ||
 * 2. Support Standards Based Grading Pilot for World Geography, Algebra 1, World History, US History, Algebra 2, Math Models, Pre-Calculus and Calculus through the development of power standards. || Director of Curriculum, Math Coordinator, Subject Leaders || Fall 2009 || Time and Effort |||| Leighanne will contact Kim Estes about the status of this. ||
 * 3. Provide support to science teachers in each course area to identify power standards for the new TEKS. || Science Coordinator || Ongoing: To be completed May 2010 || $6950. |||| Check cost: May be more because additonal days were added ||
 * 4. Provide training for teachers on use and purpose of the power standards. || Math Coordinator, Science Coordinator, Instructional Coaches, Director of Curriculum || October 2009 || Time and Effort Training PP |||| Training PP given to Principals, Instructional Coaches and All Staff ||
 * 5. Implement the Power Standards for K, 1, 2, 4, 5, for the old science TEKS || Science Coordinator, Principals, Science Teachers || Beginning August, 2010 || Time and Effort ||^  ||^   ||
 * 6. PDSA after receiving results on student performance || Director of Curriculum, Math and Science Coordinator || May 2010 || Time and Effort ||^  ||^   ||
 * Approach || Person(s) Responsible || Timeline || Resources || Formative Evaluation || Summative Evaluation ||
 * D. Develop and implement student friendly learning targets to provide measurable and understandable goals for learning. ||||||  || Checkpoint results and classroom observation || Teacher feedback form measuring clarity and alignment. Student performance as measured by TAKS. ||
 * Deployment ||||||  ||||   ||
 * 1. Work with teachers to develop student friendly learning targets in math and science.each core area || Math and Science Coordinators || Elementary August 2009 || Time and Effort |||| Check on secondary ||
 * 2. Train teachers in learning targets in math and science || Math and Science Coordinators || Fall 2009 Curriculum Previews Dates || Time and Effort ||||  ||
 * 3. Implement learning targets in math and science || Principals and math and science teachers || Fall 2009 || Time and Effort ||||  ||
 * 4. PDSA learning targets using low performing SEs and evaluating qulaity and clarity of learning targets || MC, SC, Dir of Curriculum || June 2010 || Time and Effort ||  ||   ||
 * Approach || Person(s) Responsible || Timeline || Resources || Formative Evaluation || Summative Evaluation ||
 * E. Align and deploy the K-5 BISD Early Literacy program for developing strong readers. ||||||  || Beginning of year data will serve as baseline to measure against middle of year reading levels. || End of year reading level data will be analyzed for improvement by campus and district. ||
 * Deployment ||||||  ||||   ||
 * 1. Implement a common reading level assessment in grades K-5 to track reading development. || Director of Curriculum, Campus Reading Intervention Teachers || BOY, MOY, EOY || Quantitative Reading Assessment: $6,000. |||| Complete ||
 * 2. Provide training for teachers to use the new reading level assessment through campus reading intervention personnel. || Director of Curriculum, Campus Reading Intervention Teachers || September 2009 || Time and Effort |||| Complete ||
 * 3. Communicate the district's Early Literacy Focal Points to teachers. || Director of Curriculum, Campus Reading Intervention Teachers || August 2009 || Time and Effort |||| Complete ||
 * 4. Provide support for teachers on the Focal Points through campus instructional coaches. || Director of Curriculum, Campus Reading Intervention Teachers, Instructional Coaches || Ongoing 2009 || Time and Effort ||||  ||
 * Approach || Person(s) Responsible || Timeline || Resources || Formative Evaluation || Summative Evaluation ||
 * F. Provide Curriculum Previews at the beginning of each six weeks for Math and Science in grades K-5 ||||||  || Analize the implementation of power standards through checkpoint results || Evaluate student performance on the Power Standards in math and science as measured by the TAKS. ||
 * Deployment ||||||  ||||   ||
 * 1. Electronic curriculum previews will be developed that include a the power standards, SE's, student friendly learning targets, common vocabulary, lesson sample for targeted SE's, and suggested pacing for the unit. || Director of Curriculum, Math and Science Coordinators || Each six week grading period || Time and Effort ||||  ||
 * 2. Electronic curriculum previews will be implemented. || Director of Curriculum, Math and Science Coordinators, Director of Instructional Technology || Every six weeks || Illuminate license, training, technology resources, Pacing Guides ||||  ||
 * 3. Provide open house demonstration of key activities and resources || Math and Science Coordinators || Every six weeks || Facility and Utility Costs ||||  ||
 * 4. PDSA the training || Math and Science Coordinators || January 2010 || Feedback form ||||  ||
 * Approach || Person(s) Responsible || Timeline || Resources || Formative Evaluation || Summative Evaluation ||
 * G. Increase BEST Kit utilization to improve student performance for all students ||||||  || Monitor BEST Kit useage through Science Depot

Judy keeping record || Improved student performance as measured by the TAKS, Checkpoints, gap closure within 6%, and commended rates that meet or exceed 50% ||
 * Deployment ||||||  ||||   ||
 * 1. Include BEST Kits and highlight demonstrations through Curriculum Previews || Scence Coordinator || Every six weeks || BEST Kits ||||  ||
 * 2. Align checkpoints to BEST Kit activities and resources || Science Coordinator and Director of Assessment || End-of-unit assessments || Time and Effort ||||  ||
 * 3. Provide on-going classroom support to teachers || Science Coordinator || Ongoing || Time and Effort ||||  ||
 * 4. Ensure that each elementary campus has a plan in place for the consistent use of the district curriculum in science (BEST Kits) || Elementary Principals || November 2009 || Campus Improvement Plans ||||  ||