Curriculum Cabinet K – 12
Home and Careers:
Career Chat – 7th and 8th grade students – parents come in and share their ideas about their careers
- record careers
Cooking Club –
Share recipes via blog or myteacherpages
Music:
4th grade lessons for instrument
Business:
Enrollment increased
Implementing an internship program
Technology:
PLTW training
Middle school classes – special needs kids – aides walk away
Room availability issues
Library:
MLA style
What web resource will meet the needs of the kids – K – 12?
Reading:
Reading teachers liked being able to meet (K – 5)
K – 2 Reading and AIS
Math is also incorporated
Added support at the K – 2 building
How can I support reading instruction
Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests- used for reading assessment
not a great tool apparently
Foreign Language:
6th grade – get them exposed to foreign language
Special Education:
New – 12:1 classroom (3 – 5)
Implemented a co-teaching model K-5
Special Education Law Changes
IEPs can now be ammended without having to go to a formal meeting
Formal meetings are not necessary for re-evals
New Program –
Better Tools to assess
Art Program
- expanding the use of technology via the teacher web sites
- collaborative lessons (e.g. UB professor in HS, field trips, community based projects)
Math Curriculum is changing next year
Datafolio – this is used with kids with severe disabilities with regards to state testing
Item Writing – visit state ed website
Curriculum Review Cycle – Curriculum Cabinet ensures that we make sure the curriculum is up to date as well as align with the
ELA Regents – Grade 9 and Grade 11? it is now 6 hours over two days
Early Graduation – is it good or bad?
Curriculum people are well versed in NYS testing services
Value added – grading a school will be based on improvement more than achievement
Value Added Initiatives
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October 16th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
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