Oftentimes teams feel like there is a disconnect between their learning philosophies and documented curriculum. Articulating a clear definition of quality curriculum for your school or district's unique learners can be a key step in ensuring that your curriculum captures all the elements of high quality teaching and learning in which your team believes.
Articulate your curriculum definition and use it to guide your conversations for the day.
Ensure your unit expectations align with your overarching definition of quality curriculum, by reviewing current unit categories and creating definitions, examples, and expectations for each category.
Draft a unit style guide to take back to your team.
Walk through a collaborative unit review protocol to receive feedback on your own unit plan. Explore example unit review rubrics that you can tailor to you the needs of your own team.
Bring your own unit plan and walk away with ideas for strengthening your plan!
Review your current list of assessment methods and types in Atlas. Ensure that the lists match the assessment language you use at your school or district and develop clear definitions and examples for each.
Build an assessment definition guide to take back to your team.
Quality assessments are a foundational element of quality teaching and learning. In this session, we will briefly discuss the key components of building a quality assessment. You will then have time to review your own assessment and create a single-point rubric to support meaningful feedback for your learners.
Discover how Atlas AI can serve as a thought-partner in crafting curriculum sections and exploring differentiation options for diverse student needs. Learn how to leverage Atlas AI to generate ideas, support decision-making, and streamline the curriculum development process.
Want to learn some tips on reviewing and cleaning up your Atlas site? Join us as we walk through a few clean up tips. Also, take advantage of guided work time to address clean-up needs in your Atlas site.
Making the connection between unit plans and lessons brings the planned curriculum to life in the classroom. Explore how lessons can be created in Atlas and our tips for creating a lesson plan process.
What's new and what's next? In this closing session, we will preview all new and upcoming features in Atlas and your team will have time to prioritize relevant ideas to apply to your own curriculum.
A curriculum process encompasses much more than just documentation; it requires ongoing engagement and reflection. Building on your curriculum definition from Day 1, you will articulate key goals for the upcoming year to create a dynamic and impactful framework for sustained success.
Ongoing curriculum reviews are the key to ensuring your curriculum is always a "living and breathing document". Work with your team to outline a school or district-wide curriculum review cycle that encompasses both course level and ongoing unit level reviews.
Walkaway with a drafted review processes that connects to your team's overall curricular goals.
Explore essential change management elements that enable effective curriculum transformation. Reflect on your overarching curriculum goals, pinpoint potential barriers, and identify priority areas for achieving sustainable change.
Curriculum review is a necessary for any successful curriculum process. Let us show you how Atlas reports can support accreditation, data analysis, vertical alignment, and the overall strengthening of your curriculum. Come prepared to have hands-on practice reviewing your own curriculum in Atlas and identifying next steps based on your findings.
