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Guide to Curriculum Mapping Planning, Implementing, and Sustaining the Process

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ISBN-10: 1412948924

ISBN-13: 9781412948920

Edition: 2008

Authors: Janet A. Hale, Heidi Hayes Jacobs

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"With imagination and serious reflection, the author has generated a detailed resource with exercises, worksheets, staff development activities, and sample maps to assist any staff developer or curriculum designer. This book particularly connects to those who are at the beginning levels of their mapping journey." From the Foreword by Heidi Hayes Jacobs A step-by-step guide to successful curriculum mapping initiatives! While curriculum mapping is recognized as a highly effective method for serving students' ongoing instructional needs and creating systemic change, the means for putting this data-based decision-making process into practice may not always be clearly understood. This in-depth…    
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Book details

List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Corwin Press
Publication date: 12/13/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.156
Language: English

Janet Hale is an educational consultant and trainer who specializes in curriculum mapping and travels extensively to work with rural, urban, and inner-city learning organizations. She enjoys assisting newcomers to the curriculum mapping model; supporting implementation procedures; aiding struggling initiatives; and advising those ready for advanced mapping. Her experiences as an elementary, middle, and high school teacher combined with a Masters Degree in Leadership and Curriculum are an asset when helping teachers and administrators just starting or already engaged in the mapping process. Since 1988 Janet has developed a variety of national educational seminars and trainings. She has…    

List of Figures
Foreword
Preface
A Resource for Teachers and Administrators
Overview of the Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Author
How Do We Need to Think, Act, and Meet Differently?
Thinking Differently: Planned Versus Operational Curriculum
Acting Differently: Verification Versus Speculation
Meeting Differently: A Collegial Forum
Conclusion
Review Questions
What Are the Four Types of Curriculum Maps?
Four Types of Curriculum Maps
Curriculum Map Elements: An Overview
Conclusion
Review Questions
What Should We Consider Before Developing Curriculum Maps?
First Consideration: Exploring Personal and Collaborative Understanding of Curriculum Design
Second Consideration: The Ongoing Nature of Mapping Reviews
Third Consideration: A Mapping Sequence That Is Right for Your Learning Organization
Conclusion
Review Questions
What Elements Are Commonly Included in Curriculum Maps?
Curriculum Map Alignments and Elements
Writing the Elements
Conclusion
Review Questions
Descriptive or Not Descriptive? That Is the Question! (Math Focus)
Descriptive or Not Descriptive? That Is the Question! (Language Arts Focus)
Skill Versus Activity (Math Focus: Primary Grades)
Skill Versus Activity (Various-Discipline Focus: Upper Grades)
Assessment Versus Evaluation
What Should We Know Before Creating Diary Maps or Projected Maps?
Points to Ponder
Implementation Considerations
Conclusion
Sample Projected/Diary Maps
Review Questions
Conducting an Initial Read-Through: Facilitator Explanation and How-To Guide
Conducting an Initial Read-Through: Team Member Explanation and How-To Guide
Initial Read-Through: Collaborating to Create Quality Maps
Initial Read-Through Card Shuffle Debrief
What Should We Know Before Creating Consensus Maps and Essential Maps?
Map Type Differentiation
Developmental Considerations
Conclusion
Sample Consensus Maps and Essential Maps
Review Questions
How Should We Be Using Our Created Curriculum Maps?
Conducting Data-Driven Reviews
Investigating the Curriculum
Conclusion
Review Questions
What Data Is Often Incorporated When Refining Curriculum Maps?
Additional Map Data
Essential and Supporting Questions
Conclusion
Review Questions
How May Standards Influence Our Curriculum Design?
Standards and Curriculum
Breaking Apart Standards
Determining Power Standards
Conclusion
Review Questions
What Should We Consider Regarding Technology?
Commercial Online Mapping Systems
Mapping System Considerations
Conclusion
Review Questions
What Should We Focus on When Planning Our Implementation?
Systemic Change and Curriculum Mapping
Vision
Skills
Resources
Incentives
Action Plans
Conclusion
Review Task
What Roadblocks and Brick Walls May We Encounter Along the Way?
Practical Advice From Practitioners
Glossary of Terms
Curriculum Mapping
Types of Maps
Map Elements
Alignments
Seven-Step Review Process
Common Review Focuses
Curriculum Mapping Intra-Organizations
Miscellaneous Terms
References
Index