Curriculum & Instruction
Our guiding beliefs are:
• All children can learn.
• Each student is a valued individual with unique intellectual, physical, social, and emotional needs.
• Student learning is the chief priority for our schools.
• Teachers, staff, administrators, parents, students, and community members share in the responsibility for providing a supportive learning environment within our school.
• Clear goals and high expectations for student achievement should guide the development of the curriculum and the design of instructional strategies and learning activities.
• Assessments of student learning should provide students with a variety of opportunities to demonstrate their achievement and real contexts to apply their learning.
• The commitment to continuous improvement is imperative if our school is going to enable students to become confident, self-directed, lifelong learners.
Based on these beliefs, the Curriculum Office has as its purpose to provide the support and resources that teachers need in order to provide quality classroom instruction.
Curriculum and Instruction works collaboratively with other departments, campus administrators, teacher committees and focus groups, and more in order to provide tools and resources for teachers, administrators, students, and other stakeholders including:
- New & Novice Teacher Mentoring
- Professional Development
- MTSS
- Counseling & Social Emotional Support (RethinkEd)
- District Pacing Guides
- Dyslexia Therapists
- District Pre-K Program funded by the SIP Grant from MDE
- Instructional Aides & Tools (i.e., textbooks, digital resources, open educational resources, etc.)
- Instructional Technology (i.e., Canvas Learning Management System, MasteryConnect Formative Assessments, CASE Benchmarking, TurnItIn, MajorClarity, etc.)