*+1+Intro

= **__ Getting Started __** =

> //—//Susan Udelhofen, Keys to Curriculum Mapping > **4 A's Text Protocol**: //What did you read that you. . .//
 * 1) **Curriculum Mapping** "is a process by which all teachers document their own curriculum, then share and examine each others' curriculum for gaps, overlaps, redundancies, and new learning, creating a coherent, consistent, curriculum within and across schools that is ultimately aligned to standards and responsive to student data and other school initiatives"
 * 1) **What is Curriculum?**
 * a **document** that delivers the mission we want of our schools.
 * a **set of objectives** which specify the desired ends of instruction; what the student will be able to do after instruction has occurred
 * a dynamic, ever-changing, continuous **process** //—//not a finished product.
 * 1) **Why Curriculum is Important**
 * It provides a clear description of what to teach (and what students will learn)
 * Provides new teachers with a clear instructional resource
 * Horizontal alignment ensures consistency between like-student groups
 * Vertical alignment ensures smooth transition between adjacent grades/courses
 * 1) **Read** **Opportunity to Learn: School-Level Factors**
 * feel is an "assumption"?
 * "agree" with?
 * want to "argue"?
 * want to "aspire" to?
 * 1) **Types of Curriculum**
 * //**Recommended**// - what the research says
 * //**Written**// - what is printed on the hard copy
 * //**Taught**// - the learning that is facilitated in the classroom
 * //**Supported**// - what stakeholders believe should be taught
 * //**Tested**// - what shows up on the assessment
 * //**Learned**// - what the student internalizes
 * **Curriculum Goal** to ensure alignment of all these types of curriculum.

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