Curriculum+Importance


 * Curriculum**: What you teach[[image:venn4.jpg width="500" height="405" align="right"]]
 * Instruction**: How you teach
 * Assessment**: How well students learned
 * The** **Process**: Allows educators to work together as they learn best practices in education and to design a local curriculum that defines what the students should know and be able to do


 * The Importance of Curriculum**
 * Think about when you first started teaching. Would you have wanted a clear description of what to teach? Clearly defined curriculum is especially important for new teachers.
 * **Horizontal** alignment insures consistency between like-grade classrooms.
 * **Vertical** alignment is important. It is important for teachers to know what occurs before and after students are in their classrooms.


 * Curriculum and Standards

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