Response #1 When I stopped to think about it, I realized that I do not have much experience with developing or planning curriculum. I worked some as a classroom teacher on social studies curriculum at the district level in a previous district. We worked grade by grade starting in at the Kindergarten level and tried to have content sequential using the Maine Learning Results as our guide.
Currently as a literacy coach, I do not do much curriculum work as the district I currently work for has a resource for reading (core program) and the scope and sequence is already laid out. It spirals and teachers have been given instructions to follow it.
With CCSS fast approaching, I see my fellow literacy coaches and I working towards a writing scope and sequence that will support CC. We currently do not have anything by way of writing where I work. Math follows Scott Foresman, so that scope and sequence is done also. Science follows the replenishable kits like forces and motion, ecosystems, etc. so that scope and sequence is established also.
I don't think you are giving yourself enough credit, Kristi. While the big picture curriculum of these various subjects may be laid our for you (and everyone else), you make constant refinements and tweaks to the curriculum everyday. Deciding how much time to spend on a particular lesson or skill or offering various enrichment opportunities are all key curriculum issues for the classroom teacher (and literacy coach).
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