Common Core–Based CURRICULUM “Susan has developed a process that will help you clearly define your system’s instructional input while also creating an evidence-based context in which to analyze student achievement data. With the straightforward applied research, this process will align practice with expectations and support continuous improvement in your school!” —Paula J. I. Landers, Director of Instruction, Evansville Community School District
“Too often the products of curriculum writing sit on shelves. Susan’s strategies engage teachers and their school leaders. The result is a dynamic, useful guide for instruction, as well as a rich source for practice-oriented dialogue between teacher and principal.” —Kim Perkins, Retired Superintendent, Bloomingdale School District 13
“Susan clarifies, validates, and sequences the mapping process in a simple, straightforward manner that provides guidance to the beginning mappers and reassurance to the experienced mappers. I cannot begin to specify all the ways I am growing as a teacher through the mapping experience, and I know you will too with this book in hand!” —Bonnie Schoen, First-Grade Teacher, Merryman Elementary
Building a Common Core–Based Curriculum: Mapping With Focus and Fidelity by Susan Udelhofen is a roadmap for creating a comprehensive curriculum centered on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Readers will explore various stages of curriculum development, from building academic support to using data from CCSS-based curriculum maps to tracking achievement. During the curriculum-building process, schools will learn to better share
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information and will engage in significant, collaborative conversations about the curriculum, resulting in both a strengthened community and improved student success. Using this engaging resource, you will: • Create a curriculum founded on the CCSS • Foster a collaborative environment in which teachers can share their teaching and learning expectations • Introduce an ongoing curriculum-mapping process that welcomes continuous conversation and revision • Access dozens of tools and examples to support curriculum mapping Visit go.solution-tree.com/commoncore to download the reproducibles in this book.
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