Curriculum mapping workshops tour the state
A growing trend nationwide,
curriculum mapping allows educators to promote a more efficient learning
process across an entire school district. The process enables districts to
identify gaps and overlaps within their existing curriculum by aligning
curriculum, skills, assessment and instruction.
By summer’s end, 760 South
Dakota teachers will have been through curriculum mapping workshops hosted by
the department’s Office of Curriculum, Technology and Assessment. An
additional 14 workshops will take place during the 2004-05 school year.
Funding for the workshops
comes from the Teacher Quality Enhancement grant, known as the “Every Teacher
Grant.” One of the intents of these funds is to assist the state in offering
high quality professional development opportunities for new and existing
teachers.
An additional Curriculum Mapping RFP will be arriving soon in your school.
Watch for details. For information about curriculum mapping, contact Gay
Pickner, Department of Education, at (605) 280-3613 or
gay.pickner@state.sd.us.
