#3. Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment
INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP: Cultivate high expectations and ensure equitable and durable academic, civic and social-emotional learning outcomes for students and adults.
Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment
Support and implement intellectually rigorous and coherent school-wide systems of curriculum, instruction, and assessment to achieve the school’s equity vision.
Indicators
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Instructional expertise: Demonstrate foundational knowledge of common core standards and other adopted learning standards.
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Curriculum design and implementation: Support the strategic selection and implementation of intellectually challenging and relevant curriculum and daily and long-term planning in all classrooms.
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Equity-focused pedagogy: Model for educators instructional practice that is consistent with knowledge of child and adolescent development and effective and culturally responsive pedagogy.
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Instructional alignment: Lead analysis of alignment of standards, curricula, pedagogy and assessments.
Evidence of Impact
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Lesson plans, unit plans, and curricular materials demonstrate alignment to common core content standards and English Language Development standards and to district-adopted curriculum.
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Instructional decisions throughout the year, including student grouping/ differentiation and targeting for interventions, are based on periodic assessments, classroom tests, and teacher designed tests.
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All students experience academically challenging and culturally responsive course content.
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Teachers are seen to adjust instructional practices based on implementation of systems to monitor student progress.
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Effective teaching practices are implemented and are consistent across classrooms.
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