Valparaiso Community Schools
Curriculum, Assessment, and Technology
Dr. Robert Haworth
Assistant Superintendent
Mrs. Stacey Schmidt
Executive Director of Elementary Education
Agenda
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Strategic Planning & Advisories
Curriculum Process
Standards-Based Reporting
Types of Assessment
Technology
Strategic Plan
 Finished this past November
 Three areas of concern
 Finances & Facilities
 Communications
 Student Achievement
Student Achievement
 Each student will experience challenging
and appropriate instruction
 Each student will be a contributing citizen
in our democratic society
Strategic Plan
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District Curriculum & Assessment Advisories will meet to create and update
curriculum maps starting in 2010 (Curriculum)
A District Literacy Advisory will be established by February of 2011 to develop a
comprehensive approach to literacy. (Literacy)
An Experiential Education Academy Advisory will be established in February of
2011 to develop a comprehensive approach for implementing experiential
education in grades 6-12. (Experiential Education)
Alternative school committee representatives will be established in February of
2011 to develop a comprehensive approach to K-12 alternative education.
(Alternative School)
The current Wellness Committee will review and revise the current wellness plan by
March of 2011. (Wellness)
A Character Advisory will be established by April of 2011. (Character)
The current Safety Committee will review and revise the current safety plan by
March of 2011. (Safety)
A Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) plan will be researched by
March of 2011 (PBIS)
A School Mentoring Advisory will be established by April of 2011(Mentoring)
Strategic Plan Advisories
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Wellness
Safety
Literacy
Character
Mentoring
Experiential Education
Alternative Education
Positive Behavioral Intervention Systems
(PBIS)
 Curriculum
How it Works
Strategic Plan Advisory Structure:
Teachers
Wellness
Safety
Community
Staff
Character
Mentor
Experiential
Parents
Alt. Edu
PBIS
Students
Literacy
School Board
Curriculum
Whole Student
Committee
(Advisory
Chairs)
District
Where are we now?
 Advisory Chairs have been identified
 Advisories members are been identified
and selected
 Advisories will begin meeting in late
February and March
 Advisories will begin reporting out to the
School board in the near future
Curriculum Process
The curriculum process follows the Indiana
textbook adoption cycle
2008 – Language Arts / World
Languages
2009 – Social Studies
2010 – Mathematics (took a waiver)
2011 – Science / Health
2012 – Art / Music / Business /
Technology Education / Family
& Consumer Sciences
Curriculum Process
Year 1 - Before textbook adoption
 Revise / develop curriculum
 Create curriculum maps
Year 2 - During textbook adoption
 Begin assessment writing
 Review textbook materials
 Conduct gap analysis
Curriculum Process
Year 3 - After textbook adoption
 Begin standards-based reporting
 Begin using new texts
 Implement new assessments
 Create resource documents
Curriculum Process
 2010-2011 Curriculum Work
 Mathematics (adopt textbook)
 Science (adopt textbook)
 Language Arts and Social Studies
working on maps (3 weeks/examine
Indiana maps)
 Elementary Science and Math will begin
mapping process this summer
 3 week assessment writing
Standards-Based
Curriculum
1. Standards
a)State
b)National
c)International
d)Common Core
2. Measurement categories
3. Learner outcomes
Common Core Standards
 Adopted by Indiana in August 2010
 State-led effort
 Establish common standards for
language arts and mathematics
 Working to provide students a great
education no matter where they live
Curriculum Transition
 2011-2014 teach state standards and
common core
 2014 teach common core only
 2011-2012 test state standards
 2012-2014 test state and common core
 2014 test common core
Curriculum Map
Social Studies
Curriculum Map
Language Arts
Curriculum Map
Mathematics
Types of Assessment
1. Diagnostic
 Given before instruction to determine
readiness for instruction
2. Formative (3 week assessments)
 Given during instruction to determine
pace of instruction and develop
interventions
3. Summative
 Given after instruction to determine
success of instruction
Assessment Types
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NWEA K-2
Acuity 3-8 / Algebra I
STAR Reading and Math
ISTEP+ Grades 3-8
End of Course Assessments
Creating 3 week assessments for pilot
Curriculum and Assessment
Improvements
 Provide webpage for curriculum maps for
public access
 Pilot 3 week assessments
 Balance curriculum maps and assessments
between content areas
 Explore a online delivery of assessments
 Continue to develop a data warehouse
 Create a proposal for full day kindergarten
Technology
 Director of Technology: Bill Moran
 A staff of 5
 Annual budget of about $1.75 million
(includes personnel, benefits, equipment,
telephones, software, licensing—more to
come on budget and finance next month!)
 Provides services to 8 elementary buildings,
2 middle schools, one high school, the Porter
County Career Center, and Administration
Building
Current Equipment
 Currently we have:
 235 laptops
 3,625 desktop computers
 175 document cameras
 925 netbooks
 138 interactive whiteboards
 Wireless connectivity in all buildings
Systems to Monitor
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Snap – Food Services
Transfinder – Transportation
HealthOffice – Nurses
Follett – Library System
Software Systems – Financial/Payroll
Admin+ Student Management System
Assessment Systems
Renaissance Place – Accelerated
Reader, Star Math, Star Reader
Goals
 Provide interactive technology in each
classroom
 Provide individual pieces of technology
for each student
 Expand the virtual and online educational
support to the learning community across
the curriculum
Technology Plan
 Currently working on a 3 year plan (we are
in year 2) which will provide every
classroom:
 Laptop
 Interactive White Board
 Projector
 Speaker system
 Document Camera
 Phone system replaced in all buildings
Technology Plan Progress
 K-2, Science, and Math teachers have
laptops (3-4, media center, Language
Arts, and Social Studies are on order)
 4-5, Language Arts, and Social Studies
have interactive white boards/document
cameras/speakers (2-3, World Language,
Allied Arts will be ordered for summer
installation)
Technology Curriculum
 Curriculum based on National Standards
 Goal is integration into each content area
 Resource documents to provide
resources
 Two professional development trainers
Technology Improvements
 Need to evaluate staffing
 Need to evaluate 1 to 1 devices
 Need to continue the process of
integrating technology into the curriculum
EACH
STUDENT